Symon
@crayonsandspam.bsky.social
Been watching Doctor Who for many years. Thirteen is the Doctoriest Doctor. Also enjoy much other telly/movies. Currently on another attempt to get caught up with all the Skulduggery Pleasant novels. Often partake in a bit of Audible and love the graps.
Pinned
Symon
@crayonsandspam.bsky.social
· Oct 19
No plans today, so I thought I'd post a little thread about my Doccy Who journey over the years. As there have been quite a few of them. Kicking off with the earliest photos that I still have of me doing #DoctorWho things; Watching my 'big' Christmas present in 1985. And some Nan knitting!
I was today years old when I discovered that Glen Powell is not the first "running man" who Emilia Jones has encountered during her acting career. 🤯 #TheRunningMan #DoctorWho
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I was today years old when I discovered that Glen Powell is not the first "running man" who Emilia Jones has encountered during her acting career. 🤯 #TheRunningMan #DoctorWho
I got Wednesday's Whodle in 1 guess! ✅ Can you?
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-11...
This was an easy one, cos I love a story with a little Tardis-doing-something-different action. And the scene in that first photo always reminds me of the bus crash/rescue in Delta and the Bannermen! #DoctorWho
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-11...
This was an easy one, cos I love a story with a little Tardis-doing-something-different action. And the scene in that first photo always reminds me of the bus crash/rescue in Delta and the Bannermen! #DoctorWho
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I got Wednesday's Whodle in 1 guess! ✅ Can you?
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-11...
This was an easy one, cos I love a story with a little Tardis-doing-something-different action. And the scene in that first photo always reminds me of the bus crash/rescue in Delta and the Bannermen! #DoctorWho
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-11...
This was an easy one, cos I love a story with a little Tardis-doing-something-different action. And the scene in that first photo always reminds me of the bus crash/rescue in Delta and the Bannermen! #DoctorWho
8 years ago today, we got our first look at the Thirteenth Doctor's iconic costume.
I loved it from the start, it felt proper old school #DoctorWho to me. Don't get me wrong, I'd been cool with the Doctor dressing normally('ish) since the start of New Who. But this felt so properly Doctory! 🥰
I loved it from the start, it felt proper old school #DoctorWho to me. Don't get me wrong, I'd been cool with the Doctor dressing normally('ish) since the start of New Who. But this felt so properly Doctory! 🥰
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
8 years ago today, we got our first look at the Thirteenth Doctor's iconic costume.
I loved it from the start, it felt proper old school #DoctorWho to me. Don't get me wrong, I'd been cool with the Doctor dressing normally('ish) since the start of New Who. But this felt so properly Doctory! 🥰
I loved it from the start, it felt proper old school #DoctorWho to me. Don't get me wrong, I'd been cool with the Doctor dressing normally('ish) since the start of New Who. But this felt so properly Doctory! 🥰
If you see this, post four female characters you love.
October 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If you see this, post four female characters you love.
Kelani Jordan doing the hand pose. Doctor Who casting incoming.
I mean, I'd watch it. 💕 #DoctorWho #WWE #WWENXT #WrestleSky
I mean, I'd watch it. 💕 #DoctorWho #WWE #WWENXT #WrestleSky
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Kelani Jordan doing the hand pose. Doctor Who casting incoming.
I mean, I'd watch it. 💕 #DoctorWho #WWE #WWENXT #WrestleSky
I mean, I'd watch it. 💕 #DoctorWho #WWE #WWENXT #WrestleSky
Hi Disney! Now you're saving money from #DoctorWho, how about reversing a recent (and ludicrous) cancellation and give us another series of a show that was 100 times better the last 3 years of Who. #RenegadeNell
Alternatively, hey BBC. Let Sally Wainwright run Who with Louisa Harland as the Doctor!
Alternatively, hey BBC. Let Sally Wainwright run Who with Louisa Harland as the Doctor!
a woman is smiling in a dark room with a window .
Alt: Louisa Harland as Nell Jackson in the TV series, "Renegade Nell".
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hi Disney! Now you're saving money from #DoctorWho, how about reversing a recent (and ludicrous) cancellation and give us another series of a show that was 100 times better the last 3 years of Who. #RenegadeNell
Alternatively, hey BBC. Let Sally Wainwright run Who with Louisa Harland as the Doctor!
Alternatively, hey BBC. Let Sally Wainwright run Who with Louisa Harland as the Doctor!
I'm largely meh at the prospect of more RTD #DoctorWho And considering where he left things at the end of season 2'ish, the chances that it won't be another self-indulgent celebration of his own era are likely slim.
But it's fine. 'Cos we'll still only be ¾'s of the way through series 12b by then!☺️
But it's fine. 'Cos we'll still only be ¾'s of the way through series 12b by then!☺️
October 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I'm largely meh at the prospect of more RTD #DoctorWho And considering where he left things at the end of season 2'ish, the chances that it won't be another self-indulgent celebration of his own era are likely slim.
