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John Isles
@selsijohn.bsky.social
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Co-host of @idontdoscifi.bsky.social podcast & @tripodscast.bsky.social Fan of Doctor Who, Star Trek/Wars, B7, B5, and more! Once described as the inspiration for Eugene Victor Tooms in The X Files!
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h
One of Trump's biggest financial supporters, Timothy Mellon, is obsessed with Earhart .... hence this.

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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 10h
Night all.
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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 10h
Captain America is in the background kicking the ass of henchman while in the right side foreground, the Falcon watches, and says, “Look at him go! White, black, orange or whatever – – that man is an INSPIRATION to us all!“
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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d
Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.

Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
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ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair
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Cineau @cineau74.bsky.social · 20h
Movies released on October 8…
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That JRT fella @biggytee.bsky.social · 11h
It's finally here, the 1991 instalment of the ITV Franchise story - It's a long one, but, as someone who lived through & studied this in GCSE Media Studies - as it was happening! It's an absolute belter of a ride.
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ITV: The Franchise Affair - part 3: 1991
YouTube video by Bob the Fish Productions
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🎃 Andy Lambert 🎃 @and-e-roo.bsky.social · 11h
I've been informed that "The Fades" is back on iPlayer -
I absolutely LOVED this 6 part supernatural series when it was first shown in 2011, and if you've never seen it before, or haven't watched it in a while, I recommend it - especially during the spooky season! 👻

