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Didn't twig that Clayface is the guy who was in Dot & Bubble, which was probably my favourite of Doctor 15's run. I can't imagine the film being a huge success (niche character and no Batman?) but I'm looking forward to it!

Clayface (2026) looking fairly miserable.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Was delighted to be among the 12k see Obama speak in Glasgow this evening. Very refreshing and hopeful. A lot to think about.

The stage at the glasgow hydro for an evening with Barack Obama.

Me and some good pals at An Evening with Barack Obama in Glasgow. I'm the one in the middle who looks like the kindly farmer from The Walking Dead.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Tonight's film on me 'usbands birthday. These security robots are a bit more effective than the naff ones in Blakes 7.

A poster for the '80s teen horror 'Chopping Mall', that has plucky teens menaced by malfunctioning mall security robots.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Just back from a desperate "I might as well go and look just in case." The aforementioned milk-only hot chocolate and no horlicks at all. But it's ok I guess because they have mango bubble tea...

A photo of the hot drink selection at a local Asda. There are dozens of different types of coffees and teas but only one tip of hot chocolate (the kind that requires milk instead of hot water) and no horlicks.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Wee Reuben watching Cat's Eye earlier. He seemed to be quite into the third story. :)

A young grey cat watching the 1985 horror film 'Cat's Eye.'

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Tonight's film is a favourite of mine (and a first time watch for Jim). 🐾

A poster for Cats Eye, which has a very young Drew Barrymore and the heroic cat, General.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

John Stewart is probably my least favourite of the classic Green Lanterns (only Geoff Johns seemed to bring him to life for me) so I was never going to be rushing to see Lanterns, but anyone seen it and want to recommend it? (I have heard what it does with Hal, which uurgh..).

A publicity shot from the tv show Lanterns with Hal Jordan and John Stewart.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Been enjoying a relisten to the excellent Restoration this afternoon and a wee interview with the lovely @cliffchapman.bsky.social in the bonus disc. It feels like it’s been aaages since we had a @bigfinish.bsky.social Blakes 7 release. More please @anghelides.bsky.social! :)

The cover of the excellent Blakes 7 audio story Restoration Part 2.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Not the 'Without Warning. I was expecting, but this is our movie for tonight. Without Warning (1994). Q's in it.

A dreadful poster for the 1994 Without Warning.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is both lovely and a bit of a two fingers up at how RTD left things. Delighted to see something come from getting Susan involved again.

Effectively a 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special starring Christopher Eccleston and Carole Ann Ford. It is called The Wash and will be streaming for free on Xmas on the Doctor Who Youtube Channel.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's peak early 80s in 'The Tripods' tonight when our heroes make it to the ruins of Paris and encounter loads of CSO and post-apocalyptic punks!

The three heroes of classic BBC sci-fi series The Tripods explore the ruins of Paris through the miracle of early 80s BBC special effects.

Menacing punks in the ruins of 2089 Paris in The Tripods.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

*Dame Edna retching noises* Will be complaining to the milk company at lunchtime...

A milk bottle with some clear contamination issues!

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Watching an old 'Out of the Unknown' episode that's basically 'Threads.' Good stuff, but blimey.

The opening of the bleak Out of the Unknown episode 'Level Seven.'

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We're having a devilish double-bill tonight. Film one....

The poster for the '70s horror classic (hey, it's in the Elvira movie) 'Satan's Slave.'

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A much needed restful Saturday just pottering around around the house, capped (ho ho) off with the first episode of The Tripods. I got to try my first ever curry watching this on broadcast a million years ago.

A sinister alien tripod stands before a happy crowd of what appears to be pre-industrial peasants. It has one of them in a metal tentacle. In truth it is 2089 and humanity has been conquered by an alien race. From the BBC tv series The Tripods.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's finally the weekend! Woot!

The PAGAN cult from Dragnet know how to have a good time!

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

if you have a spare 15 minutes, "The other side of the box" is quite a spooky little horror short.

A sinister looking man impossibly peers out of a void in a cardboard box.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There was a bit of a theme back then! I remember this one being quite sweet. (But I had not remembered how much she looks like Jacko from Brush Strokes!)

