Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
@alexwilcock.bsky.social
Married to Richard, he/him, gay, Doctor Who fan, still European, Liberal Democrat, mostly ill, burnt-out firebrand (but gets by online with the odd spark).
A happy birthday (and broadcast-day, ish) for side-Doctor Who leads
OTD 1959: Paul McGann
Who starred
OTD 2013: The Night of the Doctor*
OTD 1981: Russell Tovey
OTD (actual): Broadcast dates announced for next month to star in The War Between the Land and the Sea
OTD 1959: Paul McGann
Who starred
OTD 2013: The Night of the Doctor*
OTD 1981: Russell Tovey
OTD (actual): Broadcast dates announced for next month to star in The War Between the Land and the Sea
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A happy birthday (and broadcast-day, ish) for side-Doctor Who leads
OTD 1959: Paul McGann
Who starred
OTD 2013: The Night of the Doctor*
OTD 1981: Russell Tovey
OTD (actual): Broadcast dates announced for next month to star in The War Between the Land and the Sea
OTD 1959: Paul McGann
Who starred
OTD 2013: The Night of the Doctor*
OTD 1981: Russell Tovey
OTD (actual): Broadcast dates announced for next month to star in The War Between the Land and the Sea
On a long walk round ways I rarely go
Trying to dodge the rain and to resist falling into chocolate
(Not really succeeding either way)
Trying to dodge the rain and to resist falling into chocolate
(Not really succeeding either way)
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
On a long walk round ways I rarely go
Trying to dodge the rain and to resist falling into chocolate
(Not really succeeding either way)
Trying to dodge the rain and to resist falling into chocolate
(Not really succeeding either way)
Is it this one?
I’d say it’s a favourite of mine, but I looked through a several different variations.
I’d say it’s a favourite of mine, but I looked through a several different variations.
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Is it this one?
I’d say it’s a favourite of mine, but I looked through a several different variations.
I’d say it’s a favourite of mine, but I looked through a several different variations.
…When it was bad, it just shouted “Fat!” and expected shrieks of laughter.
While in its New Labour era it became the desperately cool-chasing people it had mocked.
Yet so much unbeatable Joanna Lumley physical comedy – it’s worth everything for Patsy Two-face rising from the charred kitchen.
While in its New Labour era it became the desperately cool-chasing people it had mocked.
Yet so much unbeatable Joanna Lumley physical comedy – it’s worth everything for Patsy Two-face rising from the charred kitchen.
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
…When it was bad, it just shouted “Fat!” and expected shrieks of laughter.
While in its New Labour era it became the desperately cool-chasing people it had mocked.
Yet so much unbeatable Joanna Lumley physical comedy – it’s worth everything for Patsy Two-face rising from the charred kitchen.
While in its New Labour era it became the desperately cool-chasing people it had mocked.
Yet so much unbeatable Joanna Lumley physical comedy – it’s worth everything for Patsy Two-face rising from the charred kitchen.
OTD 1992: Absolutely Fabulous – Fashion
or The One With All The Pet Shop Boys Clips
We watched all of it a few years ago
(it’s now all back on iPlayer again)
I’d enjoyed Ab Fab hugely when it started; some of the later ones I’d never seen before
When it was good it was wicked…
or The One With All The Pet Shop Boys Clips
We watched all of it a few years ago
(it’s now all back on iPlayer again)
I’d enjoyed Ab Fab hugely when it started; some of the later ones I’d never seen before
When it was good it was wicked…
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
OTD 1992: Absolutely Fabulous – Fashion
or The One With All The Pet Shop Boys Clips
We watched all of it a few years ago
(it’s now all back on iPlayer again)
I’d enjoyed Ab Fab hugely when it started; some of the later ones I’d never seen before
When it was good it was wicked…
or The One With All The Pet Shop Boys Clips
We watched all of it a few years ago
(it’s now all back on iPlayer again)
I’d enjoyed Ab Fab hugely when it started; some of the later ones I’d never seen before
When it was good it was wicked…
OTD 1955 Quatermass II – The Coming
The most celebrated continuity announcement in TV history:
“Before we begin the fourth episode of Quatermass II, we’d like to say that in our opinion it is not suitable for children, or for those of you who may have a nervous disposition.”
The most celebrated continuity announcement in TV history:
“Before we begin the fourth episode of Quatermass II, we’d like to say that in our opinion it is not suitable for children, or for those of you who may have a nervous disposition.”
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
OTD 1955 Quatermass II – The Coming
The most celebrated continuity announcement in TV history:
“Before we begin the fourth episode of Quatermass II, we’d like to say that in our opinion it is not suitable for children, or for those of you who may have a nervous disposition.”
The most celebrated continuity announcement in TV history:
“Before we begin the fourth episode of Quatermass II, we’d like to say that in our opinion it is not suitable for children, or for those of you who may have a nervous disposition.”
