Dr Andrew O'Day

Don't worry. Probably just an off day. We all have them. You are a great scholar!

Decided not to go to Egham. Will send my Midsomer Murders article off at the beginning of next week. Start my Crown Court article next week. London tomorrow!

Gregory de Polnay obituary Other lives: Long-serving actor on stage and TV who later turned to work as a voice coach and drama teacher

Guardian Other Lives for Gregory de Polnay, D84 in Doctor Who's The Robots of Death (1977) and a regular in 1970s Dixon of Dock Green, amidst much else. Written by his daughter Emma.

EastEnders set for bisexual love triangle in steamy new storyline EastEnders fans should prepare for "one of the hottest love triangles" in soap history if reports about an upcoming bisexual plot are true.

EastEnders set for bisexual love triangle in steamy new storyline https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/06/eastenders-set-for-bisexual-love-triangle-in-steamy-new-storyline/?utm_content=1770758402&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Many thanks for your interest. I'll send you the link when it goes up in March.

Decided against doing the Blake's 7 article as it won't work. My second article this year will be on Crown Court which I'll get down to in April.

Tomorrow I shall get down to doing some research for my next article. This one's on Blake's 7.

Curse of Peladon is brilliant

Just watched Star One - brilliant, but I wish they had continued with the battle for longer in Series 3.

Waiting for the Heartstopper Netflix film and see which university Nick Nelson will end up at, whether there will be filming at Royal Holloway and whether an LGBTQ+ society will be represented. #heartstopper

Finished my Midsomer Murders article until my trip to Royal Holloway at the beginning of March when the weather will hopefully be warmer. It will then take an hour or so to polish off the piece and then it can go off for publication.

Over the past few weeks I've been making my way through Blake's 7 Series 2 and tomorrow it's Star One - an absolutely brilliant episode!

Also pixcellation in the opening titles to Blake's 7 and the word ELIMINATE under image of Blake gives the feeling of a video game aesthetic

Of course, Blake's 7 draws on Star Wars which can also be compared with video games

Gradually making my way through Blake's 7 Series 2. Just watched Hostage and it occurs to me that an interesting comparison can be made between Blake's 7 and video games like Space Invaders. Near the start of Hostage Federation Pursuit Ships advance on the Liberator and a countdown appears on screen

IT’S A SIN in neon pink as the young friends of the Pink Palace laugh together

OTD 2021: It’s a Sin
Russell T Davies went right to my heart again.
I gasped even at the opening condom choice.
And though many things had changed when I came into my gay life a decade later, all the sex the first episode was illegal on at least two counts. It still was for teen me then.

My Midsomer Murders article is coming along nicely.

Good luck with that, Owen. It sounds intriguing.

I'm sure it's very good but I don't buy the magazine.

Shocking and sad news that Greg de Polnay (D84 in the Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death and one of my instructors at RADA in 1998/99) has died. Not a good way to start 2026. (Photo here taken at a convention in 2012)

Wishing everyone on here (who I have not already messaged on Facebook) a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2026! Enjoy folks.

I have seen it predicted that the 2026 Doctor Who Christmas Special will be called 'A Rose by any other name'

Cover design for Drama and Delight: The Life and Legacy of Verity Lambert.

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Terrance Dicks. The guv'nor.

There's more on our website, tenacrebooks.co.uk. Please order directly from us and help to support independent publishing. We have lots of great titles in the works for 2026, including the first authorised biography of Terrance Dicks and another Doctor Who book we'll be announcing before Christmas.

I have a Spenser paper (from 1994) which will be accessed from my website soon.

My Ibsen paper (from 1999) is now available to read via my website at www.hrvt.org/andrewoday

Hope so...

Sounds good, Ben. I look forward to watching it!

Some people obviously get a thrill from taunting others with bipolar. Sick.

An old paper of mine on Ibsen from 1999 will be going up on my website soon.