The cover of a DVD of the popular '80s comedy 'Watching.' The lead girl looks oddly like Jacko, the male lead of another popular 80s sitcom about a decorator.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Honestly, can you imagine living next door to this couple? They look like serial killers. RUN!

The cover of the DVD for the first series of the sitcom 'The Two of Us.' The lead couple are.. unappealing and creepy.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have fallen down a bit of a forgotten BBC sitcom rabbit hole. Remember 'Help'? I'd misremembered this as a Bread follow-up from Carla Lane. www.imdb.com/title/tt0090...

A promotional picture from the BBC sitcom 'Help.'

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We're approaching spooky season so the perfect time to reacquaint myself with 'Dead Set'. Still great fun!

In a fictionalised horror story a behind the scenes employee of UK Big Brother tv show is trapped in the diary room by flesh eating ghouls. Rather impressively for the time it roped in the then Big Brother presenter and many previous contestants from the show.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Do something nice for yourself this evening.

A screen grab from Earthbound on the SNES. A character says "Everything will be okay If we just sit here quietly in the dark."

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I don't blame the kitten. I blame the backfiring motorbike that scared the kitten. (Also ow!)

A fairly savage scratch from the backclaw of a kitten.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Listening to the 'Nightmare of Eden' audiobook and wasn't quite prepared for how good Dan Starkey's impression is of Tom Baker! His Romana is pretty decent too.

Dan Starkey as a Victorian era Sontaran in Doctor Who.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The George Lucas Museum is displaying the original Cowardly Lion costume and, oh dear lord, if it doesn't look like that creepy scene from Planet of the Apes...

The Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz has been stuffed and mounted for display in the George Lucas Museum. Thousands of years in the future the same thing will happen to one of the astronauts in Taylor's crew.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Recent re-listen. A bit more handwavy than I remembered but still some very effective Cosmic Horror going on that puts me in mind of Junji Ito. The description of the endlessly screaming.... whatever... at the end of the universe has always stayed with me.

The cover of the Doctor Who audio play The Nowhere Place by Big Finish. The picture is of a steam engine hurtling through a misty evening and behind it a sky filled with screaming faces. The Doctor looks concerned.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I know I need to work on fitness and general health etc but honestly just to be able to wake up not feeling (and looking!) like Ripley in the early scenes of Alien 3...

Ripley in the early scenes of Alien 3. She has survived the crash of the malfunctioning escape module but not without injury. Her left eye is badly bloodshot and her face bruised. As she came out of hyper sleep suddenly she will also be ill for some weeks.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I did however love that the rude Vulcan captain is played like they were trying to have dinner with Frieda Claxton from that episode of 'The Golden Girls'. He even dresses like her!

Frieda Claxton, professional horrible neighbour, who is killed by Rose calling her out on her rudeness in The Golden Girls. It was never established if she did or did not come from the planet Vulcan.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's Reuben's official 'birthday'/gotcha day today so we had a wee treat to celebrate a year of this happy wee dude coming to live with us from the rescue. 🎂

A young grey cat lixking his lips after enjoying some salmon for his birthday.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

An excerpt from the Doctor Who NA novel Timewyrm: Revelation. When did Ace "get off" with an alien?? Is this about the cheetah people or am I missing something from the other televised stories?

An excerpt from the Doctor Who NA novel Timewyrm: Revelation, that has Ace reflecting on her experiences. It says: "Midge was dead, of course. Bad news to think like he was still around. Her friends had been killed by aliens, her past was a game for aliens to play with, she'd even got off with an alien. That would've made a good headline."

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Look at this floof! Everyone's pal. :)

A cute grey kitten is lying on his back with his legs in the air.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Poor Reuben the kitten was stung by a wasp when I had him out in the garden yesterday. He's fine but got a fright and gave me a few decent scratches as I was holding him at the time. Lots of TLC last night and he was snuggled up to all of us while we watched a film. (Guilt! Woe! But he's fine).

A cute grey kitten is relaxing happily on a sofa with an older tabby.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Watching Westworld (1973), which I don't think I've ever made it all the way through before, and there is one question going over and over through my head about this $1000 a day resort...

