Kevin Jon Davies
@kjd42.bsky.social
#OTD 45 years ago... (31 Oct 1980) BBC graphics designer Doug Burd visited Pearce Studios and asked me to do some of his work for him - drawing a line of robots for the Encyclopedia Galactica. I sneaked in a few in-jokes to the animation for ep 2 of Hitchhiker's Guide (TV series).
October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#OTD 45 years ago... (31 Oct 1980) BBC graphics designer Doug Burd visited Pearce Studios and asked me to do some of his work for him - drawing a line of robots for the Encyclopedia Galactica. I sneaked in a few in-jokes to the animation for ep 2 of Hitchhiker's Guide (TV series).
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” or “Transformers".
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” or “Transformers".
From my family's collection - our Ferguson TV set, in around April 1964. I remember the sound the channel changer dial (on the right side) made as it clunked around. Sadly, an unsteady hand meant a blurred exposure. I wonder what was on at the time? Dig the very 50s wallpaper though!
October 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
From my family's collection - our Ferguson TV set, in around April 1964. I remember the sound the channel changer dial (on the right side) made as it clunked around. Sadly, an unsteady hand meant a blurred exposure. I wonder what was on at the time? Dig the very 50s wallpaper though!
Just been reminded of the time my family and I were kindly invited by a friend to look around #Leavesden Studios whilst #HarryPotter and The Prisoner of Azkaban was in production. Here we are with Buckbeak, the Hippogriff. This was long before the official tour was built.
October 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Just been reminded of the time my family and I were kindly invited by a friend to look around #Leavesden Studios whilst #HarryPotter and The Prisoner of Azkaban was in production. Here we are with Buckbeak, the Hippogriff. This was long before the official tour was built.
Ha ha! Thanks. I did animation for 13 years then made a lot of documentaries for 30. I art-directed "The Illustrated Hitchhiker...", a big silver book for Douglas in 1994, if you ever saw that?
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Ha ha! Thanks. I did animation for 13 years then made a lot of documentaries for 30. I art-directed "The Illustrated Hitchhiker...", a big silver book for Douglas in 1994, if you ever saw that?
#OTD 45 years ago (7 Oct 1980) according to my diary, I drew these images for the Hitchhiker's Guide BBC TV series. Douglas Adams as both the ad exec and as Paula, the worst poet in the universe. I was 19 years old and having fun.
October 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#OTD 45 years ago (7 Oct 1980) according to my diary, I drew these images for the Hitchhiker's Guide BBC TV series. Douglas Adams as both the ad exec and as Paula, the worst poet in the universe. I was 19 years old and having fun.
Top right is the door communcation panel as seen recycled later by the BBC in "Blake's 7" and on Marvin the Paranoid Android's chest unit. A BBC FX designer told me about it.
August 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Top right is the door communcation panel as seen recycled later by the BBC in "Blake's 7" and on Marvin the Paranoid Android's chest unit. A BBC FX designer told me about it.
I was told the kind of orange smoke FX they used regularly on shows like Dr.Who (L) and Dad's Army (R), etc turned out to be carcinogenic, so it was eventually banned. (How many actors got clobbered before they found out?)
May 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I was told the kind of orange smoke FX they used regularly on shows like Dr.Who (L) and Dad's Army (R), etc turned out to be carcinogenic, so it was eventually banned. (How many actors got clobbered before they found out?)
See: www.LondonFilmConvention.co.uk
…for tickets, guest lists and further details.
Nearest tube: Russell Square. I will be signing and selling copies of the #42DouglasAdams book.
Hope to see some you there...?
…for tickets, guest lists and further details.
Nearest tube: Russell Square. I will be signing and selling copies of the #42DouglasAdams book.
Hope to see some you there...?
May 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
See: www.LondonFilmConvention.co.uk
…for tickets, guest lists and further details.
Nearest tube: Russell Square. I will be signing and selling copies of the #42DouglasAdams book.
Hope to see some you there...?
…for tickets, guest lists and further details.
Nearest tube: Russell Square. I will be signing and selling copies of the #42DouglasAdams book.
Hope to see some you there...?
April 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
FYI: They filmed scenes for the third episode of"Primeval" on that reservoir, with a giant reptile creature supposedly in the water...
March 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
FYI: They filmed scenes for the third episode of"Primeval" on that reservoir, with a giant reptile creature supposedly in the water...
Dunfermline, Scotland on Sat 26 April. Plenty of laughs and behind-the-scenes stories of cult #sci-fi. Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/42-an-even...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/42-an-even...
March 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Dunfermline, Scotland on Sat 26 April. Plenty of laughs and behind-the-scenes stories of cult #sci-fi. Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/42-an-even...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/42-an-even...
Screening in London UK a week earlier (two nights' time) with Q&A session inc. Griff Rhys Jones & John Lloyd...
Tickets: www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/95343
#DoctorWho #thehitchhikersguidetothegalaxy
Tickets: www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/95343
#DoctorWho #thehitchhikersguidetothegalaxy
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Screening in London UK a week earlier (two nights' time) with Q&A session inc. Griff Rhys Jones & John Lloyd...
Tickets: www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/95343
#DoctorWho #thehitchhikersguidetothegalaxy
Tickets: www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/95343
#DoctorWho #thehitchhikersguidetothegalaxy
That was to have been a fully animated moment, but was taking too long for my old boss Rod Lord to animate its jaw opening, etc. We talked about it and decided a quick scan to her being gobbled up, legs and walking stick waving about would suffice...
March 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
That was to have been a fully animated moment, but was taking too long for my old boss Rod Lord to animate its jaw opening, etc. We talked about it and decided a quick scan to her being gobbled up, legs and walking stick waving about would suffice...
Check out this new video, an interview where I talk about "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and Douglas Adams.
youtu.be/XjGXDE1MPtE?...
youtu.be/XjGXDE1MPtE?...
March 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Check out this new video, an interview where I talk about "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and Douglas Adams.
youtu.be/XjGXDE1MPtE?...
youtu.be/XjGXDE1MPtE?...
Book tickets for screening (with Q&A) of new documentary about DOUGLAS ADAMS. 20 March in London UK.
Tickets:
www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/95343
Tickets:
www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/95343
March 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Book tickets for screening (with Q&A) of new documentary about DOUGLAS ADAMS. 20 March in London UK.
Tickets:
www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/95343
Tickets:
www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/95343
Screening of a new film about Douglas Adams, for which I was a consultant. Looking forward to seeing the finished thing on the evening of Thurs, 20th March in East London, at the Genesis Cinema:
February 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Screening of a new film about Douglas Adams, for which I was a consultant. Looking forward to seeing the finished thing on the evening of Thurs, 20th March in East London, at the Genesis Cinema:
Was reminded today of the first time I went to meet Sci-Fi fans who assembled on the first Thursday of each month at the One Tun pub, on Saffron Hill, near Farringdon station, London. It was March 1978 - my friends and I were looking forward to a new Spielberg movie opening later that month...
November 23, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Was reminded today of the first time I went to meet Sci-Fi fans who assembled on the first Thursday of each month at the One Tun pub, on Saffron Hill, near Farringdon station, London. It was March 1978 - my friends and I were looking forward to a new Spielberg movie opening later that month...
Quote post with a picture of yourself and show these newbies who they’re dealing with.
November 16, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Quote post with a picture of yourself and show these newbies who they’re dealing with.
Saw this today... two types of rule-breaking in Palmers Green, North London. (Don't know what #Pudsey had been up to in Morrisons.) #ChildrenInNeed
November 14, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Saw this today... two types of rule-breaking in Palmers Green, North London. (Don't know what #Pudsey had been up to in Morrisons.) #ChildrenInNeed
Hello, Bluesky folk. I went for a walk over the local park here in North London. A chill in the air, but the afternoon sun was warm on my face.
November 14, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Hello, Bluesky folk. I went for a walk over the local park here in North London. A chill in the air, but the afternoon sun was warm on my face.