Paul Simpson (SFB)

Paul Simpson (SFB)

@scifibulletin.bsky.social

Co-author of The Bond Files, author of Bond vs Bond, The Serial Killer Files, That's What They Want You to Think and more "All of this doesn't last forever. That's the point... Life is beautiful because it's brief"

1,001 Followers 527 Following 2,148 Posts Joined Jul 2023
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Film is Fabulous! clarifications Following the high fan and press interest in the two Dalek episodes announced on Friday 13th March, Film is Fabulous! has issued the following clarification: Film is Fabulous! announced the recover…

Important rumour control from @filmisfabulous.bsky.social
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Buffy’s resurrection postponed Although Hulu still “remains high” on Buffy the Vampire Slayer in some form, the current pilot, Buffy: New Sunnydale, is not going to series. “I am really sad to have to share thi…

Updated with comments from the director
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3 days ago
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The Nightmare Begins… again Two previously missing episodes of Doctor Who have been found by Film is Fabulous! According to their press release: Two recent finds are missing episodes of Doctor Who, which were discovered in a …

Just in case somehow you've missed it this morning...
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Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection The Doctor's assistant Peter Purves was invited to a screening of the episodes in Leicester.

BBC News - Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection - BBC News
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1 week ago
I’ve been putting off posting this update for as long as possible, in the (it now seems) vain hope that things might improve. However, a number of people have been asking what the current situation is – and rumours seem to be spreading that things are actually worse than they are!
Unfortunately, the latest deterioration in my health, since the middle of January, hasn’t just been a blip. As some people know, I had the occasional day at the end of last year when I simply didn’t have the energy to do anything very much at all. Such days are, annoyingly, now becoming more frequent, and all I can do is little more than lie and listen to music, which may seem like a lovely thing to be doing, but trust me, it palls after the sixth or seventh hour… 
I am still able to get out (with more help than before, given I tire more easily) thanks to Joe, Kate, Alice, Isabelle and Claire, and I’ve increased the visits from my carer Mary, whose help has been invaluable since I moved into the flat. Although I’d hoped that I’d “bounce back” to where I was in the immediate aftermath of the move here, that’s clearly not going to be the case. 
I still very much want to see people – whether in person or on Zoom – but I’m no longer able to do that for as long, and I may need to cancel at short notice… but please do stay in touch!

An update on my current health situation:

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6 days ago
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Review: The Great Flood An-na (Kim Da-mi) is an Ai researcher for the Darwin Centre, a mysterious scientific think tank. She’s also the mother of Ja-in (Kwon Eun-seong). He’s a precocious little guy who loves swimmi…

Whetting the appetite for The Great Flood
@alasdairstuart.com
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5 days ago
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Review: War Machine 81 (Alan Ritchson) is a candidate for RASP, the Army Ranger Assessment and Selection Program. A brutal eight-week course that breaks down and rebuilds successful rangers, it’s the only thing …

Rangers vs an unstoppable machine... @alasdairstuart.com
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A Peculiar Effect returns Ten Acre Books is publishing a new edition of television pioneer Bernard Wilkie’s memoir, A Peculiar Effect on the BBC, arriving on April 6th. “We were there when Television Centre was still only a…

Back to the earliest days of BBC special effects courtesy of @tenacrebooks.bsky.social
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4 days ago
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The 13th Doctor unveils the Tourist Who is the Tourist? The Doctor’s mysterious adversary is revealed in the next instalment of The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis, starring Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill, due for release in May…

Details on the next 13th Doctor tale...
@nogafl.bsky.social @bigfinish.bsky.social @kenbentley.bsky.social
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4 days ago
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Review: Worldbreaker World War 3 is between humanity and the Breakers, and humanity is barely holding on. Swarming through the ‘Stitch’, a dimensional rift that opens somewhere else every time it’s cl…

Doing new things with a familiar format? @alasdairstuart.com on Worldbreaker
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A Peculiar Effect returns Ten Acre Books is publishing a new edition of television pioneer Bernard Wilkie’s memoir, A Peculiar Effect on the BBC, arriving on April 6th. “We were there when Television Centre was still only a…

Back to the earliest days of BBC special effects courtesy of @tenacrebooks.bsky.social
scifibulletin.com/2026/03/12/a...

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5 days ago
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Review: War Machine 81 (Alan Ritchson) is a candidate for RASP, the Army Ranger Assessment and Selection Program. A brutal eight-week course that breaks down and rebuilds successful rangers, it’s the only thing …

Rangers vs an unstoppable machine... @alasdairstuart.com
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Daleks vs Cybermen – the rematch! Twenty years after Doomsday, the Daleks and Cybermen are measuring up for a rematch, this time on audio. Their names strike fear across the universe. The Daleks, mutant monsters from Skaro who, in …

A rematch on the way
@nickbriggs.bsky.social @bigfinish.bsky.social
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6 days ago
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Exclusive Sue Malden Interview | Film is Fabulous https://vimeo.com/1171778188/88c2d177ea

A fascinating interview with a key figure in the preservation of Doctor Who:
filmisfabulous.org.uk/exclusive-su...

