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Tom Burgess
@nottomburgess.bsky.social
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Comedian, voice actor and cult TV lover (esp. Doctor Who and Blue Peter). 📺 Archivist for fictional BBC children's pioneer Peter Fleming and producer of his 'Into the Archives' podcast. He/him. linktr.ee/tomburgesscomedy
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 7h
Everything either side of The Mind Robber is a dream.
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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 23h
Tell me your most unhinged Doctor Who opinion. I mean, if you’re a fan, they’re likely all unhinged anyway.
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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 9h
The BBC's magic blanket licence would have allowed them to do this (for broadcast in the UK only presumably)
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to know all the Doctor Whos in order before being allowed entry to the UK
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Son of Bengt @sonofbengt.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to know "what is a hot spot not?" before being allowed entry to the UK
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d
For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 1d
If anyone needs me I will be prank calling my best friend from school on 300714.
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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 2d
"For sale: Dalek."
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Miss Inge Pisodés @quiteamess.bsky.social · 2d
"Daleks, planet, plague"
That'll be £6000 please. Terrance can flesh it out, I'm off to LA.
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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 3d
3 key members and trustees of the Film is Fabulous! team joined Tim of the 'Missing Episodes Podcast'

Film collector John Franklin, De Montfort University’s Prof Justin Smith & Sue Malden, renowned former Head of Broadcast Archives at BBC
YouTube Link
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 2d
Truly believe there should be more space for multi-cam drama on TV. Just as comedies are made in different ways to suit the material, so it should be for drama.
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Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 3d
The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵
A shot from the studio rehearsal of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan episode 'Volcano', showing several actors ont he TARDIS set, with various video cameras around the scene.
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 3d
Starmer: 'Peter Mandelson assured me he thought he'd been writing to the wrongly convicted H from Steps, and I regret not looking into that.'
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 3d
Can't believe Peter Mandelson was writing to Ian Watkins every week
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 4d
Happy Enemy/Web recovery day to all Who Heads who celebrate. 12 years today since they came back to us!
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boxdelightspod.bsky.social @boxdelightspod.bsky.social · 5d
And we're off! NEW EPISODE out today. Journalist and author @michaelhogan100.bsky.social talks about the magic of Jonathan Creek and his own crime novel debut, The Dogwalkers' Detective Agency. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
Jonathan Creek
Podcast Episode · Box of Delights · 10/10/2025 · 21m
podcasts.apple.com
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 6d
No, but he's full of questions.
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 6d
A noble pursuit!
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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 6d
Tazos. The Thinking Man's Pog.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 6d
Same here - my collection was rounded off with two big batches (and the binder itself) from James Rustell in Year 2 and a piano pupil of my mum's. Think the last to be popped into place was a B-Wing. Special moment.
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 6d
I've still got my complete binder of Star Wars Tazos circa '97! Never had a Pog in the house, unconvinced they existed.
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 6d
No one buy it. Teach them for making you beg.
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Doctor Who Merchandise @doctorwhomerch.bsky.social · 6d
No release date, no details, but the Series 10 soundtrack is coming…
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 6d
He's gonna be kicking himself when he finds out his favourite jumper's from Doctor Who.
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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 7d
After the world’s longest hiatus, my TV nostalgia podcast - The Box of Delights - is coming back for a real actual series of new episodes. And you don’t have long to wait!
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Mr Grimoire-d @grahamward.bsky.social · 7d
Frank Bellamy featured. His art follows in this thread. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Art of Radio Times - BBC Sounds
Peter Day salutes the graphic artists whose canvas was Radio Times, which began in 1923.
www.bbc.co.uk
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David G-P @davidjgp1983.bsky.social · 7d
59 years ago today The Tenth Planet debuted on BBC1. So to mark this milestone anniversary, here’s a playlist of videos where I pick the story apart in a variety of different ways!

Presented in almost story order!

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Tenth Planet Archaeology - YouTube
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 8d
Phwoar!!!
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 8d
Don't we all?!
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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 8d
Having just watched this for the first time, OH MY FUCKING GOD and also I now have a massive crush on John Noakes, is that OK?

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1977: JOHN NOAKES scaling Nelson's Column is TERRIFYING | Blue Peter | Classic clips | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 10d
Congratulations!
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