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Mike Hall
@mikehall314.bsky.social
Web developer and Doctor Who fan (not in that order). Science, reason, and critical thinking. Skeptical of the Placebo Effect.

Director of Merseyside Skeptics. Co-host of Skeptics with a K. Director of The Skeptic. Director of QED. Autistic. /H(?:e|im)/ui
You may or may not be nuts. But this is a legit thing, yes!
December 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I think we all remember that one.
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
And the guy covering his face in the Walls Sky Ray ad. It has a new shape apparently.
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Haha I literally just posted the Troughton one.
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Aside from Lenny Henry.
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And probably Edmund Warwick. And Troughton’s location double who gets that whacking great close up in The Dominators. But that’s definitely all.
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And Sasha Dhawan. And Evan McCabe.
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
David Banks and Nick Briggs do though. As do Robert Holmes, Christopher Barry, Robert Banks Stewart, Philip Hinchcliffe, Douglas Camfield, George Gallaccio, Christopher Baker and Graeme Harper.
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Billie Piper and David Burton don’t count.
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
19 if you have John Hurt and Trevor Martin. 21 with David Bradley and Richard Hurndall.
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
November 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Was used in the books first from what I remember. Then on TV from the Matt Smith era.

Homo Aqua is new i think. Unless I’m forgetting something.
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The Silurians are also referred to as Homo Reptilia
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Honestly, 80% of it is because the UK spelling “sceptic” looks like “septic” and it winds me up! When we started out, the skeptic thing was more established in the US so that spelling was popular online. We put “with a K” in the pod name so we didn’t get emails 8 times a week saying we can’t spell.
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The Leonardo is showing as sold out that week! They have rooms before and rooms after but the week of the 13th is all sold out.
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It’s implied that the man they found infected and hanging by his ankles in the abandoned house was left there by Jimmy and his gang.
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I think it might be my favourite movie. The final few minutes are a significant gear shift, but I suspect it’s going to turn out far more sinister than it seems in the next one.
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is an under-appreciated joke which I will applaud loudly. Bravo.
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM