Spinky’s Mama

It’s top ‘inspiration by what’s in my line of sight as I’m typing’. After The Robot Revolution I’d put money on RTD having a Roomba. And Eric Saward’s holiday to Rhodes giving us Kara, Nekros, Orcini and from the minibar…

Really enjoyed Warriors of the Deep redux at the BFI.

The edit decisions strengthened the themes as well as corrections. The hexachromite reveal drives the Doctor, fully aware of the lethal option and desperate not to use it.

New effects and sound design were cracking. You’re in for a treat.

We were ‘reacting’ for a good 30 seconds afterwards.

The Doctor giving Adric Paradise Lost to read to help him understand the Master 🤯

Staying for a drink?

There’s a lot to be said about the Star Wars sequel trilogy and what comes after, but ‘people should be reminded that Nazis are bad and why’ is more widely resonant in 2026 than 2015.

“If anyonme were to block this version, then it would be the ultimate gross injustice, and heinous mistreatment of me, because without me there would be no Shada existing in the first place.”

The Adams estate might have views on who made Shada exist, and who’s being mistreated.

Anyone going to the Warriors of the Deep screening tomorrow?

With a new commentary!

Or five paragraphs in a trench coat.

Lawrence Richard deserved all the awards for the Robin/Humphrey scenes in En Français.

A monochrome picture of an unidentified woman (grateful if anyone knows) and Douglas Adams hold up the official towel for the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. It has the Guide’s entry on towels printed on it: ••..In Ford Prefects satchel were a few biros, a notepad, and a largish bath towel from Marks and Spencer. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Glaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels. wel, it says, is about the most useful thing an interstellar hitch hike can have. Partly it has great practical value - you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the Cold moons of Jaglan Beta, use it to….

You will have seen this, but for the thread and for posterity:

So many tech guru chuds claim to revere Douglas Adams, and none of them understand the Shoe Event Horizon.

It is wearying ngl. Fascists are stupid, no matter what fancy words they use or how much power they have, because fascism is inherently stupid.

I don’t want to spend this life engaging with stupid, but I have to. Because 2+2 isn’t 5, and there are 4 lights.

As I see it , the fascists have forced us to pay them the compliment of our attention and our rational opposition. We do not owe them the compliment of our despair.

Here’s hoping he eats another book.

Tiramisu is younger than Joanna Lumley. Banoffee pie is younger than Damon Albarn.

YouTube video by Random Bits Spitting Image: The Chicken Song (Lyric Video)

RIP Rob Grant. 😞

Red Dwarf. Spitting Image. And the glory of the Chicken Song and it getting to Number 1.

youtu.be/5OiZNGYmvg8

Why winter cabbage is the dish of kings Time to go super-green

Laila Gohar has a good vegetarian recipe (free link)

Picture of the central characters of the Young Ones (clockwise Vyvyan "Vyv" Basterd, Neil Pye, Rik and Mike Thecoolperson) in Muppet form. The picture is signed by Christopher Ryan (Mike)

Get Alexei Sayle as the token human and we have a winner here lads.

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

If you’re making a weekend in London for Comic Con, Warriors of the Deep at the BFI or something else, this is the perfect Friday evening or Sunday afternoon activity. Fun and truly mind-expanding (I’ll never look at the Lewis chess set in the same way again).

The Emperor’s New Phones.

@cooraysmith.bsky.social just described this as “the Hyacinth Bucket of Who mnemonics”.

If Antarctica boom, it’s Seeds of Doom.
If there’s foam on the Heath, it’s Seeds of Death.

Mr Creosote Investigates.

“2026 is the year of the horse”

The horse: