As a child my son was terrified of water. Before being statemented with Aspergers. I had to attend his swim classes just in case he vanished!
This week he went ocean diving with sharks and all sorts above a collosal trench. Between North Wales and Dublin.
#dadlife
#aspergers
OTD 1988... Red Dwarf first appeared on British TV. Amazing to think how its managed to come back and remain so loved and so funny. Who else remembers seeing the opening episode?
#reddwarf
#RedDwarf
#boysfromthedwarf
At last - at long long last the "13th Doctor" is f***ing TOAST! 4 years of lazy mediocrity; of fingers wagging and gurning all over. Good riddance
#JodieWhittaker
Sorry Bryan Ferry...but your time as coolest man in the world is over:
Paul McGann has so much gravitas it's a wonder the Earth can stay on its axis when he just does an ad voice-over.
#doctorwho
@StarWhovian
I don't disagree with his point... BUT...
Isn't this the same guy who actually advised people switch off and "touch grass" just a couple of weeks ago?
I've believed in him solidly since the start. Excited by the prospect of a next to unknown...
But in 4 days this grinning, preening gonad has torpedoed any real chance for success the restart of
#DoctorWho
had with the general audience.
In one bone headed interview.
What a disastrous start for the new era of
#DoctorWho
in the consolidated ratings!
Seems to me the BBC really have pissed in their own pool a few too many times.
The British public showing no interest in returning to it anytime soon. Sad day for the series and its fans.
Out in the cold! It's one thing for
#DoctorWho
overnights to be disappointingly low. Our habits have indeed evolved.
But when no bugger can be arsed catching up on iPLAYER either? Yielding pitiful consolidated figures?
I'm afraid there's no ducking the reality: this is BAD 😔
Not watching
#DoctorWho
live anymore, after decades of never missing it jolts. But was neccessary.
Coming here; seeing widespread despair following yet another turd? Is horrible. Most have clearly had their weekends ruined AGAIN. Will there be anything left to save by 2023?
@BoundingComics
Historians and academics say one thing...
... but this actress: who make believes for a living, says another!??!!! 🤔
I know who I take seriously on the matter.
The time has come...
For me to add "Star Wars" to the list of muted words on this platform.
Good luck to anyone still invested in any of it, one way or another. I have all I need and memories that'll last me.
"I think what she's brought is a Doctor who is full of hope, and positivity and generosity"
Chris Chibnall and the cast of
#DoctorWho
celebrate Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor
Read more ➡️
Staggering.
... not quite the biggest downgrade in the history of the Sonic Screwdriver. But close.
What the **** are they thinking? Just when things were looking so promising 😬
Who was
#rogue
?
Who cares???!!!!!
I hear Groff is a huge talent. You'd have thought they'd at least have tried for the pretense of him actually having a character to play?
#DoctorWho
riggt back to Chibnall levels of tedium and twattishness.
Funny! I've spent several wks posting very upbeat things; generous & hopeful takes on the 6 eps starring Ncuti as the Doctor. And what he's doing in the role.
Soon as I say something negative? Brings all manner of folks out of hiding. With their slurs and threats.
#DoctorWho
You know, whatever one feels about issues of the day?
A week on, doesn't it seem wrong on the premiere of the 60th anniversary event series there was little reverence to 60yrs of
#DoctorWho
? None of the conversations concerned the celebratory angle.
Only ideology.
🤞for Wk2
Where has the drama, flair and use of Typography gone from DWM covers in recent yrs?
There are 1,000's of us design pro's out here who would've nailed this historic cover.
The cover price is now so high too! Sell as a premium product, only if one can deliver premium standards.
Fortnite publish main Doctor Who key art, rewinding back... to this precise season?
Along with the slow creeping back in of legacy, pre Chibnall branding on merchandise packaging, this should scream volumes!
Timey-wimey the last three, trainwreck seasons🍻
#doctorwho
Okay - held my tongue BUT...
