Mark Faulkner
@markfaulkner24.bsky.social
Librarian, Knowledge Manager, Data Protection Officer and Records Manager. Let me know if I can be of any further help.
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Mark Faulkner
@markfaulkner24.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Bored, so I thought I'd 🧵 my #DoctorWho and professional #library, knowledge management, records management and book related passions together, and chart the occurrences they appear in the time travelling programme. No doubt I've missed some, so please let me know.
Best pound I spent today.
December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Best pound I spent today.
December 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
BBC News - When Doctor Who aliens invaded Gatwick Airport
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
When Doctor Who aliens invaded Gatwick Airport
The Faceless Ones was filmed on the runway at Gatwick and other locations in March 1967.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
BBC News - When Doctor Who aliens invaded Gatwick Airport
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I've reached that age today. I've purchased a pair of +1.5 glasses just so I can continue reading the small print in Private Eye.
December 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I've reached that age today. I've purchased a pair of +1.5 glasses just so I can continue reading the small print in Private Eye.
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Dune Dune (Deeper And Dune)
July 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Dune Dune (Deeper And Dune)
Reposting this as it's the great man's birthday today.
Great story as told by Bernard Cribbins which I didn't know. Noel Coward chose Cribbins' Hole In The Ground as one of his Dessert Island Discs! At the end of the show as Roy Plumley asked which song he would keep, Coward chose that one! "When I stroll along the beach I can translate it into French!"
My latest archive TV rabbit hole (thanks to @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social) is Tell Me Another, anecdotes from 1970s luminaries. I watched one last night and, oh my god, I have become fixated on Michael Bentine! I want to know more about him so have instantly ordered a copy of his autobiography.
December 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Reposting this as it's the great man's birthday today.
Reposted by Mark Faulkner
And! I’ve been looking all over for this and finally found it
December 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
And! I’ve been looking all over for this and finally found it
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Run-X.T.C.
Run-X.T.C.
December 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Run-X.T.C.
Run-X.T.C.
How can it be forgotten if it is the story for the 1973 Christmas special?
Christmas Steptoe and Son script unearthed at York University
Christmas Steptoe and Son script unearthed at York University
The unseen Steptoe and Son script, intended for Christmas 1963, was discovered by archivists in York.
www.bbc.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
How can it be forgotten if it is the story for the 1973 Christmas special?
Reposted by Mark Faulkner
Indeco IFP28X pulverizer with googly eyes.
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Indeco IFP28X pulverizer with googly eyes.
I've kept a list of books I've read from the last year again. I matched the same number as last year.
Favourite book of the year: The Ministry Of Time - Kaliane Bradley.
Favourite book of the year: The Ministry Of Time - Kaliane Bradley.
December 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I've kept a list of books I've read from the last year again. I matched the same number as last year.
Favourite book of the year: The Ministry Of Time - Kaliane Bradley.
Favourite book of the year: The Ministry Of Time - Kaliane Bradley.
Today's walk: Worthing to Shoreham By Sea along the seafront.
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today's walk: Worthing to Shoreham By Sea along the seafront.
As I am now starting to read this fascinating Stanley Baxter biography, one book I've always thought I had in me was a history of vaudeville and of forgotten music hall comedians. I don't know if one already exists, but if it does it's probably been written by Roy Hudd.
RIP Stanley Baxter: Scottish comedian with a gift for sketches, mimicry and song
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I guess it's finally time I got around to reading this as it's been sitting on my shelf for years.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I guess it's finally time I got around to reading this as it's been sitting on my shelf for years.
December 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
As I am now starting to read this fascinating Stanley Baxter biography, one book I've always thought I had in me was a history of vaudeville and of forgotten music hall comedians. I don't know if one already exists, but if it does it's probably been written by Roy Hudd.
RELEASE RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION ON DVD!!! PLEASE!
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Eric Idle and Neil Innes' Rutland Weekend Television gets its own special half hour, featuring a spoof of that year's Tommy, Idle as Philip Jenkinson, Jeanette Charles and George Harrison wanting to sing his pirate song.
Rutland Weekend Television - Christmas Special (1975)
RWT S01E07: "Christmas with Rutland Weekend Television"
Host: Eric Idle
First Aired on BBC2: 26 December, 1975
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
RELEASE RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION ON DVD!!! PLEASE!
Make a Bond movie casual:
Diet Another Day
Diet Another Day
Make a bond movie more casual:
Grumbleball
Grumbleball
Make a bond movie more casual:
Live & Let Lie
Live & Let Lie
December 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Make a Bond movie casual:
Diet Another Day
Diet Another Day
The Christmas Peep Show Bake Off edition was a lot of fun. It was a shame Patterson Joseph also wasn't around to substitute for an absent Robert Webb.
