Phil Pascoe
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Words and other toxins.
Congratulations to these young actors on their casting… in a download-only release.
My First Question is: as Big Finish moves more and more towards ephemerality, when Miles Taylor and Jasmine Bayes go to events, what do #DoctorWho fans ask them to sign?
My First Question is: as Big Finish moves more and more towards ephemerality, when Miles Taylor and Jasmine Bayes go to events, what do #DoctorWho fans ask them to sign?
Meet the new TARDIS twosome... introducing Jasmine Bayes as Eleanor Fong. 💥
Doctor Who: The First Question is due for release in March 2026. Pre-order at bgfn.sh/first11
Doctor Who: The First Question is due for release in March 2026. Pre-order at bgfn.sh/first11
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Congratulations to these young actors on their casting… in a download-only release.
My First Question is: as Big Finish moves more and more towards ephemerality, when Miles Taylor and Jasmine Bayes go to events, what do #DoctorWho fans ask them to sign?
My First Question is: as Big Finish moves more and more towards ephemerality, when Miles Taylor and Jasmine Bayes go to events, what do #DoctorWho fans ask them to sign?
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I was in the audience for a Q&A with Billie Piper earlier this week. Astonishingly, no one asked about her appearance in the most recent episode. No vetting of questions or restrictions on what could or couldn't be asked. It just simply never came up.
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I was in the audience for a Q&A with Billie Piper earlier this week. Astonishingly, no one asked about her appearance in the most recent episode. No vetting of questions or restrictions on what could or couldn't be asked. It just simply never came up.
Saw Billie Piper's question and answer session at the Adelaide Showground today. She was aksed about I Hate Suzie, Wednesday, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Penny Dreadful, working class representation in media, and Austin.
Nobody asked about The Reality War nor the 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special.
Nobody asked about The Reality War nor the 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special.
November 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Saw Billie Piper's question and answer session at the Adelaide Showground today. She was aksed about I Hate Suzie, Wednesday, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Penny Dreadful, working class representation in media, and Austin.
Nobody asked about The Reality War nor the 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special.
Nobody asked about The Reality War nor the 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special.
On the train I overheard a French couple debating the meaning of the word ‘schmick’ they’d read on a poster advert.
They eventually settled on ‘élégant’. I didn’t interrupt their evening, but surely ‘chic’ is right there? Le Freak, c’est schmick.
They eventually settled on ‘élégant’. I didn’t interrupt their evening, but surely ‘chic’ is right there? Le Freak, c’est schmick.
October 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
On the train I overheard a French couple debating the meaning of the word ‘schmick’ they’d read on a poster advert.
They eventually settled on ‘élégant’. I didn’t interrupt their evening, but surely ‘chic’ is right there? Le Freak, c’est schmick.
They eventually settled on ‘élégant’. I didn’t interrupt their evening, but surely ‘chic’ is right there? Le Freak, c’est schmick.
When 45 was pushing the false idea that hydroxychloroquine treated COVID-19 a patient came to ED with a severe allergic reaction after taking hydroxychloroquine.
I'm really not looking forward to the downstream harms of 47 incoherently declaring babies and pregnant people should avoid paracetamol.
I'm really not looking forward to the downstream harms of 47 incoherently declaring babies and pregnant people should avoid paracetamol.
September 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
When 45 was pushing the false idea that hydroxychloroquine treated COVID-19 a patient came to ED with a severe allergic reaction after taking hydroxychloroquine.
I'm really not looking forward to the downstream harms of 47 incoherently declaring babies and pregnant people should avoid paracetamol.
I'm really not looking forward to the downstream harms of 47 incoherently declaring babies and pregnant people should avoid paracetamol.
Somehow I don't think it's likely we're getting Disney money for #DoctorWho Season Three: The Search for Susan.
September 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Somehow I don't think it's likely we're getting Disney money for #DoctorWho Season Three: The Search for Susan.
#DoctorWho unfolding text rule: If an actor makes an appearance but isn’t referred to by name, the actor is playing their Doctor.
Good old Sylv!
Good old Sylv!
