The Fantasy Bookworm
@fantasybookworm42.bsky.social
I read nerdy books and share my thoughts on them, usually though not always in the sci-fi/fantasy genre, and especially #DoctorWho tie-ins.
He/they, autistic, poly, kink-positive.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #LetWomenSpeak
He/they, autistic, poly, kink-positive.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #LetWomenSpeak
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Kyle Theobald
Kyle Theobald has 70 books on Goodreads, and is currently reading Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors by Brian Hayles
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Link to see what I'm currently reading. I accidentally deleted the original pinned post.
Unsurprisingly Shearman's new novelisation captures the macabre darkly comedic tone of The Chimes of Midnight beautifully, though it does lean a bit further into the surreal I would say than the original, which took some getting used to #DoctorWho 📚🪐
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Kyle Theobald's review of Doctor Who
5/5: It's taken me a bit of time to process my thoughts on this novelisation and I've ended up rewriting this review and changing my rating twice. Let's start with the good stuff, and there's a lot of...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Unsurprisingly Shearman's new novelisation captures the macabre darkly comedic tone of The Chimes of Midnight beautifully, though it does lean a bit further into the surreal I would say than the original, which took some getting used to #DoctorWho 📚🪐
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Today is the International Day to End Conversion Therapy #IDECT
Seven years and five prime ministers after Theresa May’s first promise in 2018, conversion practices are still legal in the UK 🧵
Seven years and five prime ministers after Theresa May’s first promise in 2018, conversion practices are still legal in the UK 🧵
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Today is the International Day to End Conversion Therapy #IDECT
Seven years and five prime ministers after Theresa May’s first promise in 2018, conversion practices are still legal in the UK 🧵
Seven years and five prime ministers after Theresa May’s first promise in 2018, conversion practices are still legal in the UK 🧵
Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? I loathe the fact that this was a Gareth Roberts script... #DoctorWho
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? I loathe the fact that this was a Gareth Roberts script... #DoctorWho
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1001 Nights in Time & Space is now half price amzn.to/45tuUIC
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January 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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The first part of this story really is just The Space Museum part one with added Shearman weirdness isn't it? Not that I'm complaining, I'm a big fan of The Space Museum. Not exactly subtle where the inspiration came from though #DoctorWho
I realise the most fitting time to start reading this would have been a couple of weeks ago #DoctorWho 📚🪐
January 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
The first part of this story really is just The Space Museum part one with added Shearman weirdness isn't it? Not that I'm complaining, I'm a big fan of The Space Museum. Not exactly subtle where the inspiration came from though #DoctorWho
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I’ve gone from being a musical hater as a kid to being annoyed that RTD2 Doctor Who copped out on a full blown musical episode three times in years.
One song is NOT a musical.
One song is NOT a musical.
January 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I’ve gone from being a musical hater as a kid to being annoyed that RTD2 Doctor Who copped out on a full blown musical episode three times in years.
One song is NOT a musical.
One song is NOT a musical.
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• Submit complaints using our guide on BBC articles that use degrading or misleading language about trans people
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This language causes harm, and the law recognises that misgendering can be discriminatory. If we don’t challenge it, it becomes normalised.
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This language causes harm, and the law recognises that misgendering can be discriminatory. If we don’t challenge it, it becomes normalised.
3/🧵
Enough is enough: a call to action on BBC reporting about trans people - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
The Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective (TACC) recently submitted a formal complaint to the BBC and sent letters to the Women and Equalities Committee, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture...
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January 2, 2026 at 6:28 AM
• Submit complaints using our guide on BBC articles that use degrading or misleading language about trans people
tacc.org.uk/2026/01/02/e...
This language causes harm, and the law recognises that misgendering can be discriminatory. If we don’t challenge it, it becomes normalised.
3/🧵
tacc.org.uk/2026/01/02/e...
This language causes harm, and the law recognises that misgendering can be discriminatory. If we don’t challenge it, it becomes normalised.
3/🧵
I realise the most fitting time to start reading this would have been a couple of weeks ago #DoctorWho 📚🪐
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I realise the most fitting time to start reading this would have been a couple of weeks ago #DoctorWho 📚🪐
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If you found a copy of The Chimes of Midnight under you Christmas tree last week, bookmark our podcast about this great book with @nathanbottomley.com, @markdodyk.bsky.social & @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social
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January 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
If you found a copy of The Chimes of Midnight under you Christmas tree last week, bookmark our podcast about this great book with @nathanbottomley.com, @markdodyk.bsky.social & @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social
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This has been a long time in the making. My new radio play, ‘The Goblin King and Me’ goes out on Radio 4 on Thursday 8th January. I’ve just seen this wonderful preview in the new Radio Times! I’m so pleased they like it and I hope everyone else will. Please do listen! What a brilliant team!
