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Rob Reed

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Writer, Doctor Who fan, educator. Was ‘@Priglit’ in the Twitter place linktr.ee/RobReedWriter

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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 21h
Thank you. Will give them a listen tomorrow. :-)
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 22h
That’s a thing of beauty. Wish I’d thought to do that.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
On his birthday - some thoughts about Midge Ure, and why held great. priglit.blogspot.com/2024/08/matu...
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Mature Cheddar
Poems and other ramblings, by Rob Reed.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Why are films so sodding dark now? The new Hellraiser is just a murky mess, especially compared to the sharpness of the - presumably much cheaper - original.
Pinhead from the 2022 film Hellraiser. The image is low light and contrast.Pinhead from the 1987 film Hellraiser. The image has high contrasts between light and dark.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I love the premise of Hellraiser. “What if completing a Rubik’s Cube made fetish demons happen?”
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“The Master is trying not to look at the Axon leader. He's needs to say, "I agree - we must destroy the humans!" but he's afraid that if he looks up, he'll just involuntarily shout, "Space Penis!" instead.” It’s Doctor Who - The Claws of Axos. Read on…
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Time Is Relative - 8.3 The Claws of Axos
In this story, a bunch of guys called The Axons turn up. That's them, all with golden haircuts. They've all dressed exactly the same, which is probably embarrassing for them. They should have co-ordi...
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You aRRRRR. TRY…iiiing. Tooo sedUCE meeeee. Mrs. RoBIN… sonnnn.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What a disappointment. Great trailer, fun premise. Then it takes over half its runtime to get to the action, leaving no time to develop anything interesting. Boooo.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh, for sure. But remember when his casting was announced as ‘iconic’, and everyone online went really weird about it? As if he’s not iconic!
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Claudia risking the ire of Doctor Who fans everywhere, there, by referring to Richard E Grant as ‘iconic’.
Richard E Grant, from his role in Doctor Who, looking all iconic.
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Chris Lutton @chrislutton92.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#CelebrityTraitors
Withnail and I meme in the rain, saying "I've told people I'm a traitor by mistake"
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Silhouette. For what I'm 98% sure is #nationalpoetryday youtu.be/NSsLNpVYe1M?...
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Silhouette
YouTube video by Rob Reed
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Embarrassing earlier works… youtu.be/Yp1N2M7X_4M?...
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Embarrassing Earlier Works: Wooly Thinking
YouTube video by Rob Reed
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Agreed. Focused storytelling, well cast leads, lovely cinematography and strong action sequences.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Accidental theme to our weekend film watching: young girls with dogs beat the crap out of big blokes from space.
Poster for the film Prey, showing a young woman at the foot of a tree, confronting a Predator who is at the top. All in silhouettePoster for the film Supergirl.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"After about twenty minutes, The Master has stolen a missile. He is delighted. He's also got a magic box which makes people see their worst fears. And a cigar! He's having a right old time." It's Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil. Read on! sites.google.com/view/timeisr...
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Time Is Relative - 8.2 The Mind of Evil
It's another adventure for The Master. This week he's in a car, telling this woman what to do. She looks like this always happens to her, and she's sick of it, and the second she gets home she's goin...
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
28 Years Later on one channel, Bone Temple on another. Two of the best films of recent years, I reckon.
A still from 28 Years Later, showing Spike, the young man from the film, walking in the wilderness.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Well that skull book cover has awakened some very sudden, visceral feelings.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Daleks have organic brains! You idiots! You stupid cretins! They’re not AI! You bloody morons! Unless you mean the more machine like ones from Remembrance of the Daleks. I suppose you might mean them.
The cover of the Daily Star, using a Dalek to illustrate a story about AI.
Mark Corrigan from Peep Show looking angry.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I’m enjoying James Bond: First Light. But it does a thing which drives me nuts: “Here’s a level where you suddenly can’t use any of the mechanics we’ve been developing, because the game has decided exactly what you should do, and how you should do it.” That’s. Not. Gameplay.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I get that you have to have adverts, @trientertainment.bsky.social , but disguising them, unannounced, as part of the programme has one effect: I stop trusting what your hosts are saying. Cut it out.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Same. I had forgotten how perfect AP is. There’s a funny line, sight gag or performance every few seconds. Even Andrew Scott isn’t enough to lift SPECTRE.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"Doctor Who finds out that The Master has stolen a missile, and taken over a prison, and made a Mind of Evil happen, and he's furious about all these things. He shouts at The Master, saying "Stop doing so much Evil!" and "What is wrong with you?" " It's Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil! Read on...
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Time Is Relative - 8.2 The Mind of Evil
It's another adventure for The Master. This week he's in a car, telling this woman what to do. She looks like this always happens to her, and she's sick of it, and the second she gets home she's goin...
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’m do like how 60s musicans look like ‘this is fine, but I could be doing something better.’ #totp
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I love Frontios! “This wasn’t what I had in mind at all!”
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Bought some old Dreamwatch magazines. Found this - one of my first pieces of published writing. Sorry, Paul. Should have been 10/10. Don’t know what I was thinking. #doctorwho
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Writing is impossible. Isn’t it? And also brilliant. But mostly impossible.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I've updated my linktree thing, because I'm doing a couple of support-act things in coming months. Go see. linktr.ee/RobReedWriter
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Rob Reed Official: Instagram, X, Facebook, Threads | Linktree
Writer and performer
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"The Autons were in it last year, and they were terrifying. Which is why this is called Terror of the Autons, I suppose. They pretend to be normal, so they can get close to humans without them screaming and running right off. It makes them harder to kill." Read on...
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Time Is Relative - 8.1 Terror of the Autons
This story is mostly about this guy. He's Doctor Who's worst enemy, even though we've never heard of him before. He's called "The Master" and he has made a number of fairly bold fashion choices. He t...
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Loved The Bride. Why didn’t people like it? Mad and colourful and passionate and playful and gross.
A still from the film The Bride, showing Jesse Buckley and Christian Bale, both ‘Frankensteiny’, dancing with glee.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22
Express headline: The jaw-dropping list of everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This was incredibly enjoyable. Even if many of the criticisms went along the lines of “This one is brilliant and has many things to recommend it.” :-) It’s hard not to love Doctor Who, isn’t it?
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I’m finding this guy quite inspirational at the moment. If nothing else, he has a delightful voice. youtu.be/k7DGO4VSvdI?...
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How to write! The vital importance of notebooks
YouTube video by The Cosy / Cozy Bookish Show with Paul Magrs
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
*spits tea out * Wasn’t even drinking tea.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I remember seeing this in WH Smith’s at the time. A novelisation of the movie of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. At last! I can read about the events of the movie!
The cover of a book - the novelisation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Season 7 is a strange one, full of serious drama, subtle characterisation and also dinosaurs and werewolves. Good old Doctor Who. " Read all about Doctor Who: Inferno. If you want.
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Time Is Relative - 7.4 Inferno
This week, Doctor Who meets a man who has turned into a big hairy slime mutant. He looks frankly ridiculous and is, quite rightly, hoping no-one has seen him.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Delighted and surprised by how good "Legends" is. The title was offputting at first, suggesting some kind of swords-and-sandals quest. But it makes sense in the context of the show. Thrilling, well acted and written with real wit and heart.
Poster for the TV show Legends, showing the principal cast as if they were in Star Wars or something.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Well now I’m weeping for the path not taken. And we could have talked about Dimensions in Time.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Want to know what was on my mixtape in 1994? And the deep, complicated angst that it represented? Well. Today is your lucky day... priglit.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-ma...