OTD 1964: #DoctorWho In An Exciting Adventure With The Daleks
The first ever DW novel
2 follow
Later…
Another 153 Targets
A New 61
Now still more year after year
I’ve started a new Doctor Who and the Daleks novel today.
5 reasons to read the original:
loveandliberty.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/five...
The first ever DW novel
2 follow
Later…
Another 153 Targets
A New 61
Now still more year after year
I’ve started a new Doctor Who and the Daleks novel today.
5 reasons to read the original:
loveandliberty.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/five...
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
OTD 1964: #DoctorWho In An Exciting Adventure With The Daleks
The first ever DW novel
2 follow
Later…
Another 153 Targets
A New 61
Now still more year after year
I’ve started a new Doctor Who and the Daleks novel today.
5 reasons to read the original:
loveandliberty.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/five...
The first ever DW novel
2 follow
Later…
Another 153 Targets
A New 61
Now still more year after year
I’ve started a new Doctor Who and the Daleks novel today.
5 reasons to read the original:
loveandliberty.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/five...
Post someone who looks great in a hat…
…If you and they aren’t too busy drinking champagne.
…If you and they aren’t too busy drinking champagne.
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Post someone who looks great in a hat…
…If you and they aren’t too busy drinking champagne.
…If you and they aren’t too busy drinking champagne.
OTD 1971: The Goodies – Kitten Kong
Possibly the greatest*
[Ironically the only episode you can’t watch, as they junked and remade it]
*OK, I’d probably vote The Goodies Rule – O.K.?
Possibly the greatest*
[Ironically the only episode you can’t watch, as they junked and remade it]
*OK, I’d probably vote The Goodies Rule – O.K.?
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
OTD 1971: The Goodies – Kitten Kong
Possibly the greatest*
[Ironically the only episode you can’t watch, as they junked and remade it]
*OK, I’d probably vote The Goodies Rule – O.K.?
Possibly the greatest*
[Ironically the only episode you can’t watch, as they junked and remade it]
*OK, I’d probably vote The Goodies Rule – O.K.?
OTD 1913: John Smith’s sacrifice / The Doctor defeats the Family
But first, wild-eyed Son-of-Mine would steal his other life – and the show! – for super, super fun
#DoctorWho Human Nature / The Family of Blood
But first, wild-eyed Son-of-Mine would steal his other life – and the show! – for super, super fun
#DoctorWho Human Nature / The Family of Blood
![Doctor Who – Human Nature on DVD: John Smith, who looks like the Doctor [David Tennant], with Martha (Freema Agyeman), a drawing of Joan and lurking scarecrows](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5oxmmejbvv3tieufrfrdurjs/bafkreihor2rtxkhzfeoedntrk5batlwh3u5f2r6oyxzntca46f356axygm@jpeg)
![The Family of Blood – boggling Son-of-Mine, innocent red-balloon-holding Daughter-of-Mine, sharp-eyed Mother-of-Mine, proud Father-of-Mine – with John Smith (who looks like the Doctor [David Tennant]) and Martha behind them](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5oxmmejbvv3tieufrfrdurjs/bafkreie5yks6pfctpy4h5gzeadwkfckmslmh2w6sulcpawrzddn6eiljf4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
OTD 1913: John Smith’s sacrifice / The Doctor defeats the Family
But first, wild-eyed Son-of-Mine would steal his other life – and the show! – for super, super fun
#DoctorWho Human Nature / The Family of Blood
But first, wild-eyed Son-of-Mine would steal his other life – and the show! – for super, super fun
#DoctorWho Human Nature / The Family of Blood
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:
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
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:
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:
OTD 1967: #DoctorWho The Ice Warriors
Frozen lizard-cyborgs of Mars’ distant past!
Chilly computer-people of the Earth Year 5000!
A blatant same-sex couple!
No, not those two
I meant the bitter exes where one’s gone off with a computer and the other’s picked up a rebound bear.
Frozen lizard-cyborgs of Mars’ distant past!
Chilly computer-people of the Earth Year 5000!
A blatant same-sex couple!
No, not those two
I meant the bitter exes where one’s gone off with a computer and the other’s picked up a rebound bear.
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
OTD 1967: #DoctorWho The Ice Warriors
Frozen lizard-cyborgs of Mars’ distant past!
Chilly computer-people of the Earth Year 5000!
A blatant same-sex couple!
No, not those two
I meant the bitter exes where one’s gone off with a computer and the other’s picked up a rebound bear.
Frozen lizard-cyborgs of Mars’ distant past!
Chilly computer-people of the Earth Year 5000!
A blatant same-sex couple!
No, not those two
I meant the bitter exes where one’s gone off with a computer and the other’s picked up a rebound bear.
