Screenshot from The Sea Devils of one of Trenchard's guards, with huge thick moustache, looking blankly into space with a sad/vacant/empty expression
We would speak....... with HIM ππΌ
07.12.2025 22:19 β π 24 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1@tom-pullin.bsky.social
Never forget to fear the kraken. BBC EPG scheduler and spelling making righter-er. Doctor Who, Nigel Kneale, M.R. James etc. He/Him
Screenshot from The Sea Devils of one of Trenchard's guards, with huge thick moustache, looking blankly into space with a sad/vacant/empty expression
We would speak....... with HIM ππΌ
07.12.2025 22:19 β π 24 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1Rather enjoyed that
#TheWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea
My personal favourite Trenchard guard, with thousand-mile stare, and extra thick, extra slug-like brown moustache
07.12.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Seafaring fellow with a little brown moustache
07.12.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Two of Trenchard's gaurds, both with slug-like brown moustaches
07.12.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Naval officer with a thick grizzled brown beard
07.12.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0One of Trenchard's guards with a thick brown slug of a moustache
07.12.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0One of Trenchard's guards with a furry blonde moustache
07.12.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Submarine officer with short blonde beard
07.12.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Roger Delgado as the Master, with a shortish goatee beard, black with grey streaks at the corners
07.12.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Telecomms operator with grizzled thick beard
07.12.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Donald Sumpter as the Submarine Captain, with short beard and moustache combo
07.12.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Close-up of one of Trenchard's guards with a short moustache
Seems as good a time as any to repost my The Facial Hair of The Sea Devils thread:
07.12.2025 19:12 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Screenshot from an instagram reel by jonathanoldfield_, who, with short curly hair, wool coat and scarf, bears a passing resemblance to Sixth Doctor Colin Baker
Screenshot from an instagram reel by jonathanoldfield_, who, with short curly hair, wool coat and scarf, bears a passing resemblance to Sixth Doctor Colin Baker
Get this guy as Colin Baker in a drama about the making of Season 23
06.12.2025 10:24 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0With Chris Pine and Margot Robbie as Pip & Jane Baker
06.12.2025 10:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Screenshot from an instagram reel by jonathanoldfield_, who, with short curly hair, wool coat and scarf, bears a passing resemblance to Sixth Doctor Colin Baker
Screenshot from an instagram reel by jonathanoldfield_, who, with short curly hair, wool coat and scarf, bears a passing resemblance to Sixth Doctor Colin Baker
Get this guy as Colin Baker in a drama about the making of Season 23
06.12.2025 10:24 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Cropped close-up of Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes in the 1984 onwards ITV adaptations of the Holmes stories
The audio on ITVx keeps going out of sync after each advert break. Basically why the fucking hell isn't there a Blu-ray boxset of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in the UK?
05.12.2025 17:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0School photo of some posh lads in green blazers out in the grounds, sitting or standing in three rows. Angus Deayton is middle row, fourth from the right.
The other TV related family thing is that Dad went to school with Angus Deayton - see if you can spot him. (Answer in alt text)
04.12.2025 16:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Two black and white photos stuck in an album, blurry pictures showing an old lash-up of wires, tubes, electronic boxes and equipment. The caption reads "30 Line TV set constructed by Sydney and Desmond Pullin 1933/4"
Family history day. Here's the 30-line TV set my great-grandfather and great uncle built for fun in the 1930s.
04.12.2025 14:14 β π 10 π 6 π¬ 2 π 0The full packshot for Doctor Who The Collection S21
"I might regenerate. I don't know. Feels different this time..."
Doctor Who The Collection Season 21 is ANNOUNCED! Seven incredible stories, loads and loads of extras, a hefty collectors booklet and a few surprises. Ready to preorder now!
Screenshot of a Redditch Advertiser article on Facebook, with the post's caption being "It was many of the children's first glimpse inside a working factory". Just below is the cut-off photo of a smiling boy in what might be the cab of a forklift
Arkwright introducing some five-year-olds to the water frame
04.12.2025 08:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I want my life to be illustrated by Sidney Paget
03.12.2025 22:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I mean if my colleague didn't want to know the history of omnibus versions of The Sea Devils he shouldn't have asked
03.12.2025 12:51 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Album cover for the album Quatermass by the band Quatermass. It seems to depict a shot looking up at two buildings and a grey sky, with three pterodactyls (one of them green) swooping down.
When I say I like Quatermass this is what I mean btw, no idea about this TV show you all go on about
03.12.2025 11:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Promo photo from A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower, of Joanna Lumley and Tobias Menzies, and others.
This year's instalment, The Room in the Tower, is on Christmas Eve at 10pm on BBC Two
02.12.2025 16:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Black and white promo photo of a towering Ice Warrior
Episode One of The Ice Warriors is on BBC Four on Tuesday 23 December at 20:00, before the documentary on Innes Lloyd.
02.12.2025 16:48 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Jason Watkins as "Wraxhall" in A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus, looking terrified of some unseen thing emerging from a tomb
Michael Hordern as Parkin in Whistle and I'll Come to You, kneeling down and examining a mysterious whistle he has just pulled from the ground
There's an evening of ghost stories on BBC Four on Monday 22nd December from 10pm.
Woman of Stone, Lot No. 249, Count Magnus and The Mezzotint, followed by the 1968 Whistle and I'll Come to You
Online listings for the BBC Four TV schedules. At 01:25 is Ian Rankin's Hidden Edinburgh, and then at 02:25 is Ian Rankin's Hidden Edinburgh.
Interesting moment on BBC Four last night where, due to snooker-based schedule changes, Ian Rankin's Hidden Edinburgh was broadcast twice in a row - the standard version immediately followed by the signed version.
02.12.2025 08:20 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wouldn't mind if they sounded nice, but these are like knives and forks clanging together
02.12.2025 07:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0