Melvin Peña
@melvinpena.bsky.social
making art, hiking, kayaking, gardening, watching films and tv, listening to music, reading comics, and singing karaoke
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happy #doctorwho day! join @grumpy2eb.bsky.social and i in manchester, 1819. the 5th doctor, tegan, and nyssa find themselves in the midst of the peterloo massacre! all new on "the maran chess club" podcast shorturl.at/N5KUx
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replace the Supreme Court with the remaining members of the Wu-Tang Clan
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
replace the Supreme Court with the remaining members of the Wu-Tang Clan
hope everyone had a great #doctorwho day! ross and i recorded a special episode of @gallifreysmwpod.bsky.social to mark the 12th anniversary of "the day of the doctor." have a listen: shorturl.at/iiKdK
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
hope everyone had a great #doctorwho day! ross and i recorded a special episode of @gallifreysmwpod.bsky.social to mark the 12th anniversary of "the day of the doctor." have a listen: shorturl.at/iiKdK
i had a lot of fun recording a special reading of paul magrs's "lay off planet zog!" exclusively for the popular "trap one" #doctorwho podcast! the segment starts right around 11:35 open.spotify.com/episode/3J02...
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
i had a lot of fun recording a special reading of paul magrs's "lay off planet zog!" exclusively for the popular "trap one" #doctorwho podcast! the segment starts right around 11:35 open.spotify.com/episode/3J02...
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this is the most 8:30 PM a 6:15 PM has felt in a long time
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
this is the most 8:30 PM a 6:15 PM has felt in a long time
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Happy Doctor Who Day everyone!!
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Happy Doctor Who Day everyone!!
shane meadows's "made of stone" is so unique. hard to watch, but it's very, very good. i know i wished, the moment i finished watching it, that i'd just gone ahead and got the collector's edition bonus material version
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
shane meadows's "made of stone" is so unique. hard to watch, but it's very, very good. i know i wished, the moment i finished watching it, that i'd just gone ahead and got the collector's edition bonus material version
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Happy Doctor Who day!
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy Doctor Who day!
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A special one for Doctor Who Day: a great long post on the novelisation of one of the best stories ever, Genesis of the Daleks: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/11/doct... #books #booksky #doctorwho
Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks, by Terrance Dicks
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November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A special one for Doctor Who Day: a great long post on the novelisation of one of the best stories ever, Genesis of the Daleks: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/11/doct... #books #booksky #doctorwho
happy anniversary to #doctorwho! it really is just the best. thanks to ross @jsa4e.bsky.social for having me on @gallifreysmwpod.bsky.social to celebrate the 12th anniversary of "the day of the doctor"!
download and listen now on libsyn:
gallifreysmostwanted.libsyn.com/gallifreys-m...
download and listen now on libsyn:
gallifreysmostwanted.libsyn.com/gallifreys-m...
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
happy anniversary to #doctorwho! it really is just the best. thanks to ross @jsa4e.bsky.social for having me on @gallifreysmwpod.bsky.social to celebrate the 12th anniversary of "the day of the doctor"!
download and listen now on libsyn:
gallifreysmostwanted.libsyn.com/gallifreys-m...
download and listen now on libsyn:
gallifreysmostwanted.libsyn.com/gallifreys-m...
coming soon to the @gallifreysmwpod.bsky.social podcast, @jsa4e.bsky.social and melvin rise to meet the moment. it's the 62nd anniversary of #doctorwho, and we've got a spectacular celebration of a landmark episode.
libsyn | spotify | podchaser | apple | youtube
libsyn | spotify | podchaser | apple | youtube
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
coming soon to the @gallifreysmwpod.bsky.social podcast, @jsa4e.bsky.social and melvin rise to meet the moment. it's the 62nd anniversary of #doctorwho, and we've got a spectacular celebration of a landmark episode.
libsyn | spotify | podchaser | apple | youtube
libsyn | spotify | podchaser | apple | youtube
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This week, 500 Year Diary begins its six-week hagiography of Doctor Who writer, script editor and raconteur Terrance Dicks, with a discussion of his first on-screen script credit The War Games.
#DoctorWho
500yeardiary.com/s3/e1
#DoctorWho
500yeardiary.com/s3/e1
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This week, 500 Year Diary begins its six-week hagiography of Doctor Who writer, script editor and raconteur Terrance Dicks, with a discussion of his first on-screen script credit The War Games.
