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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1h

Just had an existential stability. Nice.

Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 7h

And I thought I had a tough time coming out, before the Doctor Who S10 soundtrack album.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 8h

That's just the tip of his madness.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 8h

Uh-oh.

DuckTales: Launchpad, Scrooge McDuck's pilot.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 9h

Re-watched 'The Sandbaggers' "A Proper Function Of Government". An early episode that pretty much sums up what made that show so very, very out-fucking-standing. A series of intelligent, sharp and terse conversations in offices that are more exciting and compelling than most action movies.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, that's a real pri, uh, brain teaser.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 11h

Death is but a door, if it hits you hard enough.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 18h

Just to be clear, if it really does happen I'll be very happy. The soundtrack, I mean, not the end times. Well...

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 18h

I would be happier about #DoctorWho Series 10 soundtrack getting released, if I wasn't almost certain it heralds the end times.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 18h

I think you're all being very mean about those hideous little Tory freaks.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1d

... every 48 hours, until one sticks.

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Macron will nominate new French prime minister in 48 hours

Sébastien Lecornu, the outgoing prime minister, said MPs recognise the pressing need to pass a budget by the end of the year.

www.bbc.com

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1d

Also sold, Jack Benny’s original notes on the theory of relativity.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Einstein's violin sells for £860,000 at auction

Auctioneers think it might be the highest price ever paid for a violin not previously owned by a concert violinist.

www.bbc.com

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1d

Still, never appeared at a Riyadh comedy festival, so not that bad.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1d

Kept me cheerfully distracted from my real life which is, by even the most generous of terms, totally fucking pathetic and an insult to very concept of living.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1d

The very one he composed Cotton Eye Joe on.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Einstein's violin sells for £860,000 at auction

Auctioneers think it might be the highest price ever paid for a violin not previously owned by a concert violinist.

www.bbc.com

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1d

I think the BBC were lucky to keep the licence fee after it.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely works way better with Donna. I've always wondered if Sullivan's loathing for 'A Royal Flush' (an episode all about the Trotters mixing with high society) made him even more keen to stay away from that area.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1d

2 minimum.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1d

How I want to go.

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David G-P @davidjgp1983.bsky.social · 1d

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!

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Tenth Planet Archaeology - YouTube

youtube.com

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1d

Completed with animation and original cast voices.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 1d

After a long, 30 second, mull, I’m going with:

5. The Two Doctors
4. Survival
3. Ghost Light
2. Shada (2017)
1. The Rescue

The Doctor Who Show @thedwshow.net · 2d

SUNDAY. Our best classic #DoctorWho stories that are *under* four episodes long. What will make our lists? Tune in to THE LIST MAKERS.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 2d

JL2 Fugitive Of The Daleks. Hugely enjoyable story, that riffs on The Chase but is no dull retread. Full of ideas, twists & fun; a seemingly freewheeling plot gradually reveals a cleverly detailed design. Performances & production all top tier. Left me with a big stupid grin on my face. Wonderful.

Cover art for Dr Who Fugitive Of The Daleks

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 2d

Next year’s PMQs. “Mr Speaker, we’d like to know why the Prime Minister hasn’t wished Mr Justice here a happy birthday? What’s that Mr Justice? Yes, we should bring back hanging and slavery.”

Robert Jenrick holding a barrister’s wig with wanking hand.

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Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 2d

It just feels like an extended Comic Relief sketch.

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