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Alan Barnes

@senrabnala.bsky.social

Post boom, second doom. Stealing cake to eat the moon. Writes and edits - Doctor Who, Hammer horror, Sherlock Holmes, Judge Dredd (etc). Available for hire.

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Just been watching a Cathy Gale Avengers, written by John Lucarotti, with Henry "Haisman and" Lincoln made up as an Arab sheikh and... oh dear.

25.10.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I saw it in the cinema, quite a few people got up and rushed out too soon...

25.10.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’ve teamed up with @arrowvideo.bsky.social to give away three sets of:

– In the Mouth of Madness by Sutter Cane (hardcover)
– Arrow’s new UK 4K bluray

To enter, it's maddeningly simple… like and share this post by 26 Oct, 5pm GMT.

The winners will be chosen at random and contacted directly.

23.10.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Thank you!

23.10.2025 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cheers, glad you liked it!

22.10.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Doctor Who and the Iron Legion Β· The Comic Strip Adaptations Volume 1 β€’ Episode 1 1979 AD! Led by the terrible General Ironicus, the mighty Iron Legion - robot veterans of the Eternal War - have come, seen and conquered the English village of Stockbridge! Caught up in the mayhem, t...

Enjoyed listening to The Iron Legion from @bigfinish.bsky.social adapted by @senrabnala.bsky.social. Thought the added elements worked really well (particularly enjoyed Doug and Viv) and Tom Baker seemed to be having a good time.

tardis.guide/story/doctor...

21.10.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm afraid I've been writing things again.

21.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyway, Rosalie Craig as Doctor Who.

21.10.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
6.66 km

6.66 km

So I went for my usual weekend 12k round Oxford this morning. Listening to a podcast about Aleister Crowley, the Great Beast himself. You know, just because. Coming out of Uni Parks, there's a humpback bridge you can't run up or down, so I pause there. And I swear, I swear this is how far I'd run:

18.10.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited that my new book got into this Waterstones promotion. 25% off til midnight tonight. www.waterstones.com/book/new-you...

17.10.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No, he but he'll only drink vintage wines and Napoleonic brandy. It won't be a cheap night.

15.10.2025 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dance off! Dainty vs Gaga!

10.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Stranger Things. People keep telling me it's absolutely my sort of thing and I'd love it, which automatically trips my contrary switch.

06.10.2025 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Tried it once
YouTube video by Words Without Restraint Tried it once

I mean, even she tried it once before she decided she didn't like it.
youtu.be/RXtFQdvcp4o?...

06.10.2025 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eight word horror story.

03.10.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Hand Held in Black and White is, in many ways, the record that determined the course of pop music for the following four years. It is AMAZING. #totp

03.10.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poster for Conan the barbarian

Poster for Conan the barbarian

Poster for Flash Gordon

Poster for Flash Gordon

Poster for Dune

Poster for Dune

Poster for Rambo

Poster for Rambo

Sad to hear about the passing of the Michelangelo of Movie posters, RENATO CASARO. The Man painted so many iconic posters, specially in the 70s/80s: CONAN, TERMINATOR, DUNE, TOTAL RECALL, DANCE WITH THE WOLVES, BLOW OUT, FLASH GORDON, RAMBO, NEVER-ENDING STORY, and the list goes on and on. 1/2

30.09.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3060    πŸ” 1234    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 38
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Exclusive New Avengers 4K box-set launch + Q&A - Riverside Studios Join us for a very special event launching Studiocanal’s brand new 4k restoration of every New Avengers episode ever filmed, soon to be available as the definitive box-set on UHD, Blu-ray or DVD. Full...

Riverside Studios doing a New Avengers 4K/blu-ray launch on 9th November. I shall be making the pilgrimage

riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/e...

01.10.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Thank you, Matt! I'm in!

01.10.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a cast!

23.09.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely fascinating thing here.

23.09.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely Chris Achilleos covers!

22.09.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My radical idea: do a sitcom in an actual theatre, eg the Palladium, and record it as live. Or even two different sitcoms, either side of an interval. A different show every week for six weeks, record the last performances. Make the live audience a selling point, not an irritation.

21.09.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The obvious outlier is Mrs Brown's Boys. It's pretty dreadful, but the live audience gives it warmth, and that's what people respond to, I think. It's mad that something like Amandaland is single camera. It should be the biggest, broadest comedy du jour.

21.09.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't remember. I doubt I'd have gone there, that wasn't the point.

17.09.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a first time for everything! I daresay 'comparing falls' will be a big part of all our futures. πŸ˜€ Still, my knee's OK now – it's the bruised ribs that stopped me going for a run this morning, annoyingly.

17.09.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Me with a bit of a black eye

Me with a bit of a black eye

Hadn't realised that my fall on Monday left me with a bit of a shiner, chiz

17.09.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

As times get weird, there's a Doctor Who audio drama from 2002 that I think about a lot called Neverland.

In it the Doctor discovers that his own people, the Time Lords, used to have a method of execution called "the Oubliette of Eternity" which erases the convicted person from time completely.

17.09.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I am! Yes, it was recorded January 2001, I think. I'm glad it still has life. It's all a CIA* operation, of course.

*Celestial Intervention Agency, what else?

17.09.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It comes with a facsimile of the shooting script!

16.09.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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