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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Coming soon from @candyjarbooks.bsky.social, Lethbridge-Stewart: The HAVOC Files 4. A re-issue of their fourth short story collection, this time featuring two new stories (one of which is by me!) and gorgeous new cover art. Available to pre-order online now. #ClassicDoctorWho #UNIT #Brigadier

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Coming soon from @candyjarbooks.bsky.social, Lethbridge-Stewart: The HAVOC Files. A much-requested re-issue of the first of their short story collections, this time featuring two new stories and gorgeous new cover art. Available to pre-order online now. #ClassicDoctorWho #Yeti #UNIT #Brigadier

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Coming soon from @candyjarbooks.bsky.social, The Benton Files Collection. Features an exclusive new story, by me, and fabulous internal artwork by Terry Cooper (an example of which is shown here to whet the appetite). Available to pre-order online now. #ClassicDoctorWho #UNIT #Yeti

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Coming soon from @candyjarbooks.bsky.social, Mutually Assured Domination, a limited edition illustrated hardback of Nick Walters' early Lethbridge-Stewart novel. Comes with an exclusive short novella, by me! Available to pre-order online now. #ClassicDoctorWho #Dominators #Quarks

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Chris McGuire Kid’s Author @chrismcguireauthor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#booksky📚💙 How to write for children: Three authors, three approaches. Don't miss this #ExeterLibrary event on Thursday 10th Sept. South West kids' authors #chrismcguire #timgambrell and #petahands will be discussing their writing for children. #exeter #exeterlibrary #devonwriters #kidsbooks

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

How to write for children: three authors, three approaches. Thursday 10th September, 17:30-19:00 at Exeter Library. Tickets £5. Featuring @candyjarbooks.bsky.social authors @chrismcguireauthor.bsky.social, Peta Hands, and me. Please do come along if you have an interest in writing for children.

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Stuart Douglas is an excellent writer and his Sherlock Holmes stories are always highly regarded. I urge anyone who loves either a) Sherlock Holmes, or b) Christmas, to buy this book. 🙂

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Amazing what a sneeze can do. Tramadol, naproxen, and light duties for me for the next few weeks. Shakes fist at hayfever. Doubles over in pain.

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Always such a thrill when a copy of my newest book arrives. I hope this feeling never fades. UNIT: The Vaughn Supremacy (ltd edition hardback & paperback), and The Benton Files VII (by @rubycosmos.bsky.social & James Middleditch), out now from @candyjarbooks.bsky.social 🥳

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

My new UNIT novel, The Vaughn Supremacy, is out now. Pre-orders have been shipped by Candy Jar Books. Hope you enjoy!

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Autocorrect on Word doesn’t like ‘cyberplanner’ and wants to change it to ‘cyberflaneur’. Would have made the Doctor Who stories The Wheel In Space and The Invasion considerably different affairs if the Cybermen had been led by some loafing, affluent chap about town!

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

After the catharsis of being able to announce some new UNIT books on the way, Sunday afternoon brings me plummeting back to reality with a stark reminder that I still need to clean out the chickens... Oh, happy day! 🤣

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Just announced and available for pre-order exclusively from Candy Jar Books, UNIT Book 4: The Vaughn Supremacy. Words by Yours Truly. Cover art by the very talented Martin Baines. Paperback or ltd edition hardback (with the usual freebies). www.candy-jar-store.co.uk/product/the-...

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Now available for pre-order from Candy Jar Books, The Benton Files Collection. Features all the stories from The Benton Files I-VII, plus an exclusive new story. www.candy-jar-store.co.uk/product/the-...

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Happy Doctor Who Day, everyone. Live long, and prosper!

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Bank Holiday Monday by the sea 🥰

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Bank Holiday Monday by the sea 🥰

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

There is nothing so awkward, as courting a woman, an’ please your honour, whilst she is making sausages— (Tristram Shandy, Vol IX, Ch.VII)

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

New book alert! Arrived this weekend, the new, expanded edition of The Lucy Wilson Mysteries: Back in London, featuring my 2019 story, 'The Midwife & The Alien', courtesy of those fine people at Candy Jar Books.

