Benjamin Cook
@benjamincook.bsky.social
Writer • Journo • TV/video/podcast editor. Business enquiries: [email protected]
All except Babs, who’s serving full classroom glam. 💅📚
November 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
All except Babs, who’s serving full classroom glam. 💅📚
Oh, and finally…
6) “She might be meeting a boy.” Carole with some gawky, awkward adolescent at a ’90s Doctor Who convention. Whatever happened to HIM?!
6) “She might be meeting a boy.” Carole with some gawky, awkward adolescent at a ’90s Doctor Who convention. Whatever happened to HIM?!
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Oh, and finally…
6) “She might be meeting a boy.” Carole with some gawky, awkward adolescent at a ’90s Doctor Who convention. Whatever happened to HIM?!
6) “She might be meeting a boy.” Carole with some gawky, awkward adolescent at a ’90s Doctor Who convention. Whatever happened to HIM?!
Also…
5) Carole – and Luna the dog – watching “The Interstellar Song Contest” air on 17 May 2025. 🎶 🥶
5) Carole – and Luna the dog – watching “The Interstellar Song Contest” air on 17 May 2025. 🎶 🥶
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Also…
5) Carole – and Luna the dog – watching “The Interstellar Song Contest” air on 17 May 2025. 🎶 🥶
5) Carole – and Luna the dog – watching “The Interstellar Song Contest” air on 17 May 2025. 🎶 🥶
And some more Carole Ann Ford photos I love 😍:
1) Aged 16, in August 1956.
2) Her 1964 Doctor Who cast card pic.
3) With Pertwee and Troughton in Chicago, November 1983.
4) With Maureen O'Brien at a Fantom signing in London, May 2025 (📸 by the amazing @misterphipps.bsky.social).
1) Aged 16, in August 1956.
2) Her 1964 Doctor Who cast card pic.
3) With Pertwee and Troughton in Chicago, November 1983.
4) With Maureen O'Brien at a Fantom signing in London, May 2025 (📸 by the amazing @misterphipps.bsky.social).
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And some more Carole Ann Ford photos I love 😍:
1) Aged 16, in August 1956.
2) Her 1964 Doctor Who cast card pic.
3) With Pertwee and Troughton in Chicago, November 1983.
4) With Maureen O'Brien at a Fantom signing in London, May 2025 (📸 by the amazing @misterphipps.bsky.social).
1) Aged 16, in August 1956.
2) Her 1964 Doctor Who cast card pic.
3) With Pertwee and Troughton in Chicago, November 1983.
4) With Maureen O'Brien at a Fantom signing in London, May 2025 (📸 by the amazing @misterphipps.bsky.social).
🚨 RARE PIC KLAXON! Courtesy of Carole: here’s her REAL-LIFE grandfather – a photo of ACTUAL Dr Who! – “a very upright Victorian gentleman” (sounds about right). That’s him seated centre, surrounded by his wife and 12 children! More in this month’s DWM… #GoBackGrandfather
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
🚨 RARE PIC KLAXON! Courtesy of Carole: here’s her REAL-LIFE grandfather – a photo of ACTUAL Dr Who! – “a very upright Victorian gentleman” (sounds about right). That’s him seated centre, surrounded by his wife and 12 children! More in this month’s DWM… #GoBackGrandfather
Carole’s casting in Doctor Who almost didn’t happen. Early in 1963, she’d signed to leave for America that August to begin rehearsals for a Broadway musical opening in December. If that job had held, there’s no way she could have played Susan. Full story ⬇️ from my piece in DWM…
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Carole’s casting in Doctor Who almost didn’t happen. Early in 1963, she’d signed to leave for America that August to begin rehearsals for a Broadway musical opening in December. If that job had held, there’s no way she could have played Susan. Full story ⬇️ from my piece in DWM…
In this month’s DWM, I sit down with Carole Ann Ford for an epic 27-page chat. But here’s a bit of history: she was also Doctor Who’s first-ever interviewee! On 1 Sept 1963, the News of the World announced the show’s launch via a chat with Carole – complete w/DW’s first spoilers!
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In this month’s DWM, I sit down with Carole Ann Ford for an epic 27-page chat. But here’s a bit of history: she was also Doctor Who’s first-ever interviewee! On 1 Sept 1963, the News of the World announced the show’s launch via a chat with Carole – complete w/DW’s first spoilers!
Yesterday was the online review and final mix of our 2025 cut of “The Sea Devils”. 🌊 😈 Pictured ⬇️ at the mix with @markayresrws.bsky.social, Russell T Davies, and our brilliant post-production producer Ceres Doyle – and ⬇️ in the actual TARDIS (!!) with Mark and Mark’s son Sam.
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yesterday was the online review and final mix of our 2025 cut of “The Sea Devils”. 🌊 😈 Pictured ⬇️ at the mix with @markayresrws.bsky.social, Russell T Davies, and our brilliant post-production producer Ceres Doyle – and ⬇️ in the actual TARDIS (!!) with Mark and Mark’s son Sam.
Accidentally walked into a cupboard. It’s bigger on the inside. WHERE ARE WE? Send help!
@markayresrws.bsky.social
@markayresrws.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Accidentally walked into a cupboard. It’s bigger on the inside. WHERE ARE WE? Send help!
@markayresrws.bsky.social
@markayresrws.bsky.social
Expect:
🚢 Missing ships!
😈 Sea creatures!
⚔️ The Master (safely locked up – or is he?)
🥪 Sandwiches!
💣 Landmines!!