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The Fades
Seventeen-year old Paul can see the spirits of the dead. When one of these restless spirits crosses back into the living world, he is forced into a fight to prevent the apocalypse.
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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 9h
A rare appearance of one of my own paintings imaginatively titled ‘Eyes in the Ground’ (1995, oils on canvas)
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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 1d
Making a start on a Bee Gee movie classic.
Based on an idea by Barry Gibb and David English
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 9h
Lobby cards for DESERT NIGHTS, a proto-noir, nasty, sweaty silent crime picture. Not quite as harsh as it probably should have been (this was MGM and not Lon Chaney) but excellent atmosphere
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 9h
“Excuse me, Captain, but while we’re waiting, would you like to join the crew and myself for a little snorkeling?”
“Excuse me, Captain, but while we’re waiting, would you like to join the crew and myself for a little snorkeling?”
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 14h
Janet Ellis on Blankety Blank (8th October 1983).
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Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 1d
OTD 2018: #DoctorWho The Woman Who Fell To Earth
Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor!
And Sheffield doesn’t know what’s hit it.
Say hello to Yaz, Ryan and Graham, and the glorious forging of the Sonic.
Seven years seems so short a time, and yet so very long ago.
Radio Times 6-12 October 2018: The Doctor – Jodie Whittaker – in big coat, big boots and set in multi-coloured circles The Doctor in goggles and charred apron, brandishing her new-forged sonic screwdriver The Universe Is Calling – Doctor Who poster, with the Doctor amid a blaze of colour and crystals Doctor Who poster – Graham, Yaz, the Doctor and Ryan amid a blaze of colour and crystals on an alien desert plain
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Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 12h
OTD 1807: Liberal philosopher Harriet Taylor Mill
Co-author of iconic Liberal text On Liberty with her husband John Stuart Mill
(He credited her as co-author, but for some reason hardly anyone else did at the time – or even 166 years later. Wonder why? Hmm, it’s a mystery)
Harriet Taylor Mill portrait in gold dress
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John Isles @selsijohn.bsky.social · 13h
a group of cartoon characters with their hands in the air and the words we 're back baby
Alt: Characters from 'Futurama' all raising their hands in celebration, including Bender, a robot who is saying, "We're back, baby!"
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I Don't Do Sci-Fi @idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 14h
NEW EPISODE! This Saturday (11/10/25): non-fan Dani watches #BBC TV version of #DouglasAdams #HitchHikersGuidetotheGalaxy for the 1st time. Our guest is Tim from @randomiserpod.bsky.social Don't forget to bring your #towel! #ArthurDent #Zaphod #FordPrefect #Trillian #Marvin #42
I Don't Do Sci-Fi - the podcast series, Season 2, Episode 3: "One's never alone with a rubber duck." Dani watches The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.The main image is a montage and of people and things from the BBC TV adaptation of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1981). In the centre is a disgusted/perteberd man wearing a dressing gown over pyjamas - this is Arthur Dent (played by Simon Jones). Beneath him are written the words: This is of course impossible. Surrounding him are: a yellow fish - the Babel Fish, an animal's head on a platter with an apple in it's mouth - this is the Dish of the Day, a tablet-like device - the titular Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (on it's screen are the words: Don't Panic!), and mouse, a weird-shaped glass with an exotic drink - this is a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster (which drinking it is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a gold brick), a neon sign for 'Milliways' (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe), a multi-armed alien - a Jatravartid holding a few deodorant spray cans, the logo of Disaster Area - generally regarded as not only the loudest rock band in the Galaxy, but also the loudest noise of any kind at all, a mathematical symbol for infinity(?), two fried eggs on slices of bread, a roughly humanoid-shaped robot - Marvin the Paranoid Android (who has a brain the size of a planet - thinking down to our level gives him a headache!), a squadron of red, and green arrows in formation representing space fleets of the G'Guvuntts, and the Vl'Hurgs, the words 'forty' and 'two' in circluar/wooden tiles laid out like Scrabble, a sperm whale, and a pie-chart split into 3 equal looking sections: Thinkers, Doers, Middle Men. Finally, in large, friendly, pink letters: Don't Panic in the background of it all!
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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 14h
Moonlighting is streaming. Important player.stv.tv/summary/disn...
Watch Moonlighting | Stream Free on STV Player
Maddie Hayes and David Addison run Blue Moon Detective Agency.
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 15h
Nancy By Ernie Bushes
October 08,1952
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE DOWNTOWN WHEN THEY SEE TONY A CLASSMATE OF THEIRS NANCY : TONY IS SO SMART--- HE GOT 100 IN ALL HIS SUBJECTS P2-SLUGGO : HUH I GOT 190 P3- NANCY THAT'S SILLY ---NOBODY COULD GET SUCH MARKS SLUGGO: I DID P4-SLUGGO IS HOLDING UP HIS REPORT CARD REPORT CARD ARITH 50 GEOG 45 HIST 45 SPELL50 SLUGGO:ADD ‘EM UP
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Paul Arthur @doctorwhoprophunt.bsky.social · 15h
Better late than never! Last weeks blog post is now up 😀 #doctorwho doctorwhoprophunt.blogspot.com/2025/10/silv...
SILVER FRISBEES
Hello folks! I must apologise for the lateness of this post. I usually like to get something out every weekend, but just didn’t have anythin...
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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 15h
“Stay at Home Reading” - Ace cartoon by Grant Snider | www.grantsnider.com
“Stay at Home Reading” - Ace cartoon by Grant Snider | https://www.grantsnider.com
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Did You See? @tvdidyousee.bsky.social · 18h
#OnThisDay 8 October 1980
K9 GETS THE BOOT
#DoctorWho's mechanical mongrel K9 is getting the boot from TV chiefs because he is too bright.
"He makes it too easy for the doctor to get out of situations," says producer John Nathan-Turner.
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Dr Darren R Flower @drdarrenrflower.bsky.social · 1d
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Steve Cole @stevecolewriter.bsky.social · 16h
The Astrosaurs and I were on BBC Look East last night! A sweet report on the Milton Keynes Literary Festival.
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John Isles @selsijohn.bsky.social · 15h
Wednesday.
John in a video call. The virtual background is Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams from the TV series 'Wednesday.' She is stood outside under dark rainclouds, and she is holding up a black umbrella over her head.
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The Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 16h
"I am K9 and I am warning you!"

"Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy" part 2 (1977). #DoctorWho
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