Tim Dickinson
@thetimdickinson.bsky.social
https://pinkforyouractualpterodactyl.com/
That chair guy.
25 years in arts education, Spurs/Plymouth Argyle supporter. Dad.
Mention of Doctor Who | Blake's 7 | Pebble Mill | Whistle Test and I'll be there.
No access to DM's/chat.
That chair guy.
25 years in arts education, Spurs/Plymouth Argyle supporter. Dad.
Mention of Doctor Who | Blake's 7 | Pebble Mill | Whistle Test and I'll be there.
No access to DM's/chat.
Happy Doctor Who day everyone!
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Happy Doctor Who day everyone!
Nothing to do with pasta, but a new Darrow chair to spot! DS35 High Back Executive Swivel Office/ Lounge Chair by De Sede
(Sorry, couldn’t resist it.)
(Sorry, couldn’t resist it.)
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Nothing to do with pasta, but a new Darrow chair to spot! DS35 High Back Executive Swivel Office/ Lounge Chair by De Sede
(Sorry, couldn’t resist it.)
(Sorry, couldn’t resist it.)
Hope everyone going to the #blakes7 screening at the BFI has a most excellent time. Flippin’ annoyed that I can’t be there, but fingers crossed for series C.
The two episodes are lite on chairs,
but I’m sure you’ll keep an eye open for the Chadwick sofa in Redemption 😂😂
The two episodes are lite on chairs,
but I’m sure you’ll keep an eye open for the Chadwick sofa in Redemption 😂😂
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope everyone going to the #blakes7 screening at the BFI has a most excellent time. Flippin’ annoyed that I can’t be there, but fingers crossed for series C.
The two episodes are lite on chairs,
but I’m sure you’ll keep an eye open for the Chadwick sofa in Redemption 😂😂
The two episodes are lite on chairs,
but I’m sure you’ll keep an eye open for the Chadwick sofa in Redemption 😂😂
The most tragic aspect is that my blog stats have shot up from 2-3 people per day, to the whole population of the Vatican City. 😂
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The most tragic aspect is that my blog stats have shot up from 2-3 people per day, to the whole population of the Vatican City. 😂
This is very surreal.
It beats the moment some obsessive helped Jon Kay find the BBC Breakfast Time sofa of 1983. 😂
It beats the moment some obsessive helped Jon Kay find the BBC Breakfast Time sofa of 1983. 😂
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is very surreal.
It beats the moment some obsessive helped Jon Kay find the BBC Breakfast Time sofa of 1983. 😂
It beats the moment some obsessive helped Jon Kay find the BBC Breakfast Time sofa of 1983. 😂
Listening to Miles Davis ‘Sivad’ from 1971 ‘Live/Evil’ tonight, in memory of one of the great drummers, Jack DeJohnette.
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Listening to Miles Davis ‘Sivad’ from 1971 ‘Live/Evil’ tonight, in memory of one of the great drummers, Jack DeJohnette.
Did someone say Strictly Come Dancing were looking for two new hosts?
October 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Did someone say Strictly Come Dancing were looking for two new hosts?
The Chairs of Doctor Who - new chair day!
In fact, two from 'Dragonfire'. This first one is an
‘Etruscan’ chair, by Danny Lane, designed in 1984.
Also, the elusive French wire chair, circa 1950.
Post updated. pinkforyouractualpterodactyl.com/2020/02/24/t...
In fact, two from 'Dragonfire'. This first one is an
‘Etruscan’ chair, by Danny Lane, designed in 1984.
Also, the elusive French wire chair, circa 1950.
Post updated. pinkforyouractualpterodactyl.com/2020/02/24/t...
October 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Chairs of Doctor Who - new chair day!
In fact, two from 'Dragonfire'. This first one is an
‘Etruscan’ chair, by Danny Lane, designed in 1984.
Also, the elusive French wire chair, circa 1950.
Post updated. pinkforyouractualpterodactyl.com/2020/02/24/t...
In fact, two from 'Dragonfire'. This first one is an
‘Etruscan’ chair, by Danny Lane, designed in 1984.
Also, the elusive French wire chair, circa 1950.
Post updated. pinkforyouractualpterodactyl.com/2020/02/24/t...
It took me ages, but finally read @cutawaycomics.bsky.social Inferno prequel. I can now perfect the Stahlmann stare. Excellent stuff from Gary Russell, and John Ridgeway, who was ‘My Doctor’ in terms of comic strip, in the 80s. Great world building and poor old Harry Slocum.
October 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It took me ages, but finally read @cutawaycomics.bsky.social Inferno prequel. I can now perfect the Stahlmann stare. Excellent stuff from Gary Russell, and John Ridgeway, who was ‘My Doctor’ in terms of comic strip, in the 80s. Great world building and poor old Harry Slocum.
One of Plymouth's finest.
Beryl Cook was also one of its frequent patrons.
It's great - and bringing the chips in is essential. I feel your joy/pain.