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I Made You a Mixtape - November 1994
Poems and other ramblings, by Rob Reed.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Doctor Who is cross with the guys running the space stuff. All the astronauts have gone missing. They really shouldn't have lost the astronauts. It's basically the last thing you want to happen." It's Doctor Who and the Ambassadors of Death! Read on...
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Time Is Relative - 7.3 The Ambassadors of Death
This story is about some guys going into space. There's one of them, on the huge TV at the back. It's a big deal and everyone is very excited. Except the Brigadier, who can be seen dozing off. He has...
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A perfect articulation of the problem. Succinct and to the point.
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"The swamp guys say that everything they do is 'the will of Kroll', but I'm not sure. Kroll is a massive squid, and seems unlikely to have sophisticated thoughts like, "Go destabilise the capitalist industry which threatens our delicate ecosystem"." It's Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll. Read on...
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Time Is Relative - 16.5 The Power of Kroll
This week, Doctor Who and Romana have gone to a planet made of swamps. Romana instantly gets captured by these guys, who say things like, "What are you doing in our swamp?" and "Death to the outsider!...
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"A government guy comes to see what's going on with all the monsters and stuff. The other guy says "Everything's fine. Please go away." It's not fine. There's a dinosaur under their office. That's not 'fine'. Exciting, yes. But not fine." It's Doctor Who and The Silurians! Read on...
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Time Is Relative - 7.2 The Silurians
This story is great. There are some underground monsters who live in caves. There's one, in the distance. The man in the foreground is totally freaked out by this. He's right. If I saw that, I'd run...
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"The Auton is having a moment of quiet contemplation. He's wondering if there's an Auton afterlife. And, if there is, do phones and pens and things get to go there? And will he even be allowed in, what with all the murdering he keeps doing? " It's Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space! Read on...
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Time Is Relative - 7.1 Spearhead from Space
When we last saw Doctor Who, he was small and looked like he might live in a skip. Now he's turned into this guy for a bit. He's quite striking, isn't he? And he's in colour now, which is a bonus. He...
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"A lot of the story is taken up with the bad guys shouting at each other. I don't know what their issue is. It's not like any of them say, "We should stop killing loads of humans in a War." They all think that bit's great. I think it's more admin stuff." It's Doctor Who: The War Games. Read on...
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Time Is Relative - 6.7 The War Games
Doctor Who lands on a planet with Jamie and Zoe. They have all, clearly, been drinking. Maybe they know that it's their last story, and they're all excited. Later they will write their names on each ...
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“Villains are always desperate to show off to Doctor Who. "Yeah, it's the biggest bomb of its kind. I can't imagine you've ever come across anything as basically evil as what we have here." To his credit, Doctor Who always pretends to be impressed.” It’s Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death. Read on…
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Time Is Relative - 6.5 The Seeds of Death
A delightful shot, to start off. There's Jamie and Zoe, wondering what's going to happen next in this madcap life of theirs. And there's Doctor Who, giggling like a maniac. It's almost as if their a...
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“I like to think that the Cybermen put photos of the invasion on Facebook and tag in the Daleks. "Just invading earth. And what's this? Stairs? Oh no, guess we better turn back! Or shall we just WALK DOWN THEM ON OUR AWESOME LEGS?"” It’s Doctor Who : the Invasion. Read on…
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Time Is Relative - 6.3 The Invasion
This is one of those stories where the BBC got drunk and lent all the episodes to their friends, but then forgot who it had lent them to. And some of those friends never brought them back. Because som...
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Rob Reed @robreed.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“This story is amazing and weird. It is often used on clip shows, to demonstrate how wacky Doctor Who is. Which is kind of cheating, because most of the time they just stand around in corridors wearing idiotic hats.” It’s Doctor Who; The Mind Robber. Read on…
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Time Is Relative - 6.2 The Mind Robber
In this story, there is no set. They forgot to make one. So everyone hangs around in some nothingness for a bit. Jamie uses this as an excuse to stroke Zoe's fingers. Even her fingers are lovely. Sh...
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