Jon Arnold
@jonarnold.bsky.social
Black Archives, Strangers in Space, Busting Balls mainly. Former Westeros charcoal. Too old, too Welsh, too bad.
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For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM
For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
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one of the best things ever
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
one of the best things ever
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This is incredible: uncut, unseen dailies from from The Doctor Falls "Be Kind" speech. I can't even with the talent of everyone here. Talalay, Moffat, Simm, Gomez, and dear sweet cheesy dumplings Peter fucking Capaldi. Seeing the his close-up of the unedited speech. DAMN. youtu.be/9-ysp77GKN0?...
Unseen, Uncut Dailies & Edits: The Doctor Falls "Be Kind" Speech
YouTube video by How I Filmed This - Rachel Talalay
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January 23, 2026 at 11:26 AM
This is incredible: uncut, unseen dailies from from The Doctor Falls "Be Kind" speech. I can't even with the talent of everyone here. Talalay, Moffat, Simm, Gomez, and dear sweet cheesy dumplings Peter fucking Capaldi. Seeing the his close-up of the unedited speech. DAMN. youtu.be/9-ysp77GKN0?...
We had a ton of fun with Terrance’s delightfully bitchy adaption of his own story…
This week on the Maran Chess Club, @jonarnold.bsky.social joins me for books n stuff. That's right its the Five Doctors by Terrance Dicks.
Starting next week the MCC will start..... drum roll..... to do different stories again. It's out of my system I swear.
#DoctorWho
Starting next week the MCC will start..... drum roll..... to do different stories again. It's out of my system I swear.
#DoctorWho
Books n Stuff: The Five Doctors with Jon Arnold
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January 23, 2026 at 11:09 AM
We had a ton of fun with Terrance’s delightfully bitchy adaption of his own story…
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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... For paid subscribers, but there's always the option to join them in the City of Morphoton: Who really created Doctor Who anyway?
The Keys of Marinus
”Key of E?” “Is there any other?” The original edition of board game Trivial Pursuit (1981) asked the question “Who created Doctor Who?” and gave the answer...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:11 PM
buttondown.com/cooray_smith... For paid subscribers, but there's always the option to join them in the City of Morphoton: Who really created Doctor Who anyway?
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Busting Balls Episode 111 is LIVE! @jonarnold.bsky.social @brasilianfury.bsky.social + I give all 20 Premier League teams their mid-term grades, live-react a WILD AFCON Final & more!
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#soccer #football #futbol
#Soundlcoud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...
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#soccer #football #futbol
Episode 111 - The 2025/26 Premier League Midterm Grades
Listen to Episode 111 - The 2025/26 Premier League Midterm Grades by Busting Balls #np on #SoundCloud
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January 21, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Busting Balls Episode 111 is LIVE! @jonarnold.bsky.social @brasilianfury.bsky.social + I give all 20 Premier League teams their mid-term grades, live-react a WILD AFCON Final & more!
#Soundlcoud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...
#Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p...
#soccer #football #futbol
#Soundlcoud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...
#Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p...
#soccer #football #futbol
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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... For paid subscribers, but why not join them and find out why I think The Space Museum is good, actually?
The Space Museum
“No future. No future. No future for you.” In the post on The Web of Fear a few weeks back, we touched upon how most Doctor Who stories come with a couple of...
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January 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
buttondown.com/cooray_smith... For paid subscribers, but why not join them and find out why I think The Space Museum is good, actually?
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For paid subscribers, but you can always become one; on the timely incompetence of The Dominators. buttondown.com/cooray_smith...
The Dominators
“All I want is peace! Peace! A little piece of...” The Dominators was not included in the bottom ten of Doctor Who written up by Doctor Who Magazine writers...
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January 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM
For paid subscribers, but you can always become one; on the timely incompetence of The Dominators. buttondown.com/cooray_smith...
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That reminds me: It's Tom Baker's birthday in two days so no need to panic if you see his name trending on Tuesday.
That was a public service announcement for geeks everywhere.