Mrs Pants, a potential buyer of Edmund Blackadder's house demands to know about the privvies.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's unreasonably bothering me watching a dinner scene in an early episode of Enterprise that T'Pol is holding her fork in her right hand instead of her left hand., but one of the themes of this episode is her picking up "bad habits"....

A visiting Vulcan captain is completely appalled by T'Pol eating dinner holding her fork with her right hand.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Timewyrm 3 out the way then. Quite a traditional Who story and, imo, miles better than Exodus even if the connections to the Timewyrm plot feel very throwaway. Ace's '80s schoolgirl schtick is also a bit wearying given she's now meant to be in her 20s. Onward to Timewyrm 4...

The cover of the Doctor Who New Adventures novel 'Timewyrm: Apocalypse' by Nigel Robinson. Something that looks like Brundlefly is rearing out of a green ocean. Ace is standing in a futuristic vehicle with an odd look on her face, like she's mildly annoyed or she has a headache and can't be bothered. A strange looking blue humanoid in comically OTT rags is also just standing there on the vehicle. The book is a lot better than this suggests.

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Overall, not a favourite but that's just because of the tone. I like Kivas not being handwaved away as a Ferengi. (They're not murderers). Brent Spiner is excellent and this is a strong episode for him. Just not a very nice one.

The murderer and thief, Kivas, is held captive in the Enterprise brig on his way to prison. All his possessions have been confiscated and returned to their rightful owners. He has nothing. Not even his freedom. But he hurt our friend. From the TNG episode 'The Most Toys.'

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This could have been something that was picked up on in future Data story (e.g. 'Brothers', 'Descent'. Even 'In Theory' might have been interesting) but it's kind of abandoned after this. A shame perhaps, although part of me wants it to go away.

Data puts a weapon at an unrepentant Kivas and has to decide whether to let him go, which will almost certain result in more people being hurt, or fire the weapon. Data fires the weapon mid transport, but it's left ambiguous why. was it purely a logical decision or something else? And why does Data choose to lie about it? From the TNG episode 'The Most Toys.'

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Kivas killing Varria with a weapon designed to be an agonising death is a horrible moment, and we're left with our friend Data seemingly having chosen to kill an unrepentant murderer to stop him hurting other people. Was it purely logic, or something else? Grim.

In a horrible moment, Kivas decides to shoot his colleague, Varria, at close range after she tries to help Data escape. It is a cruel weapon designed to give a very painful death. From the TNG episode 'The Most Toys.'

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Data's compassion is used against him by someone who who seems to be incredible wealthy but doesn't know the value of anything. Watching it today, he's one of those awful billionaires who don't give a crap about any of us and knows they'll walk away just fine. Good performance from Saul Rubinek

Data sits in a chair on command after his captor Kivas threatens to murder Varria if he didn't comply. From the TNG episode 'The Most Toys.'

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Tonight's episode in the TNG blu-ray rewatch was 'The Most Toys.' Data is apparently killed in a shuttlecraft accident, but he's actually been kidnapped by a narcissistic collector who blackmails Data into compliance. It's an uncomfortable and cruel episode that always stayed with me.

Data finds himself part of the evil Kiva's collection of unique items. From the TNG episode 'The Most Toys.'

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So, overall a low-stakes episode but an interesting one and what's going on with AI right now gives it more of an edge than it did on broadcast.

Barclay sleeps cradled by a simulacra of Doctor Crusher on the holodeck. From the TNG episode 'Hollow Pursuits.'

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I also find it interesting that while Riker mentions a protocol being violated about simulating crew members, Geordi is quick to correct him and say there's no such rule. Do we operate entirely on trust when it comes to the holodeck?? There was even a line about Barclay spanking holo-Wesley!

Troi is shocked by a tarty holo version of herself in Barclay's holodeck program which includes his interpretations of members of the crew. From the TNG episode 'Hollow Pursuits.'

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Scott @sinestrouk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

There was a lot made at the time of this being like 'addiction' to video games but here in 2026 it feels a bit more like people using AI. He's even more willing to use a holo generated counsellor instead of talking to a real one. Fascinating!

On the holodeck Barclay is much more confident talking to Counsellor Troi than in real life. From the TNG episode 'Hollow Pursuits.'

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