Simon Guerrier
@0tralala.bsky.social
Writer and producer. Out now: David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television, a biography of the first story editor of Doctor Who. Currently working on a biography of Terrance Dicks. www.simonguerrier.com
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I've been writing again for the magazine, celebrating the one and only Tom Baker MBE! It was such an honour to be a tiny part of a very special day, thanks to dear friends.
#DoctorWho #TomBaker #DoctorWhoMagazine
www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...
#DoctorWho #TomBaker #DoctorWhoMagazine
www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...
January 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I've been writing again for the magazine, celebrating the one and only Tom Baker MBE! It was such an honour to be a tiny part of a very special day, thanks to dear friends.
#DoctorWho #TomBaker #DoctorWhoMagazine
www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...
#DoctorWho #TomBaker #DoctorWhoMagazine
www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...
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There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
There we go. That there’s a headline.
No cheating, repost with your most recent photo of your pet
January 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
No cheating, repost with your most recent photo of your pet
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We're calling for submissions to the Black Archive from disabled authors and authors of colour, who we know have been underrepresented in the range.
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
January 2, 2026 at 11:51 AM
We're calling for submissions to the Black Archive from disabled authors and authors of colour, who we know have been underrepresented in the range.
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
‘Appy New Year, I calls it.
January 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
‘Appy New Year, I calls it.
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What was your biggest impact on the internet?
Pretty sure it's this. 2012 was five lifetimes ago.
Pretty sure it's this. 2012 was five lifetimes ago.
December 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
What was your biggest impact on the internet?
Pretty sure it's this. 2012 was five lifetimes ago.
Pretty sure it's this. 2012 was five lifetimes ago.
In composing the cue “Spock” for The Wrath of Khan, James Horner employed a glass harmonica to sound suitably strange and alien; but the harmonica was invented by Benjamin Franklin - the only American invention in the orchestra for that film.
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
December 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In composing the cue “Spock” for The Wrath of Khan, James Horner employed a glass harmonica to sound suitably strange and alien; but the harmonica was invented by Benjamin Franklin - the only American invention in the orchestra for that film.
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I am so enjoying Richard Holmes‘s ace biography of the young Tennyson: The Boundless Deep. Like this moment when geeky readers wrote in to challenge his poetic error about the way railways work… ♥️
December 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I am so enjoying Richard Holmes‘s ace biography of the young Tennyson: The Boundless Deep. Like this moment when geeky readers wrote in to challenge his poetic error about the way railways work… ♥️
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@barnesandnoble.com is running a huge preorder sale! If you want to preorder MY BELOVED OTHER and get 25% off, join their free rewards program and use code PREORDER25 at checkout! Please share! #BookSky #comics
#BNPreorder #MyBelovedOther
@01firstsecond.bsky.social @macmillanusa.bsky.social
#BNPreorder #MyBelovedOther
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December 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@barnesandnoble.com is running a huge preorder sale! If you want to preorder MY BELOVED OTHER and get 25% off, join their free rewards program and use code PREORDER25 at checkout! Please share! #BookSky #comics
#BNPreorder #MyBelovedOther
@01firstsecond.bsky.social @macmillanusa.bsky.social
#BNPreorder #MyBelovedOther
@01firstsecond.bsky.social @macmillanusa.bsky.social
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RIP to the absolute gold standard of line reads youtu.be/ZSRs3g2AnxA?...
SENATOR CLAY DAVIS SHIIIIIT COMPILATION (THE WIRE TV SHOW)
YouTube video by AllTypesOfShitChann
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December 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
RIP to the absolute gold standard of line reads youtu.be/ZSRs3g2AnxA?...
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Congrats to writer Roy Clarke on his Knighthood in the New Year Honours. We're excited to share that we'll be publishing Roy's authorised biography in 2026, written by @andrewtsmith.bsky.social, exploring the life and career of the man behind Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping Up Appearances and more.
December 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Congrats to writer Roy Clarke on his Knighthood in the New Year Honours. We're excited to share that we'll be publishing Roy's authorised biography in 2026, written by @andrewtsmith.bsky.social, exploring the life and career of the man behind Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping Up Appearances and more.
A long, long post on Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars, the 1976 novelisation by Terrance Dicks: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/12/doct... Features physics, lore and Sutekh’s bum.
Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars, by Terrance Dicks
0tralala.blogspot.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A long, long post on Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars, the 1976 novelisation by Terrance Dicks: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/12/doct... Features physics, lore and Sutekh’s bum.
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day made
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
day made
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The only known photographs of mathematician and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery just before they were expected to be sold to a private buyer.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nat...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nat...