Beryl Cook was also one of its frequent patrons.
It's great - and bringing the chips in is essential. I feel your joy/pain.
October 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One of Plymouth's finest.
Beryl Cook was also one of its frequent patrons.
It's great - and bringing the chips in is essential. I feel your joy/pain.
Beryl Cook was also one of its frequent patrons.
It's great - and bringing the chips in is essential. I feel your joy/pain.
Great stuff as always. Just a thought, could the panel seen in the Marshall’s module not be smaller, but possibly the same panel. It might continue underneath the horizontal panel, but it is obscured? 🤷
September 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Great stuff as always. Just a thought, could the panel seen in the Marshall’s module not be smaller, but possibly the same panel. It might continue underneath the horizontal panel, but it is obscured? 🤷
I thought I'd use some photos I took on a recent trip to Hound Tor to recreate the making of The Sontaran Experiment.
Anything to distract me from the state of the world, the erosion of the BBC, reasoned arguments, you know, that kind of thing.
Anything to distract me from the state of the world, the erosion of the BBC, reasoned arguments, you know, that kind of thing.
September 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I thought I'd use some photos I took on a recent trip to Hound Tor to recreate the making of The Sontaran Experiment.
Anything to distract me from the state of the world, the erosion of the BBC, reasoned arguments, you know, that kind of thing.
Anything to distract me from the state of the world, the erosion of the BBC, reasoned arguments, you know, that kind of thing.
Took the 4 year old to a Lego festival today.
September 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Took the 4 year old to a Lego festival today.
15/ References.
www.longwittenham.com
www.hermit.org/b7/Episodes/...
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
www.francisfrith.com/long-wittenh...
www.longwittenham.com
www.hermit.org/b7/Episodes/...
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
www.francisfrith.com/long-wittenh...
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
14/ So, there you have it. Church Cottage - a hideaway for a Federation that had churches all destroyed at the beginning of the New Calendar.
Proof that “It WAS here. Everybody knows it was here.”
Proof that “It WAS here. Everybody knows it was here.”
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
14/ So, there you have it. Church Cottage - a hideaway for a Federation that had churches all destroyed at the beginning of the New Calendar.
Proof that “It WAS here. Everybody knows it was here.”
Proof that “It WAS here. Everybody knows it was here.”
13/ Even one of the smashed windows matched the version filmed in 1978.
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
13/ Even one of the smashed windows matched the version filmed in 1978.
12/ And while the roof and rendering might have been updated over the decades, and the stack for the end chimney had disappeared, the variation of light and dark brick patterns on the other chimney provided was the clincher.
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
12/ And while the roof and rendering might have been updated over the decades, and the stack for the end chimney had disappeared, the variation of light and dark brick patterns on the other chimney provided was the clincher.
11/ And, there it was. Hidden in plain sight! The thatched cottage seen in Pressure Point!
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
11/ And, there it was. Hidden in plain sight! The thatched cottage seen in Pressure Point!
10/ A bit of twiddling with the time machine function on Google Street View, married up with evidence that the cottage had been substantially altered and renovated over the last 15-20 years. Given that I was looking for a grade II listed building, I had discounted the possibility of this.
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
10/ A bit of twiddling with the time machine function on Google Street View, married up with evidence that the cottage had been substantially altered and renovated over the last 15-20 years. Given that I was looking for a grade II listed building, I had discounted the possibility of this.
09/ This cottage doesn’t look like the hideaway seen in Blake’s 7. It’s got two upper windows and one brick chimney. However, a further Google search for 'Church Path, Long Wittenham', revealed a Historic England listing for a ‘Church Cottage’ - identical to the one seen in ‘Pressure Point’!
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
09/ This cottage doesn’t look like the hideaway seen in Blake’s 7. It’s got two upper windows and one brick chimney. However, a further Google search for 'Church Path, Long Wittenham', revealed a Historic England listing for a ‘Church Cottage’ - identical to the one seen in ‘Pressure Point’!
08/ Then I remembered the line from Travis, about how “the real thing becomes undetectable, virtually invisible.” Little did I know that, at that precise moment in time, I was staring right at it.
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
08/ Then I remembered the line from Travis, about how “the real thing becomes undetectable, virtually invisible.” Little did I know that, at that precise moment in time, I was staring right at it.
07/ I kept in mind that times change, and that the cottage may have been demolished, after all, it looked derelict in 1978. Perhaps the rendering or roof had changed? But it was no luck. I couldn’t find a match. I sank to my knees, as Avon said to me, “There’s nothing here. Nothing!”
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
07/ I kept in mind that times change, and that the cottage may have been demolished, after all, it looked derelict in 1978. Perhaps the rendering or roof had changed? But it was no luck. I couldn’t find a match. I sank to my knees, as Avon said to me, “There’s nothing here. Nothing!”
06/ And there was plenty of material to study, from Francis Frith to the Long Wittenham History Group.
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
06/ And there was plenty of material to study, from Francis Frith to the Long Wittenham History Group.