⚡ Reversing the polarity…
🖋️ A brilliant Malcolm Hulke script
🎬 Gorgeous direction by Michael E Briant (who’s been very supportive ❤️)
🎵 And. That. Music!
🚢 Missing ships!
😈 Sea creatures!
⚔️ The Master (safely locked up – or is he?)
🥪 Sandwiches!
💣 Landmines!!
⚡ Reversing the polarity…
🖋️ A brilliant Malcolm Hulke script
🎬 Gorgeous direction by Michael E Briant (who’s been very supportive ❤️)
🎵 And. That. Music!
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Expect:
🚢 Missing ships!
😈 Sea creatures!
⚔️ The Master (safely locked up – or is he?)
🥪 Sandwiches!
💣 Landmines!!
⚡ Reversing the polarity…
🖋️ A brilliant Malcolm Hulke script
🎬 Gorgeous direction by Michael E Briant (who’s been very supportive ❤️)
🎵 And. That. Music!
🚢 Missing ships!
😈 Sea creatures!
⚔️ The Master (safely locked up – or is he?)
🥪 Sandwiches!
💣 Landmines!!
⚡ Reversing the polarity…
🖋️ A brilliant Malcolm Hulke script
🎬 Gorgeous direction by Michael E Briant (who’s been very supportive ❤️)
🎵 And. That. Music!
Starring Jon Pertwee & Katy Manning!
🎶 With NEW MUSIC by the legendary Lorne Balfe! 🙌 – woven together with Malcolm Clarke’s groundbreaking 1972 score – and updated sound design by the genius @markayresrws.bsky.social! 🔊
Graphic design by @georgieoboy.bsky.social!
And… action by HAVOC!! 💥
🎶 With NEW MUSIC by the legendary Lorne Balfe! 🙌 – woven together with Malcolm Clarke’s groundbreaking 1972 score – and updated sound design by the genius @markayresrws.bsky.social! 🔊
Graphic design by @georgieoboy.bsky.social!
And… action by HAVOC!! 💥
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Starring Jon Pertwee & Katy Manning!
🎶 With NEW MUSIC by the legendary Lorne Balfe! 🙌 – woven together with Malcolm Clarke’s groundbreaking 1972 score – and updated sound design by the genius @markayresrws.bsky.social! 🔊
Graphic design by @georgieoboy.bsky.social!
And… action by HAVOC!! 💥
🎶 With NEW MUSIC by the legendary Lorne Balfe! 🙌 – woven together with Malcolm Clarke’s groundbreaking 1972 score – and updated sound design by the genius @markayresrws.bsky.social! 🔊
Graphic design by @georgieoboy.bsky.social!
And… action by HAVOC!! 💥
“I always find that violent exercise makes me hungry.” I’ve edited a thing. 7 DECEMBER! – 7PM – BBC FOUR (and iPlayer from 6AM, for early risers/sadists)…
THE SEA DEVILS. 🌊😈⚔️🥪🚤🔥👹 A brand-new 90-minute blockbuster edit of one of the maddest DOCTOR WHO stories EVER! www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...
THE SEA DEVILS. 🌊😈⚔️🥪🚤🔥👹 A brand-new 90-minute blockbuster edit of one of the maddest DOCTOR WHO stories EVER! www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“I always find that violent exercise makes me hungry.” I’ve edited a thing. 7 DECEMBER! – 7PM – BBC FOUR (and iPlayer from 6AM, for early risers/sadists)…
THE SEA DEVILS. 🌊😈⚔️🥪🚤🔥👹 A brand-new 90-minute blockbuster edit of one of the maddest DOCTOR WHO stories EVER! www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...
THE SEA DEVILS. 🌊😈⚔️🥪🚤🔥👹 A brand-new 90-minute blockbuster edit of one of the maddest DOCTOR WHO stories EVER! www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...
“Go back, Grandfather!” In the new Doctor Who Magazine, on sale TODAY, you can read my epic 27-page interview with CAROLE ANN FORD – now 85 and still defiantly, magnificently Susan! Also, I take a look at the near-Susans lost to the show’s turbulent pre-history.
🧵 Quotes to follow…
🧵 Quotes to follow…
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“Go back, Grandfather!” In the new Doctor Who Magazine, on sale TODAY, you can read my epic 27-page interview with CAROLE ANN FORD – now 85 and still defiantly, magnificently Susan! Also, I take a look at the near-Susans lost to the show’s turbulent pre-history.
🧵 Quotes to follow…
🧵 Quotes to follow…
“I want to come back! I want to meet Daleks again – or be in a Christmas Special. All-singing, all-dancing.”
Hello. I’ve done a little 27,000-word thing for the new Doctor Who Magazine – on sale this Thurs! It’s CAROLE ANN FORD’s most in-depth, introspective interview ever!! Let’s go!!!
Hello. I’ve done a little 27,000-word thing for the new Doctor Who Magazine – on sale this Thurs! It’s CAROLE ANN FORD’s most in-depth, introspective interview ever!! Let’s go!!!
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“I want to come back! I want to meet Daleks again – or be in a Christmas Special. All-singing, all-dancing.”
Hello. I’ve done a little 27,000-word thing for the new Doctor Who Magazine – on sale this Thurs! It’s CAROLE ANN FORD’s most in-depth, introspective interview ever!! Let’s go!!!
Hello. I’ve done a little 27,000-word thing for the new Doctor Who Magazine – on sale this Thurs! It’s CAROLE ANN FORD’s most in-depth, introspective interview ever!! Let’s go!!!
Which production is this from, please? It’s Carole Ann Ford, but in… what?
October 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Which production is this from, please? It’s Carole Ann Ford, but in… what?
