Mark Donaldson
@markdonaldson.bsky.social
Freelance writer about movies, Star Trek and Doctor Who, lapsed cinema manager, co-host of @onthetimelash.bsky.social
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Starfleet Academy Writing Assignment #1: Hey, Trekkies, Leave Those Kids Alone
On Star Trek: SFA S01E01 - "Kids These Days"
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Wrote some thoughts on how brilliant the feature length Star Trek: Starfleet Academy pilot was. Despite it's YA leanings, this is a show that has something for everyone.
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Stephen and Rachel during most of the roundtable #TheTraitors
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Stephen and Rachel during most of the roundtable #TheTraitors
"What a waste of a dagger. Well done everyone" #TheTraitors
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
"What a waste of a dagger. Well done everyone" #TheTraitors
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I missed Tom Baker's birthday yesterday. So I have to post this.
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I missed Tom Baker's birthday yesterday. So I have to post this.
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Vampires! Goblins! Davina McCall! Ben and Mark launch the new era of On the Timelash with a discussion all about Church on Ruby Road and State of Decay. It's been a while so let's hear your thoughts! #DoctorWho
January 21, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Vampires! Goblins! Davina McCall! Ben and Mark launch the new era of On the Timelash with a discussion all about Church on Ruby Road and State of Decay. It's been a while so let's hear your thoughts! #DoctorWho
Hey Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken...
January 21, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Hey Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken...
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A republish or an interview I conducted last year with the brilliant and imaginative Jonathan Morris to tie into our Anachrophobia discussion this week. Here he talks about all of his Doctor Who books to date.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:43 AM
A republish or an interview I conducted last year with the brilliant and imaginative Jonathan Morris to tie into our Anachrophobia discussion this week. Here he talks about all of his Doctor Who books to date.
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"You are incredible"
"Yes, I suppose I am, really. I've never given it much thought."
Last minute bit of celebrating for Tom Baker's 92nd birthday, with State of Decay Part One.
"Yes, I suppose I am, really. I've never given it much thought."
Last minute bit of celebrating for Tom Baker's 92nd birthday, with State of Decay Part One.
January 20, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"You are incredible"
"Yes, I suppose I am, really. I've never given it much thought."
Last minute bit of celebrating for Tom Baker's 92nd birthday, with State of Decay Part One.
"Yes, I suppose I am, really. I've never given it much thought."
Last minute bit of celebrating for Tom Baker's 92nd birthday, with State of Decay Part One.
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What makes Deep Space Nine the best of the Star Trek series? Join David & I here as we figure it out!
On the last in the present series @felixfrazer.bsky.social joins me to discuss what some would consider to be the very pinnacle of Star Trek.
No… it’s not Doctor Who. It’s Star Trek Deep Space Nine!
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No… it’s not Doctor Who. It’s Star Trek Deep Space Nine!
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with Frazer Gregory
Podcast Episode · No… It’s Not Doctor Who! · 19/01/2026 · 2h 7m
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January 19, 2026 at 3:11 PM
What makes Deep Space Nine the best of the Star Trek series? Join David & I here as we figure it out!
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The trial of Series 26 is almost upon us, but who should be tasked with prosecuting the classic era’s final series? Vote now via the link below!
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January 20, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The trial of Series 26 is almost upon us, but who should be tasked with prosecuting the classic era’s final series? Vote now via the link below!
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Clickbait TV news sites will have a headline like "CULT 80'S BRITISH DRAMA DROPS NEW EPISODE TONIGHT" and you'll scroll down three miles of text to find out there's an episode of Emmerdale on.
January 20, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Clickbait TV news sites will have a headline like "CULT 80'S BRITISH DRAMA DROPS NEW EPISODE TONIGHT" and you'll scroll down three miles of text to find out there's an episode of Emmerdale on.
Cradling my finished Lego Enterprise-D like a newborn child. Deep Space Nine next, yeah?
January 19, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Cradling my finished Lego Enterprise-D like a newborn child. Deep Space Nine next, yeah?
I was pretty snarky about video podcasts (as were we all) a few weeks back, but this is an utter joy.
The Harry Hill Show - Stewart Lee
YouTube video by HARRY HILL
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January 19, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I was pretty snarky about video podcasts (as were we all) a few weeks back, but this is an utter joy.
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Well now...
‘Blake’s 7’ Reboot In The Works From ‘The Last Of Us’ Director Peter Hoar & ‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ Exec Matthew Bouch
A 'Blake's 7' reboot is coming from 'The Last Of Us' director Peter Hoar and Matthew Bouch and their Multitude Productions indie.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Well now...
