King Henry II 👑

omg, then they've never seen Sapphire and Steel!

It's all down to Liz!

I'd bet that this isn't all of them.

Does he have a lie-down in Monster of Peladon?

Jon Pertwee's snooze agenda.

Imagine if they licenced the recordings for an AI voice.

Medium atomic gerbils are available.

Mop with a shirt does everything Gene Kelly does except backwards and not having feet.

I keep giving away my age by having a large vocabulary and actually knowing how to use adverbs instead of just using “super“.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

I really want to see a Captain Howdy cartoon.

YouTube video by AswadVEVO Aswad - Don't Turn Around

Haven't heard this in yonks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhkNb3XXats

YouTube video by 1970 England World Cup Squad - Topic Cinnamon Stick

Funny what pops into your head for no reason.
I think i only know this song through Fantasy Football. Statto!! Statto!!
youtu.be/gwkoTQcGSpA

Retro Racing 2 adapted for desktop and coming to #Steamnextfest
Be sure to play the demo and wishlist!
store.steampowered.com/app/3739960/...
#indiegames

Mary Kerridge, clearly on the Gallifrey High Council, in RICHARD III (1955)

Well you can get fucked.
How DARE you.

That is CRAZY.

Apparently Sorry! was filmed in Wallingford, Oxon, and these stills are from Goring and Streatley station (between Reading and Didcot, not far from Wallingford). One can see the real 2-line platform repeater sign on the left as the DMU is coming under the bridge…
flic.kr/p/Jpvcy3

That's amazing! I didn't actually expect to find out the details of this!

Railway engine "The Skunk", Palmerston North Designated Class 'A', this locomotive was one of three small tank locomotives built by the Lion Foundry and fitted with outside Stephenson link motion. The 'Skunk' and the 'Wallaby' were the first rai...

So I wanted to know what it looked like before...
manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/432b1be...

Steam locomotive found buried on New Zealand beach after 75 years SteamRail Wanganui Inc have been working with volunteers from a number of organisations to retrieve Skunk, a steam locomotive, from the sand dunes at Whanganuis South Mole. Skunk is believed to have been hiding under the sand for 75 years and was found on the 5th September. At 150 years…

SteamRail Wanganui Inc have been working with volunteers from a number of organisations to retrieve Skunk, a steam locomotive, from the sand dunes at Whanganuis South Mole. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/steam-locomotive-found-buried-on-new-zealand-beach-after-75-years.html

To Who J. Alastair Frisby Who Told Me I Would Never Have A Book Published And Advised me To Get a job selling jellied eels SUCKS TO YOU, FRISBY

Dedication in PG Wodehouse’s autobiography, 1957

Clearly not excited to see her.

On 10 October 1955, Alexandra Palace began a 405-line test transmission in colour. Not sure if it was this one. https://tvark.org/bbc-experimental-colour-transmission

The Granville Melodramas was an anthology series that was broadcast on ITV from 10 October 1955 to 25 January 1956. 11 were broadcast sadly all were wiped. Among the cast were Hattie Jacques, Erik Chitty, Helen Shingler, John Bailey, Victoria Grayson, Kenneth Gilbert, Thane Bettany, John Le Mesurier, Iain Scott, James Bree, Peter Tuddenham, John Vere, Leal Douglas, Daphne Abbott and Frank Thornton. An Associated-Rediffusion production.

10 October 1955

Alexandra Palace began a 405-line test transmission in colour. Not sure if it was this one.

tvark.org/bbc-experime...

ITV debuted The Granville Melodramas. An anthology of melodramas starring Hattie Jacques and Erik Chitty.

I was dreaming, and it was interesting...... aaaaand it's gone.

Dead Borad

Carnell

Paul Darrow isn't the only link between Blake's 7 and DW: Timelash. The Borad's throne was previously the chair in Servalan's office in B7: Weapon. @thetimdickinson.bsky.social @cultedge.bsky.social

I never got to go on the APT. That seemed like fun!

A sign at the Westfield shopping centre. Reading “Please use the escalator by Prada”.

Thinking about Christmas presents for my wife. Does anyone know what it smells like?

Men who wear shorts with shoes:
What are you thinking?

There’s someone whose name we should remember for the future.