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Melvin Peña
@melvinpena.bsky.social
making art, hiking, kayaking, gardening, watching films and tv, listening to music, reading comics, and singing karaoke

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i have been lucky to participate in a number of #doctorwho podcasts this year, but none as highly anticipated as this. what a joy to be invited on "500 year diary" to talk about my birth story, "horror of fang rock."
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Terrance's planned vampire story has been unexpectedly cancelled, and he has only a few weeks to come up with a replacement. Fortunately, he's brilliant.

#DoctorWho #HorrorOfFangRock

500yeardiary.com/s3/e3
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Part I of an enormous post on Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks by Terrance Dicks, this one about why it *doesn’t* dovetail with Doctor Who and the Space War by Terrance’s pal Mac Hulke: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/12/doct... #booksky #books #doctorwho
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks, by Terrance Dicks — I
0tralala.blogspot.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
an instant classic box set, along with its fellow, "what lies inside." they were the topic of discussion on my first-ever podcast appearance, on the popular @trapone.bsky.social #doctorwho podcast! also, rafe wallbank's art for this set has not yet been equaled

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ON THIS DAY... 3 years ago, the anthology Connections was first released by Big Finish Productions. Cover by Rafe Wallbank with TARDIS render by Aidan Wilkinson.

#DoctorWho #BigFinish
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
zippy the pinhead is the truth! don't goad the toad!
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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🌊😈NEW EPISODE!🌊😈

Want to know more about the new version of #DoctorWho - The Sea Devils? We've got all the facts you want! We're joined by @benjamincook.bsky.social and @markayresrws.bsky.social, plus @petercrockersvs.bsky.social to discuss its restoration.

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466: The Sea Devils (2025)
The Sea Devils return to our TV screens this weekend - but in a new way! The Third Doctor tale is being given a new lease of life through a 90 minute new edit, and Benjamin Cook tells us about it. Plu
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December 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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I’m ecstatic to announce my new double LP, Autechre Guitar, is now available for preorder from Bill Orcutt’s Palilalia Records. Ten songs by the English electronic music duo, Autechre, transcribed and arranged for solo acoustic guitar. 🙏 🟩

shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/autech...
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
going through some of these best of 2025 lists, and, y'all, didn't no one tell me about this tobacco city record, and it features a couple of my faves, @matthewjrolin.bsky.social and @jenpowers.bsky.social. getting in on this next #bandcampfriday for sure tobaccocity.bandcamp.com/album/horses
Horses, by Tobacco City
12 track album
tobaccocity.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
philadelphia! brooklyn! north carolina is sending one of our very best bands, verity den, to see y'all this weekend! tonight, saturday, 6 dec, they're at jerry's on front, and sunday afternoon, brooklyn at PIT. go and tell them i said hey! www.youtube.com/shorts/X6V94...
verity den - tour promo video
YouTube video by Amish Records / Required Wreckers
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December 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Weekend reminder:

If you plan to release new singles or albums, or hold an online event (listening parties, concerts, etc) NEXT WEEK, December 8th to December 14th, tell me about it!
I'm putting this list together every SUNDAY evening.
Artists, bands and labels of all genres are welcome! 👍
🎶 New MUSIC by Blue Sky artists! Dec. 1 - Dec. 7 🎶

SINGLES
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ALBUMS
bsky.app/profile/flor...

ONLINE EVENTS
bsky.app/profile/flor...

👉 If something is missing from these lists, please feel free to drop the links under the appropriate threads! 👈
December 6, 2025 at 5:59 AM
i have been lucky to participate in a number of #doctorwho podcasts this year, but none as highly anticipated as this. what a joy to be invited on "500 year diary" to talk about my birth story, "horror of fang rock."
December 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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As you consider Bandcamp Friday here's a 'what the...well, why not?' option. (It is indeed a collection of Autechre covers on guitar.)
Autechre Guitar, by Shane Parish
10 track album
shaneparish.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.

A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.

If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
if you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity. i have to go with walter bishop from "fringe"
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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OTD 1996: Doctor Who The Missing* Adventures – Cold Fusion
Humanity’s future collides with Gallifrey’s past in a multi-Doctor crossover
Ghosts, snow, shadow of death but a LOT of jokes

The audio adaptation’s even better – I had huge fun mining it with lovely Luke on The Maran Chess Club!

*and New
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
atlanta's really failing letting jesse chavez and ron wahsington coach in other organizations. really puzzling front office decision making
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Hey, I know time’s are tough, so it’s all there for free, but if you’re looking to spend a few dollars on #bandcampfriday, I can always use the support!

tedleo.bandcamp.com
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
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December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Hurrah! Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show has been shortlisted in the Best Podcast Audio Drama category at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2026. I knew that washing-up glove was a good idea. #DoctorWho #BBCAudioDramaAwards #TheStuffOfLegend #AudioDrama

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Audio Drama Awards - The 2026 Shortlist
Announcing the shortlisted people and programmes for the 2025 BBC Audio Drama Awards.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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They have trapped all of us in their drug and sex cult. And we really are ruled by just this - their drug delusions and their sexual predation.

In case it isn’t clear.
The CEO of Palantir.
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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This exciting new series starts today!

You can hear my chat with writer @undiscoveredadv.bsky.social on the latest Trap One Podcast:

Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/5f2z9c98
Spotify: tinyurl.com/4vzsk84x
Podbean: tinyurl.com/t35kaz8b
December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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‼️ NEW EPISODE OUT‼️
Join the brilliant @jonarnold.bsky.social as he voyages through time & space, suggesting some of the most ludicrous landings yet, on his very own Charter Flight

So the driver may need to intervene here, as we discuss Wales, the 1970s & more!

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
40. Special - Jon Arnold
Podcast Episode · Nostalgia Tours · 05/12/2025 · 1h 2m
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December 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
it's the last @bandcamp.com friday of the year. i'm picking up anna tivel's "animal poem" for sure because it's my pal jenn's pick for top album of the year! what are your top 1 (or 3) albums of 2025? (1st two graphics via phishonphilm IG) annativel.bandcamp.com/album/animal...
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
big finish's live recording of "the stuff of legend" has been shortlisted for a bbc audio award. listen to the popular
@trapone.bsky.social #doctorwho podcast where @majnouna.com, lucymccaul.bsky.social, @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social, and i rhapsodize about it!

podbean | podchaser | spotify | apple
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM