John Isles

Just listened to Day 2. A lot of fun! I've never read this comic strip (and I don't think I want to now!) How on Earth did no one at the BBC ever care or check these to ensure they felt like Doctor Who?! @wretchedmorgan.bsky.social

The latest @thedwshow.net is out, and we're looking at the writing of David Fisher!
A perhaps under-discussed writer?
Four very different stories to look at!
But some common themes and styles also in there...

As always please listen, and let us know what you think!

Black Archive ‘Undead’ at 80! » We Are Cult ❉ Obverse Books announce the latest Black Archive, covering the Fifth Doctor story, 'Mawdryn Undead', written by Kara Dennison.

@obversebooks.co.uk announce the latest Black Archive, the 80th in the series, covering the Fifth Doctor story, ‘Mawdryn Undead’. Read more here 👇
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A rich, heady brew of sex, political detail, history, unknowable slathering horror, Gothic atmosphere and the absence left in the universe by the destruction of Gallifrey...but what will Joe & @onthetimelash.bsky.social make of it?

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Happy Birthday!

Art by: John Romita and Artie Simek.

Spider-Man Cover A Day:

Amazing Spider-Man #97 (Release Date: March 9, 1971. Cover Date: June 1, 1971.)

Writer: Stan Lee
Penciller: Gil Kane

Featuring: Green Goblin, Mary Jane Watson, Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacy (vision or hallucination), George Stacy (mentioned)

#Spider-Man #Marvel

Just lost the annual game where you try and avoid hearing about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not :(

Christmas Ident Calendar Day 2. BBC1's Christmas pudding globe of 1977. The last year of Eric & Ernie & (for a bit), Bruce on the Beeb. They went to ITV in 1978. JICTAR's ratings, now considered definitive, has Mike Yarwood beating M & W on Christmas Day...just! 21.40m to 21.30m.

Fantastic. Thank you. I've seen the Jean Marsh episode - that was an unexpected surprise.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

Time for the Christmas tree Battle of the Mutara Nebula! 🖖🏼🎅🏼

This is an advertisement for the Morris Marina, highlighting its value and practicality. It emphasizes the car's lack of unnecessary frills, its affordability, and its ease of maintenance. The ad features an image of the car and a text that positions it as a sensible choice for those seeking value and reliability. You just can't get more value onto a page. PAGE 38 SUNDAY MIRROR, December 4, 1977 It's surprising how much money people are prepared to pay for frills and fancies on a car, and bewildering how they go on paying to keep such expensive machinery on the road. Morris build 10 Marina saloons and 2 estates for people who want to run a totally satisfying car that isn't a financial liability. Because it's a Morris, there's nothing irrelevant about the Marina. No gimmicks, just solid value. Every- thing in a Marina does its job well: from engine to ashtray, the Marina is a car that's been tried, proved and perfected. Because it's a Morris, you're not spending money on styling fads that fade overnight: you're buying clean and classic looks that last. The spares you may have to buy don't come from the ends of the earth so they don't cost you the earth. Because it's a Morris, there are no marathort trips to find a garage that understands a Marina inside-out. It's one of the easiest cars to service and maintain, which takes a lot of the sting out of today's servicing costs. It uses petrol as if every drop counted; in the 1977 Total Economy Drive, the Marina 1-8 achieved an average 40-69 mpg. There are many reasons why the Marina gives such good value. Or perhaps just one – because it's a Morris. From Leyland Cars. With Supercover. Car featured Marina 1-8 HL 4-door £3314.61. Marina prices from £2380.95 including car tax, VAT and front seat belts. Delivery and number plates extra.

Dec 1977: Marina 1-8 HL ad from Morris

(+Marina)

«You just can't get more value onto a page.»

YouTube video by Adam Martyn The Scandalous BBC Christmas Tapes

‘TIS THE SEASON

It's December 1st...you know what that means, Shawols...

Here's what's on #TalkingPicturesTV tomorrow, Tuesday 2nd December.

He’s making a list
He’s checking it twice
[REDACTED] is on it
And [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]
Jeffrey Epstein is coming to town.

Radio Times 17-30 December 2005: “Happy Christmas!” A snow globe with a TARDIS and a snow Doctor (scarf rather than pinstripes as yet) and snow Dalek

“REBORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY…” The Doctor (David Tennant) and Rose (Billie Piper) in front of the TARDIS, a pair of Santas looming behind…

The Doctor, Rose, Jackie and Mickey in front of the TARDIS, a deadly Christmas Tree towering above, a carol of Santas looming behind… “THE CHRISTMAS INVASION is on BBC One NOW. “HARRIET JONES SAYS: “Switch this website off for Britain.”

Doctor Who – The Christmas Invasion
First official Christmas special*
(probably still the best)
First story for new Doctor David Tennant
(a long-awaited festive Billie Piper too)
The huge rock-ship still looks and sounds awesome [THRUMMM]
and
“I’m gonna get killed by a Christmas tree!”
#ChristmasWho

Me as a Cyberman. I am drinking a can of WD-40.

Are we done with Cyber Monday? Cyberman Day? Cider Monday? Whatever. That. #MondasMotivation #MondayMotivation

Photo of a TV screen showing The Twilight Zone: The Obsolete Man. Were in a large, dark room with no furniture and feature-less walls. A group of men and women stand with no emotion displayed, dressed in plain, simple clothes. The man standing screen-left is Harold Innocent playing an un-named character.

Photo of a TV showing the closing credits of The Twilight Zone: The Obsolete Man. There is a still from a scene in the episode of a courtroom. The walls are dark and featureless. There is a man at the top of a very tall podium, with another man sat beneath him at the end of a VERY long table. At the end of table nearest to the camera is the shape/back/silhouette of a man looking towards the other two. The onscreen closing credits read: With Josep Elic, Harry Fleer, Barry Brooks, Harold Innocent, Jane Romeyn.

Watched a 'new' episode from 1961 of The #TwilightZone, The Obsolete Man. Interesting premise, well acted by Burgess Meredith. Pleasantly surprised to see Harold Innocent in a non-speaking role! Had no idea he worked in the US! Only know him from ITC shows, & Doctor Who.

Off to a good start. I got more out of this then I did my Cadbury's Dairy Milk advent calendar this morning! This is a story I am actually familiar with - William Russell read it as a bonus feature on The Web Planet DVD. Looking forward to hearing the rest (including my episode!)

"They're BACK! In your neighborhood!!! By pop-you-lar demand!!!" Photos of all four Beatles' heads with Santa hats and beards drawn around them, advertising the reissue of A Hard Day's Night.

#BeatlesAdvent Day 1

Newspaper ad for screenings of A Hard Day's Night, brought back to cinemas at Christmas 1964.

Here we go again! Christmas Ident Calendar Day 1. BBC1 had a lot of things on in 1993 & their '1' in the North Pole! Biggest of them all was One Foot In The Algarve with 20m!
Also...
Only Fools: 19.59m
Birds Of A Feather: 19.39m
Ghost: 18.53m
Keeping Up Appearances: 17.07m

First encounters

First encounters

YouTube video by Sparks - Topic Thank God It's Not Christmas

It's time for #MyMusucAdventCalendar and my countdown to my favourite Christmas song.
Today's song possibly isn't a Christmas song at all but I love it and it's on my Christmas playlist.

So thank god it's not Chr-ristmas!

TV Listings For Thursday 1st December 1988

"Do you remember what the old shaman said long ago when the men started drilling? He said we were wounding the land, hurting it, making it bleed. He said that land would make us pay."

Twilight Zone's "The Jungle" debuted on Dec. 1, 1961. It stars John Dehner in his 2nd TZ role.

Do It Yourself

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Covers, Babes, Edmund Emshwiller, Future, Magazine, Sci-Fi

"THE TRIPODS" season 1, episode 12 (01/12/84)

Using hand grenades discovered in the ruins of Paris, Will, Henry and Beanpole decide to go on the offensive...

A BBC adaptation of John Christopher's novel, "The White Mountains" (1967). #scifi #sciencefiction #1980s

1st December, 1979:
"Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden" episode 2. #DoctorWho