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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We're counting down to the release of our new book The Reality War. Pre-order now to get the early discount price of £12.99, which will rise to the RRP of £14.99 upon release.

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Richard Marks @richardmlive.bsky.social · 5h

It was lovely to chat with former BBC Head of Audiences Chris Mundy about my book on #DoctorWho for @tenacrebooks.bsky.social, a case study of how television has changed since 2005 and where the show, the BBC and television itself may be headed as a result. www.asiconferences.com/asicast-200-...

The cover of the 200th edition of the asicast podcast

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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New for October, we are pleased to announce the release of The Reality War, a new book charting 20 years of the Doctor Who revival and its impact on the television industry. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk

Cover of The Reality War: How the Doctor Who Revival Transformed Television

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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Here's a list of talks for #DoctorWho #TargetBookClub on Saturday October 24th. Tickets bit.ly/smallbluebox

Target Book Club - The Abbey Centre, Westminster Saturday 24th October

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Gavin @rollvt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

56 years ago today, UFO premiered in the ATV, Border & Tyne Tees regions.. another banging Barry Gray theme too!

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Richard Marks @richardmlive.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Over on our music blog 'The Uncertain Smile' we've started a ten day project about songs, bands and genres that our correspondents admit they were wrong to dislike, or that they came to very late in the day. Feel free to post your own mistakes.. wp.me/p2Yft8-2eN

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Anyone can make a mistake Day One: Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Nick Drake, The Moffs & Rainbow

Richard M: I didn’t really get the point of Led Zeppelin until I was well into my 30s if I recall correctly. As a kid growing up in the 70s my main musical sources were Top of the Pops and Ra…

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Richard Marks @richardmlive.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So I've written a book! It's out next month from @tenacrebooks.bsky.social and it's about the modern series of #DoctorWho, the show's impact on TV and the UK, and how the media industry and fan culture have changed since it returned in 2005. tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/the-...

The front cover of The Reality War, a new book about modern Doctor Who by Richard Marks

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Paul Burley @paulburley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Don't look directly at the Sun. Or the Daily Mail.

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Richard Marks @richardmlive.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

@radiofreeskaro.bsky.social Question for 20th anniversary Fluid Links: If you could travel back 20 years & whisper something about the future of Doctor Who in the ear of your younger self that they just would not believe, what would it be? For example, mine would be 'John Hurt will be the Doctor'

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Richard Marks @richardmlive.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

England at major tournaments: an analogy…

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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The only way this final could be more disappointing would be if one of the players turned into Billie Piper.

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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

#DoctorWho #TargetBookClub is back! 24th October, The Albany Centre, Westminster - a totally serious symposium about the best book range in all of time and space. Tickets: bit.ly/smallbluebox

Target Book Club - Saturday 24th October, The Albany Centre Westminster - bit.ly/smallbluebox

Picture: Totally screen accurate Daleks and Cybermen invade London as Doctor Who boggles and a TARDIS and a rocket ship blast off and two people go "uhoh". There are flames.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I’m not sure exactly when it happened but at some point political reporting ceased to be about covering politicians and their ideas and turned into a sort of daily horoscope on what ‘the markets’ think about absolutely every single political decision

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Richard Marks @richardmlive.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It's on till Sunday and Putney Exchange has air conditioning!🧊

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Richard Marks @richardmlive.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

#DoctorWho was canceled on his watch, so it's hardly a surprise. Thatcher held on for a year after Survival back in 89, but the writing was on the wall back then as well.

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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I’ve just seen two 13 year olds on each other’s shoulders wearing a grown-up size raincoat attempting to access LinkedIn.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 15/06/2026

A generation of children confined to exclusively posting on LinkedIn, humbled to share that they have been recognised as thought leaders in vertically integrating your mom's supply chain.

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Paul Cornish @paulgcornish.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I thought I'd share my 'Many Deaths of Doctor Who' comic strip again. It's a few years old but since Billie probably doesn't count and Ncuti is going to be the last "proper" Doctor for a while, it's technically still up to date.

Comic strip:

THE MANY DEATHS OF
DOCTOR WHO
BY PAUL CORNISH
FIRST'S OLD BODY COULDN'T HANDLE THE PACE
SECOND WAS CAUGHT AND WAS ROBBED OF HIS FACE
THIRD MET A SPIDER AND THEN HE WAS GONE
FOURTH MET HIS END WHEN HE COULDN'T HANG ON
FIFTH MILKED A BAT BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH
SIXTH BUMPED HIS HEAD AS THE LANDING WAS ROUGH
SEVENTH GOT SHOT AND WENT UNDER THE KNIFE
EIGHTH COULDN'T FIGHT SO HE GAVE UP HIS LIFE
WAR STEPPED ASIDE AFTER HAVING HIS DAY
NINTH KISSED A GIRL AND SHE BLEW HIM AWAY
TENTH GOT ZAPPED GETTING WILF FROM THE CUPBOARD
ELEVENTH SAVED CHRISTMAS AND NEVER RECOVERED.
TWELFTH MADE A STAND AGAINST
FOES FROM THE PAST
THIRTEENTH WAS STRUCK BY AN ENERGY BLAST
FOURTEENTH RETIRED AFTER SPLITTING IN TWO
COS NOT EVEN DEATH CAN STOP DOCTOR WHO

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Richard Marks @richardmlive.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap: Frozen Gold from Iain Banks's Espedair Street

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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I'm hearing Keir Starmer doesn't want to turn up for his regeneration scene so Andy Burnham is just going to lie on the floor in a wig

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Kuba @kayes67.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I don’t think a state that is threatening wars of territorial aggression and has random death squads wandering about its mid-tier cities assassinating civilians should be hosting the World Cup

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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

You wouldn't have got this with Thatcher.

A children's Christmas party at 10 Downing Street with all the big TV stars of the day except Ronnie Corbett. Photo coloured by Clayton Hickman.

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Richard Marks @richardmlive.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The reviews have been a bit mixed, but I saw Spinal Tap 2 with a couple of friends yesterday and we were pleasantly surprised. Not as quotable as the original, but an engaging 90 minutes for Tap fans.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQZ...

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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues - Official Trailer - Only In Cinemas Now

YouTube video by Sony Pictures Releasing UK

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Richard Marks @richardmlive.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

@radiofreeskaro.bsky.social Out of the blue a friend presented me with this weighty tome - a Who book I had no idea existed! I don't think it has featured on RFS (published 2024), but perhaps the memory cheats. Might make an interesting interview given @legopolis.bsky.social musical tastes...?

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

We put this on the inside cover of Big Shoulders #1. I'd like to see notices like this on a lot more comics in the future.

A white circle with the letters "AI" crossed out.

No supposed “artificial intelligence” software has been used in the making of this comic. Such software, which often allows for (and even encourages) plagiarism, is an assault on the freedom and livelihoods of creative artists.

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Mrjimbob @mrjimbob.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Has a piece of art ever made you cry? A painting or sculpture, a poem or a song? Maybe this song. ‘Art’ is the latest single from the chart-smashing album ‘Stick’. Watch the full fantastic video from @happytoast.co.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNX...

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Good to see them updating the Richard Scarry books

The cover of a Richard Scarry book showing the occupants of Busytown. The title has been changed to read “all We Do Is Work on Documents, That’s All Anyone Does Anymore.”

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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

#DoctorWho #TargetBookClub news: For the first time in my life I have sold out! (Somewhere in the darkness, Death Comes To Time twitches angrily)

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Richard Marks @richardmlive.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

@gossjam.bsky.social I think I just bought the very last ticket so as of 10:50am Target Book Club is sold out. Congratulations!

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