That was a public service announcement for geeks everywhere.
I keep the birthdays of old Doctor Who actors memorised so I don't panic if I see them trend on that day.
January 18, 2026 at 5:50 PM
That reminds me: It's Tom Baker's birthday in two days so no need to panic if you see his name trending on Tuesday.
That was a public service announcement for geeks everywhere.
That was a public service announcement for geeks everywhere.
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I’m trying out Substack. Bear with me.
A few more #sneakpeeks of My Beloved Other included - see link!
#book #comics #graphicnovels #antiracism
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A few more #sneakpeeks of My Beloved Other included - see link!
#book #comics #graphicnovels #antiracism
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My Beloved Other
It occurred to me that I haven’t made a proper “post” or announcement here on Substack - only a few “notes”.
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January 18, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I’m trying out Substack. Bear with me.
A few more #sneakpeeks of My Beloved Other included - see link!
#book #comics #graphicnovels #antiracism
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A few more #sneakpeeks of My Beloved Other included - see link!
#book #comics #graphicnovels #antiracism
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ALERT! Very exciting event coming up on 7th of March. Myself, @0hmyst4rs.bsky.social, & @manningofficial.bsky.social will be taking over the @vauxhalltavern.bsky.social to present an afternoon of chat and entertainment celebrating the women of #DoctorWho. With guests from across time and space! 1/2
January 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
ALERT! Very exciting event coming up on 7th of March. Myself, @0hmyst4rs.bsky.social, & @manningofficial.bsky.social will be taking over the @vauxhalltavern.bsky.social to present an afternoon of chat and entertainment celebrating the women of #DoctorWho. With guests from across time and space! 1/2
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Helllo Everyone! This week @dwcoverstory.bsky.social, @jonarnold.bsky.social & @docoho44.bsky.social join me for a filthy fun commentary of the Five Doctors.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
The Five Doctors Commentary with the Lads!
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January 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Helllo Everyone! This week @dwcoverstory.bsky.social, @jonarnold.bsky.social & @docoho44.bsky.social join me for a filthy fun commentary of the Five Doctors.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
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I gotta know you're meant to be the POLL I NEED -
It's Day 7 of
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
You have votes in each of 6 matches and a BONUS VOTE -
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It's Day 7 of
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
You have votes in each of 6 matches and a BONUS VOTE -
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PeoplesPop25 DAY 7
Welcome to THE WORLD CUP OF 2025! Throughout January we'll be polling the best tracks of 2025 until we reach an ultimate winner.
Vote in each of the 6 groups and then choose one track from the whole ...
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January 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I gotta know you're meant to be the POLL I NEED -
It's Day 7 of
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
You have votes in each of 6 matches and a BONUS VOTE -
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It's Day 7 of
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
You have votes in each of 6 matches and a BONUS VOTE -
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.
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It was 30 years ago today that BBC Two transmitted the opening episode of Our Friends in the North - one of the greatest television dramas the BBC has ever made.
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
Our Friends in the North
30 years on from the first episode of this groundbreaking drama, we take a closer look into the programme’s archive to reveal a time capsule of a turbulent era.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:53 AM
It was 30 years ago today that BBC Two transmitted the opening episode of Our Friends in the North - one of the greatest television dramas the BBC has ever made.
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
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The BBC's videotape digitization process remains unrivaled
January 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The BBC's videotape digitization process remains unrivaled
Lots of drama queen moves in this season of #TheTraitors - you can see people going for their memorable moment. Bound to happen when people have seen enough to know how to work the show’s format.
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Lots of drama queen moves in this season of #TheTraitors - you can see people going for their memorable moment. Bound to happen when people have seen enough to know how to work the show’s format.
We’ll be accompanying the amnesiac Doctor all the way through on his century long sojourn on Earth, beginning with a literal scorched earth policy for the EDAs.