OTD 1920: Roy Jenkins
Probably the most crucial 1960s UK politician and most liberal ever Home Secretary
Hard to imagine now an openly pro-Europe Labour MP in power tearing down authoritarianism (harder still, the Home Office being a force for good)
He became a founder of the #LibDems.
Probably the most crucial 1960s UK politician and most liberal ever Home Secretary
Hard to imagine now an openly pro-Europe Labour MP in power tearing down authoritarianism (harder still, the Home Office being a force for good)
He became a founder of the #LibDems.
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
OTD 1920: Roy Jenkins
Probably the most crucial 1960s UK politician and most liberal ever Home Secretary
Hard to imagine now an openly pro-Europe Labour MP in power tearing down authoritarianism (harder still, the Home Office being a force for good)
He became a founder of the #LibDems.
Probably the most crucial 1960s UK politician and most liberal ever Home Secretary
Hard to imagine now an openly pro-Europe Labour MP in power tearing down authoritarianism (harder still, the Home Office being a force for good)
He became a founder of the #LibDems.
OTD 1962: The Avengers – The Mauritius Penny
Probably the best of Series 2
Hearteningly, Steed and Cathy stop a fascist takeover of Britain (if only)
Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks deliver one of the most striking The Avengers / Doctor Who crossovers:
loveandliberty.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-...
Probably the best of Series 2
Hearteningly, Steed and Cathy stop a fascist takeover of Britain (if only)
Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks deliver one of the most striking The Avengers / Doctor Who crossovers:
loveandliberty.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-...
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
OTD 1962: The Avengers – The Mauritius Penny
Probably the best of Series 2
Hearteningly, Steed and Cathy stop a fascist takeover of Britain (if only)
Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks deliver one of the most striking The Avengers / Doctor Who crossovers:
loveandliberty.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-...
Probably the best of Series 2
Hearteningly, Steed and Cathy stop a fascist takeover of Britain (if only)
Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks deliver one of the most striking The Avengers / Doctor Who crossovers:
loveandliberty.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-...
“No-one would have believed, in the last years of the Nineteenth Century…”
From the first quarter of the Twentieth Century, the centenary of Richard Burton
A terrific acting career
But I’ve heard that magnificent voice most often narrating the Martian invasion, and playing now.
#RichardBurton100
From the first quarter of the Twentieth Century, the centenary of Richard Burton
A terrific acting career
But I’ve heard that magnificent voice most often narrating the Martian invasion, and playing now.
#RichardBurton100
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“No-one would have believed, in the last years of the Nineteenth Century…”
From the first quarter of the Twentieth Century, the centenary of Richard Burton
A terrific acting career
But I’ve heard that magnificent voice most often narrating the Martian invasion, and playing now.
#RichardBurton100
From the first quarter of the Twentieth Century, the centenary of Richard Burton
A terrific acting career
But I’ve heard that magnificent voice most often narrating the Martian invasion, and playing now.
#RichardBurton100
Oldest selfies on my phone from *this* phone
A lovely pair [Sid James laugh]
A lovely pair [Sid James laugh]
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Oldest selfies on my phone from *this* phone
A lovely pair [Sid James laugh]
A lovely pair [Sid James laugh]
Oldest selfie on my phone from an *earlier* phone
Summer 2014: We liked this one of us so much we chose it for our wedding invites.
Despite being tucked under a highly populated bit of London, this beach is surprisingly secluded enough that when we went down the steps to it…
Summer 2014: We liked this one of us so much we chose it for our wedding invites.
Despite being tucked under a highly populated bit of London, this beach is surprisingly secluded enough that when we went down the steps to it…
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Oldest selfie on my phone from an *earlier* phone
Summer 2014: We liked this one of us so much we chose it for our wedding invites.
Despite being tucked under a highly populated bit of London, this beach is surprisingly secluded enough that when we went down the steps to it…
Summer 2014: We liked this one of us so much we chose it for our wedding invites.
Despite being tucked under a highly populated bit of London, this beach is surprisingly secluded enough that when we went down the steps to it…
Dessert:
“Unlike the British, we are not tiffin-mad!”
Oh, I dunno, though.
“Unlike the British, we are not tiffin-mad!”
Oh, I dunno, though.
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Dessert:
“Unlike the British, we are not tiffin-mad!”
Oh, I dunno, though.
“Unlike the British, we are not tiffin-mad!”
Oh, I dunno, though.
Thrilling #Blakes7 double bill and VAM – both on screen and on stage – at the BFI today
New effects are ambitious yet sympathetic to the originals: Star One I was most looking forward to; Redemption the most unexpected developments
And absolutely delightful to meet so many lovely people.
