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Visually Impaired Whovian dog lover. Work in progress.

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08.01.2026 18:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
johnboy_cook on Instagram: "Tonight me and some friends saw the final ever performance of #InsideNo9 #StageFrightAnyone who knows me knows how much I adore the…" Tonight me and some friends saw the final ever performance of #InsideNo9 #StageFrightAnyone who knows me knows how much I adore the tv show, and this stage production. Tonight the curtain came down, there will be no more. It’s done.When the tv show finished I was emotional, but also knew that Stage Fright ws still to come. Now, there’s no more.Yes #StevePemberton and #ReeceShearsmith will work on other projects, and yes I’ll love whatever they do, but it won’t be Inside No 9.I loved Psychoville and The League, but IN9 has been my thing more than those other shows. I ADORE it. That anthology format is my bag, taking me back to the days of staying up later than I Should in order to watch Tales of the Unexpected on a Sunday night. I’ve connected with it more than I have any other show.So goodbye to my most special of special interests. I’ll miss you old chum. And remember…“If you’re going to cry, cry tears of laughter…”

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06.01.2026 23:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Congratulations to @danielrawnsley.bsky.social for a convincing victory in mine and @sihart.bsky.social's Moffat Era Doctor Who Quiz! And to @johnboycook.bsky.social for coming in second.

Thanks to everyone who came along. Next up: the 1980s! Likely around Easter. Hope to see many of you there!

03.01.2026 21:44 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 1
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John P. W. Cook on Instagram: "Here is it. My second ever #PlatinumTrophy on PS5 (or indeed any console… 😂). Yep, I’ve unlocked all the trophies/ achievements in #HerculePoirotTheLondonCase, been d... 0 likes, 0 comments - johnboy_cook on January 2, 2026: "Here is it. My second ever #PlatinumTrophy on PS5 (or indeed any console… 😂). Yep, I’ve unlocked all the trophies/ achievements in #HerculePoi...

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02.01.2026 21:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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John P. W. Cook on Instagram: "Twenty years ago today the world lost one of its most beautiful souls, and the sky gained one of its brightest stars. Mum, you were the best. Kind, thoughtful, conside... 0 likes, 0 comments - johnboy_cook on January 1, 2026: "Twenty years ago today the world lost one of its most beautiful souls, and the sky gained one of its brightest stars. Mum, you were the best. ...

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01.01.2026 09:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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31.12.2025 13:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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John P. W. Cook on Instagram: "Lord I’m so tired. I’ve been saying for a while now that I just want this year to be over. I think I’ve reached the point where I just need that to happen now. Sort... 0 likes, 0 comments - johnboy_cook on December 16, 2025: "Lord I’m so tired. I’ve been saying for a while now that I just want this year to be over. I think I’ve reached the point where I just need...

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16.12.2025 22:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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John P. W. Cook on Instagram: "First viewing of the year for my favourite film of all time, #ItsAWonderfulLife (and sixth festive film of the year so far overall). There’s not much that I can say abo... 0 likes, 0 comments - johnboy_cook on December 11, 2025: "First viewing of the year for my favourite film of all time, #ItsAWonderfulLife (and sixth festive film of the year so far overall). There’s ...

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11.12.2025 19:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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10.12.2025 08:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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John P. W. Cook on Instagram: "Dad’s ashes went in with mum’s at the cemetery this morning, I’m a bit cut up as I wanted to be there, but the theatre trip on Sunday and the curveball of unexpectedly... 0 likes, 0 comments - johnboy_cook on December 9, 2025: "Dad’s ashes went in with mum’s at the cemetery this morning, I’m a bit cut up as I wanted to be there, but the theatre trip on Sunday and the...

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09.12.2025 21:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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John P. W. Cook on Instagram: "Good news!! They finally came to fit the risers on my sofa, so I don’t have to kneel on the floor to get off the sofa. Unfortunately they also didn’t tell me in advance... 0 likes, 0 comments - johnboy_cook on December 8, 2025: "Good news!! They finally came to fit the risers on my sofa, so I don’t have to kneel on the floor to get off the sofa. Unfortunately they also...

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08.12.2025 20:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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John P. W. Cook on Instagram: "Has the best afternoon at @kermodeandmayo ‘s Christmas spectacular. Some great reviews (can’t wait to see Wake Up Dead Man), a brilliant interview with Nia DaCosta abou... 1 likes, 0 comments - johnboy_cook on December 7, 2025: "Has the best afternoon at @kermodeandmayo ‘s Christmas spectacular. Some great reviews (can’t wait to see Wake Up Dead Man), a brilliant inter...

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07.12.2025 20:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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06.12.2025 12:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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03.12.2025 16:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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John P. W. Cook on Instagram: "Incredibly drained today. It doesn’t surprise me. I overstretched myself earlier in the week and it’s inevitable that leads to a bit of a crash. The problem with that i... 0 likes, 0 comments - johnboy_cook on November 29, 2025: "Incredibly drained today. It doesn’t surprise me. I overstretched myself earlier in the week and it’s inevitable that leads to a bit of a cra...

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29.11.2025 22:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kermode and Mayo's Take (@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social) Join Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo for your essential film and premium TV reviews, interviews and conversation 🍿

Booked tifkete dir my first ever @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social live on 7th December.

The year has been godawful, let’s end it with something lovely.

21.11.2025 12:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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John P. W. Cook on Instagram: "6 months without you at my side. I miss you, you bloody donut. #Sparky #GuideDog #Grief" 0 likes, 0 comments - johnboy_cook on November 21, 2025: "6 months without you at my side. I miss you, you bloody donut. #Sparky #GuideDog #Grief".

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21.11.2025 09:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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John P. W. Cook on Instagram: "Christ I am so incredibly tired. My head has been all over the place the last couple of days. I’ve been second guessing a lot of things, stressing about a lot more th... 0 likes, 0 comments - johnboy_cook on November 16, 2025: "Christ I am so incredibly tired. My head has been all over the place the last couple of days. I’ve been second guessing a lot of things, st...

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16.11.2025 21:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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09.11.2025 09:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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johnboy_cook on Instagram: "So. Last month I listened to Audible for 154 and a half hours. That’s nearly 6 and a half days. Over a fifth of the month. Impr…" So. Last month I listened to Audible for 154 and a half hours. That’s nearly 6 and a half days. Over a fifth of the month. Impressive if I do say so myself.#Audiobooks #Reading #Books

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01.11.2025 17:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Harsh but fair.

01.11.2025 16:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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31.10.2025 19:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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26.10.2025 19:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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20.10.2025 20:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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johnboy_cook on Instagram: "My #DoctorWho #Season13 collection turned up a day early (guess I must’ve been a good boy, eh?)Even by 70s Doctor Who standards, th…" My #DoctorWho #Season13 collection turned up a day early (guess I must’ve been a good boy, eh?)Even by 70s Doctor Who standards, this is an outstanding season. #TerrorOfTheZygons, #PlanetOfEvil #PyramidsOfMars #TheAndroidInvasion #TheBrainOfMorbius and #TheSeedsOfDoom, pretty much wall to wall bangers. The brilliant #TomBaker and #ElisabethSladen take centre stage, ably assisted by #IanMarter, #NicholasCourtney and a guest cast to die for. I was privileged to see the updated Zygons at the BFI a few weeks ago, the updated effects are clever and unobtrusive.Each of these stories has a personal connection for me, whether it’s through buying on VHS in the late 80s with my Christmas money, or lending the novelisations from Canning Town library years before I was able to watch on screen, I can’t wait to devour these all over again.

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19.10.2025 19:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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johnboy_cook on Instagram: "Three and a half years ago today. The day I decided to end it all.I still don’t know what stopped me in that moment, and I’ve come…" Three and a half years ago today. The day I decided to end it all.I still don’t know what stopped me in that moment, and I’ve come to the realisation that I probably never will. That used to bother me a lot - if I didn’t know what stopped me how could I have confidence that it would again? But I’m less bothered by that now. The last 6 months have been hell on Earth. Losing dad and then Sparky in such quick succession completely turned my life upside down then kicked it around for a bit. On top of that being housebound for 2 months was… an experience. It feels like I’ve been in constant physical and emotional pain for nearly 6 months. And yet my head’s rarely gone back to that dark place of April 12th 2022 (it did once, fleetingly, I immediately snapped myself out of it). Essentially in spite of having A LOT of pain medication readily available to me in this house; I’m still here, so I’m not worried.I’ve been very mindful of my mental health over the last few months. I’ve been keeping an eye on things and very much pushing myself to keep going, while stopping to@relax when required. I’ve also started to change things around the house to make it more like my home and less like somewhere full of shadows of the past. That’s going to help me a great deal.I guess if this year has shown me anything; it’s that I whatever life throws at me I’m a survivor.IAMASURVIVOR#MentalHealth #Depression #SuicideAwareness

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12.10.2025 09:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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johnboy_cook on Instagram: "Gaming screen now set up and wired into the sound bar.I’ve not been able to touch a game in anger in 3 months, (Animal Crossing on …" Gaming screen now set up and wired into the sound bar.I’ve not been able to touch a game in anger in 3 months, (Animal Crossing on a handheld doesn’t count as “in anger”). This feels like it’s been a long time coming.I used to game by laying on the floor in front of the tv, but after my hospital trip it was pretty clear that wasn’t going to work. I tried, was in a lot of pain, so wisely decided that wasn’t the way forward (hell, laying on the floor to game and watch tv probably contributed to my hip issues. It certainly won’t have helped). As times gone on I’ve missed gaming more and more. It’s a huge part of me and also something that connected me to Dad - he was the OG (original gamer), brought our first Atari 16k computer home in 1982, would sit for hours bemoaning those “bastard ghosts” on Pac-Man, passed the gaming bug onto me in a big way.It felt like not being able to game was very much what kids these days call a “First World Problem”, and I’ve felt guilty for this affecting me, but then a dear friend pointed out to me earlier that Mental Health is never a first world problem; and this is something that will help me a great deal. In the last 3 months I’ve been so in need of stimulation and something to occupy my time that I’ve watched 300 episodes of Prisoner Cell Block H (third time in my life I’ve watched the series all the way through) but I’m now caught up with the 5Select repeats, so getting this set up now is well timed.Time for some football, MarioKart, Assassins Creed, Indiana Jones; Agatha Christie (have all 5 Poirot games) and as seen here, Fortnite (yes, I have a Daft Punk skin). Also determined to get back to Balatro, try Ghost of Yotei, and immerse properly into Donkey Kong Bananza, Massive thanks to @loopysmummy and Dan for helping me get set up and putting up with my moods: you’ve genuinely helped make life a lot easier:

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10.10.2025 19:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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05.10.2025 18:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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