WTF are they doing to
#StrangeNewWorlds
? S1 showed huge promise. 2nd has been mostly awful: slow, derivative without the spirit of just a yr ago.
Now the sure sign of being out of ideas: the musical episode? ALREADY!!!!
What a wasted opportunity
So, what exactly was the point of "Azure"?
Waiting and waiting, week after week for her to do or say something: ANYTHING! If the BBC are so cash strapped, surely this was a waste of an entire paycheck?
#DoctorWhoFlux
From the man who insists Jinkx Monsoon is the biggest star in the world. And the villain in 73 Yards was the most amazing in the series history.
I won't get my hopes up.
So, I was wrong.
#NcutiGatwa
HAS become the Doctor after all. He was energetic, fascinating and riveting, and new in the
#DoctorWho
launch episodes.
With plenty of room to grow too.
Could be the start of something great.
Delighted to see, hear and say
#thedoctor
is back!
Chris Chibnall says he’s “proud” of his time on Doctor Who and "totally fine" with fans' mixed reactions
"We knew that going in. You don't cast the first female Doctor if you're thinking you're going to go in and just do the same as has been done before."
@DevinHS13
A bizarre take Devin. Cant be many still left living in this bewilderment?
Where the Chibnall era and Jodie's excruciating performance hadn't killed interest in the series practically stone dead!? THAT was the blunder.
No Tennant = No RTD = No All-New Doctor Who = No Ncuti.
I had a really good time with The Star Beast!! For vast majority of its run time. Loved it in fact!! Right up until the last 10mins.
Others less so. We all got together to chat about it, live that night. No one died because people of opposing views talked about the telly 👍👇
@MrJohnDorney
"Trolls of Doctor Who fandom?"
They're potential customers. Yours too?
I completely disavow pestering Kempner (or anyone) But "this" isn't an accurate representation of what went down this week.
Tired of seeing some portray this fandom as a great unwashed rabble of serfs.
In the glow of that last TV Movie being so great? I'd forgot there was further Red Dwarf goodness on the way! Thank you
@DougRDNaylor
for never letting the fans down. Always innovating yet staying true to the characters; the appeal of the show. And its still funny AF 👍
RED DWARF: THE FIRST THREE MILLION YEARS
An epic, three-part documentary about the history of
#RedDwarf
, coming exclusively to
@davechannel
in August!
Read all about it:
@bbcpress
From being a hugely loved pop culture touchstone, with family appeal, a loyal fanbase and the goodwill of the broader viewing public...
To a barely watched, preachy woke fest, a majority of even fans can't stand and next to no one under 18 has heard of.
Well done Jodie.
Just seen that
#StarTrek
VI: The Undiscovered Country is 30 ( yes, 30!!!!) years old today. A terrific, fun film that has me gripped and grinning with every watch.
Sadly, they don't make 'em like this anymore. The late, great Christopher Plummer and ever awesome
@WilliamShatner
Wishing my Doctor, Peter Davison a very Happy 71st birthday!
Forty Years ago he was about to begin recording the 20th season the series.
All this time & space later, and he's still entertaining the 8 year old me.
#DoctorWho
Just to make it clear: no. I don't blame an actor for the bad writing. I blame the writer.
But I do blame the actor for all the bad acting.
Quite why I have to spell this out, practically weekly I have no idea. Perfectly logical.
#DoctorWho
#ThePowerOfTheDoctor
Remembering rock hero Michael Hutchence of INXS. Gone a staggering 25 years ago today.
One of the saddest stories I remember breaking. A ferociously talented man and so full of life.
#MichaelHutchence
#INXS
Okay, when they say holidays they mean Christmas...
CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS 👍🏻
It's not a dirty word...
From 1963 to 2017 the series was about a man in a box, doing what he could to make life across the universe and throughout history that little bit better.
Then it suddenly became "about change"
And now we appear to have a new mantra that must be repeated.
A friend just reminded me!
42 years ago today this was broadcast. And I went through a transformation of my own:
From a viewer to
#doctorwho
fan. For life! Haha
"….the moment had been prepared for"
I'm allowed to gloat. It's justified. One tweet haha
She made my very favourite show practically unwatchable for over 4 years. Completely miscast and adversarial towards the very fans who'd built it up.
Other opinions are available. And I respect them.
But this is mine ✌️❤️
Plot device after mystery box after plot device after mystery box.
Pretentious, nonsensical, noisy and still so boring? I've enjoyed style over substance, now and again myself. Who hasn't?
But where WAS the style in this either?
Thank Flux it's over.
#DrWho
#DoctorWhoFlux
@RadioTimes
I'm not a man of faith, but if there is a God?
This absolutely will happen
Maybe Chibnall has already been tipped off? 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Its what the majority of the fandom wants and the only real hope of winning the general public back.
#hartnellfirst
#DoctorWho
Because the Timeless Child was a load of old bollocks.
Cooked up by lazy no talents over a boozy lunch! Probably assuming someone would stop them upstairs.
And as none of it was seen on screen, but this👇 and countless other contradictions were? We write it off.
#DoctorWho
Impressed myself, how disciplined I've been by keeping the Blake's 7 Annual 1982 for Christmas Day!!! My gift from me to me haha 😄
Can't wait to make my way through it. Congratulations all involved and
#MerryChristmas
to all B7 fans 🎅
@cult_edge
#Blakes7
#scifi
#80s
#books
@Nina7Infinity
Agreed. Uhura should always be smoking hot.
Nothing against this woman. Never seen her act, but it's like casting Mr Bean to play Conan the Barbarian.
Spelling this politely out: I've sympathy for those genuinely losing their Doctor now. There are some; we've all been there. Enjoy the finale!
However: I'll continue to speak my mind, give my views and back 'em up. Especially when slurred & called nasty names ✌️
#doctorwho
@GoldenAgeGeeks
It was a pathetic opinion piece. By someone with barely a surface level of understanding, slinging around all the usual insults.
Shame on them.
Robbie Coltrane (1950-2022)
Perhaps more known as Hagrid than anything in his 40yr career. To me he will always be Fitz, in Jimmy McGovern's superb crime drama Cracker.
Fun to spot Robbie in such as The Young Ones and (very briefly) Flash Gordon. Big guy with big talent.
My Grandma was the most extraordinary woman.
She set me a shining example and understood more about human nature and values than I feel I ever will.
Gone 5 years. Yet seems to still manage to make me laugh, most days.
#family
Despite publishing an generally very upbeat, positive review of The Star Beast? The first proper episode of DW in years!!
The angelic far lefty side to fandom STILL spent all yesterday giving me a hard time. As a content creator, simply for not being 100% positive. Ridiculous😂
Another ghastly promo image that tells one nothing and just reminds of the things that never worked in the previous 22 episodes...
With a subtitle that sounds like one of those smartphone based games nobody plays. Hurry up Bad Wolf ffs.
Ecstatic that this telly gem is coming to
#bluray
at last! In full.
Jon Pertwee in Worzel Gummidge: now completely rebuilt from original, once lost negs.
If you're a
#DoctorWho
fan, born too late? Or just love
#classictv
It'll be a treat, looking it's best 🙏
#worzelgummidge
40 years ago today, I felt like MY Doctor had arrived as Castrovalva Pt1 aired.
Peter Davison's era solidified my obsession. Due in no small part to his lightness of touch & fresh energy right for the brighter, neon-tubed early 80's.
Where has the time gone?!
#FiveyAt40
That's me done...
Today was the last day of my forties! Snfff, snfff 😳🫡
What a decade it proved to be. Undoubtedly, the worst of times. Yet I've a lot to be thankful for in the here and now.
I'll let you know my early review on the fifties when I return haha. Cheers chums 🎂
Oh, I've lost three followers today whilst I've been at the day job.
Is it because I said I wouldn't be taking the piss out of Chris Chibnall's
#DoctorWho
for a few days?
Or because I did, in the first place!?!?!
Who knowwwws....
12hrs on - and I keep remembering elements from
#ThePowerOfTheDoctor
that absolutely went nowhere. Made no sense. And characters that did nothing.
Bzzzzzz!!!
At least Chibnall and co have all gone now.
#DoctorWho
That BBC response to the many complaints from viewers over scenes in the episode " Can You Hear Me?"
All sounds rather hollow and as clueless as the original script to me, but nowadays any response from them is a minor miracle.
#DoctorWho
#Tardis
#doctorwho
َ
Yesterday it was the Radio Times ... and today... another slating. Pity it's taken things to get THIS bad for the mainstream to start calling it like it is! 👇😔
#DoctorWho
My son Luke is inspirational.
A dedicated, talented young man. Who's just completed the first, 3 year part of his Architectural degree.
The intensity of it all has proven too much for some of his peers. And he's been there, supporting them too.
This wonderful man is my son.
@pipmadeley
@EdinburghTVFest
Thing is Pip, that evening into the next day? NO ONE was talking about the ex Doctor.
It was all about the return of this massively popular actor to the role that made him a household name. Even normies were buzzing, expressly about Tennant.
@EdinburghTVFest
read the room 👍
Doors open to our online cinema on December 1st! With just 3 days to go have you signed up yet? Do it now at then spread the word folks, our usherettes are waiting to greet you! It's a ‘Catch Up’ we’ve all been waiting for….
Based on 4 years experience, was anyone really expecting the title of Chris Chibnall's final
#DoctorWho
episode NOT to be awful...? 😬
#thepowerofthedoctor
We're co-ordinating the edit of a special
#DoctorWho
podcast/video with a true original creative.
Who's NEVER spoken at this length, publicly.
It's a privilege to be trusted to bring you their story of working on the show. Coming soon to
@Type40drwho
#podcast
#scififantasy
@StarWhovian
This man and his views; his beliefs are irrelevant.
We saw end results and his version of Doctor Who was pathetic. Rejected by audiences and certain to be forgotten by practically everyone, in record time.
I wish him no ill. But don't give a flying F what he thinks or says.
A few short wks ago, certain Tweeters were demanding Clarkson be fired and his head on a stick over a verbose, tongue in cheek article he'd written.
Now? Its the exact same people defending Linekar and his right to say and publish whatever the hell he likes.
Make your mind up.
@TNThorne1970
Now this is a quote; the quote that could very well come back to haunt our new star.
What a pity to read this nonsense.
Millie is very young and impressionable, I don't doubt. But it's still a concrete indicator of real cause for concern for Season 1 next year.
Oh and we'll be doing EXACTLY the same thing... this coming Saturday after Special
#2
...!!
Not being intimidated by these clowns.
Real debate. Real opinions. Real fandom.
Despite publishing an generally very upbeat, positive review of The Star Beast? The first proper episode of DW in years!!
The angelic far lefty side to fandom STILL spent all yesterday giving me a hard time. As a content creator, simply for not being 100% positive. Ridiculous😂
Can I please request people stop sending me reviews, clips & content from places about the Doctor Who specials?
I love hearing from people!
But I've been waiting a very long time for these episodes. As have we all! I want to form my own views free of prejudice. Thankyou 👍
Is there a single day of the week where the same few Jodie Whittaker fans aren't totally melting down over something or other?
Some great perceived injustice; some fact of reality?
Honestly, it's so concerning. Sincerely, get help. Get some fresh air?! Get well.
#doctorwho
Happy
#DoctorWhoDay
to Time Lords, Companions and even Daleks out there! And to my hero himself.
Still one of my very favourite images in the history of the entire show. Nearly 4 decades since I first saw it in Radio Times.
#DoctorWho58
#DrWho
#DoctorWhoDay
@Type40drwho