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Bob Ayres
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Writer/Producer/Educator - Big Finish, Anderson Entertainment, BBC Studios, BBC Bitesize, BBC Teach, CTVC, TrueTube - and Children’s BAFTA winner.
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LIVE NOW on @BBCiPlayer! THE SEA DEVILS – our 90-minute 2025 re-cut, with new music by Lorne Balfe, fresh sound by @markayresrws.bsky.social, and a few surprises. 👀 Perfect Sunday-morning viewing, before its TV debut on BBC Four tonight at 7pm. 🌊😈 GO, GO, GO!!! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Doctor Who (1963–1996) - Season 9: The Sea Devils
A re-edited, feature-length version of the classic 1972 Doctor Who story that introduced audiences to the formidable aquatic species the Sea Devils.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar
Window 7
‘Frost’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
A view over a ploughed field towards an ancient barn topped with snow. There is a hard hoar frost tracing cobwebs and making the going hard for the corvids in the field
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
A small child approaches his scientist father who is working at a large, strange, contraption. His face pressed to a viewing tube. “Are you looking forward to Christmas, papa?” Asks the child. “Yes,” replies the scientist“ turning round, “that is exactly what I am doing” then he adds “Thank you for the socks.” We can now see that the viewing tube breaks the border of the comics panel, passes through complicated machinery and allows the scientist to see into the next comic panel: Caption: December 25th A Christmas scene. The child and father-scientist open presents before a Christmas tree. The father has just unwrapped some socks.
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 6
‘Lane in Winter’
Artist: Rowland Hilder
The early winter light over snow has created and almost apricot coloured sky. The country Lane is probably in Kent and we see a small farm yard with oast houses
December 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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finishedzine.bsky.social
🌊😈NEW EPISODE!🌊😈

Want to know more about the new version of #DoctorWho - The Sea Devils? We've got all the facts you want! We're joined by @benjamincook.bsky.social and @markayresrws.bsky.social, plus @petercrockersvs.bsky.social to discuss its restoration.

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466: The Sea Devils (2025)
The Sea Devils return to our TV screens this weekend - but in a new way! The Third Doctor tale is being given a new lease of life through a 90 minute new edit, and Benjamin Cook tells us about it. Plu
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December 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.

It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Learning from Stoppard By Mike Fitzgerald, June 13, 2016 Comparing two drafts of a script can be hugely instructive, revealing point-by-point how a writer went about improving the story. When I stumbled upon an earlier draft of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I discovered a dazzling, glittering trove of lessons as nourishing as eternal life itself. Well, nearly so. Last Crusade was written by Jeffrey Boam, from a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes. So say the opening credits. Boam’s final draft, dated March 1, 1988 (ten weeks before production) differs drastically from the published script which reflects the released version of the film. Differences come as no shock, but with Last Crusade they aren’t just a few deleted scenes and some line changes. Whole sections of the Boam draft were reimagined, major set pieces were added, and the pacing and tone were markedly transformed. Whoever made these changes possessed a profound grasp of story craft. Screenshot from https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade-learning-from-stoppard/
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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kjd42.bsky.social
Had fun remembering my so-called “student film” with Kenny in this podcast. SHAKEDOWN (1994)
#DoctorWho
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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🥔NEW EPISODE!🥔

Having discussed the outer space potato people in the Shakedown novel last week, today we turn our eyes to the #DoctorWho spin-off video from 1994, with director @kjd42.bsky.social.

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464: Shakedown with Kevin Jon Davies
Last week, we brought you a look at the New Adventure, Shakedown. Part of it novelised the video release of the production from DreamWatch Media, written by Terrance Dicks. So, in a sequel to that epi
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November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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markayresrws.bsky.social
Yep. Dun this. One of the best Doctor Who stories ever. I love Malc’s music.
benjamincook.bsky.social Benjamin Cook @benjamincook.bsky.social · 27d
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!! 💥
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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benjamincook.bsky.social
Accidentally walked into a cupboard. It’s bigger on the inside. WHERE ARE WE? Send help!

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November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Flash Doctor Who Sale! ⚡ Click https://bgfn.sh/1DA25 to grab a great deal on selected First Doctor Adventures starring Stephen Noonan.

Hurry! These offers expire no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 04 November 2025.
A collage of various First Doctor cover artworks with various illustrations of William Hartnell as the Doctor.
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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I find myself in need of bits of work, if anyone knows of or hears of things. Full time permanent positions, alas, are not for me, more contract/project/etc are the things that work better with all the streams of things I do

The last year has seen me doing..
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October 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1673
Paddington in The Wicker Man (1974)
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoon for the books page in this week’s @theguardian.com
Title: Where writers really get their ideas. A writer, holding a note in his outstretched hand approaches a cart in the park. The front of the cart reads 'Fresh ideas' and a colourful umbrella shades the server who is reaching deep into the body of the cart (much as an ice-cream vendor might) and saying: "I'm all out of mind-blowing concepts and heart-rending narratives, but I've got an acerbic observation, an unexpected outcome and a couple of amusing notions."
October 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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The first episode of Stingray was originally broadcast in selected ITV regions on this day in 1964.
October 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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'Trapped in the Sky', the first episode of Thunderbirds, was originally broadcast in selected ITV regions on this day in 1965.
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Honestly, this is what a time machine should look like.
September 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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September 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Turns out writing at book is at least 30% that bit in Bill and Ted where they keep popping back in time and tweaking things so they stuff they need is lying around in the present.
September 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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fanderson1981.bsky.social
On this day in 2000 – To celebrate it’s return to BBC Television, Thunderbirds is featured on the front cover of The Radio Times with four different images available #gerryanderson #sylviaanderson #fanderson #thunderbirds
September 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books.
p.s. I have a new book of cartoons out soon: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
Panel One: A woman sits in a chair reading happily in a book-filled room. A voice offstage says "You can't survive on books alone" The woman replies "Maybe I can!" Panel Two: "How?" asks the voice "I don't know yet, but I'm sure the answer will be in one of my books." Says the woman Panel Three: Caption: However The book is filled with yet more books. A skull sits on the chair. It says "I regret nothing!"
August 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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King & Conqueror. Amusing myself with a script polish.
Spoof dialogue for William the Conqueror: We have Norman strength. Norman power. Spoof dialogue for William the Conqueror: Norman wisdom.
August 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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southdownsnp.bsky.social
With the longer days beginning to wane, be sure to soak up every beautiful moment you can.

📷 Chester Tugwell
📍 Blackdown
The sun begins to set behind a tree to the left of a sandy trail with purple heather either side of it
August 31, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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drmatthewsweet.bsky.social
There’s so much to say about Chris Bidmead’s Dr Who. Its pleasing coldness, its determination to turn maths into drama, its victory over the chaos and entropy that plagued his predecessor. Traken/Logopolis/Castrovalva are all one story, aren’t they? His Master’s Masterplan. RIP
August 31, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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stephengallagher.co.uk
Woke this morning to learn of Chris Bidmead’s passing. The man responsible for my break into TV, and my unwitting entry into a global family in which I’ve remained to this day. For both of which, I’m forever grateful. Vale Chris
August 31, 2025 at 7:32 AM