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Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

⚠️ A new era for the Twelfth Doctor begins today, with Jon Culshaw taking over the role portrayed on TV by Peter Capaldi. Click bgfn.sh/rfbk to download the single first episode (at the early bird price) or six-episode series bundle.

Soundsmyth Creative's cover artwork for Doctor Who: Run Fast, Be Kind, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Ash Wilton, plus the Eternal Dalek from the New Dalek Paradigm. They are surrounded by colourful cosmic shapes, swirls and planets.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ooh. Exciting. I’ve seen some details of what’s coming here. You’ll want to be on board.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

If you’re looking for a Sam Neill tribute watch this evening, can I recommend this gorgeous film and performance?

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Ennio Morricone is, of course, Italian for ’Eric Morecambe’.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

He has prostrated himself before the far right in a futile attempt to attract its voters, as if the vast body of evidence which shows that this NEVER works - and only legitimises hate and racism - did not exist. In doing so he has lost his real voters, alienating his base in spectacular fashion.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Wow, I can't believe Labour's tactic of yelling "DON'T VOTE FOR THESE GREEN CUNTS, THEY'RE DANGEROUS, VOTE FOR US, WE HATE IMMIGRANTS IN A BETTER WAY THAN REFORM!" hasn't led to them keeping all their council seats.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I’ve been thinking about The Gunfighters a lot recently for… ahem… reasons. So love this so much.

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Owen @owenruthven.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

NEW ARTWORK! It's been 60 years since Dr. Who visited Tombstone for a dental emergency and what he got instead was a gunfight. Yeee-haw!! 🤠🐎 My group of artist friends wanted to make posters for The Gunfighters for its anniversary, so I had to join and make one! #DoctorWho #WilliamHartnell

This is my poster for Doctor Who: The Gunfighters. It features the First Doctor holding a gun, coloured in blue and red, with little figures behind him, coloured in blue. The background is a light yellow.

On the top left, it says "All he wanted was a dentist. He got a shootout instead."

On First Doctor's body, it says "William Hartnell, in a episode directed by Rex Tucker", "The Gunfighters - a Doctor Who original", 16mm - Black & White" and "With Peter Purves & Jackie Lane".

On the bottom, it says all the other cast members in the episode.

My watermark is on the bottom left corner.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

This was one of my favourite scripts of the last few years and everyone seems to have done an amazing job on it!

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

OBAA and Sinners are both big, bold crowd pleasing hits. A comedy action and an historical horror. Hugely entertaining. For them to be the two big winners of the Oscars is great. For me the best film of the year got nominated precisely once - for Best International. But I’m delighted regardless.

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Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I listen to a fair number of audio books and the method by which I get most out of them is to combine them with some physical and practical task (eg cleaning, cooking, tidying, washing/dressing etc) that would otherwise cause my mind to wander from lack of stimulus

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Update. The solution WAS the blindingly obvious one.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The history of the last generation has been right wing parties scraping a technical victory by the thinnest possible margin, then ruling like tyrants, then centre-left parties winning decisively and deciding the nation can only heal if they enact right wing policies.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I’m researching whodunnits for a spec and currently reading Whose Body? (The first Lord Peter Wimsey novel). It’s fun but it feels like the solution is blindingly obvious about twenty pages in and now Peter’s figured it out but kept it to himself and I’ve about 30 pages to go.

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Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

☯️ BREAKING NEWS ☯️ What Monky business is this? Click bgfn.sh/dg5news to find out more about the next trilogy in the Dark Gallifrey saga, beginning April 2026!

Soundsmyth Productions' cover artwork for Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks - Part One. The Monk and the Nun stand together in a recording studio, holding a microphone and other audio equipment. Various "on air" signs are behind, plus a proscenium arch, curtain and set of a house.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I may have mentioned that an upcoming @bigfinish.bsky.social script was the ‘most Dorney ever’. We recorded it yesterday. Coming soon.

