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Ellie Wilson
@elliewilson99.bsky.social
Writer, historian and teacher of small people. I also dabble in music and I'm pretty good at washing up.

www.elliewilsonwrites.co.uk
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November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
That's one giant leap for a podcast... Our final episode of Series 1 takes us to Space, 1969, for the Eleventh Doctor two-parter 'The Impossible Astronaut' and 'Day of the Moon'.
historicalwho.podbean.com/e/06-the-imp... (Or search Spotify/Apple Podcasts) #doctorwho #history #podcast #historicalwho
November 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The final episode of Series 1 of Historical Who blasts off Tues 18th November!

Listen to episodes 1-5 here: historicalwho.podbean.com (or search on Apple Podcasts or Spotify).

#doctorwho #history #podcast #historicalwho #space
November 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Today's job - recording the music for Murder Most Malum! My next audiobook, out in December.

Check out Norbert Dentressangle's first investigation here: audio.com/ellie-wilson...

#audiobook #murdermystery #cozycrime #spoof #comedy
November 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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OTD 2018: #DoctorWho Demons of the Punjab
Yaz and her family, love and secret history at the heart of a heartbreaking historical story, Weeping Demons and all-too-topical relevance.
Doctor Who, political since 1963 (and, here, 1947)…
Off for a walk, and listening to this:
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
When in Rome...wear togas and eat grapes. Join us this week at the court of Caesar Nero in 64CE for the First Doctor story 'The Romans'. (Apologies for my terrible Latin.)

historicalwho.podbean.com/e/05-the-rom...

#doctorwho #history #podcast #historicalwho #romans
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Tune in Tuesday 11th for musings on the gentle art of fisticuffs... Meanwhile, listen to episodes 1-4 here: historicalwho.podbean.com (Or search for Historical Who on Apple Podcasts or Spotify) #doctorwho #history #podcast #historicalwho #romans
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Today is the kind of gloomy, stormy autumn day when you might like to listen to a haunting Doctor Who story. My story 'Dark is the Devil That Walks' in the Short Trips 13 collection, from @bigfinish.bsky.social, is such a tale.
13. Doctor Who: Short Trips Volume 13: Tales from the Vortex - Doctor Who - Short Trips - Big Finish
Award-winning, full-cast original audio dramas from the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blake's 7, Class, Dark Shadows, The Avengers, Survivors, The Omega Factor, Star Cops, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian G...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Warning: it's about the get emotional. We travel with the Thirteenth Doctor to 1947, on the eve of the Partition of India, for 'Demons of the Punjab'.

historicalwho.podbean.com/e/04-demons-...

#doctorwho #history #podcast #historicalwho
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
For more of my thoughts on the history of piracy...

elliewilsonblogs.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-pi...

#history #pirates
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
My new audiobook will be out in December!

Check out the first Norbert Dentressangle story here: audio.com/ellie-wilson...

#audiobook #murdermystery #comedy #spoof #cosycrime
November 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Episode 4 out Tues 4th Nov!

In the meantime, check out the first 3 episodes here: historicalwho.podbean.com (Or search on Apple Podcasts or Spotify).

#doctorwho #history #podcast #historicalwho #thirteenthdoctor #demonsofthepunjab
November 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Avast ye! Episode 3 now up! Set sail for the 1690s to meet legendary pirate Henry Avery in the Eleventh Doctor story 'The Curse of the Black Spot'.

historicalwho.podbean.com/e/03-the-cur...

#doctorwho #history #podcast #historicalwho #pirates
October 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Episode 2 of Historical Who out now! Come join us in Revolutionary France for 'The Reign of Terror'.

historicalwho.podbean.com/e/02-the-rei...

#doctorwho #history #podcast #historicalwho
October 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
First episode of Historical Who is out! We discuss the real history behind the Ninth Doctor episodes The Empty Child & The Doctor Dances!

Listen here:
historicalwho.podbean.com/e/01-the-emp...

#doctorwho #history #podcast #historicalwho
October 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
First episode of Historical Who out 14th Oct! #doctorwho #history #podcast
October 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Coming soon - a podcast in which my friend Jess and I discuss the real history behind episodes of Doctor Who set in Earth's past! #doctorwho #history #podcast
October 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
September 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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This incredibly worrying study suggests Historians are the 2nd most likely occupation to be supplanted by AI.

That’s despite the fact that current AI history output is wildly unreliable, unsourced, hallucinates fale events, sources, and previous historians!!

Yay 😬😩🤪
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.07935
arxiv.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Horrible, funny and accurate: how Horrible Histories continues to inspire new generations of historians
elliewilsonblogs.blogspot.com/2025/07/horr... #horriblehistories #teaching
Horrible, funny and accurate: how Horrible Histories continues to inspire new generations of historians
What lessons from history can teach us about today
elliewilsonblogs.blogspot.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM