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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 1h

I'm not really from near that end of the county, but in Kent, we had Wrotham and Trottiscliffe.

In Sheffield, where I live now, so many people say EccleSHall Road, which it most assuredly is not.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 23h

Does this bottle of perfume (or whatever it is) intentionally look like Ambassador Kosh from 'Babylon 5'?

A purple and gold perfume bottle which looks like a Vorlon from 90s sci-fi show 'Babylon 5'.

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 1d

I was hoping there would be one! 😆

Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 1d

Traffic news this morning reporting congestion on the line between Bristol Parkway and Kembel! Good thing for him that Mavic Chen hopped on a Spar at Swindon...

Mavic Chen's ship arriving on Kembel in 'Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan' (1965)

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 3d

That twanging was the thing which annoyed me the most 😆

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 3d

Perhaps I should give it another go one day 😁

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 3d

Loved 'Friends' and watched it all more than once. Just could never get into 'Frasier', and 'Seinfeld' made me wince and turn it off after five minutes.

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 3d

What's everyone's favourite comfort #DoctorWho for when they're feeling grotty? 'The Android Invasion' is working hard against my flu!

Tom Baker as the Doctor and Martin Friend as Styggron in 'The Android Invasion'.

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 6d

All of which just leaves the question of who her evil nemesis is to be...

Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 7d

Given that 'Halt and Catch Fire' is (at first) set in Texas, it's fun to imagine it in the same universe as 'Dallas', with J.R. having a wary chat with Joe M at a barbecue, and Jacob Wheeler at the Oil Barons' Ball and getting in a punch-up with Clayton Farlow 😆 Cameron would despise the Ewings 😆

'Halt and Catch Fire' season 2 publicity shot

Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 7d

So the secret is out, by the look of this publicity shot -- Taylor Swift is clearly planning an anniversary multi-Taylor special in which all of her incarnations (including a previously unsuspected one) come together to defeat a deadly foe across Time and Space.

Photo montage from BBC News featuring lots of Taylor Swift images down the years.

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Kenny Smith @finishedzine.bsky.social · 23d

♟️NEW EPISODE!♟️

It's day two of our trip to the #DoctorWho Alternative Universe Cycle, as we encounter The Dimension Riders.

We speak with the brilliant @danblythewriter.bsky.social to discuss his first novel, and cover artist Jeff Cummins.

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428: The Dimension Riders

The Alternative Universe Cycle continues, with The Dimension Riders. Author Daniel Blythe tells us how he was commissioned to write the 20th New Adventure, in an interview recorded back in December 20

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Kenny Smith @finishedzine.bsky.social · 27d

We've got 5 (count them!) new episodes coming Monday to Friday next week, looking at #DoctorWho New Adventures, with the Alternative Universe Cycle.

Get ready for Blood Heat, The Dimension Riders, The Left-Handed Hummingbird, Conundrum and No Future.

a man in a hat is standing in front of a computer

ALT: a man in a hat is standing in front of a computer

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · 29d

Obviously Chub is winding Borg up, but I only noticed on about my 10th viewing that Zilda gives a cheeky response of 'I heard it was a leg'. It's possibly the most important line in the whole episode, as it shows the crew consider robot violence to be so silly as to be a matter for hilarious banter.

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · Aug 27

Please tell me she was singing 'What a filling...'?

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · Aug 25

Wake Me Up Before I Poo-Poo.

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · Aug 22

Indeed. Helmic regulator on the blink.

Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · Aug 22

This has worrying echoes of Peter Cregeen (BBC Head of Series) in 1989: 'Doctor Who has lasted 26 years and I can't see any reason why it shouldn't continue. The BBC is committed to more Doctor Who in the future.'

Paul Simpson (SFB) @scifibulletin.bsky.social · Aug 22

Vague assurances...
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“The TARDIS is going nowhere”

Although designed to placate the fear of Doctor Who fans, following the silence after the end of Series 15 / Season 2 at the end of May regarding the future of the show, BBC Content Chief Kate Phil…

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · Aug 19

As I thought. I was just thrown a few years ago because I thought the fella from 'The Space Pirates' was pronounced in the same way, and then I watched the recon and realised I was wrong 😆

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · Aug 19

What's your favourite GIF of Sylvester McCoy?... Oh, and we've never met, so I want to know how to pronounce your first name properly! I bet loads of people get it wrong.

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · Aug 9

Could be anything from '24 Hours in A&E' to 'Stranger Things'!

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · Aug 9

Not so controversial after all, perhaps! I should eschew unwarranted presumption of the sesquipedalian wordsmiths' egregious reputation in my future pronouncements 😀

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · Aug 9

Pip and Jane Baker captured the Sixth Doctor best out of all his TV writers.

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · Aug 2

Still got it somewhere... God knows where 😆😆🕺🏼 Funky !

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Daniel Blythe @danblythewriter.bsky.social · Jul 31

That's jolly good. By Jingo.