December 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This has been a long time in the making. My new radio play, ‘The Goblin King and Me’ goes out on Radio 4 on Thursday 8th January. I’ve just seen this wonderful preview in the new Radio Times! I’m so pleased they like it and I hope everyone else will. Please do listen! What a brilliant team!
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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
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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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There’s a rare and revealing interview with the hugely talented Jacqueline Rayner on the Hamster Book Club episode where she talks about her extensive Doctor Who career…and how she wrote the bestselling Doctor Who book of all time…
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December 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There’s a rare and revealing interview with the hugely talented Jacqueline Rayner on the Hamster Book Club episode where she talks about her extensive Doctor Who career…and how she wrote the bestselling Doctor Who book of all time…
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Does my head in that when you search for something like "how to make YouTube thumbnails," the top results are all gurus claiming "do this to make your videos go instantly viral." I'm just looking for practical advice, not snake oil crap.
December 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Does my head in that when you search for something like "how to make YouTube thumbnails," the top results are all gurus claiming "do this to make your videos go instantly viral." I'm just looking for practical advice, not snake oil crap.
Gnarly Cybermen body horror and poignant reflections on fascism that are sadly more relevant now than ever, I really wanted to like Illegal Alien more than I did #DoctorWho 📚🪐
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Kyle Theobald's review of Doctor Who
3/5: "This was supposed to be the war that put paid to fascism. Except it wouldn't. Creeps would still be peddling the same old prejudices in half a century - [Ace] had met them herself. Maybe they wo...
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December 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Gnarly Cybermen body horror and poignant reflections on fascism that are sadly more relevant now than ever, I really wanted to like Illegal Alien more than I did #DoctorWho 📚🪐
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www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Maybe the fact that I reject the label "leftist." The way I look at it, for as long as there is a "left wing" there has to be by definition an opposing right wing, so by self-identifying as "leftist," you're reinforcing the polarised binary political eco-system within which hateful ideology thrives.
what’s an opinion that’s got you like this around other leftists
December 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Maybe the fact that I reject the label "leftist." The way I look at it, for as long as there is a "left wing" there has to be by definition an opposing right wing, so by self-identifying as "leftist," you're reinforcing the polarised binary political eco-system within which hateful ideology thrives.
All caught up with #TheWarBetween. I don't really know what to make of that ending, the tone was weirdly zany and camp after what started out as a pretty serious high stakes political thriller #DoctorWho
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
All caught up with #TheWarBetween. I don't really know what to make of that ending, the tone was weirdly zany and camp after what started out as a pretty serious high stakes political thriller #DoctorWho
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A reminder for everyone getting Christmas presents… stay away from the HP merch!!!
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J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-trans organisation
J.K. Rowling is using her wealth to finance an organisation dedicated to removing trans rights. The Harry Potter author has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion, which is being put towards her so-ca...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A reminder for everyone getting Christmas presents… stay away from the HP merch!!!
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Well I have my criticisms, but the body horror aspect of the Cybermen, the book definitely doesn't hold back on, which is good #DoctorWho
Got a copy of Illegal Alien to read for #DoctorWho Book Club @andwbcpodcast.bsky.social, been wanting to get into more of the PDAs and I'm a big fan of the Cybermen (when handled well) so figured this was a good opportunity.
December 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Well I have my criticisms, but the body horror aspect of the Cybermen, the book definitely doesn't hold back on, which is good #DoctorWho
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There is no trend or epidemic of kids being trans or non-binary.
December 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
There is no trend or epidemic of kids being trans or non-binary.
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It's just so fashionable right now
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It's just so fashionable right now
The issue that #TheWarBetween has is that there are so many aesthetic parallels to Torchwood CoE that it's naturally going to invite comparison to that series, and it was never likely to be as good as that just because Torchwood CoE is a masterpiece, so the comparison is always going to be negative
December 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The issue that #TheWarBetween has is that there are so many aesthetic parallels to Torchwood CoE that it's naturally going to invite comparison to that series, and it was never likely to be as good as that just because Torchwood CoE is a masterpiece, so the comparison is always going to be negative
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On the brand new Trap One🎙Podcast @quiteamess.bsky.social, @hannahcooper.bsky.social, @adamclegg.bsky.social & @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social take the plunge into episodes 3 & 4 of The War Between..
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December 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
On the brand new Trap One🎙Podcast @quiteamess.bsky.social, @hannahcooper.bsky.social, @adamclegg.bsky.social & @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social take the plunge into episodes 3 & 4 of The War Between..
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Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7CMW...
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