Colin Hicks

And once you only had to get one magazine, it quickly became a class division as to which one you got.

That period of only a few years where you were supposed to be able to pre-set the VCR with a long bar-code style number from the listings magazine. And it never worked properly.

I'm not sure if the timeframe would match, but the Charlatan reminded me of Hugo Myatt as Treguard in "Knightmare".

Post a book you love from the 1970s!

The Moving Finger has guest cast from two consecutive Doctor Whos (Underworld and The Invasion of Time). What are the chances?

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Freakazoid!

Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD

“We’re looking into that” - meaning “I don’t actually have a clue what I’m fucking talking about, but I’m basically King now, so be afraid”

Could we have a closing speech delivered by Frankie Boyle?

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2., although arguably it’s not particularly because of anything he does in it, I just love the film.

The Five Doctors and Season 21 were where I came aboard as a neonate fan. I later adopted Sylvester McCoy as “my Doctor”, but my inner 6 year-old still owes a lot to latter-era Davison.

Lindsey Davis. Mustn’t forget.

Margery Allingham, also.

Aside from Doctor Who writers:

Arthur Conan Doyle
Gerald Durrell
Ed McBain
Terry Pratchett
Douglas Adams
Iain Banks
Isaac Asimov
Stephen King
Ian Livingstone
David Eddings

…what a strange cinematic experience. It wasn’t bad - far from it - but it was chaotic from the get-go and felt like a series finale. Fuck knows what the greater non-nerd audience will have made of it.

Time to go and see Superman.

*Cliffhanger sting*

"Do you know what the last Xon said just before he died? Yaaarghhhh!"

Boring life hack of the day: The best way to transport door number stickers so as to keep them flat is in the back of a phone case.

You'll thank me for this one day.

Ollie catching some very important lap time.

It's got a bit of a "holy text" vibe to it. Like all the bits you need to know are in there somewhere, but reading it from beginning to end is missing the point.

I have never been stung by a bee or a wasp.

I’m listening through the back-catalogue of Greatest Generation, currently up to S3 of Voyager. Trek commentary with extra filth, insightful *and* funny.

California Gurls.

The Silmarillion.

Had no problem with The Hobbit or (many, many re-reads of) Lord of the Rings, but my Tolkien boredom threshold got well and truly passed here.

One of the first Taggarts I watched on broadcast. I still remember the trailer with Mark McManus grouching "This is supposed to be Glasgow's year of culture!"

Conversations with my mum will invariably involve a quote from Kenneth Williams as Rambling Syd Rumpo on Round the Horne. Someone who has difficulty getting on with anyone is always described as "Just like Fat Alice".

Murder by Death

They watched the Walliams and Gatiss "Kidnappers" sketch from Doctor Who Night and thought it was an instruction manual.

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