National Portrait Gallery buys rare photographs of Ada Lovelace for the nation
The only known photographs of mathematician and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery just before they were expected to be sold to a private buyer.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The only known photographs of mathematician and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery just before they were expected to be sold to a private buyer.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nat...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nat...
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Today would have been Paul Spragg’s 50th birthday. In his memory, @bigfinish.bsky.social audio competition winner #DoctorWho Short Trips “The Wednesday That Wasn’t” by Luke Hollands is FREE, along with the studio script, original entry, behind-the-scenes interviews, and music suite.
bgfn.sh/st25
bgfn.sh/st25
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Today would have been Paul Spragg’s 50th birthday. In his memory, @bigfinish.bsky.social audio competition winner #DoctorWho Short Trips “The Wednesday That Wasn’t” by Luke Hollands is FREE, along with the studio script, original entry, behind-the-scenes interviews, and music suite.
bgfn.sh/st25
bgfn.sh/st25
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On BBC 4 Extra at 4pm: a repeat of @tobyhadoke.bsky.social’s estimable and effective 2018 radio adaptation of The Road. Genuinely not to be missed if you’re a Nigel Kneale fan.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Road by Nigel Kneale
The legendary 1963 lost TV play. Adapted by Toby Hadoke.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
On BBC 4 Extra at 4pm: a repeat of @tobyhadoke.bsky.social’s estimable and effective 2018 radio adaptation of The Road. Genuinely not to be missed if you’re a Nigel Kneale fan.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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🚨NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO🚨
A deep dive into how The Feast of Steven’s sets were laid out based on all available evidence.
☃️ Was there snow?
🚀 Were there rockets?
🐎 Why the secret cowboy?
All this and more! Watch now!
youtu.be/8rs_J6TJPvY?...
A deep dive into how The Feast of Steven’s sets were laid out based on all available evidence.
☃️ Was there snow?
🚀 Were there rockets?
🐎 Why the secret cowboy?
All this and more! Watch now!
youtu.be/8rs_J6TJPvY?...
The Feast of Steven Lost Sets Recreated: Doctor Who's Missing Christmas Episode Revealed
YouTube video by Dalek 63•88
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🚨NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO🚨
A deep dive into how The Feast of Steven’s sets were laid out based on all available evidence.
☃️ Was there snow?
🚀 Were there rockets?
🐎 Why the secret cowboy?
All this and more! Watch now!
youtu.be/8rs_J6TJPvY?...
A deep dive into how The Feast of Steven’s sets were laid out based on all available evidence.
☃️ Was there snow?
🚀 Were there rockets?
🐎 Why the secret cowboy?
All this and more! Watch now!
youtu.be/8rs_J6TJPvY?...
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NEW
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice
emptycity.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
NEW
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Christmas jigsaw done, lads
December 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Christmas jigsaw done, lads
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A brand-new video documentary celebrating the history of Bernice Summerfield on audio debuts today! 🥂 Please raise your glass to the first lady and true queen of Big Finish.
Click https://youtu.be/BUCL9eSw5S4 to watch.
Click https://youtu.be/BUCL9eSw5S4 to watch.
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A brand-new video documentary celebrating the history of Bernice Summerfield on audio debuts today! 🥂 Please raise your glass to the first lady and true queen of Big Finish.
Click https://youtu.be/BUCL9eSw5S4 to watch.
Click https://youtu.be/BUCL9eSw5S4 to watch.
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Final cruise home this Christmas Eve, with the crew aboard Helimed 60. Spotted Santa getting ready for this year’s run. Wishing you a Happy Christmas from all of us at Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex.
Time for bed kids HE’S ON HIS WAY 🎅
Time for bed kids HE’S ON HIS WAY 🎅
December 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Final cruise home this Christmas Eve, with the crew aboard Helimed 60. Spotted Santa getting ready for this year’s run. Wishing you a Happy Christmas from all of us at Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex.
Time for bed kids HE’S ON HIS WAY 🎅
Time for bed kids HE’S ON HIS WAY 🎅
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For the first 5 months of 2025, I was focused on Mary Severn Newton - a Victorian Artist who kept her family afloat for 9 years. The day job has got in the way, but FINALLY blogging that there may be a portrait of a teenaged Mary by her father Joseph Severn.
www.debbiechallis.com/post/a-portr...
www.debbiechallis.com/post/a-portr...
A Portrait of a Young Woman: A father and daughter reunion?
An artist daughter painted by her artist father - the Severns reunited?
www.debbiechallis.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For the first 5 months of 2025, I was focused on Mary Severn Newton - a Victorian Artist who kept her family afloat for 9 years. The day job has got in the way, but FINALLY blogging that there may be a portrait of a teenaged Mary by her father Joseph Severn.
www.debbiechallis.com/post/a-portr...
www.debbiechallis.com/post/a-portr...
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