Alan Baker

Me in an unfeasibly long Doctor Who season 18 chenille scarf.

The Chenille Beast is finally finished, ready for the Timelash convention at the weekend.

I haven’t, but from what I have read of his life, I can well imagine!

Tom Baker looking rather Bohemian popping up a bar.

Fair point, but I currently aspire a bit closer to this…

Drop an old person you’re gonna turn into in the future.

I've had it with the trolls. I rarely get comments anymore but if you have to say something, please be courteous. Thank you.

Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...

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FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of training AI software.

I literally just finished watching Day of the Daleks. Great 3rd Doctor story. Basically, it’s Terminator, but instead of Sarah Conner it’s Wurzel Gummidge.

The Mars cycler spacecraft would be assembled in Earth orbit at a space station. The three Habitat vehicles would then head to Mars. (credit: Carter Emmart) via https://www.thespacereview.com/article/5085/1

The three vehicles would connect on the way to Mars and start spinning to produce the equivalent of Mars gravity. (credit: Carter Emmart) via https://www.thespacereview.com/article/5085/1

Each vehicle would have two habitat modules and a Mars shuttle. (credit: Carter Emmart) via https://www.thespacereview.com/article/5085/1

Crewed landers would be preceded to Mars by cargo landers. The plan was to establish a base that would be permanently crewed. (credit: Carter Emmart) via https://www.thespacereview.com/article/5085/1

Wonderful article by Dwayne Day on the 1980s Case for Mars study, including Carter Emmart's amazing illustrations. This hardware has been on my modelling wish-list for years, so it's great to find all these references in one place.
www.thespacereview.com/article/5085/1

Roger Delgado as The Master from Doctor Who.

As a man of a certain age, one of the things I really like about Roger Delgado’s Master is the way he totally owns his receding hairline.

An Omega-class destroyer and two Starfuries over a planet.

Playing with Chris Kuhn's Babylon 5 models. An Omega-class destroyer and Starfury fighters.

Reclamation heavy lift aircraft bringing equipment and personnel into the valley of Two-Sky River.

The small cockpit windows are mainly a backup for the augmented reality sensorium helmets worn by pilots; a technology favored by House Kendi.

#illustration #conceptart #scifiart

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The birrin book project 'Two Sky River' is back underway :)

If you are interested in supporting my work, I have a Patreon; I am currently painting a Reclamation heavy lift aircraft arriving in the Valley.

#scifi #aviation #conceptart #illustration

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It’s Spacetober again and today’s prompt is Launch, so here is my artwork, Shuttle Night Launch, acrylic on stretched canvas. #Spacetober

Mock-up VHS box cover for Star Trek fan film "The Grounding".

Love me a VHS cover.
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The main thing I remember about it is the little piece at the end of one episode that told watching kids "When it's your turn to have a family, keep it small!"

Fusion warship D'Arcy, my own design, using the marker compositor.

MCRN Donnager, from The Expanse, using the marker compositor.

First quick experiments with Mac Rebisz's marker compositor.

Be the best you can be bothered to be. Says Skeletor wishing he was that cool vampire from Salem’s Lot.

A horribly mixed and incorrectly labeled bookshelf.

The Thalia bookstore in Darmstadt is now not only mixing science fiction with fantasy, but naming the whole section as just fantasy. Truly the Dark Times are upon us.

This is Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov. On this day, 42 years ago, he saved your life and the lives of everyone you love. He saved the world. Google his name.

A few more views of Nightfall.

And a friendly reminder, that my Markers setup for Blender is free on my Gumroad, link in the reply below.

CGI of Apollo LEMs in the surface of the moon, with two astronauts in a rover driving to the cargo LEM.

Not seen this one for a while. An old render for Ocean of Storms by @brandonwnichols.bsky.social showing an Apollo crew driving to their cargo LEM at the start of their surface mission.

Artist! Quote with your yellow art! 💛

Space doodles.

This image from Meteosat-12, captured this morning, 22 September 2025, shows Earth on the equinox — when the terminator line runs from pole to pole, dividing the planet into equal halves of light and dark. From space, it appears as a strikingly vertical line.

Coming up tonight at 19:19 BST/20:19 CEST: the September #Equinox! This image from Meteosat-12, taken this morning, shows Earth near the equinox - when the terminator appears as a straight line dividing the planet into equal halves of light and dark.

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Definitely true. Father Ted was gentle, thoughtful and funny.

Qrt with fanart

YouTube video by Alexander the ok Elite: "The game that couldn't be written"

May I recommend this fascinating video about the genius of Elite’s code.

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A modified Gemini module with a large conical service module and reflective shingles.

Lunar Reconnaissance Gemini: In the leadup to the Apollo landings, McDonnell proposed using a modified Gemini module to collect photographs of the land sites and develop navigation techniques for future flights.

Star Cops.