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Ben Tedds
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Unscripted Development Researcher. Writer for Big Finish Productions, with work in Doctor Who Magazine and Lateral. He/They 🏳️‍🌈 All these opinions are mine, officer

Website: www.bentedds.co.uk
Contact: ben@bentedds.co.uk
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Thank you Ed Brett on Facebook for this absolutely AMAZING fanart for Short Trips: When I Say Run!! Honestly feel so blessed that anyone would take the time to do this.

Originally from here, shared with permission: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Czd...
A square cover. The Tenth Doctor speeds down a street in pursuit of a crackling green figure. The TARDIS flies alongside them, doors open. On the street is a portable Panasonic cassette player with earbuds, and an iPhone. Text reads: Clare Corbett performs Doctor Who When I Say Run By Ben Tedds
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Off to see myself at the cinema! (And also Brides. Which I have heard nothing but great things about.)
The view from a seat of a cinema screen in a darkened auditorium. The Vue logo is visible on the screen.
October 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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This is a CAPTCHA I just got. I cannot believe this is the extent we have to go to these days to fool bots. I'm absolutely perplexed and I'm a human! (I think.)
October 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Short Trips fer sale! Lovely Short Trips, get yer Short Trips while they're cheap! Fill yer boots with 'em. Then strap 'em on and do a quick 5km whilst you to listen to When I Say Run, or cosy up with a dark and melancholy sci-fi fairytale, Inside Story. www.bigfinish.com/collections/...
An online shop listing on the Big Finish website, listing two short trips boxsets at a reduced rate. Volume 13: Tales from the Vortex for £15.99, and Volume 11 for £13.99.
September 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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If I ever doubt myself as a writer in future, I think I will remind myself that Mario Puzo, author and screenwriter of The Godfather, once penned this masterpiece.
A page from a screenplay. It reads SUPERMAN Thanks for saving my life. And by the way, you have great legs.
August 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Found the adult equivalent of the lost teddy sat on the wall
A single white Bluetooth earbud left on a seat on the tube.
August 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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BBC will no longer broadcast "high risk" performances.
Sophie Aldred in a glass tank filling up with water in an episode of Doctor Who, in an infamous incident where she was nearly electrocuted after the glass broke.
July 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Bought a sausage sandwich to fuel the morning's idea generation. The bread to filling ratio leaves something to be desired.
A sausage sandwich on a yellow plate. It is made with two enormous hunks of white bread, each about a quarter of a loaf of bread thick. Barely any sausage in sight.
June 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Me in my Bluesky bubble
Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush in Doctor Who: Time and the Rani, trapped inside a pink bubble and screaming
June 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Can't decide if I should watch Doctor Who in the morning on my laptop or unplug the internet and wait until the unknown time in the afternoon when the new TV will be delivered
Stein in Resurrection of the Daleks yelling "I can't stand the confusion in my mind!"
May 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Official government response to a parliamentary petition about trans rights, I'll let the dead-eyed lies about the glories of Wes Streeting speak for themselves
"The government is steadfast in its dedication to listening to LGBT+ people. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has taken steps to build bridges with the LGBT+ community and stakeholders by hosting constructive, open and honest roundtable discussions, and has set out his intention to maintain an open dialogue and to continue to listen to all views. In addition to what has been described above, we continue to progress work to advance the rights and protections afforded to LGBT+ people."
May 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Thanks @anghelides.bsky.social for letting me tell this story. I'm chomping at the bit to listen to the rest of this week!

Welcome to the Whoniverse @dan.nerdcubed.co.uk @rileysilverman.bsky.social @paulbooth111.bsky.social @cimulation.bsky.social, and welcome back @magslhalliday.bsky.social!
Soundsmyth Creative's cover artwork for Doctor Who – Short Trips: Tales from the Vortex. featuring multiple TARDISes travelling across the face of a red planet hanging in space. Lights and comet streaks abound.
April 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Today's Day 1 of Elekron's Million Mile Challenge! They want to get 1 million people running 5km in 30 days. Sign up today for just £15.99 with my referral link and you'll get six action-packed audio stories to listen to while you run!

Just go to www.bentedds.co.uk/Elekron!

@bigfinish.bsky.social
A promotional poster for a fake running challenge. Four silhouettes against a green background. From left to right, a TARDIS, the Tenth Doctor, a female-presenting person with lightning bolts around their head, and another person with lightning bolts around their head. Text at the top reads "The Million Mile Challenge Powered by Elekron". Text at the bottom reads "Elekron: the crown coach in your head"
April 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Sheer poetry, dear boy.
A chair with a stuffed panda on it
March 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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This is such a fab sets to be a part of – because not only does it feature two of my friends, Daniel Hardcastle and Chris Markham, I also got to meet two of the other writers, Riley Silverman and Paul Booth, at Gallifrey One! And they are also now friends, woohoo!

Also bonus Patrick Ross!
February 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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I’ve written more Doctor Who!

In 2023 I emailed the lovely @anghelides.bsky.social and asked him how he’d feel about a story starring… YOU.

‘When I Say Run…’ is part of Short Trips Volume 13, a brand new anthology of Doctor Who short stories! Find out more here: www.bigfinish.com/news/v/new-s...
The cover of Doctor Who: Short Trips Volume 13 – Tales from the Vortex. Five TARDISes from different eras fly in front of the planet Gallifrey.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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"BUBBLY'S IN THE FRIDGE!!!"
Keir Starmer standing behind a podium in the USA, subtitled "There's a famous slogan in the United Kingdom"
February 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Gallifrey One so far:
- Wish fulfillment
- Want to be a guest again if only for the rad sandwiches
- You Only Die Twice in the wild
- The first(?) IRL meeting of Paul Spragg winners, myself and the awesome @patrick-ross.bsky.social
- (No pic) Panel fighting to the death over which TARDIS is best
Me operating a TARDIS console. My sandwich, white bread, beef, swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, with an order slip beneath listing these stipulations
February 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Gallifrey One! Here are the panels I will be on:

On Friday 14th at 6pm, I will be joining the Deathmatch panel to rapidly establish the best TARDIS!

And on Sunday 16th at 2pm, I'll be moderating The Memory TARDIS, where we'll be discussing the latest series' fusion of classic and new continuity.
Friday February 14th 6:00pm PST Doctor Who Deathmatch: Battle for the TARDIS Ben Tedds • Lena Barkin • Kevin Burnard • Marcia Franklin • Jimmie Meader • Ben Oquendo Paddon • Marina Sharpe • Audry Taylor • Brian Uiga Sunday February 16th 2:00pm PST The Memory TARDIS Jody Houser • Ben Tedds • Sammi Kat • Becca McGlynn
January 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Labour MP Dr Simon Opher is out to take decisive action on poverty by... Pricing people with little money and no time out of quick and affordable food. Nice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Text from linked BBC News Article "The trouble with unhealthy foods is that they tend to be a lot cheaper and easier to prepare. A lot of working parents will just grab that to make life easier," he added.
January 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I'm a republican but I can definitely see the appeal of a throne.
A souvenir photo. I am sitting on the gold Taskmaster throne against a greenscreened red floral patterned background. Behind the throne is Louis, a tall white man with long black hakr tied behind his head, wearing a grey t-shirt with grey jeans. In the bottom left is an envelope which reads on it 'Taskmaster: The Live Experience'.
January 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Me on this drug
Tim Shaw, a blue alien in black body armour from Doctor Who. His most distinguishing feature is that his face is decorated with the teeth of his victims.
December 21, 2024 at 10:20 AM
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Any chance I could read a review by someone who's actually used the product
Text from a review, evidently AI generated: "...priced gaming powerhouse. This subtlety in marketing strategy means that those in the know have an advantage in securing this breathtaking deal."
December 17, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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December 9, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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Now excuse me whilst I go and have a little cry.
Acknowledgements page from The Paradox Paradox, reading: "Daniel and Rebecca would like to thank … Ben Tedds, for the finest notes and advice I’ve ever received for a piece of work, and especially for not rubbing in the fact he’s written for ‘Doctor Who’ multiple times, the git."
December 9, 2024 at 6:18 PM