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Andy Hicks

@dystopiandy.bsky.social

Emmy-winning TV producer. Award-winning radio and podcast producer. Composer/lyricist. Essayist for OUTSIDE IN. Occasionally he's a Doctor Who YouTuber/song parodist named Sycorax Rock. andyrobotmedia.com

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Latest posts by dystopiandy.bsky.social on Bluesky

I’m trying to figure out the right way to say this, because: Look, the CPB closing is devastating, and I don’t in any way want to blow even a wisp of smoke that it isn’t. But twice today, I’ve seen people express how sad they are that all of public television and radio is over. Not true! (1/3)

02.08.2025 17:06 — 👍 1753    🔁 537    💬 1    📌 0

ADHD doing its thing this afternoon. Just sat down to the iMac with a mug of tea, and placed it next to the very hot mug of coffee I made minutes before which is next to the can of coke I opened right before that.

28.07.2025 07:38 — 👍 138    🔁 8    💬 10    📌 1

Books are killing the elderly!

28.07.2025 13:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you

13.07.2025 13:58 — 👍 3198    🔁 801    💬 20    📌 9
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🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨

05.07.2025 05:39 — 👍 4148    🔁 724    💬 59    📌 27

Kind of feels like that’s their plan…

03.07.2025 14:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.

- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.

- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

27.06.2025 14:27 — 👍 19822    🔁 6353    💬 448    📌 502
13 Songs, 13 Doctors: "One Night On Varos" (6th Doctor - Parody of "One Night In Bangkok")
YouTube video by Sycorax Rock 13 Songs, 13 Doctors: "One Night On Varos" (6th Doctor - Parody of "One Night In Bangkok")

Happy birthday to the great Colin Baker of #DoctorWho fame!

I invite you to celebrate the occasion with some ridiculous nonsense I slammed together six years ago:

youtu.be/UqaR8J8vU0g?...

09.06.2025 00:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

(I don’t even necessarily agree with that. The Chibnall era had major issues, and some of those affected how 13 came across, but he clearly knew how to write for Jodie’s strengths, which is something.

09.06.2025 00:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I agree that’s an insane thing to say about 11.

Trying to decide how much trouble I’d be in if I said something like “…and of course 13 was written well before… when Maxine Alderton was writing her…😛

09.06.2025 00:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

(Hell of an episode)

20.05.2025 00:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I propose that we assume every conspicuous female character moving forward is Iris Wildthyme
#DoctorWho

19.05.2025 21:47 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

My 11-year old self fell in love with Doctor Who *because* of Season 24. It’s lonely, being among the 24th Season Party People…

20.05.2025 00:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ahem. “The Interstellar Song Contest” is “Four To Doomsday” with *all* the levels turned way up. Davison’s cricket ball walked so Gatwa could fly, etc. etc. In this essay I will

20.05.2025 00:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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a man in a pink shirt is smiling and says did i just fly through space on a confetti cannon Alt: the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) says “did i just fly through space on a confetti cannon?”
20.05.2025 00:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

*sidling up to a lady at the bar* hello would you like to join my polycule? we sleep in a Fisher-Price xylophone.

18.05.2025 00:20 — 👍 5436    🔁 666    💬 131    📌 14

I never owned a PS1 but my roommate did. The only game I've ever beaten on PS1 was the first Spyro, and - if we're talking *early* 3D platformers - it's probably that one. Mario 64 was revolutionary, but the camera's still a bit awkward.

05.05.2025 13:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It's one of my favorites. A lot of shows do "the Rashomon episode" or "the Christmas Carol episode," and I think more shows should do "the Slumdog Millionaire episode" - it's a wonderful story structure.

05.05.2025 13:48 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I *love* that song

02.05.2025 19:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hi, friends!!!

29.04.2025 19:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS LIVES!
April 26th 2025
From 12pm BST
Eden, Jenny & Friends play Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Story Mode - All Goals
Twitch.tv/queerbuccaneer

KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS LIVES! April 26th 2025 From 12pm BST Eden, Jenny & Friends play Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Story Mode - All Goals Twitch.tv/queerbuccaneer

In about two hours time, we will be LIVE with KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS LIVES, raising money for Gendered Intelligence and trying to bring a spot of light to the frankly terrifying experience of being trans in the UK.
Please share, raid, watch, donate and be good
twitch.tv/QueerBuccaneer

26.04.2025 09:27 — 👍 177    🔁 93    💬 2    📌 12

double pneumonia couldnt kill Pope Francis but spending 10 min with Vance was enough for him to give up

21.04.2025 12:23 — 👍 1869    🔁 360    💬 25    📌 11

Pretty much everything this guy does that isn’t currently a crime needs to become a crime

17.04.2025 01:34 — 👍 7908    🔁 1434    💬 222    📌 31
Tweet from 'Michael O'Neill Burns', "Dedicating my life to fascism because I tied for 5th at a swim meet."

Tweet from 'Michael O'Neill Burns', "Dedicating my life to fascism because I tied for 5th at a swim meet."

You know who we’re talking about here.

12.04.2025 13:01 — 👍 3215    🔁 272    💬 68    📌 13

The plan is that all those fired NASA guys and cancer researchers will be gainfully employed snapping together iPhones in factories that don't exist.

thehill.com/business/523...

07.04.2025 22:11 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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and 1916 as well, I see…

07.04.2025 13:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Epic Rap Battles of WHO-Story: Rose vs. Ace
YouTube video by Sycorax Rock Epic Rap Battles of WHO-Story: Rose vs. Ace
07.04.2025 13:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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