BBC News captures Doctor Who himself Sylvester McCoy at the Trump protest seemingly unaware of who they're interviewing.
September 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
#DoctorWho unfolding text rule: If an actor makes an appearance but isn’t referred to by name, the actor is playing their Doctor.
Good old Sylv!
Good old Sylv!
Sometimes, despite all the everything, I'm reminded that something I wrote a very long time ago (before Millie Gibson even existed…) still finds and entertains listeners.
I've always preferred to let it speak for itself, but I will say: thank you.
I've always preferred to let it speak for itself, but I will say: thank you.
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Sometimes, despite all the everything, I'm reminded that something I wrote a very long time ago (before Millie Gibson even existed…) still finds and entertains listeners.
I've always preferred to let it speak for itself, but I will say: thank you.
I've always preferred to let it speak for itself, but I will say: thank you.
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Double #SFDFWho ...Ish
In keeping with the theme of the story, I find new meanings in this pretty much each time I listen! Episode 2 has a discussion about the limitations of LLM AIs, so it's definitely not topical at all. It's a story that pretty much ONLY sixie could carry and it definitely
In keeping with the theme of the story, I find new meanings in this pretty much each time I listen! Episode 2 has a discussion about the limitations of LLM AIs, so it's definitely not topical at all. It's a story that pretty much ONLY sixie could carry and it definitely
August 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Double #SFDFWho ...Ish
In keeping with the theme of the story, I find new meanings in this pretty much each time I listen! Episode 2 has a discussion about the limitations of LLM AIs, so it's definitely not topical at all. It's a story that pretty much ONLY sixie could carry and it definitely
In keeping with the theme of the story, I find new meanings in this pretty much each time I listen! Episode 2 has a discussion about the limitations of LLM AIs, so it's definitely not topical at all. It's a story that pretty much ONLY sixie could carry and it definitely
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Requires full attention whilst listening to it to keep track of what state some characters are in. The beeping joke in part 4 always makes me smile and whilst some bits are a tad predictable, I still always find this a very relaxing and warm story to listen to. A thoroughly charming 8/10
August 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Requires full attention whilst listening to it to keep track of what state some characters are in. The beeping joke in part 4 always makes me smile and whilst some bits are a tad predictable, I still always find this a very relaxing and warm story to listen to. A thoroughly charming 8/10
Fear Death By Water by Emily Cook is an excellent #DoctorWho adventure, a different kind of celebrity historical. It left me thinking about fame as an ouroboros, and using history and genealogy to rewrite generational trauma. It also has a reference which brought a smile to this old timelashologist…
September 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Fear Death By Water by Emily Cook is an excellent #DoctorWho adventure, a different kind of celebrity historical. It left me thinking about fame as an ouroboros, and using history and genealogy to rewrite generational trauma. It also has a reference which brought a smile to this old timelashologist…
We doctors often assess capacity to make decisions: a patient has to take in what's said, reflect, then give their view.
If I was so slop-brained that I was unable to listen to a patient, synthesise the info and document a decision myself, I'd have failed to show capacity!
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If I was so slop-brained that I was unable to listen to a patient, synthesise the info and document a decision myself, I'd have failed to show capacity!
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When Australian AI expert Dr Kobi Leins declined a medical specialist’s request to use AI transcription software during her child’s upcoming appointment, the practice told her the practitioner required the technology be used and Leins was "welcome to seek an alternative" provider.
Read more:
Read more:
Kobi refused a doctor's AI. She was told to go elsewhere
Unregulated AI scribes raising privacy, security concerns.
ia.acs.org.au
August 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
We doctors often assess capacity to make decisions: a patient has to take in what's said, reflect, then give their view.
If I was so slop-brained that I was unable to listen to a patient, synthesise the info and document a decision myself, I'd have failed to show capacity!
bsky.app/profile/info...
If I was so slop-brained that I was unable to listen to a patient, synthesise the info and document a decision myself, I'd have failed to show capacity!
bsky.app/profile/info...
If Adrian Rigelsford had just waited a few decades, his “interviews” with Stanley Kubrick and William Hartnell could’ve been framed as chats with their “AI avatars”.
He’d not only have got away with it, he’d have money thrown at him by venture capital’s dumbest.
www.theguardian.com/film/2004/no...
He’d not only have got away with it, he’d have money thrown at him by venture capital’s dumbest.
www.theguardian.com/film/2004/no...
Feature: What Stanley Kubrick didn't say
Six months after Stanley Kubrick died, a 'world exclusive' was published - a supposed last interview on the set of Eyes Wide Shut. Odd, thought Anthony Frewin, the director's long-time friend: this di...
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
If Adrian Rigelsford had just waited a few decades, his “interviews” with Stanley Kubrick and William Hartnell could’ve been framed as chats with their “AI avatars”.
He’d not only have got away with it, he’d have money thrown at him by venture capital’s dumbest.
www.theguardian.com/film/2004/no...
He’d not only have got away with it, he’d have money thrown at him by venture capital’s dumbest.
www.theguardian.com/film/2004/no...
The New Forest Murders by Matthew Sweet held my interest throughout. A tale of espionage, cryptography, and the brutal subtexts of Beatrix Potter, it is dense with references to 1940s broadcast culture and cinema.
And also, as the leads start to express mutual feelings, paraphrases Terrance Dicks.
And also, as the leads start to express mutual feelings, paraphrases Terrance Dicks.
July 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The New Forest Murders by Matthew Sweet held my interest throughout. A tale of espionage, cryptography, and the brutal subtexts of Beatrix Potter, it is dense with references to 1940s broadcast culture and cinema.
And also, as the leads start to express mutual feelings, paraphrases Terrance Dicks.
And also, as the leads start to express mutual feelings, paraphrases Terrance Dicks.
On the way to #DoctorWho #TargetBookClub
July 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
On the way to #DoctorWho #TargetBookClub
Last Saturday's episode of #DoctorWho has led to much discussion, about real world crimes against humanity, about nostalgic returns, and about Dugga Doo.
But what I want to unpack from The Intergalactic Song Contest is "[speaks indistinctly]".
🧵 A thread about Doctor Who and the phrase “Hadi ama!”
But what I want to unpack from The Intergalactic Song Contest is "[speaks indistinctly]".
🧵 A thread about Doctor Who and the phrase “Hadi ama!”
![Screen with Disney Plus English language subtitles from the Doctor Who episode The Intergalactic Song Contest (2025). The Fifteenth Doctor punches the air in front of a group of people. The subtitle reads: “[speaks indistinctly]”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hjkjifrvwn23mfuhya245cwt/bafkreiffy3kwesn7q3w7zb3wxud54lvmu2o3ht2d6tl5gqjgukktqrrznu@jpeg)
May 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Last Saturday's episode of #DoctorWho has led to much discussion, about real world crimes against humanity, about nostalgic returns, and about Dugga Doo.
But what I want to unpack from The Intergalactic Song Contest is "[speaks indistinctly]".
🧵 A thread about Doctor Who and the phrase “Hadi ama!”
But what I want to unpack from The Intergalactic Song Contest is "[speaks indistinctly]".
🧵 A thread about Doctor Who and the phrase “Hadi ama!”
#DoctorWho is broadcast all over the world. There are many stories by writers who grew up watching it in London or Swansea or Sydney.
But what does Doctor Who look like by a writer from Singapore or Mparntwe or Jos? Inua Ellams has shown us how engaging and expansive this never-ending story can be.
But what does Doctor Who look like by a writer from Singapore or Mparntwe or Jos? Inua Ellams has shown us how engaging and expansive this never-ending story can be.
May 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#DoctorWho is broadcast all over the world. There are many stories by writers who grew up watching it in London or Swansea or Sydney.
But what does Doctor Who look like by a writer from Singapore or Mparntwe or Jos? Inua Ellams has shown us how engaging and expansive this never-ending story can be.
But what does Doctor Who look like by a writer from Singapore or Mparntwe or Jos? Inua Ellams has shown us how engaging and expansive this never-ending story can be.
Farewell Jean Marsh, a great actor who, among many other achievements, was the go-to in twentieth century Doctor Who for playing a woman with broken love for her brother.
April 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Farewell Jean Marsh, a great actor who, among many other achievements, was the go-to in twentieth century Doctor Who for playing a woman with broken love for her brother.
#doctorwho #spoilers
On Women’s Hour Varada Sethu mentioned a flashback scene trimmed from The Robot Revolution. Where in that episode it would fit? During the Blinovitch Limitation Kaboom?
And would jathakam (horoscopes) and predestination clash with the story’s advocacy for consent and autonomy?
On Women’s Hour Varada Sethu mentioned a flashback scene trimmed from The Robot Revolution. Where in that episode it would fit? During the Blinovitch Limitation Kaboom?
And would jathakam (horoscopes) and predestination clash with the story’s advocacy for consent and autonomy?
April 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
#doctorwho #spoilers
On Women’s Hour Varada Sethu mentioned a flashback scene trimmed from The Robot Revolution. Where in that episode it would fit? During the Blinovitch Limitation Kaboom?
And would jathakam (horoscopes) and predestination clash with the story’s advocacy for consent and autonomy?
On Women’s Hour Varada Sethu mentioned a flashback scene trimmed from The Robot Revolution. Where in that episode it would fit? During the Blinovitch Limitation Kaboom?
And would jathakam (horoscopes) and predestination clash with the story’s advocacy for consent and autonomy?
Excited to learn the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who has basically the same premise as a sketch I wrote for That Mitchell And Webb Sound in 2009: youtu.be/JNRPa6Mmqm8?...
That Mitchell & Webb Sound: Naming Stars
YouTube video by gudbuytjane
youtu.be
April 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I’ve worked for nearly a decade and a half as an emergency department doctor and, you know, she’s not wrong.
#DoctorWho #spoilers
#DoctorWho #spoilers
April 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I’ve worked for nearly a decade and a half as an emergency department doctor and, you know, she’s not wrong.
#DoctorWho #spoilers
#DoctorWho #spoilers
The Polish translation of the title of the third story of Ncuti Gatwa's first season is BUM.
(The title is also the same in the Czech, Slovak and Turkish versions, and nearly in Hungarian.)
(The title is also the same in the Czech, Slovak and Turkish versions, and nearly in Hungarian.)
March 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Polish translation of the title of the third story of Ncuti Gatwa's first season is BUM.
(The title is also the same in the Czech, Slovak and Turkish versions, and nearly in Hungarian.)
(The title is also the same in the Czech, Slovak and Turkish versions, and nearly in Hungarian.)
Last time I was here, it wasn’t Vivienne Westwood’s picture hanging over the baggage carousel in the arrivals hall at Wellington Airport…
It was Beep the Beeping The Meep.
It was Beep the Beeping The Meep.
March 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Last time I was here, it wasn’t Vivienne Westwood’s picture hanging over the baggage carousel in the arrivals hall at Wellington Airport…
It was Beep the Beeping The Meep.
It was Beep the Beeping The Meep.
It's not every day you go to a suburban rugby league club and compliment an author on the authenticity of triantiwontigongs.
Another great @audiosirens.bsky.social event.
Another great @audiosirens.bsky.social event.
March 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
It's not every day you go to a suburban rugby league club and compliment an author on the authenticity of triantiwontigongs.
Another great @audiosirens.bsky.social event.
Another great @audiosirens.bsky.social event.
The release of a slopconstruction of #DoctorWho The Macra Terror episode 1 has reminded me of my unproven theory that Chromophone Band, the story's majorette tune written by Dudley Simpson and realised by Delia Derbyshire, shares a musical genealogy with Koji Kondo's soundtrack to Super Mario Bros.
January 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The release of a slopconstruction of #DoctorWho The Macra Terror episode 1 has reminded me of my unproven theory that Chromophone Band, the story's majorette tune written by Dudley Simpson and realised by Delia Derbyshire, shares a musical genealogy with Koji Kondo's soundtrack to Super Mario Bros.