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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · Mar 25

Slightly losing the plot watching this old Arena on Ken Dodd on BBC4, because I swear that’s a pile of #DoctorWho Target novelisations at the end there but the resolution’s too low for me to properly make them out.

I’m right though, ain’t I?

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 15m

Infamy! How marvellous

Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 23m

three men are posing for a picture and one of them is holding a stuffed animal

Alt: three men are posing for a picture and one of them is holding a stuffed animal Another triumph for AI alt-text writing. Ignore the above, it’s a trio of Doctors Who and the legend DEAL WITH IT

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 26m

Always been flabbergasted that they didn’t go for the obvious take of Leela joining/leading the Shobogans. She’s a ‘savage’ who has learned a bit about science, they’re from a high tech background and have embraced the wilderness. It’s such a good fit it’s frankly embarrassing.

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 33m

I am a hingefree zone

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 3h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 2d

1975: Harlan Ellison visits Michael Moorcock in London. The Englishman sits Ellison in front of the TV when Dr Who comes on & insists Ellison “be quiet & just watch”. By the late 1970s,Ellison is such a fan of Dr Who that he’s taunting US scifi fans with declarations of its superiority over US fare.

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 1h

Amazing innit. Plus ça change

Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 1h

You: makes a joke

1963: hold my beer

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 1h

Season 7 ain’t all that

And 17 is damn great

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 14h

Tell me your most unhinged Doctor Who opinion. I mean, if you’re a fan, they’re likely all unhinged anyway.

Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 2h

I’m at work now but can’t do anything because the Internet won’t Internet, no matter how many times I shout “come on you bastard” at it.

The Machine has Stopped.

Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 2h

Just remembered this exists, so had to watch the entire thing. Incredible deep dive into stats at the end #Business youtu.be/wfWnyYwE8n4

Every time someone says "Business" on Howards' Way

YouTube video by Stop, Rewind, Eject

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 3h

Never heard of that - added to the queue, will report back

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 3h

Was heartened by a low angle shot of one of Lovejoy’s pals climbing a ladder to a sea fort giving me the relatively rare opportunity to quip, “see that’s not actually Katy Manning, it’s a stuntman in a wig”.

Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 3h

Was astonished by just how much of an episode of cuddly crap viewed only once in 1987 I remembered

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 3h

oooh sick burn

Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 3h

I was very late viewing this as first I had a remote watch party with a v young television pal - ep2 of Space:1999 (the Ian McShane one) and ep1 of Lovejoy (the, erm, Ian McShane one)

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah I’ve heard it goes off the boil a bit at the end, Alan Bromley doing a Terence Dudley by the sounds of things

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah - was aware of the approx gist of the thing when I referred to it yesterday as part of the ‘AI booo’ ranting but didn’t realise quite how supremely relevant it was!

Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 4h

The visuals were really gorgeous, so well realised. And the idea the concepts covered came from a story written in 1909 is absolutely nuts. Gonna plan to work my way through the lot one a day.

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 9h

goodnight #goodnight

a close up of a man in a suit and tie looking at something .

Alt: a close up of a man in a suit and tie looking at something . (Incredible stab at alt-text there from our AI overlords, I’m just gonna leave that unscathed but with this little bit of scornful snark underneath)

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 9h

How we have advanced, thanks to the machine

Incredible stuff, just brilliant. Ta!

Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 9h

-wowwowwowwowWOWwow

That’s the best thing I’ve watched in AGES. Bloody hell that was so bloody GOOD

(thanks to @tobyhadoke.bsky.social for the original recommendation, and to @gralefrit.bsky.social for the nudge I needed to finally get round to it)