But it's fine. 'Cos we'll still only be ¾'s of the way through series 12b by then!☺️
But it's fine. 'Cos we'll still only be ¾'s of the way through series 12b by then!☺️
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Appropriate. #DoctorWho #JodieWhittaker
October 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Appropriate. #DoctorWho #JodieWhittaker
So having Mercedes on a show is clearly a big draw. And a promotion being able to call her their women's champion might bring fresh eyes their way.
But it also kinda puts those titles in limbo for the smaller promotions. Mercedes has titles she won in June/July that haven't been defended since #AEW
But it also kinda puts those titles in limbo for the smaller promotions. Mercedes has titles she won in June/July that haven't been defended since #AEW
October 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
So having Mercedes on a show is clearly a big draw. And a promotion being able to call her their women's champion might bring fresh eyes their way.
But it also kinda puts those titles in limbo for the smaller promotions. Mercedes has titles she won in June/July that haven't been defended since #AEW
But it also kinda puts those titles in limbo for the smaller promotions. Mercedes has titles she won in June/July that haven't been defended since #AEW
This theme. This version. #DoctorWho youtu.be/FxODkExkNB4?...
October 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This theme. This version. #DoctorWho youtu.be/FxODkExkNB4?...
Half of #AEW and #ROH women's titles have now been held for over a year (2+ for Athena). Red Velvet only dropped the TV title (after a year) due to injury. Subsequently Mina's had just one defense.
Meanwhile, we're not getting much in the way of ongoing feuds or storylines. It's feeling a tad lazy.
Meanwhile, we're not getting much in the way of ongoing feuds or storylines. It's feeling a tad lazy.
October 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I remember seeing this one when it aired. The day before, there had been an ad for the Radio Times, which had included a clip of Remembrance. The next evening, I made sure I was watching BBC1 at the same time in the hope of seeing it again - and instead got this.
I was VERY hyped! 🤯🤯🤯 #DoctorWho
I was VERY hyped! 🤯🤯🤯 #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who is back for the new season on One..."
BBC1 trailer for "Remembrance of the Daleks" part 1 (1988). #DoctorWho
BBC1 trailer for "Remembrance of the Daleks" part 1 (1988). #DoctorWho
October 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I remember seeing this one when it aired. The day before, there had been an ad for the Radio Times, which had included a clip of Remembrance. The next evening, I made sure I was watching BBC1 at the same time in the hope of seeing it again - and instead got this.
I was VERY hyped! 🤯🤯🤯 #DoctorWho
I was VERY hyped! 🤯🤯🤯 #DoctorWho
So just to clarify, #DoctorWho fans are now waiting on news about newly discovered old Who and also news about newly made new Who. 😳
a woman in a blue scarf says just don t lose hope
ALT: a woman in a blue scarf says just don t lose hope
media.tenor.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
So just to clarify, #DoctorWho fans are now waiting on news about newly discovered old Who and also news about newly made new Who. 😳
My memories of this are puzzling. On the one hand, I'm sure I saw it in colour and with my family, because I remember talking about the new title sequence. But I also remember watching all of McCoy's era (on transmission) on my portable B&W telly in my room, cos Mum would have been watching Corrie.🤔
September 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My memories of this are puzzling. On the one hand, I'm sure I saw it in colour and with my family, because I remember talking about the new title sequence. But I also remember watching all of McCoy's era (on transmission) on my portable B&W telly in my room, cos Mum would have been watching Corrie.🤔
The train thing pretty much gave it away.
I got Sunday's Whodle in 1 guess! ✅ Can you?
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-09...
I got Sunday's Whodle in 1 guess! ✅ Can you?
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-09...
Whodle
Name that Doctor Who episode!
whodle.dixonary.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The train thing pretty much gave it away.
I got Sunday's Whodle in 1 guess! ✅ Can you?
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-09...
I got Sunday's Whodle in 1 guess! ✅ Can you?
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-09...
If AJ Lee ever does return to the ring, I want that return to be about entirely AJ Lee the wrestler in her own right. Not as Punk's wife, as part of a title feud which is ultimately between two blokes. #WWE #WrestleSky
September 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
If AJ Lee ever does return to the ring, I want that return to be about entirely AJ Lee the wrestler in her own right. Not as Punk's wife, as part of a title feud which is ultimately between two blokes. #WWE #WrestleSky
Choose 25 #DoctorWho episodes that have stayed with you/influenced you. 1/day for 25 (not necessarily consecutive) days.
Well, it's taken over a month but I've made it to #25. And to round things off, let's go with something suitably epic.
Well, it's taken over a month but I've made it to #25. And to round things off, let's go with something suitably epic.
August 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Choose 25 #DoctorWho episodes that have stayed with you/influenced you. 1/day for 25 (not necessarily consecutive) days.
Well, it's taken over a month but I've made it to #25. And to round things off, let's go with something suitably epic.
Well, it's taken over a month but I've made it to #25. And to round things off, let's go with something suitably epic.
Choose 25 #DoctorWho episodes that have stayed with you/influenced you. 1/day for 25 (not necessarily consecutive) days.
24/25 It seems strange now, but back in 2010 I had some doubts about Matt's first season. I'll explain more in the alt, but suffice to say, those concerns were quickly dispelled.
