David K. Barnes
@davidkbarnes.com
Writes lots of serious whimsy | Wooden Overcoats | Cry Havoc! | Doctor Who | The Tiny Angry Witch | He/Him | would really like a pastry
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
Well fuck it, I've started writing a stage play.
It's been a 5 years, probably more, since I did anything for stage. Christ knows if I'll finish it, but I just felt I had to do this one.
It's been a 5 years, probably more, since I did anything for stage. Christ knows if I'll finish it, but I just felt I had to do this one.
February 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Well fuck it, I've started writing a stage play.
It's been a 5 years, probably more, since I did anything for stage. Christ knows if I'll finish it, but I just felt I had to do this one.
It's been a 5 years, probably more, since I did anything for stage. Christ knows if I'll finish it, but I just felt I had to do this one.
Every so often I return to this sketch, to enjoy 2 minutes of the tightest writing + performing in comedy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5q...
Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off
YouTube video by ClarkeAndDawe
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February 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Every so often I return to this sketch, to enjoy 2 minutes of the tightest writing + performing in comedy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5q...
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UK inching closer towards the political apocalypse:
- Prime Minister resigns
- Snap election
- Reform voted in
- Emergency podcasts every hour of the fucking day
- Prime Minister resigns
- Snap election
- Reform voted in
- Emergency podcasts every hour of the fucking day
February 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM
UK inching closer towards the political apocalypse:
- Prime Minister resigns
- Snap election
- Reform voted in
- Emergency podcasts every hour of the fucking day
- Prime Minister resigns
- Snap election
- Reform voted in
- Emergency podcasts every hour of the fucking day
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imagine getting so thoroughly bodied by the Beano like this
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
imagine getting so thoroughly bodied by the Beano like this
Time to draw Starmer's face on a lettuce, lads.
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Time to draw Starmer's face on a lettuce, lads.
A vintage post from Vintage Wicks 👌🥂
The production team are incredible. Working in studio with Alan & Hemi (and Darren!) was an absolute dream.
I maintain that David K Barnes is one of the finest comic writers in a generation, but sadly he also excels with any script he puts his quill to. All whilst being a very good egg. Despicable.
I maintain that David K Barnes is one of the finest comic writers in a generation, but sadly he also excels with any script he puts his quill to. All whilst being a very good egg. Despicable.
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
A vintage post from Vintage Wicks 👌🥂
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Massive congratulations to @peterwicks.com for his One Voice Awards nomination for the role of Didius Julianus! 🎉
It truly is an incredible comic performance in a cracking script by @davidkbarnes.com
Even if you’re not up to date on The Amelia Project, this episode works standalone, check it out!
It truly is an incredible comic performance in a cracking script by @davidkbarnes.com
Even if you’re not up to date on The Amelia Project, this episode works standalone, check it out!
February 4, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Massive congratulations to @peterwicks.com for his One Voice Awards nomination for the role of Didius Julianus! 🎉
It truly is an incredible comic performance in a cracking script by @davidkbarnes.com
Even if you’re not up to date on The Amelia Project, this episode works standalone, check it out!
It truly is an incredible comic performance in a cracking script by @davidkbarnes.com
Even if you’re not up to date on The Amelia Project, this episode works standalone, check it out!
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Hang on a minute
February 3, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Hang on a minute
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
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Watching the Logopolis studio footage of Tom Baker recording his final scene of Doctor Who, and I’m finding it far more emotional than the actual episode!
Seeing him leaving the role in real time.
It’s heart wrenching when, shots done, he leaps up and bolts. Just wants to get away.
Seeing him leaving the role in real time.
It’s heart wrenching when, shots done, he leaps up and bolts. Just wants to get away.
January 29, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Watching the Logopolis studio footage of Tom Baker recording his final scene of Doctor Who, and I’m finding it far more emotional than the actual episode!
Seeing him leaving the role in real time.
It’s heart wrenching when, shots done, he leaps up and bolts. Just wants to get away.
Seeing him leaving the role in real time.
It’s heart wrenching when, shots done, he leaps up and bolts. Just wants to get away.
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The task for political leadership now is not just to tell the truth, but to make people care about what is true and what is not.
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The task for political leadership now is not just to tell the truth, but to make people care about what is true and what is not.
Got myself some discount Yeti
(please don’t tell the NCA)
(please don’t tell the NCA)
January 24, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Got myself some discount Yeti
(please don’t tell the NCA)
(please don’t tell the NCA)
First haircut of 2026
January 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM
First haircut of 2026
My GP just made a statement that you *really* don’t want to hear when he’s in the middle of examining you:
“Huh. You learn something new every day.”
“Huh. You learn something new every day.”
January 22, 2026 at 2:31 PM
My GP just made a statement that you *really* don’t want to hear when he’s in the middle of examining you:
“Huh. You learn something new every day.”
“Huh. You learn something new every day.”
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Living in Rome itself under Caligula must have been fucking terrifying, but at least people living in the most distant provinces of the empire didn't get minute-by-minute updates on exactly how insane, unpredictable and evil he was being.
January 21, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Living in Rome itself under Caligula must have been fucking terrifying, but at least people living in the most distant provinces of the empire didn't get minute-by-minute updates on exactly how insane, unpredictable and evil he was being.
I don’t want to do it, but I may seriously have to tell America to pack it in.
America, could you give it a rest, eh?
January 21, 2026 at 9:16 AM
I don’t want to do it, but I may seriously have to tell America to pack it in.
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was briefly so excited reading this until I realised he meant Davos
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 PM
was briefly so excited reading this until I realised he meant Davos
America, could you give it a rest, eh?
January 20, 2026 at 9:09 AM
America, could you give it a rest, eh?
Watching the Graham Williams documentary on Doctor Who S15 box set and, God, I wish he were still with us. I’d want to tell him how much his 3x seasons of Who meant to me. The humour, the ideas, the joy. I wouldn’t have become a writer without those stories.
January 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Watching the Graham Williams documentary on Doctor Who S15 box set and, God, I wish he were still with us. I’d want to tell him how much his 3x seasons of Who meant to me. The humour, the ideas, the joy. I wouldn’t have become a writer without those stories.
I’ve long been baffled by the meandering 1960s comedy Rocket to the Moon, so thank God for @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social’s excellent explanation of it on the StudioCanal blu-ray. Much more entertaining than the film itself!
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I’ve long been baffled by the meandering 1960s comedy Rocket to the Moon, so thank God for @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social’s excellent explanation of it on the StudioCanal blu-ray. Much more entertaining than the film itself!
Regaining access to my Twitter/X account (after 2+ years of not using it) took me the best part of 24 hours.
Deactivating my account forever took me less than 24 seconds.
It's the social media platform for bots, paedophiles, and the politicians who want to reach them. They're welcome to it.
Deactivating my account forever took me less than 24 seconds.
It's the social media platform for bots, paedophiles, and the politicians who want to reach them. They're welcome to it.
January 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Regaining access to my Twitter/X account (after 2+ years of not using it) took me the best part of 24 hours.
Deactivating my account forever took me less than 24 seconds.
It's the social media platform for bots, paedophiles, and the politicians who want to reach them. They're welcome to it.
Deactivating my account forever took me less than 24 seconds.
It's the social media platform for bots, paedophiles, and the politicians who want to reach them. They're welcome to it.
Hard to believe I know, but we’re only one week into 2026.
January 8, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Hard to believe I know, but we’re only one week into 2026.