Gabe Chase
@spicoli323.bsky.social
"Sed qui influet ipso influeres?"
#STEM bro by day, chaos/order agnostic #wizard by night, #humanism and liberal arts #education always.
Elder millennial cis bi White male; he/him
#AI; #PopCulture; #Science; broadly #Left/ #LGBT/#DEI-friendly politics
#STEM bro by day, chaos/order agnostic #wizard by night, #humanism and liberal arts #education always.
Elder millennial cis bi White male; he/him
#AI; #PopCulture; #Science; broadly #Left/ #LGBT/#DEI-friendly politics
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheFourthDoctor
For many people, #TomBaker was the definitive Doctor (tho I don’t think there’s any such thing as a definitive Doctor). He’s had the longest tenure of any of them, 3 of his companions are all-time favourites, and he was the face of Who in 🇺🇸 through 2005. (1/5)
#TheFourthDoctor
For many people, #TomBaker was the definitive Doctor (tho I don’t think there’s any such thing as a definitive Doctor). He’s had the longest tenure of any of them, 3 of his companions are all-time favourites, and he was the face of Who in 🇺🇸 through 2005. (1/5)
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheFourthDoctor
For many people, #TomBaker was the definitive Doctor (tho I don’t think there’s any such thing as a definitive Doctor). He’s had the longest tenure of any of them, 3 of his companions are all-time favourites, and he was the face of Who in 🇺🇸 through 2005. (1/5)
#TheFourthDoctor
For many people, #TomBaker was the definitive Doctor (tho I don’t think there’s any such thing as a definitive Doctor). He’s had the longest tenure of any of them, 3 of his companions are all-time favourites, and he was the face of Who in 🇺🇸 through 2005. (1/5)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#DisplacedDinosaurs
The reference is to the somewhat infamous #InvasionoftheDinosaurs and its wild overestimation of the ability to portray the the title animals with technology available to the mid-70s BBC. (1/3)
#DisplacedDinosaurs
The reference is to the somewhat infamous #InvasionoftheDinosaurs and its wild overestimation of the ability to portray the the title animals with technology available to the mid-70s BBC. (1/3)
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#DisplacedDinosaurs
The reference is to the somewhat infamous #InvasionoftheDinosaurs and its wild overestimation of the ability to portray the the title animals with technology available to the mid-70s BBC. (1/3)
#DisplacedDinosaurs
The reference is to the somewhat infamous #InvasionoftheDinosaurs and its wild overestimation of the ability to portray the the title animals with technology available to the mid-70s BBC. (1/3)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#SarahJaneSmith
Sarah is one of the few companions more beloved than Jo: she arrived for 3's last season, but really she was the harbinger of 4's era, and their pairing brought the 1900s' second-highest density of great Who serials. As a complete #UNIT outsider, she catalyzed (1/3)
#SarahJaneSmith
Sarah is one of the few companions more beloved than Jo: she arrived for 3's last season, but really she was the harbinger of 4's era, and their pairing brought the 1900s' second-highest density of great Who serials. As a complete #UNIT outsider, she catalyzed (1/3)
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#SarahJaneSmith
Sarah is one of the few companions more beloved than Jo: she arrived for 3's last season, but really she was the harbinger of 4's era, and their pairing brought the 1900s' second-highest density of great Who serials. As a complete #UNIT outsider, she catalyzed (1/3)
#SarahJaneSmith
Sarah is one of the few companions more beloved than Jo: she arrived for 3's last season, but really she was the harbinger of 4's era, and their pairing brought the 1900s' second-highest density of great Who serials. As a complete #UNIT outsider, she catalyzed (1/3)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheSeaDevils
Not surprising that this would be the pick for 3's iconic story, though it wouldn't have been among my 1st 5 choices. Storywise it's a lesser remake of #TheSilurians: the Doctor has to deal with a race of lizard people native to Earth, whose interests run (1/4)
#TheSeaDevils
Not surprising that this would be the pick for 3's iconic story, though it wouldn't have been among my 1st 5 choices. Storywise it's a lesser remake of #TheSilurians: the Doctor has to deal with a race of lizard people native to Earth, whose interests run (1/4)
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheSeaDevils
Not surprising that this would be the pick for 3's iconic story, though it wouldn't have been among my 1st 5 choices. Storywise it's a lesser remake of #TheSilurians: the Doctor has to deal with a race of lizard people native to Earth, whose interests run (1/4)
#TheSeaDevils