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6 days ago

You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.

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6 days ago
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Review: The Great Flood An-na (Kim Da-mi) is an Ai researcher for the Darwin Centre, a mysterious scientific think tank. She’s also the mother of Ja-in (Kwon Eun-seong). He’s a precocious little guy who loves swimmi…

Whetting the appetite for The Great Flood
@alasdairstuart.com
scifibulletin.com/film-reviews...

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6 days ago

Which means mine has probably gone to the ex… bugger

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1 week ago
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Review: Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Live in Concert Eventim Apollo, London, March 8, 2026 Brad Fiedel’s iconic score to James Cameron’s 1991 sci-fi/action classic comes to life through a live musical performance. The only way the eight-piece Avex En…

Terminator 2 thundering live
@nickjjoy.bsky.social
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1 week ago

Soundtracks.

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1 week ago

No chance - can't concentrate on them. I have a long list of things that I just will never get to now. Which is annoying.

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1 week ago
I’ve been putting off posting this update for as long as possible, in the (it now seems) vain hope that things might improve. However, a number of people have been asking what the current situation is – and rumours seem to be spreading that things are actually worse than they are!
Unfortunately, the latest deterioration in my health, since the middle of January, hasn’t just been a blip. As some people know, I had the occasional day at the end of last year when I simply didn’t have the energy to do anything very much at all. Such days are, annoyingly, now becoming more frequent, and all I can do is little more than lie and listen to music, which may seem like a lovely thing to be doing, but trust me, it palls after the sixth or seventh hour… 
I am still able to get out (with more help than before, given I tire more easily) thanks to Joe, Kate, Alice, Isabelle and Claire, and I’ve increased the visits from my carer Mary, whose help has been invaluable since I moved into the flat. Although I’d hoped that I’d “bounce back” to where I was in the immediate aftermath of the move here, that’s clearly not going to be the case. 
I still very much want to see people – whether in person or on Zoom – but I’m no longer able to do that for as long, and I may need to cancel at short notice… but please do stay in touch!

An update on my current health situation:

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1 week ago
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Review: Doctor Who: Books: The Unofficial Whoniverse Programme Guide By Derrick Stance Who Alien Books, out now A guide to Doctor Who and its spin-offs from 2013-2025 Following in the footsteps of the original Programme Guide and Paul Smith’s New Programme Guide, th…

The Programme Guide continues...
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2 weeks ago

For those who didn't see the news over the weekend...

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Countdown to The Grand Line (video) The second season of One Piece, Into The Grand Line, arrives next Tuesday, 10 March and Netflix has released a final trailer. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates set sail for the legendary Grand Line, …

One final trailer for #OnePiece...
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Celebrate 1000 Women in Horror (video) Shudder is celebrating 1000 Women in Horror in a new documentary out on March 20. Horror’s not a boy’s club. The documentary offers a deep dive into how women pioneers revolutionized ho…

Celebrate 1000 Women in Horror on @shudder.com soon
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River Song becomes a War Widow Big Finish has released details of the September adventures for the Doctor’s wife… or is it widow? River Song is dragged into the madness of the Time War, alongside a Doctor who never w…

The Doctor's Wife is back... or is it his Widow!?
@bigfinish.bsky.social @johndorney.bsky.social @kenbentley.bsky.social @jameskettle.bsky.social @lisamcmullin.bsky.social
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Star Trek: Review: Starfleet Academy: Season 1 Episode 9: 300th Night As the year comes to an end, Caleb must choose between the life he thought he wanted and the life he’s built for himself at Starfleet Academy.  After the last two episodes that dwelt on PTSD, Starf…

Familiar but engaging - @nickjjoy.bsky.social on the latest Starfleet Academy
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1 week ago
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Lighting the Lanterns (video) Lanterns, the next live-action TV show for the Gunn/Safran DC era, released its first trailer. Following two members of the galactic peacekeeping/police force the Green Lanterns, the show explores …

Taking apart the new Lanterns trailer... @alasdairstuart.com
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1 week ago
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River Song becomes a War Widow Big Finish has released details of the September adventures for the Doctor’s wife… or is it widow? River Song is dragged into the madness of the Time War, alongside a Doctor who never w…

The Doctor's Wife is back... or is it his Widow!?
@bigfinish.bsky.social @johndorney.bsky.social @kenbentley.bsky.social @jameskettle.bsky.social @lisamcmullin.bsky.social
scifibulletin.com/2026/03/05/r...

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At 4pm on Saturday the 7th, BBC Radio 4 Extra are re-broadcast my adaptation of Iain M. Banks’ ‘The State of the Art’ starring the late Sir Antony Sher as the ship. So pleased that’s going to be out there again.

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