Mark Donaldson
@markdonaldson.bsky.social
Freelance writer about movies, Star Trek and Doctor Who, lapsed cinema manager, co-host of @onthetimelash.bsky.social
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Starfleet Academy Writing Assignment #6: Batting, Average
On Star Trek: Starfleet Academy s01e06, "Come, Let's Away"
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Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti are the MVPs in a Starfleet Academy episode that leans too far into grimdark Discovery bollocks and Wrath of Khan homage for my tastes.
Really enjoyed @verbatimfoley.bsky.social's "It Walks Around the House at Night" this evening. At last! A ghost story about gatekeepers and the gig economy! Tour dates here: www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/itwalks/
February 18, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Really enjoyed @verbatimfoley.bsky.social's "It Walks Around the House at Night" this evening. At last! A ghost story about gatekeepers and the gig economy! Tour dates here: www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/itwalks/
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Picard (wank) "as starfleet officers we don't always have the luxury of serving in an ideal environment,"
Sisko (good guy) "mind when you killed my wife ya fucken, baguette prick"
Sisko (good guy) "mind when you killed my wife ya fucken, baguette prick"
February 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Picard (wank) "as starfleet officers we don't always have the luxury of serving in an ideal environment,"
Sisko (good guy) "mind when you killed my wife ya fucken, baguette prick"
Sisko (good guy) "mind when you killed my wife ya fucken, baguette prick"
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It’s 15 years since I made SOUND IT OUT about the last record shop in #Teesside - and now I’m coming home with my 10th feature, premiering in competition at CPHdox
I can’t wait for you to meet Stan and the fishers of Hartlepool in this intimate and urgent portrait, filled with North East humour.
I can’t wait for you to meet Stan and the fishers of Hartlepool in this intimate and urgent portrait, filled with North East humour.
February 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM
It’s 15 years since I made SOUND IT OUT about the last record shop in #Teesside - and now I’m coming home with my 10th feature, premiering in competition at CPHdox
I can’t wait for you to meet Stan and the fishers of Hartlepool in this intimate and urgent portrait, filled with North East humour.
I can’t wait for you to meet Stan and the fishers of Hartlepool in this intimate and urgent portrait, filled with North East humour.
Morning! Rise and shine and enjoy a delicious glass of WHOLE
February 18, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Morning! Rise and shine and enjoy a delicious glass of WHOLE
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Tom's putting it in now.
February 17, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Tom's putting it in now.
Emerald Fennell discourse is almost as insufferable as Emerald Fennell's films.
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Emerald Fennell discourse is almost as insufferable as Emerald Fennell's films.
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dear fucking god will the bloody Guardian just shut the everloving fuck up about this fucking movie. It's a STORY. It's not real! It's one director's take on it! It's not her job to flatter your sixth-form opinions about it! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wuthering Heights is at its heart a story of class and race. Emerald Fennell has got it all wrong | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
By turning the novel into just a corset-heaving love story, the director has stripped it of what made it so boundary-pushing, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
dear fucking god will the bloody Guardian just shut the everloving fuck up about this fucking movie. It's a STORY. It's not real! It's one director's take on it! It's not her job to flatter your sixth-form opinions about it! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nacelle Toys has announced that the mystery two-pack #StarTrek action figures from its forthcoming Original Series wave (preorders coming later in 2026) will be Gene Roddenberry and Lucille Ball, in era-appropriate looks
February 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Nacelle Toys has announced that the mystery two-pack #StarTrek action figures from its forthcoming Original Series wave (preorders coming later in 2026) will be Gene Roddenberry and Lucille Ball, in era-appropriate looks
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March 4, 1985 - The Northern Echo Yorkshire - Richard Franklin has a new group of American fans thanks to a rendition of "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow" at a Doctor Who convention.
#DoctorWho #RichardFranklin #80sNostalgia #ConventionMemories #MusicLegends #AmericanFans #YorkshireEcho
#DoctorWho #RichardFranklin #80sNostalgia #ConventionMemories #MusicLegends #AmericanFans #YorkshireEcho
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
March 4, 1985 - The Northern Echo Yorkshire - Richard Franklin has a new group of American fans thanks to a rendition of "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow" at a Doctor Who convention.
#DoctorWho #RichardFranklin #80sNostalgia #ConventionMemories #MusicLegends #AmericanFans #YorkshireEcho
#DoctorWho #RichardFranklin #80sNostalgia #ConventionMemories #MusicLegends #AmericanFans #YorkshireEcho
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🇬🇧TREK @ 60 CELEBRATIONS!
London’s Science Museum announces celebrations for #StarTrek’s 60th!
- Trek themed Musuem Lates on March 26! Book your FREE ticket now!
- New Merch!
- All 13 Trek movies screening one a week from March!
⭐️INFO: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/star-trek-60...
London’s Science Museum announces celebrations for #StarTrek’s 60th!
- Trek themed Musuem Lates on March 26! Book your FREE ticket now!
- New Merch!
- All 13 Trek movies screening one a week from March!
⭐️INFO: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/star-trek-60...
February 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
🇬🇧TREK @ 60 CELEBRATIONS!
London’s Science Museum announces celebrations for #StarTrek’s 60th!
- Trek themed Musuem Lates on March 26! Book your FREE ticket now!
- New Merch!
- All 13 Trek movies screening one a week from March!
⭐️INFO: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/star-trek-60...
London’s Science Museum announces celebrations for #StarTrek’s 60th!
- Trek themed Musuem Lates on March 26! Book your FREE ticket now!
- New Merch!
- All 13 Trek movies screening one a week from March!
⭐️INFO: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/star-trek-60...
Is history all just a matter of perspective? Two idiots attempt to find out via the Doctor Who novel 'History 101'
A smart, packed, sophisticated novel, which gives @markdonaldson.bsky.social and I a chance to discuss history, perception and the two can collide dramatically in modern times.
Artwork by @devondan.bsky.social
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Artwork by @devondan.bsky.social
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February 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Is history all just a matter of perspective? Two idiots attempt to find out via the Doctor Who novel 'History 101'
I rewatched Titicut Follies at the weekend, and it's emblematic of the many Frederick Wiseman films that followed his 1967 debut. They unflinchingly hold insitutions to account, while still championing heart and humanity. A true independent artist and one of the great American filmmakers.
February 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I rewatched Titicut Follies at the weekend, and it's emblematic of the many Frederick Wiseman films that followed his 1967 debut. They unflinchingly hold insitutions to account, while still championing heart and humanity. A true independent artist and one of the great American filmmakers.
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running from the cops in these and they deploy a long studded strip in front to stop me
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
running from the cops in these and they deploy a long studded strip in front to stop me
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If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
Watching Star Trek: TNG - "Pen Pals"
I love horses, best of all the animals
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February 15, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Watching Star Trek: TNG - "Pen Pals"
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Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets
February 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets
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Something extremely funny could happen tomorrow
🚨 PICTURED: Liz Truss meets with Donald Trump at his golf course in Palm Beach
February 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Something extremely funny could happen tomorrow
Up bright and early for a double bill of animation down at the pictures. Little Amélie and The Day the Earth Blew Up!
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Up bright and early for a double bill of animation down at the pictures. Little Amélie and The Day the Earth Blew Up!
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Three important narrators, the end of the war, unrequited love, murder and betrayal...the Earth Arc continues with its most impressive novel yet...
@dwcoverstory.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social @jonarnold.bsky.social
Readings by @jameslark.bsky.social
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@dwcoverstory.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social @jonarnold.bsky.social
Readings by @jameslark.bsky.social
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February 14, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Three important narrators, the end of the war, unrequited love, murder and betrayal...the Earth Arc continues with its most impressive novel yet...
@dwcoverstory.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social @jonarnold.bsky.social
Readings by @jameslark.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
@dwcoverstory.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social @jonarnold.bsky.social
Readings by @jameslark.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, "The Icarus Factor"
February 14, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, "The Icarus Factor"
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Too Hot For TV is a brand new podcast looking at the expanded universe of your favorite franchises.
Launching Feb 28th with Aliens: Too Hot For TV
Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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Launching Feb 28th with Aliens: Too Hot For TV
Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/show/0OJ4wOL...
February 14, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Too Hot For TV is a brand new podcast looking at the expanded universe of your favorite franchises.
Launching Feb 28th with Aliens: Too Hot For TV
Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/show/0OJ4wOL...
Launching Feb 28th with Aliens: Too Hot For TV
Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/show/0OJ4wOL...
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NEW EPISODE! : We're joined by @wretchedmorgan.bsky.social and @michaelmills.bsky.social as Ghost Light goes before the court, as our trial of Series 26 continues! But will it be found guilty or not guilty of crimes against #DoctorWho? Join us to find out!
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youtu.be/-NB63pyeILU
047. Shameless Wantons, Prawn Toast, Fried Rice (Ghost Light)
YouTube video by The Polis Box : Live!
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February 13, 2026 at 12:48 PM
NEW EPISODE! : We're joined by @wretchedmorgan.bsky.social and @michaelmills.bsky.social as Ghost Light goes before the court, as our trial of Series 26 continues! But will it be found guilty or not guilty of crimes against #DoctorWho? Join us to find out!
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youtu.be/-NB63pyeILU
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Agreed, very drab this week. I'd also add to this that Star Trek has been obsessively remaking Wrath of Khan since First Contact and the well had ran dry on it well before even Into Darkness did it explicitly.
Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti are the MVPs in a Starfleet Academy episode that leans too far into grimdark Discovery bollocks and Wrath of Khan homage for my tastes.
Starfleet Academy Writing Assignment #6: Batting, Average
On Star Trek: Starfleet Academy s01e06, "Come, Let's Away"
markmywords1985.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Agreed, very drab this week. I'd also add to this that Star Trek has been obsessively remaking Wrath of Khan since First Contact and the well had ran dry on it well before even Into Darkness did it explicitly.
Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti are the MVPs in a Starfleet Academy episode that leans too far into grimdark Discovery bollocks and Wrath of Khan homage for my tastes.
Starfleet Academy Writing Assignment #6: Batting, Average
On Star Trek: Starfleet Academy s01e06, "Come, Let's Away"
markmywords1985.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti are the MVPs in a Starfleet Academy episode that leans too far into grimdark Discovery bollocks and Wrath of Khan homage for my tastes.
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We're live!
LIVE RIGHT NOW! : Ghost Light goes before the court, as our trial of Series 26 continues with guests @wretchedmorgan.bsky.social and @michaelmills.bsky.social - but will it be guilty or not guilty of crimes against #DoctorWho? The decision is yours! Cast your vote below!
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The Polis Box Live! : Ghost Light
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February 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
We're live!