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Nigel Auchterlounie
@n-auchterlounie.bsky.social
Writer. Mostly of comics. Mostly The Beano. Most notably, Dennis and Gnasher.
But also cartoons.
Whitley Bay.
The End.

🎵DOOSH!🎵 DO WHA! DO! DOBEE! DO! 🎵
I didn't do the other eps. I have a life.
Ha! Ha! Ha! The jokes keep coming!
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Near the end now.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"You're monsters now."
Not a joke, obvs, but I thought it was a strong line.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Lucky not to get shot there!
Hey, if I can do this to no joke script, I probably "Punch up" a sitcom script!
Just saying.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"You'll turn on your own Gingers!" He's right.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Taking a Nokia to the face would hurt.

Then a Star Wars and a Terminator mixed reference!?
I'm really good at this.
And I'm really humble too!
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
KICK! STAMP! HOOF! My favourite panel.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Oooo! Look at that model of the inside of the dome in that last pic.
I clearly have a bigger budget than the show.
This is like the blue-ray special editions!
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm being cruel to poor Harry here. Harry was a surgeon. But I thought of the joke so... you know.
I'm ruthless in turning this into a gag per second comedy...
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Cool! Look at the big gun the dome has.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Yes, he should do audio drama.
Knowing wink to camera.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Blonk!" The radiophonic workshop came up with that.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
One of the things I like about Tom Baker's Doctor is the brief moments of fury, then niceness...
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is gonna be long, because it's all the major beats of the episode.

Look! There's the Doc in the last pic!
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🎵OO-WA-OO!🎵 OooO-AWA-OO!🎵 WAA-OO-OO--OO-WA-OO!🎵 DUMIDY-DUM-DUMIDY-DUM!🎵

A while ago I put this comic (as in funny) re-telling of Genesis of the Daleks, episode 1, on that other place.

Anyway, I'm putting here now too.
#DoctorWho #regenesisofthedaleks
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This happens if I don't stack the dishwasher.
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Yeah. it's still there too.
I started writing for Beano after that 2009 cartoon. I'm freelance so aren't in on much. All I can tell you is I've never been told not to put catapults in.
In fact I was told specifically to use one in the strip about the Summerset House exhibition in 2021

So why does..
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There's his catapult in the second picture. He doesn't use it in the toon, but uses other things. Including water blasters.
But what about the comic?...
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In 2009 a Dennis cartoon came out and the Sun ran a story saying Dennis had turned into a softy. Having "Surrendered" "All" weapons...

Lets have a look at the cartoon...
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In next week's Beano Dennis has his catapult with him.
Some people might be surprised at that.
Some think Dennis isn't allowed such things since 2009...
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I can't think of a film staring the Rock that wouldn't have been better if Paul Giamatti had done it instead.
Especially San Andreas.
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
And when the antagonist first uses his poison touch, this is how it's shown.
We don't see her face at all for the reaction.
And still, before we see her face, we get the flawless exposition. "How are you poisoning me?"

This is the film's most important scene.
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is where the camera chose to be for the line "We all die someday" ?
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Here, the antagonist explains his motivation.
It's why he's being the baddie!
And you can't see his face!!!

Should the camera be looking right at him for this? Proper close-up!?!..
You know, for drama.
There's a general theme of "camera in worst place for line" in the whole scene...
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I watched Madame Web last night.
Spoilers! This is the scene that explains the whole movie.
The film's reason for being.
Our antagonist dreams that 3 spider women will kill him, so he must kill them.
There is no more important scene in the film.

Let's have a closer look...
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM