Spinky’s Mama
@spinkysmama.bsky.social
Lawyer, civil servant, Londoner, Doctor Who fan, maritorious, mother of a spinky, God-botherer. Mostly doomscrolling, telly chat and terrible jokes. All views my own. She/Her.
Pretty certain it’s my brother.
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Pretty certain it’s my brother.
It killed my mum too. Sending love 💜
December 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It killed my mum too. Sending love 💜
8yo still has it as a wind down book.
“I am all the way asleep. I am dreaming a dream.”
“I am all the way asleep. I am dreaming a dream.”
December 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
8yo still has it as a wind down book.
“I am all the way asleep. I am dreaming a dream.”
“I am all the way asleep. I am dreaming a dream.”
Related: in any memoir/history from the 1940s to the 1970s, there will be someone who dies in a road traffic accident (no mandatory seatbelts or effectively enforced speed limits also being a factor).
December 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Related: in any memoir/history from the 1940s to the 1970s, there will be someone who dies in a road traffic accident (no mandatory seatbelts or effectively enforced speed limits also being a factor).
I have a massive soft spot for Flux. I love Dan and Karvanista and Jericho and Joseph Williamson. I have an unjustified hope that Williamson will randomly pop up in a future episode, rightfully indignant at yet another door.
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I have a massive soft spot for Flux. I love Dan and Karvanista and Jericho and Joseph Williamson. I have an unjustified hope that Williamson will randomly pop up in a future episode, rightfully indignant at yet another door.
Tom Baker in the Reeves and Mortimer Randall and Hopkirk. Peter Capaldi in David Copperfield (Micawber is Doctorish in a completely different way to his Doctor).
December 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Tom Baker in the Reeves and Mortimer Randall and Hopkirk. Peter Capaldi in David Copperfield (Micawber is Doctorish in a completely different way to his Doctor).
Clip from Ghosts Australia is here. (CW Rolf Harris reference)
Am I Really Seeing Ghosts or Have I Gone Crazy? | Ghosts Australia - Paramount+ (S1, E2)
YouTube video by Ghosts Australia
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December 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Clip from Ghosts Australia is here. (CW Rolf Harris reference)
And the preemptive chilling effect. There were never any Section 28 prosecutions, but there didn’t have to be.
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
And the preemptive chilling effect. There were never any Section 28 prosecutions, but there didn’t have to be.
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The Web of Fear
“The distant echo of far away voices boarding far away trains…” Most old money Doctor Who stories come with a couple of anecdotes attached. Back in the days...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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I like to think “Dong” represents Nelson’s Column.
December 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I like to think “Dong” represents Nelson’s Column.
“If you don't want to hear your little girls giggling,” she advises, “then just put them behind one of the higher screens. Don’t be ruled by fear.”
She thinks people don’t want to hear the laughter of their children?
She thinks people don’t want to hear the laughter of their children?
December 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“If you don't want to hear your little girls giggling,” she advises, “then just put them behind one of the higher screens. Don’t be ruled by fear.”
She thinks people don’t want to hear the laughter of their children?
She thinks people don’t want to hear the laughter of their children?
SUPREME BEINGS OF THE *UNIVERSAL* JUST SOUNDS SILLY
December 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
SUPREME BEINGS OF THE *UNIVERSAL* JUST SOUNDS SILLY
@cooraysmith.bsky.social is manifesting the film adaptation with Vincent Cassel.
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
@cooraysmith.bsky.social is manifesting the film adaptation with Vincent Cassel.
The mini Babybel test.
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The mini Babybel test.
Also #wakeupdeadman #spoiler his book signing is clearly in a Waterstones.
December 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Also #wakeupdeadman #spoiler his book signing is clearly in a Waterstones.
Then all your Fannys can look like doughnuts [is dragged off by enormous shepherd’s crook]
December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Then all your Fannys can look like doughnuts [is dragged off by enormous shepherd’s crook]
So sorry you’re going through this. 💜
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
So sorry you’re going through this. 💜
I haven’t been able to finish it. There’s an awful lot of dialogue which should be description, and description which should be footnotes (or edited out).
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I haven’t been able to finish it. There’s an awful lot of dialogue which should be description, and description which should be footnotes (or edited out).
And then ‘bathing’ gets added to permissible art nudity alongside Classical mythology, as cleanliness is next to godliness.
December 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
And then ‘bathing’ gets added to permissible art nudity alongside Classical mythology, as cleanliness is next to godliness.