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Neil Matthews

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Marketer, travel writer, historian, volunteer, serial fan (but not of cereal or necessarily serials). Recently adopted a rescue dog, although who's training whom is debatable.

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Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 9h

As a longterm fan (Tom onwards) who's pleased and grateful that the show returned so successfully, I find the uninformed entitledness of some absolutely staggering. As Oscar Wilde nearly put it, each fan kills the thing he loves.

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 6d

Which goes to show that hay fever can be helpful for anglers...

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Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 6d

Which reminds me that the Performing Arts school of the college where I worked found a(n un)suitable abbreviation for its Analysis & Performance modules...

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 10d

You can't fool me, that's a CAT scan.

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📚Melissa Amateis 🦊 @ww2historygal.bsky.social · 11d

Daily Peanuts!

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Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 10d

JN-T had a bit of a magpie tendency. AIUI Nyssa wasn't going to be a permanent companion either. Like other producers since, JN-T argued 3 companions was "returning the magic" of the original cast, which in itself was flawed (Susan underused)...

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Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 10d

(Credit for the "award losing" idea: @wordsbyjill.bsky.social)

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 10d

I prefer the "award losing writer" approach, which retains a nice ambiguity. Did they not win the award, or did they win and forget where they put it? Ooh, they're enigmatic. OR ARE THEY? (Cont'd p94)

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Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 10d

School Reunion.

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 11d

Currently in Ayr, now looking forward to Arnie's rendition of Tam o'Shanter. (Or William Shatner. Tam o'Shatner. Hmm...)

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Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 11d

The pubs are still open, so yes.

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Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 15d

A friend once claimed to have seen a sign EARS PIERCED WHILE YOU WAIT.

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 21d

The Man Who Was Thursday must be a contender for that. GK Chesterton combining satire with trippiness and the oddest ending.

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 22d

And telling that they blame it on "a printing error". Bad case of BSE (blame someone else).

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · 29d

Hard day's barking.

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · Sep 27

"What a lovely sacrificial gift. And so much better than last week's..." #LifeIsTheNameOfTheGame

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · Sep 22

If this rebrand fails, what next - SF Brown?

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · Sep 14

"...Or earlier. Time is relative, which is relative madness. Well, mine are, anyway... I'm drifting. NURSE! Is it teatime yet? BEEEEEP"

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · Sep 14

"The universe doesn't stop because River dances..."

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Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · Sep 13

It was an impressive Spurs impression...

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · Sep 13

Good evening. Tried reading Freddy a bedtime story...

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · Aug 31

We were at a garden party, whose hosts solemnly announced that the event would continue because "it's what she would have wanted"...

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · Aug 31

Actual critical thinking (or to put it another way, learning how to think, not what to think).

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Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · Aug 31

Very sad news. Much as I love Season 17, the programme couldn't have continued in that vein for much longer. Bidmead was key to ensuring its survival into the 1980s. And I love Logopolis too. That moment in ep1 when Tom sees the Watcher is a shiver-up-the-spine moment.

Neil Matthews @neilmatthews68.bsky.social · Aug 31

6. It discourages critical thinking.

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