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Toby Hall

@tobyhallwriter.bsky.social

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Writer looking for a job and an agent. Likes Doctor Who, reading, cheese, steampunk, folklore + lots of other stuff. Eclectic music taste. Youtube Channel (Link to CV In Channel Description): https://www.youtube.com/@TobyAJHall

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Toby Hall @tobyhallwriter.bsky.social · 12h

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The Doctor Who Theme (In-Between Mix)

YouTube video by Srinpy

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Toby Hall @tobyhallwriter.bsky.social · 20h

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We Can Make an Impact.

Oppose the Faroe Islands hosting the 2027 Island Games

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Toby Hall @tobyhallwriter.bsky.social · 23h

Also, impossible to hear the phrase 'Titanic Sinks Tonight' without fitting it to the tune of 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 1d

This has to stop. We back a ban on the sale of these items, especially to under 18s.

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 1d

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.

I disagree.

RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 1d

I find it bleak that ChatGPT now has more users than Wikipedia. Many people would rather be spoon-fed information by a machine than read and research for themselves. Tech isn't just making us dumber. Worse than that: it's killing curiosity itself and the desire to learn.

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 1d

Cultrivorous [kul-TRIV-uh-rus]
(adj.)
- Pertaining to one who devours knives.
- Related to, or descriptive of the act of swallowing, or pretending to swallow knives.

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Doctor Who @bbcdoctorwhom.bsky.social · 1d

okay you can stop asking now

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2d

Famous bloodsport enthusiast to front new nature film on Amazon Prime..

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2d

"It is vital this legislation is brought forward with urgency before another season of unnecessary suffering."

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MP calls on government to REALLY ban fox hunting

Labour promised to strengthen the Hunting Ban to stop foxes being terrorised, but that still hasn't happened

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 2d

Guillermo Del Toro is 61.
Here he is on the Weinsteins:

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The Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 2d

"Who the heck are you?"

"Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet" episode 1 (1966). #DoctorWho

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 2d

Leptosomatic [LEP-tuh-soh-MAT-ik]
(adj.)
- Having a slender, thin, or frail body.

Used in a sentence:
”Lisbeth’s leptosomatic frame was ideal for fainting, swooning, and otherwise collapsing decoratively upon the nearest chaise longue.”

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Toby Hall @tobyhallwriter.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair to Russell he said 'a season every year' was a plan, not a promise. Plans change whether by design or as a result of other things and I imagine in the back of his mind, he thought something like this could happen.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 2d

We have streamers willing to grab this endless sandbox of an IP and all they ask of RTD is that he slightly changes his storytelling approach to be in line with what they want. Or a new showrunner. Just... come on, I'm losing my fucking mind here, just give them modern genre TV, not Space Babies!

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 2d

The BBC are ready to make the show, so many writers, actors, directors waiting to make their mark, so many stories waiting to be told... drop the Mouse and move on. FFS. I'm going mad.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 2d

The current state of the show is that we are getting new Doctor Who, eventually, when the spin-off comes out, eventually, when the deal is re-negotiated, which it won't, and Billie Piper may or may not be involved in something that might not be happening.

"sEaSoNs eVeRy yEaR"

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 2d

Cast a new Doctor, total reset, no former writers or actors involved at all, make the show with the money the BBC clearly has, forget the Mouse. Enough of this. This is arguably worse than 1989, this is entirely self-inflicted.

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Ben Williams @wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 2d

Rob Shearman is now another former Doctor Who contributor who has diplomatically expressed bemusement and apathy towards the current state of the show. So many are saying the same things, when is Russell going to get the hint and we just pretend the last five seconds of Reality War didn't happen?

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Toby Hall @tobyhallwriter.bsky.social · 2d

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Sign the petition: Save our National Parks

🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them:

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𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲 @tumblrr.bsky.social · 2d

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 3d

Goliard [GO-lee-ard]
(n.)
- One of a class of scholarly medieval wandering monks who amused their superiors with Latin poetry and merry jests.

Origin uncertain.

Sentence:
“When the goliard sang of Eve’s apple and Adam’s ale, even the nuns behind the screen did giggle through their veils.”

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 3d

Chatbots and AI slop are going to ruin countless brains. Yours doesn't have to be one of them. Study history. Read poetry. Get acquainted with Bach, Shakespeare, George Eliot. In a time when people are rapidly getting dumber, we need communities devoted to the life of the mind.

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The Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 3d

"I am K9 and I am warning you!"

"Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy" part 2 (1977). #DoctorWho

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 3d

This from @realgdt.bsky.social talking about 'Frankenstein' is so good.

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