#DoctorWho
500yeardiary.com/s3/e1
#DoctorWho
500yeardiary.com/s3/e1
happy #doctorwho day! join @grumpy2eb.bsky.social and i in manchester, 1819. the 5th doctor, tegan, and nyssa find themselves in the midst of the peterloo massacre! all new on "the maran chess club" podcast shorturl.at/N5KUx
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
happy #doctorwho day! join @grumpy2eb.bsky.social and i in manchester, 1819. the 5th doctor, tegan, and nyssa find themselves in the midst of the peterloo massacre! all new on "the maran chess club" podcast shorturl.at/N5KUx
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It's Doctor Who Day. To celebrate, I've edited and designed a new digital bookazine for @radiotimes.bsky.social, collecting the best of the magazine's articles and rare photography from the show's early years. Download it FREE from www.radiotimes.com/doctor-who-t...
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's Doctor Who Day. To celebrate, I've edited and designed a new digital bookazine for @radiotimes.bsky.social, collecting the best of the magazine's articles and rare photography from the show's early years. Download it FREE from www.radiotimes.com/doctor-who-t...
i dropped a furby off at alexis's house, saw the mountain goats play to a sold out house at the pinhook, got cookout on the way home and it's still not yet 10pm. that is the triumph of the human spirit
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
i dropped a furby off at alexis's house, saw the mountain goats play to a sold out house at the pinhook, got cookout on the way home and it's still not yet 10pm. that is the triumph of the human spirit
everybody is talking about geese these days
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
everybody is talking about geese these days
see y'all there
TONIGHT at The Pinhook in Durham, John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats performs! *SOLD OUT SHOW*
Doors 6pm
Show 7pm
Doors 6pm
Show 7pm
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
see y'all there
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Jason joins Jim and I this week to take a wok on the wild side... walk sorry. Will we tremble at the might of sontar? Will we Marvel at stunning imagery or will we cower in fear in Mary's British Hotel!? Find out ... NOW! 😘
This week Jason Miller joins us as we travel to the Crimea. Along the way we meet Mary Seacole, Dan's parents and discuss the Sontarans finally becoming a credible threat...
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@jeffgoddard.bsky.social
@drwhonovels.bsky.social
anchor.fm/drwho-whats-...
@jeffgoddard.bsky.social
@drwhonovels.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Jason joins Jim and I this week to take a wok on the wild side... walk sorry. Will we tremble at the might of sontar? Will we Marvel at stunning imagery or will we cower in fear in Mary's British Hotel!? Find out ... NOW! 😘
maybe the t-rex reference from the doctor is also a little off-hand allusion to kevin, one of the 11th doctor's comic book companions, esp with the "he"?
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
maybe the t-rex reference from the doctor is also a little off-hand allusion to kevin, one of the 11th doctor's comic book companions, esp with the "he"?
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Thank you so much, all at Trap one! I listened to this this morning and was blushing throughout on behalf of me and Steve. And how clever of you to go back 19 years and trace it back to that letter from Zog...! @stevecolewriter.bsky.social
On the brand new Trap One🎙Podcast @joshort.bsky.social, @markdodyk.bsky.social, @docoho44.bsky.social & @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social gather round the campfire for a discussion on 1001 Nights in Time & Space:
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Apple Podcasts tinyurl.com/52tft26m
Spotify tinyurl.com/yjkdw2a3
Podbean tinyurl.com/537mkm5k
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Thank you so much, all at Trap one! I listened to this this morning and was blushing throughout on behalf of me and Steve. And how clever of you to go back 19 years and trace it back to that letter from Zog...! @stevecolewriter.bsky.social
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we are not even a quarter way through this boss fight
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
we are not even a quarter way through this boss fight
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
he loves power and sowing division, and if the democrats hate him, then he must envision an enemy of my enemy scenario
in the last decade we’ve been cursed to have trump ruin the world and politics, i’ve maybe only seen him smile the way he smiled at zohran mamdani for like, 3 other people ever
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
he loves power and sowing division, and if the democrats hate him, then he must envision an enemy of my enemy scenario
everybody is talking about geese these days
Geese: my wife's in the shed :: Friendship : my wife's in the sewer
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
everybody is talking about geese these days
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An excellent, erudite, and impassioned examination of this historical story from @grumpy2eb.bsky.social and @melvinpena.bsky.social
Helllo Everyone! This week on the Maran Chess Club @melvinpena.bsky.social joins me to talk about the Big Finish audio drama, The Peterloo Massacre by Paul Magrs.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
An excellent, erudite, and impassioned examination of this historical story from @grumpy2eb.bsky.social and @melvinpena.bsky.social
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We are not a serious country, at all.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We are not a serious country, at all.