Freelance Writer. Highgate Dad. Kinda Desi. Posts from my Dr Who & Film newsletters & RTs of things I like, mostly.
Dr Who - https://tinyurl.com/ppdrwho
Film - https://tinyurl.com/MMatinees
Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/buxo1
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Freelance Writer. Highgate Dad. Kinda Desi. Posts from my Dr Who & Film newsletters & RTs of things I like, mostly.
Dr Who - https://tinyurl.com/ppdrwho
Film - https://tinyurl.com/MMatinees
Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/buxo1
PP and MM do not use AI.
I’ve done another guest post for the long running twinpeaksblog, looking at the neglected topic of the series’ UK viewing figures back in 1990 / 91. twinpeaksblog.com/2026/10/11/h... Free to read. Lots of other great stuff on that site too. Check it all out.
A new Psychic Paper, on always being a friend to The Enemy of the World.
A new Psychic Paper, on always being a friend to The Enemy of the World.
We’ll have multiple pieces each week for the rest of October thanks to #lff #londonfilmfestival & #horroctober (h/t @princecharlescinema.com), with one film that qualifies for both.
£1.00 a month for most of this stuff, with a free tier for a taste of it. #filmsky
I’ve done another guest post for the long running twinpeaksblog, looking at the neglected topic of the series’ UK viewing figures back in 1990 / 91. twinpeaksblog.com/2026/10/11/h... Free to read. Lots of other great stuff on that site too. Check it all out.
With the release of the third season of #Blakes7 on DVD imminent, here’s my piece in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social about how I came to love my mad old show, in which that season played a significant part:
I am one (ONE) paid sub off a nice round number, so why not come in for £1 a month and make a happy man very old?
I am one (ONE) paid sub off a nice round number, so why not come in for £1 a month and make a happy man very old?
In subscribers‘ inboxes already, a new Midday Matinée on how changes in Canadian tax law enabled David Cronenberg‘s film about cars. No, not that one.
It’s payday week & you can become a subscriber for just £1.00 a month. Or try the free tier & see if you like it.
A guest column by our Canada corespondent @graemeburk.bsky.social, who looks at the Canadian VHS grey market.
Thanks John!
A guest column by our Canada corespondent @graemeburk.bsky.social, who looks at the Canadian VHS grey market.
I've retitled this collection The Morgue, being "the remains of proposals that I once cherished and that, like a character in an Edgar Allan Poe story, I still hold too dear to inter." Now added, NAVIGATORS. The complete blueprint of a 10-hour historical epic, stalled and ultimately ended by Covid
This week's MM is deep-ish dive taking in a Canadian Prime Minister called Trudeau and a David Cronenberg film about cars, neither of which are the ones you're expecting. Probably.
This week's MM is deep-ish dive taking in a Canadian Prime Minister called Trudeau and a David Cronenberg film about cars, neither of which are the ones you're expecting. Probably.
Meet team Murderbot! @marthawells.com is our compass, a perfect storm of an SFF writer, an anthropologist, formed by fandom, winning awards from way early and always campaigned for those left behind. Or mistakes are our own, but we’re making this for her. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
Happy #RubberSoul Day to all who celebrate.
"The hedonism of Elastica feels especially relevant in a pop world whose biggest star is Charli xcx. Like brat, Elastica exudes a sleazy smokers’ area glamour" lovely writing by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social on one of the best albums of the mid-90s