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Just announced and available for pre-order exclusively from Candy Jar Books, Lethbridge-Stewart: The HAVOC Files 5 & 6, celebrating 10yrs of Lethbridge-Stewart and 15yrs of Candy Jar.

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Fathers’ Day at the seaside 😊

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Andy Best @andybest.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Do you want a character-driven adventure echoing classic Sword & Sorcery film and TRPGs, but also the literary style, worldbuilding and themes of the New Wave writers like Moorcock and Le Guin? Wide + available to libraries. UBL: books2read.com/u/bz9BOE #booksky #fantasy #sword&sorcery 📚💙

Andy's fantasy novel is finally available, and it's wide at all APPS and available for libraries.

Sword and Sorcery. Inspired by the New Wave fantasy of Moorcock, McCaffrey and le Guin. Existential journey in unfamiliar lands. Action, quest and adventurers. A standalone story.

“Everything decays, but the glass’steel decayed at a rate so slow as to be invisible on the scale of a single lifetime. In the sword she saw visions of her home. Her home so far away, deep down in the reflection of her elven eyes, sunk deep in her memory, transferred to the blade, as far away as a million years is long.”

Zana Hala’Kaalni is a warrior princess in exile, untethered from her home, and from her sense of self. Allowing chaos to lead her, she enters a nation on the verge of civil war, a quest for a failed utopia, and the ruins of a long dead era, the lost history of her world.

Aertelis combines the action of classic Sword & Sorcery, the literary themes of the Sci-fi Fantasy New Wave, and the character-driven storytelling of the modern era. Aertelis is a standalone story in the Kalni Chronicles anthology.

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

After The Avengers S3, I need to find something different to watch. Either the longer episodes of Danger Man (love me some McGoohan!) or the Red Dwarf Bodysnatcher DVD boxset, which I recently picked up second-hand. I couldn't stand the 're-mastered' Red Dwarf S1-3 episodes at the time, though...

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I appreciate Honor Blackman's Cathy Gale was something of a cultural phenomenon (and brilliant, too) but it's a shame that there's barely even an acknowledgment of Jon Rollason's Dr King or Julie Stevens' Venus Smith in The Avengers DVD interviews & docos for S2/3. Credit where it's due and all that

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I missed Ian Hendry's Dr Keel after The Avengers S1. S2 was good, but I felt the show was trying to find its way with the rotating assistants. I liked Jon Rollason, but Dr King was clearly a cover for the absent Dr Keel (and only 3 letters to replace on the scripts!) In S3 they nailed it, though.

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Finished Series 3 of The Avengers, so that's all the Cathy Gale episodes watched. I've enjoyed the whole show so far, but particularly loved Series 3 - it really felt like the series had found its stride. I'll take a break before tackling the Mrs Peel era, and watch something else instead...

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

We're back! Again! At last! This week, Andy & I tackle Doctor Who: The Web Planet, parts 1-3, in a joyous session. Do join us - it's all free! patreon.com/TheReplimatD...

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Two nerds go through all of Star Trek DS9, and Dr Who!

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Have you got your copy yet?

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Out this week and landing on pre-order doormats, the new UNIT stories exclusively from @shaunrussell.bsky.social. The Secret of Foxfell Forest, by Nick Walters, with cover art by Martin Baines, and The Benton Files VI, by @paddri.bsky.social, with cover art by Richard Young. Links to follow.

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

16 years and counting… 🥰

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

It's World Book Week & Candy Jar Books is offering a special 25% discount on many titles. Use code WORLDBOOKDAY25 at checkout. Discount available from 2am UK time on March 5th until midnight UK time on March 9th. Offer excludes pre-orders, Companions, 100 Objects of Dr Who, and Kklak!