Not surprising that this would be the pick for 3's iconic story, though it wouldn't have been among my 1st 5 choices. Storywise it's a lesser remake of #TheSilurians: the Doctor has to deal with a race of lizard people native to Earth, whose interests run (1/4)
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
#DoctorWho #MtG
#ReversethePolarity Fun scientific fact: it is technially possible to reverse the polarity of a neutron flow. If the neutrons are spin-polarized, the beam will transport spin angular momentum in one direction, and the polarity can be reversed either by flipping the spin of the (1/2)
#ReversethePolarity Fun scientific fact: it is technially possible to reverse the polarity of a neutron flow. If the neutrons are spin-polarized, the beam will transport spin angular momentum in one direction, and the polarity can be reversed either by flipping the spin of the (1/2)
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#ReversethePolarity Fun scientific fact: it is technially possible to reverse the polarity of a neutron flow. If the neutrons are spin-polarized, the beam will transport spin angular momentum in one direction, and the polarity can be reversed either by flipping the spin of the (1/2)
#ReversethePolarity Fun scientific fact: it is technially possible to reverse the polarity of a neutron flow. If the neutrons are spin-polarized, the beam will transport spin angular momentum in one direction, and the polarity can be reversed either by flipping the spin of the (1/2)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#JoGrant
Jo was 3's definitive companion; they had a father/daughter vibe that's never been exactly replicated in any subsequent pairings. #KatyManning had fantastic chemistry with both Pertwee and Delgado, and it's hard not to think that this era of the show would only (1/3)
#JoGrant
Jo was 3's definitive companion; they had a father/daughter vibe that's never been exactly replicated in any subsequent pairings. #KatyManning had fantastic chemistry with both Pertwee and Delgado, and it's hard not to think that this era of the show would only (1/3)
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#JoGrant
Jo was 3's definitive companion; they had a father/daughter vibe that's never been exactly replicated in any subsequent pairings. #KatyManning had fantastic chemistry with both Pertwee and Delgado, and it's hard not to think that this era of the show would only (1/3)
#JoGrant
Jo was 3's definitive companion; they had a father/daughter vibe that's never been exactly replicated in any subsequent pairings. #KatyManning had fantastic chemistry with both Pertwee and Delgado, and it's hard not to think that this era of the show would only (1/3)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheMaster,Mesmerist
#RogerDelgado's #Master was crafted as so perfect a foil to the #TheThirdDoctor that he may as well have emanated from the latter, and the two characters would always have a deep connection throughout their subsequent regenerations. Pertwee's and Delgado's (1/3)
#TheMaster,Mesmerist
#RogerDelgado's #Master was crafted as so perfect a foil to the #TheThirdDoctor that he may as well have emanated from the latter, and the two characters would always have a deep connection throughout their subsequent regenerations. Pertwee's and Delgado's (1/3)
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheMaster,Mesmerist
#RogerDelgado's #Master was crafted as so perfect a foil to the #TheThirdDoctor that he may as well have emanated from the latter, and the two characters would always have a deep connection throughout their subsequent regenerations. Pertwee's and Delgado's (1/3)
#TheMaster,Mesmerist
#RogerDelgado's #Master was crafted as so perfect a foil to the #TheThirdDoctor that he may as well have emanated from the latter, and the two characters would always have a deep connection throughout their subsequent regenerations. Pertwee's and Delgado's (1/3)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#Bessie,TheDoctor'sRoadster
A characteristically eccentric affectation of 3 was his car: a yellow roadster souped up with some sf features like super turbo speed and an electrostatic anti-theft system.
I wish they'd found a way to bring her back in a 21st-century episode (1/3)
#Bessie,TheDoctor'sRoadster
A characteristically eccentric affectation of 3 was his car: a yellow roadster souped up with some sf features like super turbo speed and an electrostatic anti-theft system.
I wish they'd found a way to bring her back in a 21st-century episode (1/3)
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#Bessie,TheDoctor'sRoadster
A characteristically eccentric affectation of 3 was his car: a yellow roadster souped up with some sf features like super turbo speed and an electrostatic anti-theft system.
I wish they'd found a way to bring her back in a 21st-century episode (1/3)
#Bessie,TheDoctor'sRoadster
A characteristically eccentric affectation of 3 was his car: a yellow roadster souped up with some sf features like super turbo speed and an electrostatic anti-theft system.
