Andrew Smith

So sorry to learn that CHB has departed, @andr3wsmith.bsky.social. Like you, he responded so kindly and thoughtfully to tweets years ago expressing gratitude for the seeds sown in an 8yo mind by Season 18. Your mutual admiration and affection were evident in interviews and DVD extras. Condolences.

Chris and his lovely coffee ☕️ 😍

Well said mate x

Raising a glass to Christopher H Bidmead, who brought big ideas and magic moments to Doctor Who, and commissioned writers like Christopher Bailey, @andr3wsmith.bsky.social and @stephengallagher.co.uk. A playfully cantankerous persona never quite masked a deep intelligence and a kind, generous soul.

AI's best use case will always be scams. It's scamtech, top to bottom. Everything about it is crooked. Its bedrock is theft and its legacy is the destruction of the environment, both physical and virtual.

Even most of its 'legitimate' uses are a form of lying.
"I wrote this."
"I created this."

Sad news. We were big fans of Christopher Hamilton Bidmead and his button down approach to Doctor Who. He even critiqued our Miniscope of him in 2012. A skeptic till the end.

Sunday’s episode has already been recorded, so we’ll properly pay tribute to Mr. Bidmead the week after.

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"Ah, the human scum Carter."
"That's *Captain* Human Scum Carter."
Enjoying hearing the wrap up to UNIT: Nemesis in 'True Nemesis' by @andr3wsmith.bsky.social #DoctorWho 🌂

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I’d not heard of it. But I may read it now 😁

Thank you! It’s a personal favourite, and was a labour of love 😁

"The Barbarians and the Samurai" by @andr3wsmith.bsky.social was a great historical that I aboslutely could have imagined in the 60s. And, "The Invention of Death" by @johndorney.bsky.social was an intriguing exploration of a world with no concept of death and the implications thereof.

The Simpsons Planet of the Apes musical

One of my strongest beliefs is if they actually put this on Broadway it would absolutely destroy at the award shows and run for 20 years

A very very Happy Canada Day to my lovely Canadian friends!

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If there’s ever a #Scottish citizenship test, knowing this song will be a definite requirement. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶😂

Jason Mantzoukas nailing it. 🤣🤣

#Taskmaster #USA #Representative #AgentofChaos

New look for my website & updated CV. Still to do the other pages but realised how much I have done over the last 2 years so a bit of stock taking going on: www.debbiechallis.com

There it is. A cherry picked or limited selection, but good to see. Plus a documentary, 30 years of the Comic Strip. Thanks for the heads up, Eddie. I particularly look forward to seeing ‘Strike’ again after so many years.

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Young ‘uns must wonder how this is even possible. 🚂 🤔

#UKrail #SignsofthePast #SlamDoorNostalgia

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Katherine Switzer running along a road in a grey tracksuit. She is a white woman with dark hair. There are several other men running alongside her, also in running gear. They are protecting her from a man in a blazer who is attempting to rip off the number pinned to her back.

#OnThisDay, 19 Apr 1967, Katherine Switzer becomes the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon as a registered runner, despite the organiser physically trying to stop her.

She ran it again in 2017, 50 years later.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️

Me too. Can’t dislike it. 😁

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This is the 50th anniversary of what 12yo me thought was the most exciting moment ever in #DoctorWho.

On 12/4/75, over the closing titles of ep 6 of Genesis of the Daleks, the announcer said next week’s new adventure was called ‘Revenge of the Cybermen’

Cybermen! After all those years! 🤩🤩🤩

Getting a warm TinTin vibe. 😁

I’m a big big fan of that first box set, one of the best series Big Finish has done imo.

A game for you: ‘Where’s Andrew?’ 😂

I ran the Berlin Half Marathon on Sunday. This is me at the finishing line in the Tiergarten.

Along with one or two others.

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And finally The Voord Alliance by @andr3wsmith.bsky.social - a nice end to this little arc with the War Doctor and as a big 60s Who fan it's nice to encounter the Voord again, especially being used in a different and interesting way

Thank you. 🤩

Turns out #LastOneLaughingUK is even better second time around 🤣