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Available to pre-order exclusively from Candy Jar Books, The Benton Files VI, by Paul Driscoll. NOTE: The book is available to purchase by itself, but will also be free with orders of the limited edition hardback of #UNIT: The Secret of Foxfell Forest. #DoctorWho www.freewebstore.org/candy-jar-st...

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The Benton Files 6

THE BENTON FILES 6 BY PAUL DRISCOLL Join retired Sergeant Major John Benton as he recounts another tale of his exploits from yesteryear. In Aliens, Alchemy & Ale, by Paul Driscoll, young Sergeant Bent...

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Another week, another #Replimat! We stay with #StarTrek #DS9 this week and give our viewer (hello, there!) a comment-along on S3E10: 'Fascination'. Check us out on Patreon for the whole sorry saga - we're free! www.patreon.com/posts/ds9-di...

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DS9 Discussion/Reaction - Fascination | The Replimat Review

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Recently rekindled my passion for C18th literary criticism. Have picked up some fab 2nd hand books cheap online. Mainly ex-college / uni library. This arrived today, with a massive wave of nostalgia half glimpsed inside. #KAC @lsternetrust.bsky.social @uniwinchester.bsky.social

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A new edition of The Replimat is now available on Patreon (for free!). Andy and I talk over #StarTrek #DS9 S3 E9: Defiant. Check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/ds9-di...

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DS9 Discussion - Defiant | The Replimat Review

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

New #ReplimatWhoWatch available (for free!) on Patreon. Join Andy & me as we trundle through #DoctorWho #TheRomans eps 3&4. Sign up now! www.patreon.com/posts/dr-who...

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Dr Who Commentary - Episodes 56 & 57 | The Replimat Review

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I'm trying to avoid getting drawn into the primary texts, because I've got writing to do and #C18th novels aren't served well by occasional light reading. But still, the joy of revisiting subjects I enjoyed in my undergrad & postgrad studies is palpable. #LitCrit #Defoe #Fielding #Smollett #Sterne

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

A truly unexpected side effect of reading several of Christopher #Tolkien 's History of #MiddleEarth volumes last year has been a rekindling of my passion for #C18th #LitCrit. I've been reading essays on #Sterne & #Defoe, and revelling in it all. I've got more lined up on #Smollett & #Fielding.

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

My #UNIT novel, The Vaughn Identity, is now available on general release and can be purchased from retailers such as, for example, Amazon. @shaunrussell.bsky.social #DoctorWho #DoctorWho amzn.eu/d/1vlH4Ru

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Now up to #TheAvengers S1E15: The Frighteners. For many years the only S1 episode known to exist. Great cast, as always. Amused to find it includes the Mr Bumble from both the BBC adaptations of #OliverTwist that I watched last year. Willoughby Goddard (1962) and Godfrey James (1985).

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

#TheAvengers S1E01: Hot Snow. Interesting to see the very beginning of the series, but watching it reminds me of the sense of hopelessness you'd get at the end of #DoctorWho #TheWebOfFear ep1, knowing that was all there was (until most of the rest of the story turned up in 2013, anyway).

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

#TheAvengers S1E01: Hot Snow. Only the first 15 mins exist, up to the commercial break, and before Steed arrives. Ends on a real dramatic moment, too. Great to see Godfrey Quigley in something other than #Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD, but boy, I would love to see more!

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

#TheAvengers Tunnel of Fear definitely made me want to check out more of the 'Lost' range from @bigfinish.bsky.social. Kudos to @johndorney.bsky.social, @kenbentley.bsky.social and all others involved 🙂

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Really enjoyed #TheAvengers Tunnel of Fear remake by @bigfinish.bsky.social. Had similar enjoyment listening to some of the #LostHancocks on @bbcsounds.bsky.social & comparing them to the recovered original audio!

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Tim Gambrell @mrbrell.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Finished #TheAvengers Tunnel of Fear. Very enjoyable. Patrick Macnee had a ball! Loved Ian Hendry, also. Great interview with @johndorney.bsky.social about the challenges of adapting works with almost no reference material at all. Looking forward to checking out the @bigfinish.bsky.social version.

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