Jenny

The Seeds of Doom is one of my favourite stories for so many reasons. It’s beautiful, clever and in parts it’s incredibly disturbing. On watching it when it first aired aged 4, I can remember being scared. I feel it drew so much from The Quatermass Experiment. It’s a great story.

Night all 😃

Cerrig Arthur with some long morning shadows, snow capped Cadair Idris in the background.
#standingstonesunday

Yay 🎉

It was really nice that they wanted to use it, made me smile :)

This beautiful new Doctor Who magazine celebrating 1984 is out now. Art editor Alistair McGown has done a great job, it looks beautiful. So many great articles and so many memories from that era.

This was one of my fave things to listen to.

I am sending a hug to friends who I know are going through difficult times. I hope things will get easier for you in time x

The first edition of Take Hart was broadcast on this day in 1977.

My Liverpool Garden Festival photo from 1984, is in this lovely Doctor Who Magazine 1984 special.

Have a good day too 😃

Passes coffee ☕️

I absolutely love the Children's book ‘The Watch House’ by Robert Westall, which I thoroughly recommend reading. The TV series was a great adaptation, but the book is definitely spookier. An amazing writer whose stories create such a chilling air. It’s an incredibly eerie tale.

Debbie Watling was a great person and actress, I will always love this.

An acting workshop/holiday with Sophie Aldred and Debbie Watling in the French Alps. They teach a group of people interested in acting and Doctor Who and create an original scene based on the TV series.

The Tomorrow People was a great 1970’s TV series. It was about a group of children and young adults born with powers. They strive to protect earth from earth bound and alien menaces, whilst keeping their own existence a secret.

The Doctor Who story closest to my heart is The Horror of Fang Rock. 😊

Aye: though we hunted high and low,
And hunted everywhere,
Of the three men's fate we found no trace
Of any kind in any place,
But a door ajar, and an untouched meal,
And an overtoppled chair.

I am really enjoying ‘Under Salt Marsh’ Kelly Reilly and Rafe Spall are great actors and I love a good mystery drama.

Met Museum photo of an ancient Egyptian board game carved from cream-coloured ivory displayed against a dark background. The original name of the game is unknown. It is now known as ‘Hounds and Jackals’ or the ‘Game of 58 holes’. The game board rests on four bulls' legs. One of the legs, seen at back of the board on the right of photo, is completely restored. Another has a restored hoof (seen at front of the board on left). The board is shaped like an axe head. In the centre of the upper surface is an incised palm tree topped by a ‘Shen’ symbol (a circle atop a a horizontal line to which it is tied). The palm’s trunk runs down the length of the board. There are 58 holes in the upper surface; 29 arranged evenly on either side of the palm tree. At the lower side of the game board there is a drawer with a bolt to store the playing pieces. The playing pieces are made up of ten long pins (sticks) with carved animal heads. Five are hounds and five are jackals. In the photo, the ten pins are arranged randomly in holes on the game board. The board is carved from ivory with ebony detailing around the 58 holes. The pins are ivory. Measurements: Game board: H 6.8cm W 10.1 cm, D 15.6 cm. Hound pins: H 6 cm to 6.8 cm Jackal pins: H 7 cm to 8.5 cm
 The game was excavated in 1910 by Howard Carter from the tomb of an official named Reniseneb at Thebes. The tomb is dated to Dynasty 12, Reign of Amenemhat IV, circa 1814–1805 BC. “Ancient Egyptians likened the intricate voyage through the underworld to a game. This made gaming boards and gaming pieces appropriate objects to deposit in tombs” (The Met).

This Ancient Egyptian board game is almost 4,000 years old!

Known as ‘Hounds and Jackals’ or ‘Game of 58 holes’, its original name is unknown. It’s suggested it was played in a similar way to ‘Snakes and Ladders’.

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#Archaeology

I may have mentioned that an upcoming @bigfinish.bsky.social script was the ‘most Dorney ever’.

We recorded it yesterday.

Coming soon.

He was so soppy and loved having a good fuss. 😃 🐈

It’s a lovely day, tiny flowers are peering at the sunshine. 🌞

My furry friend. He died a long time ago, but he was a saggy old cloth cat and Jenny loved him 😁

I loved the 70s version of ‘Pete’s Dragon’ I can remember sobbing at one particular scene when I was little, watching it at the cinema. He had a great personality.

‘Small Prophets’ Mackenzie Crook’s new TV series is great, and all sewn up with a bit of magic ✨

Oooh it might get to us now, we shall see 😃

If you're a young professional actor, get your agent to drop us a line. #YoungBond

That looks great!

Irene Handl was born on 27th December 1901. She was a great character actress who appeared in over one hundred British films. I also really loved her in the TV programme ‘Metal Mickey’ she was one of my acting heroes growing up.

I have said this before, but I absolutely loved the TV programme ‘Interceptor’ Sean O’Kane made a great baddie chasing the contestants around the UK.

Clapperboard ran from April 1972 until January 1982, and was shown on ITV. It was presented by Chris Kelly, and the programme went behind the scenes of mostly film, but there were also a few TV shows too. I loved watching it.