Simon Wood
@mastodon.simonwood.info
Lecturer in Medical Education at Cardiff University, lapsed mathematician, garden railway builder & Doctor Who appreciator.
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Laurie says he’d always wanted to play Pine. Thank goodness he ended up as Roper. 💯 #thenightmanager
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Laurie says he’d always wanted to play Pine. Thank goodness he ended up as Roper. 💯 #thenightmanager
Hugh Laurie (whose excellent 1996 novel The Gun Seller reminds me of The Night Manager) is so sinister, even when he’s being genial. Chilling. #thenightmanager
November 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hugh Laurie (whose excellent 1996 novel The Gun Seller reminds me of The Night Manager) is so sinister, even when he’s being genial. Chilling. #thenightmanager
I always thought the book was the closest he came to Ian Fleming, and the adaptation is very James Bond, right down to the title animation style. #thenightmanager
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I always thought the book was the closest he came to Ian Fleming, and the adaptation is very James Bond, right down to the title animation style. #thenightmanager
The Arab spring dimension feels like authentic Le Carre, integral in driving the plot. Even though he wrote the novel in 1993. #thenightmanager
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Arab spring dimension feels like authentic Le Carre, integral in driving the plot. Even though he wrote the novel in 1993. #thenightmanager
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What? BBC News is now not even reporting what it has cut from the Reith lecture? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/27/bbc-donald-trump-corruption-line-removed-from-rutger-bregman-reith-lecture
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
What? BBC News is now not even reporting what it has cut from the Reith lecture? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/27/bbc-donald-trump-corruption-line-removed-from-rutger-bregman-reith-lecture
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November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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You have a tax on international students, you have less of them, huh, you have less revenue, and whoopsdaisy, you're back to the taxes you didn't want to hike and everyone is cross.
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
You have a tax on international students, you have less of them, huh, you have less revenue, and whoopsdaisy, you're back to the taxes you didn't want to hike and everyone is cross.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
“How shall I live now, stranded, a stranger in this time?”
“I know how you feel.”
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
“I know how you feel.”
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“How shall I live now, stranded, a stranger in this time?”
“I know how you feel.”
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
“I know how you feel.”
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“I'm really, really scared, Doctor.”
“Oh, Ace. I'm sorry. Forgive me. Why don't you go back to the Tardis? You'll be safe there, whatever happens.”
“No chance, Doctor. No chance.”
The Doctor doesn’t think he needs Ace, that she won’t change anything.
But she’s not telling him she’s scared […]
“Oh, Ace. I'm sorry. Forgive me. Why don't you go back to the Tardis? You'll be safe there, whatever happens.”
“No chance, Doctor. No chance.”
The Doctor doesn’t think he needs Ace, that she won’t change anything.
But she’s not telling him she’s scared […]
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November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“I'm really, really scared, Doctor.”
“Oh, Ace. I'm sorry. Forgive me. Why don't you go back to the Tardis? You'll be safe there, whatever happens.”
“No chance, Doctor. No chance.”
The Doctor doesn’t think he needs Ace, that she won’t change anything.
But she’s not telling him she’s scared […]
“Oh, Ace. I'm sorry. Forgive me. Why don't you go back to the Tardis? You'll be safe there, whatever happens.”
“No chance, Doctor. No chance.”
The Doctor doesn’t think he needs Ace, that she won’t change anything.
But she’s not telling him she’s scared […]
“I don't know if you're familiar with Wagner's Ring das Nibelungen?”
Wagner for the Nazis and the Cybermen. Courtney Pine for the Doctor and Ace.
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
Wagner for the Nazis and the Cybermen. Courtney Pine for the Doctor and Ace.
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“I don't know if you're familiar with Wagner's Ring das Nibelungen?”
Wagner for the Nazis and the Cybermen. Courtney Pine for the Doctor and Ace.
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
Wagner for the Nazis and the Cybermen. Courtney Pine for the Doctor and Ace.
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
(There’s a reflection here of the Doctor’s relationship with Leela - preaching pacifism, but relying on her for violent enforcement at arms length) #doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
(There’s a reflection here of the Doctor’s relationship with Leela - preaching pacifism, but relying on her for violent enforcement at arms length) #doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
“I don't suppose you've completely ignored my instructions and secretly prepared any Nitro Nine, have you?”
“What if I had?”
“Naturally you wouldn't do anything so insanely dangerous as to carry it around with you, would you?”
“Of course not. I'm a good girl. I do what I'm told.”
“Excellent […]
“What if I had?”
“Naturally you wouldn't do anything so insanely dangerous as to carry it around with you, would you?”
“Of course not. I'm a good girl. I do what I'm told.”
“Excellent […]
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November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“I don't suppose you've completely ignored my instructions and secretly prepared any Nitro Nine, have you?”
“What if I had?”
“Naturally you wouldn't do anything so insanely dangerous as to carry it around with you, would you?”
“Of course not. I'm a good girl. I do what I'm told.”
“Excellent […]
“What if I had?”
“Naturally you wouldn't do anything so insanely dangerous as to carry it around with you, would you?”
“Of course not. I'm a good girl. I do what I'm told.”
“Excellent […]
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“This may qualify as the worst miscalculation since life crawled out of the seas on this sad planet.”
“Nobody's perfect.”
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
“Nobody's perfect.”
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“This may qualify as the worst miscalculation since life crawled out of the seas on this sad planet.”
“Nobody's perfect.”
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho
“Nobody's perfect.”
#doctorwhoday #silvernemesis #doctorwho