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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 1d

Film is Fabulous are doing such vital work. They need support from people like us who care about preserving media, to help assess, transport, catalogue, store and acquire film collections.

Donate if you can afford it! 🙏 filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-... ⬇️

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 3d

More amazing facts to come if I reach 80.

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 3d

MAKE A DONATION

Film is Fabulous! need your support. Please make a one-off donation via our website, as the funds raised will allow us to acquire vulnerable film collections:

filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 3d

When I’m 71 years old, The Gunfighters will be closer to the real gunfight at the OK Corral than I’ll be to the making of The Gunfighters.

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 3d

Here, Dodo’s camouflage is meant to break up her shape against the background, making it difficult for German U-Boats to ascertain her range, speed, and direction.

(Joke stolen from Owen at Riverside)

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 3d

REGISTERED CHARITY

Film is Fabulous! is now a registered charity. We need your support, to continue preserving vulnerable film treasures held privately in the U.K.

filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...

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Paul Arthur @doctorwhoprophunt.bsky.social · 4d

Had a fun afternoon at Riverside Studios watching The Ark with @gossjam.bsky.social and @themindrobber.bsky.social

The screen at Riverside Studios shows an image from The Ark

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Dan Hollingsworth @dhollingsworth.bsky.social · 4d

What a fun day! Doctor Who and The Ark hosted by @gossjam.bsky.social and @themindrobber.bsky.social at Riverside Studios. These events are always very entertaining.

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 5d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kqE...

Missing Doctor Who Episodes Found?! Film is Fabulous!

YouTube video by Doctor Who The Missing Episodes Podcast

www.youtube.com

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 5d

Film is Fabulous! has now obtained registered charity status!

We urgently require your support to continue our work preserving vulnerable film treasures held in private collections across the UK.

filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 5d

ACQUIRING COLLECTIONS

We believe there are several missing episodes of Doctor Who and other important TV shows in collections in the UK. Charitable trust status and the ability to accept donations will enable Film is Fabulous! to access entire collections for cataloguing (1/2)

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 5d

REGISTERED CHARITY

Film is Fabulous! is now a registered charity. We urgently need ‘your’ support, to continue preserving vulnerable film treasures held privately in the U.K.:

filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing news!! Donate if you can!

filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 5d

REGISTERED CHARITY

Film is Fabulous! is now a registered charity. We urgently need ‘your’ support, to continue preserving vulnerable film treasures held privately in the U.K.:

filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 7d

Wait until you hear where Dodo sneezed.

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 7d

Come to Riverside Studios on Saturday to watch The Ark and I will tell you the best fact I’ve ever researched: Exactly where in the modern building the episodes were filmed. I can point to the spot where Dodo sneezed. AND YOU WILL BE AMAZED.

James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 8d

What links The Monoids and Mussolini? Come see #DoctorWho And The Ark on Saturday at Riverside with @themindrobber.bsky.social and me

riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/d...

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Anthony Lamb @antlamb.bsky.social · 8d

⚡ Cyberman art prints available now! ⚡

‘A Shocking Defeat’ – Available in A4

Seven Cyber portraits – available in A5

Bundle deal – pick any 5 A5 portraits for £20 (save £10!)

Link below!
anthonyflamb656e.myportfolio.com/cgi

A montage of eight cyberman pictures against a blue metal background

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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 8d

What links The Monoids and Mussolini? Come see #DoctorWho And The Ark on Saturday at Riverside with @themindrobber.bsky.social and me

riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/d...

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Dr. Amber Straughn (she/her) @astraughnomer.bsky.social · 9d

This #jwst story is full of weirdness: 1) auroras were found on a rogue planet (a planet w/o a star) 2) BILLIONS - TRILLIONS of rogue planets could exist in our Milky Way 🤯 3) this planet is 20 light-years away & ~12.7x the mass of Jupiter (pic is illustration) www.universetoday.com/articles/jam...

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 8d

Absolutely! The planet’s moons could have geothermal activity, allowing life to evolve with no star at all!

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 8d

IT’S THIS SATURDAY!!! Get tickets quick!!

Reposts appreciated 🚀

Come and watch the Ark in its purest form, AND with live bonus content on stage!

James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 9d

Come see The Ark and discover what humanity's genders are in the future!

We'll be at Riverside Studios on Saturday, October 4th.

riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/d...

A filing cabinet containing the future of humanity

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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 9d

Come see The Ark and discover what humanity's genders are in the future!

We'll be at Riverside Studios on Saturday, October 4th.

riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/d...

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 9d

🎞️ it’s back!! 🎞️

The Missing Episodes Podcast has cranked up again, in which Dominic Sandbrook discusses Who and Historicals! Amazing!!

linktr.ee/missingeps_pod

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 20d

A very very fun recording session. And the strangest cold open ever. 🩳

Something Who @somethingwho.bsky.social · 20d

We're back with our thoughts on The Brain of Morbius, part of a Frankenstein inspired pairing with The Haunting of Villa Diodati next time. Join @themindrobber.bsky.social, @mrpaulmorris.bsky.social, @gswrites.bsky.social & @richardjsmith.bsky.social
somethingwho.podbean.com/e/episode-11...

Episode 119: Solon - See You Honey! | Something Who

This pairing of stories linked to Mary Shelley's horror story Frankenstein was Richard's idea: in this episode the four part 4th Doctor story from early 1976 and Season 13 - The Brain of Morbius, whic...

somethingwho.podbean.com

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Gav Rymill @themindrobber.bsky.social · 20d

FOR SALE! 🧂 Death to the Daleks replica. North west England. Reply or DM if interested. 💥

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Crystal Palace Dinos @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social · Mar 11

A recipe for a Victorian standing Iguanodon:

4x iron columns, 9 feet long by 7 inches diameter [the legs]
600 bricks
650 5-inch half-round drain-tiles
900 plain tiles
38 casks of cement
90 casks of broken stone
100 feet of iron-hooping
20 feet of cube inch bar

(cpdinosaurs.org/blog/post/ho...)

colour photo looking within and down the standing Iguanodon! a man is partially kneeling in the darkness, facing the "wall", consisting of cemented bricks and tiles. a torch is in front of him and pointing up at the area that he is drilling, with a VERY long bit. thin metal poles criss-cross the inside

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