Regular as clockwork, it's another of @docoho44.bsky.social and I's forays into the Sabbath arc
Appropriately for a story about time going rewinding, Anachrophobia gets a second airing on the book club but this time with focus on the Sabbath arc as Joe & @markdonaldson.bsky.social continue to explore the time travel horror in the second half of the EDAs...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Regular as clockwork, it's another of @docoho44.bsky.social and I's forays into the Sabbath arc
I think this is one of the reasons I shout louder about the positives of Starfleet Academy/the Jodie Whittaker era of Doctor Who/any other fuckin' thing that winds these cellar dwelling homunculuses up. However, that's also bad for criticism and artistic appreciation.
🔥 NEW - #StarfleetAcademy is Getting Review Bombed!
Slash Film reports that the new live-action #StarTrek series is experiencing Review Bombing online.
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Slash Film reports that the new live-action #StarTrek series is experiencing Review Bombing online.
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Is Getting Review Bombed And That's Sad But Not Surprising - SlashFilm
Star Trek has been boldly and controversially progressive from the very start, so it's no surprise that Starfleet Academy is getting review bombed.
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January 18, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I think this is one of the reasons I shout louder about the positives of Starfleet Academy/the Jodie Whittaker era of Doctor Who/any other fuckin' thing that winds these cellar dwelling homunculuses up. However, that's also bad for criticism and artistic appreciation.
Off up the Bone Temple, ye needin' anything?
January 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Off up the Bone Temple, ye needin' anything?
Love how Nahla Ake gives not a shit about modern Star Trek's austere approach to the centre seat.
Holly Hunter as Captain Nahla Ake in "Kids These Days", STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY (2026)
![Holly Hunter as Captain Nahla Ake being so cute in her Captain's chair aboard the Athena.
According to Hunter, a small detail in the script about her going barefoot in one scene led to her understanding Nahla Ake's physcality, particulary owing to her nature as part-Lanthanite: "Alex had written that my character was barefoot, and I loved that. That kind of opened up this whole idea of what she might be like, physically, for me. It had to do with her being [part-Lanthanite], and it also had to do with my name, which is ‘water in the desert.' Wherever I am, whatever environment that I’m in, I’m going to explore it with my body. It gave every scene, many scenes, a whole different vibe, a different texture, and it put me in a different place."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tfpnhgzmic34fnr3exokksxb/bafkreibmfvv67zo4x4owk6bq5or7seudvpuyskbfymgpilzyvynyaduoyy@jpeg)
January 17, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Love how Nahla Ake gives not a shit about modern Star Trek's austere approach to the centre seat.
Stressful day. Mice in the house and Billy collected enough cheese tax to support an entire cheese hospital. Holes in the skirting blocked up. Dog tummy gurgling but unexploded, sat with his far more responsible mother. Taking myself up to bed with a whisky and a book.
January 17, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Stressful day. Mice in the house and Billy collected enough cheese tax to support an entire cheese hospital. Holes in the skirting blocked up. Dog tummy gurgling but unexploded, sat with his far more responsible mother. Taking myself up to bed with a whisky and a book.
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Everything reminds me of him...
January 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Everything reminds me of him...
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“I was with the Filipino Alliance during the final advance on Reykjavik” not seeming so silly all of a sudden, is it?
January 17, 2026 at 5:28 PM
“I was with the Filipino Alliance during the final advance on Reykjavik” not seeming so silly all of a sudden, is it?
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January 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Not saying the UK property market is fucked but two of the contestants on the biggest show on TV are hoping to afford a deposit if they win. #TheTraitors #traitors
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Not saying the UK property market is fucked but two of the contestants on the biggest show on TV are hoping to afford a deposit if they win. #TheTraitors #traitors
"I'd probably spend the money on a full-sized Starbug replica" #TheTraitors
January 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"I'd probably spend the money on a full-sized Starbug replica" #TheTraitors
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I love that a real "Conversational Klingon" course (like the one released by Simon and Schuster in late 1992 ➡️) now also exists in the #StarTrek universe, as seen in the #StarfleetAcademy episode "Kids These Days"⬅️. :-)
January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I love that a real "Conversational Klingon" course (like the one released by Simon and Schuster in late 1992 ➡️) now also exists in the #StarTrek universe, as seen in the #StarfleetAcademy episode "Kids These Days"⬅️. :-)