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Dale Smith @dalesmithonline.com · 11/02/2026

Started Charlie Higson's #JekyllAndHyde, one of ITV's attempts to lure away Doctor Who's audience into 2010s. Doomed to fail: you can't make people who like Doctor Who suddenly switch to you by being a bit like Doctor Who. If you like Doctor Who, you'll always go for that above pale imitations.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I’m trying to remember a specific film/failed franchise based on an IP where they held off on using the major villain in the launch film in full expectation of a franchise. And then flopped. I feel there’s a few that probably fit but there’s one I’m trying to remember in particular. Any help?

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Madeleine Brettingham @littlemaddles.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

“I didn’t have rich parents, a childhood bedroom to return to or an infatuated billionaire intent on marrying me. Either writing had to make me money or I couldn’t do it. “ I wrote about making a living from writing in the new economy. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Please sir can I have some more

On making a living as a writer

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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Not a new thought but: The amount of unpaid work a freelance writer expected to do to get a TV show commissioned (or even glanced at) is just unsustainable if you don’t come from a wealthy background or have pre-existing financial security. We’re missing out on brilliant stories & brilliant people

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Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

COMING SOON! From the worlds of Doctor Who: Rutans vs Sontarans. 🪼🆚🥔 Click bgfn.sh/rvsnews to read more and pre-order the series on download to own and collector's edition CD.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

As if to reiterate this, the series ends with Nicola Walker leaving a cafe I happen to know is outside Kensal Rise station and walking in the exact direction you take to get to the old Moat Studios where we recorded them (I know cos this was the exact route of my commute!)

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Watching Unforgotten 2 with breakfast. Blimey, it’s like @bigfinish.bsky.social Doom Coalition 5 given the cast…

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Well here it is! My very last script for the mighty Tom. Didn’t get to hear any of this one recorded so very keen to hear it!

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I think I preferred Hugo from the Traitors when he played the Curious Orange.

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Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 02/01/2026

We're calling for submissions to the Black Archive from disabled authors and authors of colour, who we know have been underrepresented in the range. Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you. obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Sorry to hear we’ve lost my old voice teacher Greg De Polnay. I was delighted to be instrumental in getting him back to be D84 one last time…

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Have finished a first draft of a new @bigfinish.bsky.social so it’s time to down tools and focus on books, board games and food for two weeks.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Hive mind help. Are there any particularly famous fictional writers in the Whoiniverse, alien or otherwise. Like Oolon Colophid in HHGTTG.

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Dylan @ Doctor Who: Too Hot For Tv @toohot4tv.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Today on the #DoctorWho Too Hot For TV Advent Calendar I am joined by @johndorney.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/864883/episo...

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Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

🚨 BREAKING NEWS! 🚨 The glorious Twelfth is getting his own audio drama adventures! Click bgfn.sh/new12 to read all about Jon Culshaw and Gwithian Evans in the forthcoming Doctor Who – The Twelfth Doctor Adventures.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I’ve read this play by my @bigfinish.bsky.social colleague @verbatimfoley.bsky.social and love it like a favourite child. See it if you can.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Crikey, I’d forgotten how weird this @bigfinish.bsky.social script of mine is (it’s recording over two years after it was written!). Suffice it to say can’t wait for it to be announced.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Different @bigfinish.bsky.social audio recording today. Lovely guest cast - and you’re not going to expect who they are.

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Got a @bigfinish.bsky.social audio recording today. Such a good cast making the script twice as funny as it felt on the page…

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Is there are list anywhere of where the Doctor Who Production Info text is different on the Collection sets to the original DVDs?

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Pretty much every Culture Secretary we've had since the post was created has reinforced my impression that our frontline politicians simply do not know or care about culture.

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Tim Foley @verbatimfoley.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloweeeeen! Remember to leave out a glass of milk and a plate of cookies tonight, so the pumpkins don't eat you instead

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Well, up to date with Celebrity Traitors. I don’t think this is a spoiler but my suspicion is that the final episode is going to be a masterpiece of editing for tension - like a lot of the last regular series finale - because it feels a bit of a fait accompli currently.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Just seen a post saying Disney definitely weren’t on board with RTD2’s content. As if they would give all that money and never take a second glance or give a note and just put it all straight onto the screen. That’s just not how TV works guys.

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