Dale Smith
@dalesmithonline.com
Writer of things mostly about #DoctorWho and infrequent conversationalist. Also works with #Drupal / #PHP
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Look, there's no way of sugar-coating this: winning an award would be lovely, and if I have to give you an #AwardsEligibility post to improve my chances, you're just going to have to live with that: dalesmithonline.com/search/tags/...
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…That the dying father has set the gryphons on, potentially, his son, so rather than just trying to clear him if possible he wants justice above all for the victim
And that it makes the other victims matter, that heartbreaking Liz Fraser scene, not just expendable and shamed.
And Joan Hickson!
And that it makes the other victims matter, that heartbreaking Liz Fraser scene, not just expendable and shamed.
And Joan Hickson!
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
…That the dying father has set the gryphons on, potentially, his son, so rather than just trying to clear him if possible he wants justice above all for the victim
And that it makes the other victims matter, that heartbreaking Liz Fraser scene, not just expendable and shamed.
And Joan Hickson!
And that it makes the other victims matter, that heartbreaking Liz Fraser scene, not just expendable and shamed.
And Joan Hickson!
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Brilliant summation.
A few years ago there was a ‘Name your four best-ever TV moments’ going around and my husband chose the final confrontation in his.
The novel is good, but of all the BBC adaptations this most soars above the original: in many deft ways, but two stand out for me as crucial…
A few years ago there was a ‘Name your four best-ever TV moments’ going around and my husband chose the final confrontation in his.
The novel is good, but of all the BBC adaptations this most soars above the original: in many deft ways, but two stand out for me as crucial…
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Brilliant summation.
A few years ago there was a ‘Name your four best-ever TV moments’ going around and my husband chose the final confrontation in his.
The novel is good, but of all the BBC adaptations this most soars above the original: in many deft ways, but two stand out for me as crucial…
A few years ago there was a ‘Name your four best-ever TV moments’ going around and my husband chose the final confrontation in his.
The novel is good, but of all the BBC adaptations this most soars above the original: in many deft ways, but two stand out for me as crucial…
Well it's the big one in #MissMarple - Nemesis. Let's just be clear: this is the best of the lot so far, probably full stop. But it's placing is perfect: this story elevates Marple, and to do that you have to have formed your opinion of who she is and what she does before you go in.
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Well it's the big one in #MissMarple - Nemesis. Let's just be clear: this is the best of the lot so far, probably full stop. But it's placing is perfect: this story elevates Marple, and to do that you have to have formed your opinion of who she is and what she does before you go in.
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"How far, Doctor? How long have you lived?"
Just a reminder that there's a Will Shakespeare miniseries from the heyday of BBC historicals starring Tim Curry as Shakespeare and Ian McShane as Marlowe, and it's on youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpxC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpxC...
December 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"How far, Doctor? How long have you lived?"
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Time to jump aboard the Nosferatu 2.5 and join Sophie with her special guest/kidnap victim this week… Janet Fielding !
iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/3OaG...
or your #podcast purveyor of choice! #DoctorWho
iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/3OaG...
or your #podcast purveyor of choice! #DoctorWho
December 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Time to jump aboard the Nosferatu 2.5 and join Sophie with her special guest/kidnap victim this week… Janet Fielding !
iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/3OaG...
or your #podcast purveyor of choice! #DoctorWho
iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/3OaG...
or your #podcast purveyor of choice! #DoctorWho
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If anyone wants to read the @calendaroffools.bsky.social Intergalactic Rejects anthology FOR FREE then whilst awards season is on, you can read all of the stories - including mine - at calendaroffools.com/stories/. Just consider us for a nomination for something, eh? #free #sf
Featured Stories
Featured stories by authors in the Intergalactic Rejects anthology.
"Pod People" by Rich Larson
"Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake
"Almost Time" by Andrew Jackson
"For the ...
calendaroffools.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If anyone wants to read the @calendaroffools.bsky.social Intergalactic Rejects anthology FOR FREE then whilst awards season is on, you can read all of the stories - including mine - at calendaroffools.com/stories/. Just consider us for a nomination for something, eh? #free #sf
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Look, there's no way of sugar-coating this: winning an award would be lovely, and if I have to give you an #AwardsEligibility post to improve my chances, you're just going to have to live with that: dalesmithonline.com/search/tags/...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Look, there's no way of sugar-coating this: winning an award would be lovely, and if I have to give you an #AwardsEligibility post to improve my chances, you're just going to have to live with that: dalesmithonline.com/search/tags/...
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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
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THE SEARCHERS is back at the PCC on Boxing Day - this time from a stunning new 4K restoration. John Ford’s frontier epic remains one of the towering achievements of American cinema: a sweeping Western, a haunted character study and a film whose influence is everywhere.
🎟️ : buff.ly/ZG5HsZG
🎟️ : buff.ly/ZG5HsZG
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
THE SEARCHERS is back at the PCC on Boxing Day - this time from a stunning new 4K restoration. John Ford’s frontier epic remains one of the towering achievements of American cinema: a sweeping Western, a haunted character study and a film whose influence is everywhere.
🎟️ : buff.ly/ZG5HsZG
🎟️ : buff.ly/ZG5HsZG
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It's almost time for our magazine issues to leave their hiatus! An open call for issues 19 and 20(!) will open on December 21st, 2025. Any speculative short story that centers characters or themes could be a fit. Are you ready to share your story?
Guidelines: www.allworldswayfarer.com/submissions/
Guidelines: www.allworldswayfarer.com/submissions/
Submissions – All Worlds Wayfarer
www.allworldswayfarer.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It's almost time for our magazine issues to leave their hiatus! An open call for issues 19 and 20(!) will open on December 21st, 2025. Any speculative short story that centers characters or themes could be a fit. Are you ready to share your story?
Guidelines: www.allworldswayfarer.com/submissions/
Guidelines: www.allworldswayfarer.com/submissions/
I had fond feelings but apparently very few actual memories of #BattleBeyondTheStars - the clones, the arm, and for some reason Robert Vaughn looking like he's sinking into an overly soft sofa as he flies into battle - so I took this as a sign it was time to rewatch.
I am delighted to say that a new episode of Starship Alexandria is now live! We discuss the film Battle Beyond The Stars, suggested by @aptshadow.bsky.social :)
There's a lot of laughter and cosy, nerdy discussion of entirely harmless things. starshipalexandria.com/episode-6-ba...
There's a lot of laughter and cosy, nerdy discussion of entirely harmless things. starshipalexandria.com/episode-6-ba...
Starship Alexandria: Episode 6- Battle Beyond The Stars
For our sixth episode of Starship Alexandria, Adrian puts forward our first film, Battle Beyond the Stars directed by Roger Corman, for Emma to watch and consider. Other talking points: ...
starshipalexandria.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I had fond feelings but apparently very few actual memories of #BattleBeyondTheStars - the clones, the arm, and for some reason Robert Vaughn looking like he's sinking into an overly soft sofa as he flies into battle - so I took this as a sign it was time to rewatch.
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
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There's more on our website, tenacrebooks.co.uk. Please order directly from us and help to support independent publishing. We have lots of great titles in the works for 2026, including the first authorised biography of Terrance Dicks and another Doctor Who book we'll be announcing before Christmas.
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
There's more on our website, tenacrebooks.co.uk. Please order directly from us and help to support independent publishing. We have lots of great titles in the works for 2026, including the first authorised biography of Terrance Dicks and another Doctor Who book we'll be announcing before Christmas.
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😂
December 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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If anyone wants to read the @calendaroffools.bsky.social Intergalactic Rejects anthology FOR FREE then whilst awards season is on, you can read all of the stories - including mine - at calendaroffools.com/stories/. Just consider us for a nomination for something, eh? #free #sf
Featured Stories
Featured stories by authors in the Intergalactic Rejects anthology.
"Pod People" by Rich Larson
"Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake
"Almost Time" by Andrew Jackson
"For the ...
calendaroffools.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If anyone wants to read the @calendaroffools.bsky.social Intergalactic Rejects anthology FOR FREE then whilst awards season is on, you can read all of the stories - including mine - at calendaroffools.com/stories/. Just consider us for a nomination for something, eh? #free #sf
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We're 20 days into TTL's review of our year and today we're taking a look at A Twist Of Nothing by @dalesmithonline.com in which the Michelson-Morley result, Wheeler's one-electron universe and the timeless implications are a slight comfort (also everything is created)
December 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We're 20 days into TTL's review of our year and today we're taking a look at A Twist Of Nothing by @dalesmithonline.com in which the Michelson-Morley result, Wheeler's one-electron universe and the timeless implications are a slight comfort (also everything is created)
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📣 📣The Open Call for submissions to Vol 2 of Between Worlds: The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF is live. 📣📣
Details and submission link in the posts below! 👇🏼
Details and submission link in the posts below! 👇🏼
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📣 📣The Open Call for submissions to Vol 2 of Between Worlds: The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF is live. 📣📣
Details and submission link in the posts below! 👇🏼
Details and submission link in the posts below! 👇🏼
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Pull to Open is @paul-hayes.bsky.social's definitive history of how the BBC created and launched Doctor Who, from the show's first concepts to its early troubled months of production, told through BBC paperwork and exhaustive new research.
December 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Pull to Open is @paul-hayes.bsky.social's definitive history of how the BBC created and launched Doctor Who, from the show's first concepts to its early troubled months of production, told through BBC paperwork and exhaustive new research.
<quiet voice>I might not watch any Doctor Who this Christmas</quiet voice>
December 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
<quiet voice>I might not watch any Doctor Who this Christmas</quiet voice>
Oh no, #StrangeNewWorlds - what on earth did you do that for? After a perfectly fine season finale that combined Alien with a love letter to community, you pull out your actual season finale and combine "there's only one way this ends" with "Yeah, but TOS was better" and rampant militarism.
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Oh no, #StrangeNewWorlds - what on earth did you do that for? After a perfectly fine season finale that combined Alien with a love letter to community, you pull out your actual season finale and combine "there's only one way this ends" with "Yeah, but TOS was better" and rampant militarism.
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But don't you see? If ADHDers like me get diagnosed and treated, we might have happy, fulfilled, lives not completely eaten up by the self-loathing and guilt that are the only things that allow us to even semi-function.
And people who don't hate themselves make Wes Streeting bitterly jealous.
And people who don't hate themselves make Wes Streeting bitterly jealous.
An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1
April 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
But don't you see? If ADHDers like me get diagnosed and treated, we might have happy, fulfilled, lives not completely eaten up by the self-loathing and guilt that are the only things that allow us to even semi-function.
And people who don't hate themselves make Wes Streeting bitterly jealous.
And people who don't hate themselves make Wes Streeting bitterly jealous.
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"Margery Allingham’s novels are rather more intricate than Christie’s, she seems to have more of an interest in the minutiae of not just the narrative, but also the characters and writing style. "
Six Damn Fine Degrees #263: Campion
Welcome to Six Damn Fine Degrees. These instalments will be inspired by the idea of six degrees of separation in the loosest sense. The only rule: it connects – in some way – to the previous instal…
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December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Margery Allingham’s novels are rather more intricate than Christie’s, she seems to have more of an interest in the minutiae of not just the narrative, but also the characters and writing style. "
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After seeing Meta cutting their metaverse group by 30%, having lost… $444 per second over the last five years: archive.is/2025.12.04-1... thought I’d look in on some McKinsey reports
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
After seeing Meta cutting their metaverse group by 30%, having lost… $444 per second over the last five years: archive.is/2025.12.04-1... thought I’d look in on some McKinsey reports
Look, there's no way of sugar-coating this: winning an award would be lovely, and if I have to give you an #AwardsEligibility post to improve my chances, you're just going to have to live with that: dalesmithonline.com/search/tags/...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Look, there's no way of sugar-coating this: winning an award would be lovely, and if I have to give you an #AwardsEligibility post to improve my chances, you're just going to have to live with that: dalesmithonline.com/search/tags/...