New effects are ambitious yet sympathetic to the originals: Star One I was most looking forward to; Redemption the most unexpected developments
And absolutely delightful to meet so many lovely people.
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thrilling #Blakes7 double bill and VAM – both on screen and on stage – at the BFI today
New effects are ambitious yet sympathetic to the originals: Star One I was most looking forward to; Redemption the most unexpected developments
And absolutely delightful to meet so many lovely people.
New effects are ambitious yet sympathetic to the originals: Star One I was most looking forward to; Redemption the most unexpected developments
And absolutely delightful to meet so many lovely people.
After a 12-year wait (now 20 years ago)…
OTD 2005 Kate Bush – Aerial
A Sky of Honey climaxes on 17 minutes of gorgeous music: simple beauty, enchanting chanting, pulsing powerful panoramic oomph
Though I rarely listen to whole suites, I always play this pair together:
Nocturn / Aerial
Magnificent.
OTD 2005 Kate Bush – Aerial
A Sky of Honey climaxes on 17 minutes of gorgeous music: simple beauty, enchanting chanting, pulsing powerful panoramic oomph
Though I rarely listen to whole suites, I always play this pair together:
Nocturn / Aerial
Magnificent.
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
After a 12-year wait (now 20 years ago)…
OTD 2005 Kate Bush – Aerial
A Sky of Honey climaxes on 17 minutes of gorgeous music: simple beauty, enchanting chanting, pulsing powerful panoramic oomph
Though I rarely listen to whole suites, I always play this pair together:
Nocturn / Aerial
Magnificent.
OTD 2005 Kate Bush – Aerial
A Sky of Honey climaxes on 17 minutes of gorgeous music: simple beauty, enchanting chanting, pulsing powerful panoramic oomph
Though I rarely listen to whole suites, I always play this pair together:
Nocturn / Aerial
Magnificent.
Explain a film plot badly:
Bored. Watches the weather.
Bored. Watches the weather.
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Explain a film plot badly:
Bored. Watches the weather.
Bored. Watches the weather.
OTD 1981: The Five Faces of #DoctorWho shows a brilliant episode in which:
The Doctor invents courtroom drama
—and Columbo!
Then scares the audience with special effects.
And what better day than November 5th to repeat *The Firemaker*?
The Doctor invents courtroom drama
—and Columbo!
Then scares the audience with special effects.
And what better day than November 5th to repeat *The Firemaker*?
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
OTD 1981: The Five Faces of #DoctorWho shows a brilliant episode in which:
The Doctor invents courtroom drama
—and Columbo!
Then scares the audience with special effects.
And what better day than November 5th to repeat *The Firemaker*?
The Doctor invents courtroom drama
—and Columbo!
Then scares the audience with special effects.
And what better day than November 5th to repeat *The Firemaker*?
OTD 1966: #DoctorWho The Power of the Daleks
Patrick Troughton is the new Doctor!
And does it so well that there’ll be many more.
While this story has a fascist takeover, nobody believing it could happen until it does
The Doctor shouts ‘He’s working with the f—ing Daleks!’* but tech-bros just shrug.
Patrick Troughton is the new Doctor!
And does it so well that there’ll be many more.
While this story has a fascist takeover, nobody believing it could happen until it does
The Doctor shouts ‘He’s working with the f—ing Daleks!’* but tech-bros just shrug.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
OTD 1966: #DoctorWho The Power of the Daleks
Patrick Troughton is the new Doctor!
And does it so well that there’ll be many more.
While this story has a fascist takeover, nobody believing it could happen until it does
The Doctor shouts ‘He’s working with the f—ing Daleks!’* but tech-bros just shrug.
Patrick Troughton is the new Doctor!
And does it so well that there’ll be many more.
While this story has a fascist takeover, nobody believing it could happen until it does
The Doctor shouts ‘He’s working with the f—ing Daleks!’* but tech-bros just shrug.
Of seven(!) regulars here, all are so well-written and so well-performed it’s a marvel
But which companion I usually like least impresses me?
Plus, I say “I think” too often, and I think I forgot to credit a great Steve Dillon frame.
Also: my brain fritzed but I should add ‘Please adapt Managra.’
But which companion I usually like least impresses me?
Plus, I say “I think” too often, and I think I forgot to credit a great Steve Dillon frame.
Also: my brain fritzed but I should add ‘Please adapt Managra.’
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Of seven(!) regulars here, all are so well-written and so well-performed it’s a marvel
But which companion I usually like least impresses me?
Plus, I say “I think” too often, and I think I forgot to credit a great Steve Dillon frame.
Also: my brain fritzed but I should add ‘Please adapt Managra.’
But which companion I usually like least impresses me?
Plus, I say “I think” too often, and I think I forgot to credit a great Steve Dillon frame.
Also: my brain fritzed but I should add ‘Please adapt Managra.’