December 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The Christmas Peep Show Bake Off edition was a lot of fun. It was a shame Patterson Joseph also wasn't around to substitute for an absent Robert Webb.
Today's walk: to the top of Brighton racecourse, back via the seafront, stopping off for a cheeky one in an open pub. Bracing.
December 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Today's walk: to the top of Brighton racecourse, back via the seafront, stopping off for a cheeky one in an open pub. Bracing.
Reposted by Mark Faulkner
If you do get one of these for Christmas please be a responsible owner and pick-up after them.
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
If you do get one of these for Christmas please be a responsible owner and pick-up after them.
The rest of Christmas TV needn't bother as nothing will beat a 37-year old episode of Ever Decreasing Circles just now on BBC4.
December 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The rest of Christmas TV needn't bother as nothing will beat a 37-year old episode of Ever Decreasing Circles just now on BBC4.
Last Christmas
Christmas Invasion
Christmas Carol
End Of Time
Church On Ruby Road
Joy To The World
Time Of The Doctor
The Unquiet Dead
Return Of Doctor Mysterio
Voyage Of The Damned
Next Doctor
Husbands Of River Song
Runaway Bride
Twice Upon A Time
The Doctor The Widow And The Wardrobe
The Snowmen
Christmas Invasion
Christmas Carol
End Of Time
Church On Ruby Road
Joy To The World
Time Of The Doctor
The Unquiet Dead
Return Of Doctor Mysterio
Voyage Of The Damned
Next Doctor
Husbands Of River Song
Runaway Bride
Twice Upon A Time
The Doctor The Widow And The Wardrobe
The Snowmen
Runaway Bride
Voyage of the Damned
Christmas Invasion
Last Christmas
Husbands of River Song
The Snowmen
The Next Doctor
The End of Time
Church at Ruby Road
Return of Dr. Mysterio
Time of the Doctor
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
A Christmas Carol
Twice Upon a Time
Joy to the World
Voyage of the Damned
Christmas Invasion
Last Christmas
Husbands of River Song
The Snowmen
The Next Doctor
The End of Time
Church at Ruby Road
Return of Dr. Mysterio
Time of the Doctor
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
A Christmas Carol
Twice Upon a Time
Joy to the World
A Christmas Carol
The Snowmen
Last Christmas
Church at Ruby Road
Christmas Invasion
Husbands of River Song
Voyage of the Damned
Runaway Bride
The Next Doctor
Twice Upon a Time
Time of the Doctor
The End of Time
Joy to the World
Return of Dr. Mysterio
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
The Snowmen
Last Christmas
Church at Ruby Road
Christmas Invasion
Husbands of River Song
Voyage of the Damned
Runaway Bride
The Next Doctor
Twice Upon a Time
Time of the Doctor
The End of Time
Joy to the World
Return of Dr. Mysterio
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
December 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Last Christmas
Christmas Invasion
Christmas Carol
End Of Time
Church On Ruby Road
Joy To The World
Time Of The Doctor
The Unquiet Dead
Return Of Doctor Mysterio
Voyage Of The Damned
Next Doctor
Husbands Of River Song
Runaway Bride
Twice Upon A Time
The Doctor The Widow And The Wardrobe
The Snowmen
Christmas Invasion
Christmas Carol
End Of Time
Church On Ruby Road
Joy To The World
Time Of The Doctor
The Unquiet Dead
Return Of Doctor Mysterio
Voyage Of The Damned
Next Doctor
Husbands Of River Song
Runaway Bride
Twice Upon A Time
The Doctor The Widow And The Wardrobe
The Snowmen
This is amazing! Sooz hasn't just updated me on what's happened in 'Enders this past year, she's also updated me on what's happened in the last ten years, which is probably when I last watched (tho I do spend lunchtimes watching "Classic 'Enders" on U& Drama). It's as though I've hardly been away! 😍
Here it is, my big #EastEnders catch-up thread for people who only see it when they go home for Christmas with the family. Allow me to get you all caught up on the goings-on in Albert Square in its most explosive week of the year! KEEP THIS BY YOUR SIDE AT ALL TIMES.
December 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is amazing! Sooz hasn't just updated me on what's happened in 'Enders this past year, she's also updated me on what's happened in the last ten years, which is probably when I last watched (tho I do spend lunchtimes watching "Classic 'Enders" on U& Drama). It's as though I've hardly been away! 😍
That was never Herne Bay. #TheWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
That was never Herne Bay. #TheWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea
Yep
"its the least wonderful time for year....."
December 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yep
Now we'll never know what it would've sounded like had Dire Straits and Chris Rea performed together.
December 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Now we'll never know what it would've sounded like had Dire Straits and Chris Rea performed together.