24/25 It seems strange now, but back in 2010 I had some doubts about Matt's first season. I'll explain more in the alt, but suffice to say, those concerns were quickly dispelled.
a man in a suit and bow tie is talking to a woman .
Alt: Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor in his first episode of "Doctor Who", "The Eleventh Hour".
So, there was a time when I enjoyed RTD Who. And even the Tenth Doctor. And I'd become so accustomed to the idea of the Doctor being having a more ordinary human persona, when Moffat said in some pre-series 5 interviews that Eleven was going to be a more old-skool/eccentric Doctor, I wasn't very keen on the idea.
It took all of about ten minutes of The Eleventh Hour for my fears to not only be completely dispelled, but for me to begin to realise/remember that the Doctor isn't supposed to all broody and grounded and human.
media.tenor.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Choose 25 #DoctorWho episodes that have stayed with you/influenced you. 1/day for 25 (not necessarily consecutive) days.
24/25 It seems strange now, but back in 2010 I had some doubts about Matt's first season. I'll explain more in the alt, but suffice to say, those concerns were quickly dispelled.
24/25 It seems strange now, but back in 2010 I had some doubts about Matt's first season. I'll explain more in the alt, but suffice to say, those concerns were quickly dispelled.
Drop something ROBOTIC
August 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Drop something ROBOTIC
Choose 25 #DoctorWho episodes that have stayed with you/influenced you. 1/day for 25 days
Only 3 to go, and I've just realised I haven't picked any 9, 10, 11, 12 or 15 stories. I guess that makes sense given the context of this "challenge", as I'll explain in the alt text. And in the meantime...
Only 3 to go, and I've just realised I haven't picked any 9, 10, 11, 12 or 15 stories. I guess that makes sense given the context of this "challenge", as I'll explain in the alt text. And in the meantime...
August 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Choose 25 #DoctorWho episodes that have stayed with you/influenced you. 1/day for 25 days
Only 3 to go, and I've just realised I haven't picked any 9, 10, 11, 12 or 15 stories. I guess that makes sense given the context of this "challenge", as I'll explain in the alt text. And in the meantime...
Only 3 to go, and I've just realised I haven't picked any 9, 10, 11, 12 or 15 stories. I guess that makes sense given the context of this "challenge", as I'll explain in the alt text. And in the meantime...
Choose 25 #DoctorWho episodes that have stayed with you/influenced you. 1/day for 25 days
22/25 Cracking on with this after a little hiatus (on brand!🤭)
I've never seen this one (not a fan of the animations), but I've listened to it a lot. And it's a story that pretty much ensured Who's longevity.
22/25 Cracking on with this after a little hiatus (on brand!🤭)
I've never seen this one (not a fan of the animations), but I've listened to it a lot. And it's a story that pretty much ensured Who's longevity.
August 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Choose 25 #DoctorWho episodes that have stayed with you/influenced you. 1/day for 25 days
22/25 Cracking on with this after a little hiatus (on brand!🤭)
I've never seen this one (not a fan of the animations), but I've listened to it a lot. And it's a story that pretty much ensured Who's longevity.
22/25 Cracking on with this after a little hiatus (on brand!🤭)
I've never seen this one (not a fan of the animations), but I've listened to it a lot. And it's a story that pretty much ensured Who's longevity.
Drop something SMOKING
August 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Drop something SMOKING
Choose 25 #DoctorWho episodes that have stayed with you/influenced you. 1/day for 25 days
21/25 Picking up where I left off (had a busy few day) with another little sidestep. I'm not a huge fan of Big Finish's output (for reasons I'll expand in the alt), but I'm happy they exist. Especially now!
21/25 Picking up where I left off (had a busy few day) with another little sidestep. I'm not a huge fan of Big Finish's output (for reasons I'll expand in the alt), but I'm happy they exist. Especially now!
August 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Choose 25 #DoctorWho episodes that have stayed with you/influenced you. 1/day for 25 days
21/25 Picking up where I left off (had a busy few day) with another little sidestep. I'm not a huge fan of Big Finish's output (for reasons I'll expand in the alt), but I'm happy they exist. Especially now!
21/25 Picking up where I left off (had a busy few day) with another little sidestep. I'm not a huge fan of Big Finish's output (for reasons I'll expand in the alt), but I'm happy they exist. Especially now!
I got Sunday's Whodle in 1 guess! ✅ Can you?
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-08...
Pretty much an educated guess. It had to be a Moffat episode for obvious reasons, so I went with the first one I could think of where something like that happens. Nailed it!
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-08...
Pretty much an educated guess. It had to be a Moffat episode for obvious reasons, so I went with the first one I could think of where something like that happens. Nailed it!
Whodle
Name that Doctor Who episode!
whodle.dixonary.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I got Sunday's Whodle in 1 guess! ✅ Can you?
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-08...
Pretty much an educated guess. It had to be a Moffat episode for obvious reasons, so I went with the first one I could think of where something like that happens. Nailed it!
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-08...
Pretty much an educated guess. It had to be a Moffat episode for obvious reasons, so I went with the first one I could think of where something like that happens. Nailed it!