We look at Doctor Who arc in print - the 'Caught on Earth' arc that kick starts with The Burning. The Doctor has no memory, and a fiery force is awake from the ground to take over theEarth...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM
We’ll be accompanying the amnesiac Doctor all the way through on his century long sojourn on Earth, beginning with a literal scorched earth policy for the EDAs.
In which Ben Aaronovitch casually strolls in and does Iain Banks better than Banks himself could.
We're going on holiday to a Dyson's sphere but there's been a murder. Along the way there is some stunning worldbuilding and extraordinary character development; particularly of Roz and Benny
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January 12, 2026 at 10:38 PM
In which Ben Aaronovitch casually strolls in and does Iain Banks better than Banks himself could.
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Listened to most of 'Bowie Day' (11 Jan 2016) yesterday and it *really does* have the feel of a turning point.
Amazing bit where Lauren read out a listener's text that was *literally* "my youth is dead, the golden days are over, where will the new voices come from?"
(she politely disagreed fwiw)
Amazing bit where Lauren read out a listener's text that was *literally* "my youth is dead, the golden days are over, where will the new voices come from?"
(she politely disagreed fwiw)
January 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Listened to most of 'Bowie Day' (11 Jan 2016) yesterday and it *really does* have the feel of a turning point.
Amazing bit where Lauren read out a listener's text that was *literally* "my youth is dead, the golden days are over, where will the new voices come from?"
(she politely disagreed fwiw)
Amazing bit where Lauren read out a listener's text that was *literally* "my youth is dead, the golden days are over, where will the new voices come from?"
(she politely disagreed fwiw)
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The Busting Balls Podcast starts 2026 with a Podblast, as @jonarnold.bsky.social + I talk the firings of Enzo Maresca, Ruben Amorim + Wilfried Nancy, + more! @brasilianfury.bsky.social
#Soundlcoud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...
#Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p...
#soccer #football #futbol
#Soundlcoud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...
#Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p...
#soccer #football #futbol
Special Podblast: The Fired Squad
Just a podblast to open our account for 2026, as Jon & Geoffrey talk the firings of Enzo Maresca, Ruben Amorim AND Wilfried Nancy (thank GAWD!), as well as AFCON and the edgy Arsenal v. Liverpool matc
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January 12, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The Busting Balls Podcast starts 2026 with a Podblast, as @jonarnold.bsky.social + I talk the firings of Enzo Maresca, Ruben Amorim + Wilfried Nancy, + more! @brasilianfury.bsky.social
#Soundlcoud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...
#Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p...
#soccer #football #futbol
#Soundlcoud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...
#Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p...
#soccer #football #futbol
This 49ers team is ridiculous. Footballing Terminators, it doesn’t matter which parts drop off they just keep on going.
January 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
This 49ers team is ridiculous. Footballing Terminators, it doesn’t matter which parts drop off they just keep on going.
It’s a hell of a trudge til the end of the season from here for United. Looking well short on hope or even what passes for entertainment at Old Trafford these days.
January 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It’s a hell of a trudge til the end of the season from here for United. Looking well short on hope or even what passes for entertainment at Old Trafford these days.
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I wrote a piece about #DavidBowie. It’s called, This Is All I Ever Meant.
#music #Bowie
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#music #Bowie
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This Is All I Ever Meant - A tribute to David Bowie — Nick Abadzis
A Tribute to David Bowie
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January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I wrote a piece about #DavidBowie. It’s called, This Is All I Ever Meant.
#music #Bowie
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#music #Bowie
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I heard the Bowie news after I woke up, wrote this all in one go for my site then Pitchfork said can we run it, I said sure, not re-read it since so sorry if it’s rubbish
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The Life Changing Power of Discovering David Bowie
Critic Tom Ewing recalls how discovering David Bowie as a teenager in the 1980s illuminated rock's history—and his own personality.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I heard the Bowie news after I woke up, wrote this all in one go for my site then Pitchfork said can we run it, I said sure, not re-read it since so sorry if it’s rubbish
pitchfork.com/thepitch/990...
pitchfork.com/thepitch/990...