I wish they'd found a way to bring her back in a 21st-century episode (1/3)
#SergeantJohnBenton
Benton stands in for the whole #UNIT crew: the show’s biggest experiment with a recurring cast aside from the companions, rivaled only by the #RTD era. This includes #CarolineJohn’s #LizShaw, 3’s initial companion (though sadly she never gets to actually (1/5)
Benton stands in for the whole #UNIT crew: the show’s biggest experiment with a recurring cast aside from the companions, rivaled only by the #RTD era. This includes #CarolineJohn’s #LizShaw, 3’s initial companion (though sadly she never gets to actually (1/5)
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
#SergeantJohnBenton
Benton stands in for the whole #UNIT crew: the show’s biggest experiment with a recurring cast aside from the companions, rivaled only by the #RTD era. This includes #CarolineJohn’s #LizShaw, 3’s initial companion (though sadly she never gets to actually (1/5)
Benton stands in for the whole #UNIT crew: the show’s biggest experiment with a recurring cast aside from the companions, rivaled only by the #RTD era. This includes #CarolineJohn’s #LizShaw, 3’s initial companion (though sadly she never gets to actually (1/5)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheThirdDoctor
The art is amazing: looks like #JonPertwee ina scene that perfectly captures 3's personality.
3 is one of my least-favourite
Doctors, though this is partly by default: as arrogant and irascible as he could be, he was also kind and passionate about justice. (1/4)
#TheThirdDoctor
The art is amazing: looks like #JonPertwee ina scene that perfectly captures 3's personality.
3 is one of my least-favourite
Doctors, though this is partly by default: as arrogant and irascible as he could be, he was also kind and passionate about justice. (1/4)
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheThirdDoctor
The art is amazing: looks like #JonPertwee ina scene that perfectly captures 3's personality.
3 is one of my least-favourite
Doctors, though this is partly by default: as arrogant and irascible as he could be, he was also kind and passionate about justice. (1/4)
#TheThirdDoctor
The art is amazing: looks like #JonPertwee ina scene that perfectly captures 3's personality.
3 is one of my least-favourite
Doctors, though this is partly by default: as arrogant and irascible as he could be, he was also kind and passionate about justice. (1/4)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#AutonSoldier
The #Autons featured in only 3 episodes, the 1st 2 being the 1st 2 in a long line of all-time great stories penned by #RobertHolmes. They always heralded big events: #TheSpearheadfromSpace introduced the #ThirdDoctor, his Earthbound setting with #UNIT, and the (1/3)
#AutonSoldier
The #Autons featured in only 3 episodes, the 1st 2 being the 1st 2 in a long line of all-time great stories penned by #RobertHolmes. They always heralded big events: #TheSpearheadfromSpace introduced the #ThirdDoctor, his Earthbound setting with #UNIT, and the (1/3)
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#AutonSoldier
The #Autons featured in only 3 episodes, the 1st 2 being the 1st 2 in a long line of all-time great stories penned by #RobertHolmes. They always heralded big events: #TheSpearheadfromSpace introduced the #ThirdDoctor, his Earthbound setting with #UNIT, and the (1/3)
#AutonSoldier
The #Autons featured in only 3 episodes, the 1st 2 being the 1st 2 in a long line of all-time great stories penned by #RobertHolmes. They always heralded big events: #TheSpearheadfromSpace introduced the #ThirdDoctor, his Earthbound setting with #UNIT, and the (1/3)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheWarGames
A grand close to the #SecondDoctor era, an exception to my general rule about 6+ parters. This barely ever drags at 10 episodes, and as for padding, only 2 epsodes of material at most could reasonably be cut. It's a fitting way to sum 2 up and it ends with the (1/3)
#TheWarGames
A grand close to the #SecondDoctor era, an exception to my general rule about 6+ parters. This barely ever drags at 10 episodes, and as for padding, only 2 epsodes of material at most could reasonably be cut. It's a fitting way to sum 2 up and it ends with the (1/3)
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheWarGames
A grand close to the #SecondDoctor era, an exception to my general rule about 6+ parters. This barely ever drags at 10 episodes, and as for padding, only 2 epsodes of material at most could reasonably be cut. It's a fitting way to sum 2 up and it ends with the (1/3)
#TheWarGames
A grand close to the #SecondDoctor era, an exception to my general rule about 6+ parters. This barely ever drags at 10 episodes, and as for padding, only 2 epsodes of material at most could reasonably be cut. It's a fitting way to sum 2 up and it ends with the (1/3)
"Employees must smile if less than 10 feet from a customer."
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Employees must smile if less than 10 feet from a customer."
#DoctorWho #MtG
#Cybership
Overexposed like the Daleks before them, #Cybermen would take the entirety of 3's era off. Over the ensuing years, they would return for the least-loved story of 4's 1st year and contenders for same among each of 6's and 7's stories overall.
