Darren Naish

Pile of books on Loch Ness Monster.

Relevant section NEARLY finished. Reviewer comments so far all really affirming.

Post-review version of SpecZoo article submitted today, it made it through all the hoops :)

Thanks much. I have three and don't need anymore, not at that price :)

No, screw you, this is brilliant sci-fi, exactly what I want from Dr Who! Next up... The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. A slightly sinister psychic circus on an alien planet gathers acts who are vetted by an audience of three, and destroyed if they're not deemed entertaining enough...

... off it blasts into space to destroy the Cyberman fleet poised and preparing for an invasion. Again, my recollection from the time is hearing how _terribly silly_ this was: "a screaming silver statue that explodes, simply ridiculous!!", said TV critic Marsland Govesbury-Smythe...

Again, there's some brilliant stuff in this. Silver Nemesis is sentient and discusses her role and mission with the Doctor, who spends ages coding the interface housed inside the comet. Lady Peinforte, the noblewoman aiming to recover Nemesis, merges with it in a screaming fit of madness aaaand...

Splendidhand Dimetrodon in side view.

Splendidhand Dimetrodon showing sail and head.

The @splendidhand.bsky.social #Dimetrodon has arrived! There are SO MANY Dimetrodon figures but none are like this one. Available here at etsy... www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

Two Full Decades of Tetrapod Zoology — Tetrapod Zoology The blog Tetrapod Zoology – connected in some way to just about everything that’s happened in my professional life since the mid-2000s – has now been in operation for an absurd twenty years. Here, we ...

We got to, and exceeded, the required 23 comments, so next 20 Years of Tetrapod Zoology article coming later today :) tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/...

An azhdarchid toy on my hand.

Yup, another azhdarchid figure is discussed at the TetZooTowers_collection TikTok...

Two Full Decades of Tetrapod Zoology — Tetrapod Zoology The blog Tetrapod Zoology – connected in some way to just about everything that’s happened in my professional life since the mid-2000s – has now been in operation for an absurd twenty years. Here, we ...

We got to, and exceeded, the required 23 comments, so next 20 Years of Tetrapod Zoology article coming later today :) tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/...

.... builds a complex, multi-layered world. I always liked Fifi the stigorax and imagined it fitting into the same world as the creatures of After Man. As Fifi dies, Helen A weeps and her facade of eternal faux optimism has gone. So... ho boy were the haters wrong, the whole thing was brilliant.

Haolonggood azhdarchid figure.

Head of Haolonggood azhdarchid.

More azhdarchid action at the TetZooTowers_collection TikTok... www.tiktok.com/@tetzootower...

Post-review version of SpecZoo article submitted today, it made it through all the hoops :)

Lizard on tree trunk in 1988 Dr Who.

Natural history nerd points: about five times as much birdsong as you can hear in the area today, so many chaffinches! AND a bonus guest appearance from a gravid viviparous lizard :)

Yes, I'm feeling pretty strongly that people said negative stuff about the 7th Doctor's run because they just _wanted_ to dislike it.

Next: Silver Nemesis! A 17th century noblewoman travels in time to find a comet housing a silver statue (actually a Gallifreyan planetary defence) and is intercepted by neo-nazis from South America who've travelled to England in quest of it too. And then... Cybermen! All in the Windsor countryside.

.... builds a complex, multi-layered world. I always liked Fifi the stigorax and imagined it fitting into the same world as the creatures of After Man. As Fifi dies, Helen A weeps and her facade of eternal faux optimism has gone. So... ho boy were the haters wrong, the whole thing was brilliant.

... underground to terrorise the Untermensch, and an old man partner who's actually in league with evil social architects. The Candyman executioner is a cyborg, his candy exterior providing the literal saccharine exterior to what's revealed at the end to be a terminator. Together, this actually ...

Ok... SO, The Happiness Patrol. Notorious for its 'Berty Bassett' Candyman villain, it's way better and more complex than I appreciated. And it reads like a parody of Thatcherism, a decadent female leader sending death squads against the proletariat, releasing an alien poodle monster into the ...

Not for Tet Zoo...

Greg Paul azhdarchid painting.

Ahem...

An azhdarchid toy on my hand.

Yup, another azhdarchid figure is discussed at the TetZooTowers_collection TikTok...

This is one pile of about 15 anyway, my god there's so much on this one subject...

Just finished updating my review on the evolution and fossil record of the eared seals (Otariidae) given the new paper that came out on the early Pleistocene Otaria josefinae from Peru 😅 #blog #paleo #paleontology 🦖🐬🧪 Read it here:

An azhdarchid figure in an unopened box.

Oh no, another one

Pile of books on Loch Ness Monster.

Relevant section NEARLY finished. Reviewer comments so far all really affirming.

graph showing Tet Zoo visitor count over recent weeks

Anomalous peak on Tet Zoo visitor graph detected...

Go to DinoCon!!
I do hope to get a booth so I can come for sure, I just can’t wait, I’m AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Will also have my new costume body that is more raptor accurate and I can’t wait to go around the con and meet people!!!

Haven't had chance to check yet but looking forward to seeing ticket sales so far, later today. Our first day of sales was already record-breaking. #DinoConUK 2026: July 25th-26th, Hilton Birmingham Metropole. Tickets on sale now!

Publications listed here, and linked or provided if possible... darrennaish.wordpress.com/publications/ Oh, 2026 is going to be a good year for published work, if things go to plan.