John Rivers
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Pharma village person. DJs on Mixcloud as johnrivers
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
THE AVENGERS - 'Dial A Deadly Number'
A high point overlapping Cathy & Emma eras. Sparkling script by Roger Marshall: finance, office gadgets & wine tasting. Steed nearly offed via pocket watch, Mrs Peel in the leather catsuit for the 1st time, Peter Bowles taken out with a champagne cork.
Cheers!
A high point overlapping Cathy & Emma eras. Sparkling script by Roger Marshall: finance, office gadgets & wine tasting. Steed nearly offed via pocket watch, Mrs Peel in the leather catsuit for the 1st time, Peter Bowles taken out with a champagne cork.
Cheers!
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
THE AVENGERS - 'Dial A Deadly Number'
A high point overlapping Cathy & Emma eras. Sparkling script by Roger Marshall: finance, office gadgets & wine tasting. Steed nearly offed via pocket watch, Mrs Peel in the leather catsuit for the 1st time, Peter Bowles taken out with a champagne cork.
Cheers!
A high point overlapping Cathy & Emma eras. Sparkling script by Roger Marshall: finance, office gadgets & wine tasting. Steed nearly offed via pocket watch, Mrs Peel in the leather catsuit for the 1st time, Peter Bowles taken out with a champagne cork.
Cheers!
If by some miracle you're still awake at 12.40am (Boxing Day morning) BBC 2 is screening AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (1971)
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If by some miracle you're still awake at 12.40am (Boxing Day morning) BBC 2 is screening AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (1971)
In case of poor Christmas Day programming emergency, prep accordingly.
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In case of poor Christmas Day programming emergency, prep accordingly.
ST:TNG- 'Reunion'
And season 4 is where TNG starts to mine its own history - in 7 eps we've had: the Borg, Picard's history and brother, Worf's mum and dad, the return of the Traveller, Tasha Yar's sister, Data's dad and brother, Worf's ex, his exile from the Klingon Empire, and Worf's son.
And season 4 is where TNG starts to mine its own history - in 7 eps we've had: the Borg, Picard's history and brother, Worf's mum and dad, the return of the Traveller, Tasha Yar's sister, Data's dad and brother, Worf's ex, his exile from the Klingon Empire, and Worf's son.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
ST:TNG- 'Reunion'
And season 4 is where TNG starts to mine its own history - in 7 eps we've had: the Borg, Picard's history and brother, Worf's mum and dad, the return of the Traveller, Tasha Yar's sister, Data's dad and brother, Worf's ex, his exile from the Klingon Empire, and Worf's son.
And season 4 is where TNG starts to mine its own history - in 7 eps we've had: the Borg, Picard's history and brother, Worf's mum and dad, the return of the Traveller, Tasha Yar's sister, Data's dad and brother, Worf's ex, his exile from the Klingon Empire, and Worf's son.
Watching the commentary of The Avengers 'Town of No Return', with Brian Clemens and Roy Ward Baker where they keep insisting things are being shot on location and they're very clearly sets and back projection.
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Watching the commentary of The Avengers 'Town of No Return', with Brian Clemens and Roy Ward Baker where they keep insisting things are being shot on location and they're very clearly sets and back projection.
10 years since Heaven Sent. I should rewatch it really cos the overwhelmingly positive fan reaction put me at odds with my own opinion (it’s not half as clever or romantic as it thinks it is) and I preferred the two eps either side of it.
‘The Hybrid’ though. 🙄
‘The Hybrid’ though. 🙄
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
10 years since Heaven Sent. I should rewatch it really cos the overwhelmingly positive fan reaction put me at odds with my own opinion (it’s not half as clever or romantic as it thinks it is) and I preferred the two eps either side of it.
‘The Hybrid’ though. 🙄
‘The Hybrid’ though. 🙄
So my sister bought a house in Spain and inherited this, which now belongs to my son. A 6ft scale model of the Titanic.
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So my sister bought a house in Spain and inherited this, which now belongs to my son. A 6ft scale model of the Titanic.
The older I get the more I identify with Drathro. Stuck in middle management, having to work with people much younger than him, frustrated with his limitations.
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The older I get the more I identify with Drathro. Stuck in middle management, having to work with people much younger than him, frustrated with his limitations.
Adumbrating two typical instances from separate epistopic interfaces of the spectrum (the alternate edits I’ve not done before)
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Adumbrating two typical instances from separate epistopic interfaces of the spectrum (the alternate edits I’ve not done before)
Through long nursery nights she stood
By my bed unwearying,
Loomed gigantic, formless, queer,
Purring in my haunted ear
That same hideous nightmare thing,
Talking, as she lapped my blood,
In a voice cruel and flat,
Saying for ever, “PLAY ZEBRA BINGO!”
By my bed unwearying,
Loomed gigantic, formless, queer,
Purring in my haunted ear
That same hideous nightmare thing,
Talking, as she lapped my blood,
In a voice cruel and flat,
Saying for ever, “PLAY ZEBRA BINGO!”
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Through long nursery nights she stood
By my bed unwearying,
Loomed gigantic, formless, queer,
Purring in my haunted ear
That same hideous nightmare thing,
Talking, as she lapped my blood,
In a voice cruel and flat,
Saying for ever, “PLAY ZEBRA BINGO!”
By my bed unwearying,
Loomed gigantic, formless, queer,
Purring in my haunted ear
That same hideous nightmare thing,
Talking, as she lapped my blood,
In a voice cruel and flat,
Saying for ever, “PLAY ZEBRA BINGO!”
"Runctional features?!"
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"Runctional features?!"
ST:TNG - 'Remember Me'
Wesley magics his mum into another dimension. Bev has the crew disappear around her. Rather than take this unique opportunity for some alone time, she argues with the computer. Wesley's only non-work friend comes back.
Wesley magics his mum into another dimension. Bev has the crew disappear around her. Rather than take this unique opportunity for some alone time, she argues with the computer. Wesley's only non-work friend comes back.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
ST:TNG - 'Remember Me'
Wesley magics his mum into another dimension. Bev has the crew disappear around her. Rather than take this unique opportunity for some alone time, she argues with the computer. Wesley's only non-work friend comes back.
Wesley magics his mum into another dimension. Bev has the crew disappear around her. Rather than take this unique opportunity for some alone time, she argues with the computer. Wesley's only non-work friend comes back.
ST:TNG 'Suddenly Human'
Picard bonds with a broody teen over space squash while Wesley's delighted he's made a new friend.
Picard bonds with a broody teen over space squash while Wesley's delighted he's made a new friend.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
ST:TNG 'Suddenly Human'
Picard bonds with a broody teen over space squash while Wesley's delighted he's made a new friend.
Picard bonds with a broody teen over space squash while Wesley's delighted he's made a new friend.
“A great philosopher once wrote…” finishing up The Great Philosophers and I’m going to miss this series. I can’t say I’ve understood all of it, but I have a much better grasp of the history of Philosophy than I did before.
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“A great philosopher once wrote…” finishing up The Great Philosophers and I’m going to miss this series. I can’t say I’ve understood all of it, but I have a much better grasp of the history of Philosophy than I did before.
Anthony Newley has turned up in ‘The Upper Hand’. You never hear about this during all the mentions for Gurney Slade.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Anthony Newley has turned up in ‘The Upper Hand’. You never hear about this during all the mentions for Gurney Slade.
When faced with danger, a Hula Hoop will inflate its size to deter predators.
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
When faced with danger, a Hula Hoop will inflate its size to deter predators.
Noel and Mike are going to try climbing the stairs on their own again.
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Noel and Mike are going to try climbing the stairs on their own again.
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
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The three spirits:
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November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
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The three spirits:
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Happy birthday Doctor Who, you life-ruining prick.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Happy birthday Doctor Who, you life-ruining prick.
Village movie night, guess what I’m screening?
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Village movie night, guess what I’m screening?
Just realised this, as well as the ANT hunting guards, is a further subversion of ALIENS (1986) for an audience who largely wouldn’t have seen it yet (teens maybe, kids like me at the time - no). This time the Alien rescues Stella/Newt.
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Just realised this, as well as the ANT hunting guards, is a further subversion of ALIENS (1986) for an audience who largely wouldn’t have seen it yet (teens maybe, kids like me at the time - no). This time the Alien rescues Stella/Newt.