Only 5 would have a real (1/3)
#Cybership
Overexposed like the Daleks before them, #Cybermen would take the entirety of 3's era off. Over the ensuing years, they would return for the least-loved story of 4's 1st year and contenders for same among each of 6's and 7's stories overall.
Only 5 would have a real (1/3)
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#Cybership
Overexposed like the Daleks before them, #Cybermen would take the entirety of 3's era off. Over the ensuing years, they would return for the least-loved story of 4's 1st year and contenders for same among each of 6's and 7's stories overall.
Only 5 would have a real (1/3)
#Cybership
Overexposed like the Daleks before them, #Cybermen would take the entirety of 3's era off. Over the ensuing years, they would return for the least-loved story of 4's 1st year and contenders for same among each of 6's and 7's stories overall.
Only 5 would have a real (1/3)
"Ewww, Daddy! It tastes like Grandma!" 🤢
"Holy Moses! It DOES taste like Grandma!" 🤮
"I want more!"
"Yeah, me too!"
"Holy Moses! It DOES taste like Grandma!" 🤮
"I want more!"
"Yeah, me too!"
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Ewww, Daddy! It tastes like Grandma!" 🤢
"Holy Moses! It DOES taste like Grandma!" 🤮
"I want more!"
"Yeah, me too!"
"Holy Moses! It DOES taste like Grandma!" 🤮
"I want more!"
"Yeah, me too!"
#DoctorWho #MtG
The iconic #SonicScrewdriver was supposedly introduced to relieve the tedium of watching the Doctor figure out how to escape from lockup. This is kind of dubious since the forces that keep the Doctor in traps they have to think their way out of originate with TV content needs (1/4)
The iconic #SonicScrewdriver was supposedly introduced to relieve the tedium of watching the Doctor figure out how to escape from lockup. This is kind of dubious since the forces that keep the Doctor in traps they have to think their way out of originate with TV content needs (1/4)
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
The iconic #SonicScrewdriver was supposedly introduced to relieve the tedium of watching the Doctor figure out how to escape from lockup. This is kind of dubious since the forces that keep the Doctor in traps they have to think their way out of originate with TV content needs (1/4)
The iconic #SonicScrewdriver was supposedly introduced to relieve the tedium of watching the Doctor figure out how to escape from lockup. This is kind of dubious since the forces that keep the Doctor in traps they have to think their way out of originate with TV content needs (1/4)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#Alistair,theBrigadier
The #ThirdDoctor era of the show began early with the introduction of #NicholasCourtney's Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
Courtney had history with the show: he appeared as a different character in 1's The Daleks' Master Plan, though that performance (1/4)
#Alistair,theBrigadier
The #ThirdDoctor era of the show began early with the introduction of #NicholasCourtney's Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
Courtney had history with the show: he appeared as a different character in 1's The Daleks' Master Plan, though that performance (1/4)
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#Alistair,theBrigadier
The #ThirdDoctor era of the show began early with the introduction of #NicholasCourtney's Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
Courtney had history with the show: he appeared as a different character in 1's The Daleks' Master Plan, though that performance (1/4)
#Alistair,theBrigadier
The #ThirdDoctor era of the show began early with the introduction of #NicholasCourtney's Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
Courtney had history with the show: he appeared as a different character in 1's The Daleks' Master Plan, though that performance (1/4)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#GreatIntelligence'sPlan
#TheGreatIntelligence was introduced as a Lovecraftian force commanding robot Yeti in #TheAbominableSnowmen, who returned to stalk the London Underground in #TheWebofFear.
Nearly 50 years later, #StevenMoffat brought it back for #TheSnowmen, (1/3)
#GreatIntelligence'sPlan
#TheGreatIntelligence was introduced as a Lovecraftian force commanding robot Yeti in #TheAbominableSnowmen, who returned to stalk the London Underground in #TheWebofFear.
Nearly 50 years later, #StevenMoffat brought it back for #TheSnowmen, (1/3)
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#GreatIntelligence'sPlan
#TheGreatIntelligence was introduced as a Lovecraftian force commanding robot Yeti in #TheAbominableSnowmen, who returned to stalk the London Underground in #TheWebofFear.
Nearly 50 years later, #StevenMoffat brought it back for #TheSnowmen, (1/3)
#GreatIntelligence'sPlan
#TheGreatIntelligence was introduced as a Lovecraftian force commanding robot Yeti in #TheAbominableSnowmen, who returned to stalk the London Underground in #TheWebofFear.
Nearly 50 years later, #StevenMoffat brought it back for #TheSnowmen, (1/3)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheCyber-Controller
With the Daleks out of play, the #Cybermen were the iconic villain of the #SecondDoctor era, featured in 4 stories: #TheMoonbase, #TheTomboftheCybermen, #TheWheelinSpace, and #TheInvasion.
The second of these is the only 60s Cybermen story without missing (1/3)
#TheCyber-Controller
With the Daleks out of play, the #Cybermen were the iconic villain of the #SecondDoctor era, featured in 4 stories: #TheMoonbase, #TheTomboftheCybermen, #TheWheelinSpace, and #TheInvasion.
The second of these is the only 60s Cybermen story without missing (1/3)
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheCyber-Controller
With the Daleks out of play, the #Cybermen were the iconic villain of the #SecondDoctor era, featured in 4 stories: #TheMoonbase, #TheTomboftheCybermen, #TheWheelinSpace, and #TheInvasion.
The second of these is the only 60s Cybermen story without missing (1/3)
#TheCyber-Controller
With the Daleks out of play, the #Cybermen were the iconic villain of the #SecondDoctor era, featured in 4 stories: #TheMoonbase, #TheTomboftheCybermen, #TheWheelinSpace, and #TheInvasion.
The second of these is the only 60s Cybermen story without missing (1/3)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheDalekEmperor made its TV debut in #TheEviloftheDaleks, which isn't quite up to the level of Power but still probably the fourth-best #Dalek story of the 20th century, with a fascinating alchemical angle courtesy of writer #DavidWhitaker. It was also the last 60s Dalek (1/4)
#TheDalekEmperor made its TV debut in #TheEviloftheDaleks, which isn't quite up to the level of Power but still probably the fourth-best #Dalek story of the 20th century, with a fascinating alchemical angle courtesy of writer #DavidWhitaker. It was also the last 60s Dalek (1/4)
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#TheDalekEmperor made its TV debut in #TheEviloftheDaleks, which isn't quite up to the level of Power but still probably the fourth-best #Dalek story of the 20th century, with a fascinating alchemical angle courtesy of writer #DavidWhitaker. It was also the last 60s Dalek (1/4)
#TheDalekEmperor made its TV debut in #TheEviloftheDaleks, which isn't quite up to the level of Power but still probably the fourth-best #Dalek story of the 20th century, with a fascinating alchemical angle courtesy of writer #DavidWhitaker. It was also the last 60s Dalek (1/4)
Post a bird announcing that Dick Cheney is dead.
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Post a bird announcing that Dick Cheney is dead.
#DoctorWho #MtG
#JamieMcCrimmon
#FrazerHines’s Jamie is remembered as 2’s constant companion: Hines joined the show within Troughton’s first couple stories and they left the show at the same time. But for almost all that time, the TARDIS crew also included either #Victoria (#DeborahWatling) (1/4)
#JamieMcCrimmon
#FrazerHines’s Jamie is remembered as 2’s constant companion: Hines joined the show within Troughton’s first couple stories and they left the show at the same time. But for almost all that time, the TARDIS crew also included either #Victoria (#DeborahWatling) (1/4)
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#JamieMcCrimmon
#FrazerHines’s Jamie is remembered as 2’s constant companion: Hines joined the show within Troughton’s first couple stories and they left the show at the same time. But for almost all that time, the TARDIS crew also included either #Victoria (#DeborahWatling) (1/4)
#JamieMcCrimmon
#FrazerHines’s Jamie is remembered as 2’s constant companion: Hines joined the show within Troughton’s first couple stories and they left the show at the same time. But for almost all that time, the TARDIS crew also included either #Victoria (#DeborahWatling) (1/4)
#DoctorWho #MtG
#FiveHundredYearDiary
There isn’t much to it in-universe: it exists as a resource for the Doctor to reference events from past regenerations, and as a marker for how their existence spans centuries and lifetimes.
2 was known for stories of bases under siege (1/4)
#FiveHundredYearDiary
There isn’t much to it in-universe: it exists as a resource for the Doctor to reference events from past regenerations, and as a marker for how their existence spans centuries and lifetimes.
2 was known for stories of bases under siege (1/4)
November 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#DoctorWho #MtG
#FiveHundredYearDiary
There isn’t much to it in-universe: it exists as a resource for the Doctor to reference events from past regenerations, and as a marker for how their existence spans centuries and lifetimes.
2 was known for stories of bases under siege (1/4)
#FiveHundredYearDiary
There isn’t much to it in-universe: it exists as a resource for the Doctor to reference events from past regenerations, and as a marker for how their existence spans centuries and lifetimes.
2 was known for stories of bases under siege (1/4)