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Cats, Dogs, old telly and films. Floyd, Beatles etc. Anything but people, preferably.
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I played squaredle.com/xp 12/11:
21/21 words (+6 bonus words)
📖 In the top 4% by bonus words
Squaredle
Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!
squaredle.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi classic is @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's definitive work on the groundbreaking lost BBC serial, drawing on 30 years of research, with revealing interviews and never-before-seen photos.
December 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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We want to say a huge thank you to those who have found us on Bluesky & donated to our justgiving so far ❤️

We still have a way to go, if you can help us with a bale of hay… or if you can help towards a very special little horse’s remedial boots: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

#rescueanimals
September 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Please would you be able to share this post to help us spread the word about our justgiving page?

If anyone is able to help us closer to our goal, we would be hugely grateful!

We hate to ask, but we’ve hit difficult times & have big vets bills

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

#rescueanimals
Help raise £6000 to Fund much-needed supplies at our animal sanctuary – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Fund much-needed supplies at our animal sanctuary. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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We go again! The glorious 4K remaster of Quatermass 2 is heading to HOME in Manchester on 14 July, with an introduction by me and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social. Book now!

homemcr.org/whats-on/494...
Quatermass 2 (PG) — A gripping tale of alien infiltration and Cold War paranoia in Hammer’s chilling follow-up to The Quatermass Xperiment.
A gripping tale of alien infiltration and Cold War paranoia in Hammer’s chilling follow-up to The Quatermass Xperiment.
homemcr.org
June 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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If you'd like to know even more about the life and work of Nigel Kneale (with no character limit), there's a book that can help...
headpress.com/product/into...

#stonetapelive
Into The Unknown
The only biography of legendary scriptwriter Nigel Kneale (Quatermass, The Stone Tape). Written with the co-operation of Kneale himself.
headpress.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
June 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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We have 10k followers on Bluesky —
if you could all join us on YouTube it would help our animal sanctuary! We’d be able to start getting ad revenue / sponsors! 🙏

Please subscribe (it’s free!) for sanctuary life, 🐑 rescue animals &
us —a determined mother daughter team!

youtube.com/@minimotleys...
June 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Tickled pink to be hosting a Q&A with Tim Key at HOME in Manchester on Monday 30 June to accompany a screening of his acclaimed new film The Ballad of Wallis Island.

Tickets on sale now:

homemcr.org/whats-on/235...
The Ballad of Wallis Island (12A) — An eccentric lottery winner dreams of getting his favourite band back together.
An eccentric lottery winner dreams of getting his favourite band back together.
homemcr.org
June 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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They’re sticking with their story that it was actually functional, as demoed, in June last year. I’ve got multiple sources in Apple engineering who tell me it wasn’t.

I am also equally sure that they eventually did get it running, and, as they say, results were poor.
June 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Various UK screenings now lined up for the new 4K restoration of The Quatermass Xperiment. If you're near Manchester, come to HOME on 16 June and join me and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social for a post-film chat!

hammerfilms.com/pages/book-y...
Quatermass - Book Your Tickets Now
Explore the chilling sci-fi classic that put Hammer on the map. The Quatermass Xperiment will be released at UK cinemas nationwide this June.
hammerfilms.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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If of interest, I have a Nigel Kneale podcast which covers Quatermass in some depth, and much more besides.

bergcast.room207press.com?m=1
BERGCAST
A podcast about Quatermass and all things Nigel Kneale from Jon Dear and Howard David Ingham
bergcast.room207press.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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thanks but i will pass
May 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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The brand new 4K remaster of The Quatermass Xperiment on the big screen in Manchester… plus post-screening discussion with me and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social!

homemcr.org/whats-on/393...
The Quatermass Xperiment + post-screening discussion (CTBA) — Hammer’s original sci-fi classic crash-lands on its 70th anniversary.
Hammer’s original sci-fi classic crash-lands on its 70th anniversary.
homemcr.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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New episode of BERGCAST!

My self and @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social hang out for a chat with Brian Cox! Well I say chat, neither of us get much of a word in. But so much the better!
BERGCAST - Episode 36 - Brian Cox
We're back with a new co-host and an amazing new guest in the shape of the GIANT that is Brian Cox. Andy and Jon talk to Brian about makin...
bergcast.room207press.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Good news, our friends at the BFI Southbank have moved our sold-out Quatermass London launch event with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social on May 19 to a larger space, allowing more people to attend. Extra tickets are now available from whatson.bfi.org.uk
April 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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We're pleased to announce that @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's long-awaited history of the The Quatermass Experiment will be published in May in trade paperback, along with a limited edition hardback with special cover artwork by @roberthack.bsky.social. Order now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Pretty much my life’s work this. And it’s crash landing pretty soon! I am beyond excited!!
We're pleased to announce that @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's long-awaited history of the The Quatermass Experiment will be published in May in trade paperback, along with a limited edition hardback with special cover artwork by @roberthack.bsky.social. Order now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Please can everyone listen to Geek Gods: Sir Ian Livingstone at 4pm and midnight please? Tell everyone about it too.
Radio 4 Extra : BBC Sounds thereafter.
February 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Doctor Who In Memoriam 2024.

Remembering people from the Doctor Who universe who died this year.

youtu.be/SKzqWWW763A
Doctor Who In Memoriam 2024
YouTube video by Toby Hadoke
youtu.be
January 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is how much I love @tobyhadoke.bsky.social and his podcasts. Top spot two years running in my listening chart!
November 20, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #970,339!

Bit slow out of the gate for this one…
September 17, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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Yesss.... 😂😂😂
October 6, 2023 at 3:53 AM