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Dale Smith

@dalesmithonline.com

Writer of things mostly about #DoctorWho and infrequent conversationalist. Also works with #Drupal / #PHP https://www.dalesmithonline.com I don't have access to DMs.

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Dale Smith@dalesmithonline.com · 15h ago

Rewatched #DoctorWho The Curse of Fenric. Another of the acknowledged classics that the show's dying days gave us, and still holding up. Ghost Light foreshadows modern television scripts, but Curse really generates a whole world for the story.

Dale Smith@dalesmithonline.com · 2d ago

A quick #Babylon5 showing off its geek credentials by casting Illya Nickovitch Kuryakin, the man who provided Dr Dre with the sample for The Next Episode. Because he's British, he's playing the villain, but he does it without sneering and snarling, giving it all a laconic air that works quite well.

Reckoning@reckoningmag.bsky.social · 2d ago

Submissions for our annual issue close tomorrow! Our first-ever novella window closes tomorrow! Submissions for our weird flash fiction special issue edited by @andrewkozma.net close Oct 31! Guidelines here: reckoning.press/submit/ reckoning.press/submit/novel... reckoning.press/reckoning-fl...

Submit | Reckoning

[Leer en Español] We're currently reading for Reckoning 11, which will close to submissions August 31st, 2026. There are never any fees to submit. We pay SFWA-qualifying "professional" rates upon acce...

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Dale Smith@dalesmithonline.com · 2d ago

I know you can't do spoilers about history, but there is something mildly irritating about Central Intelligence and Invisible Hands both deciding to do LBJ vs the Vietnam Protests at the same time.

Barnaby Edwards@barnabyedwards.bsky.social · 3d ago

Please sign this petition to prevent actors’ voices being cloned without their permission - and to prevent you from paying for an AI rip-off of your favourite actor’s voice. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...

Petition: Strengthen copyright laws on our voices

Our voice is a key part of our identity and right now we feel it is inadequately unprotected by UK law! We are demanding every person in the UK have a clearer, more enforceable copyright ownership ove...

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Tom Roberts@tpgroberts.bsky.social · 4d ago

I do wish any of these pieces that criticise tax rises in favour of "welfare reform," would engage in the 16 year long experiment in welfare reform that has culminated in marginal savings and an increase (until recently) in child poverty. Truly, a mugs game. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Andy Burnham warned over ‘stupid’ tax raid on capital gains

Lord O’Neill of Gatley, who declined a role as the PM’s economic adviser, says raising taxes in the budget would show ministers were not serious about growth

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Translunar Travelers Lounge@translunartl.bsky.social · 5d ago

CL-451, known as Seal, is a cleaning bot. Even after it was set free it was a cleaning bot. Now, after the fall, the flesh and blood forces having wrecked the Abbey, it is a cleaning bot, and so it cleans. The Fall Of The Automatous Abbey by @mariahaskins.com

Long after the final attack on the Automatous Abbey, long after the enemy, repugnant and resplendent in their flesh and blood, had fired their array of weapons at the undefended structure, long after the Abbess had sounded the klaxons and evacuation alerts, and long after the remaining wreckage had lost the use of its engines and had begun tumbling through the cloudy tendrils of the nebula, bot CL-451, also known as Seal, kept cleaning the floors of the Abbey as it always had. Being a cleaning bot meant cleaning, and Seal knew its purpose, none better. It was the same purpose it had chosen all those years ago when the Mechanical Forces first liberated it from servitude in the asteroid mines and brought it to the Abbey to be rebooted into freedom by the Abbess. The Fall Of The Automatous Abbey Maria Haskins
Translunar Travelers Lounge@translunartl.bsky.social · 6d ago

Ana's father is diagnosed with incurable cancer. Ana has a window to another self, and although even this other universe might not have a cure, there's comfort. And Hannah knows of another version of herself… A Poem Of Anas by @renanbernardo.com

Dale Smith@dalesmithonline.com · 5d ago

Well given that last RT, let's have a quick #RandallAndHopkirkDeceased - All Work and No Play, which has a hook so brilliant I might have to lie down for a bit: evil spiritualists target Jeannie, convincing her that Marty is haunting her, and Jeff can't say "No he isn't, he's haunting me!"

Ben Williams@wenbbilliams.bsky.social · 6d ago

A Tim Curry fact Doctor Who fans might be aware of, but not known outside of fandom, is he was almost the Eighth Doctor. Not in a “he was on a list of potential actors” way, in a “he was asked and considered it and chose Muppet Treasure Island instead” way. *That* close.

Joel Morris@gralefrit.bsky.social · 5d ago

Carney should sign an executive order renaming President Donald Trump “Presidump Doofwad McFarts.” Big scroll. Fountain pen. Grave expression. Press conference.

Kenny Smith@finishedzine.bsky.social · 5d ago

🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨 #DoctorWho - Circuit Breaker continues, as we join the Fugitive Doctor in an encounter with some old foes. We speak to the fantastic @janellemccurdy.bsky.social about writing this short story. soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/...

560: Circuit Breaker - The Doctor and the Three Witches

Circuit Breaker continues, as we head into Penguin Books' contribution to the ongoing series. We speak to author Janelle McCurdy about her short story, The Doctor and the Three Witches, which is part

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Joe Ford@docoho44.bsky.social · 6d ago

Mark & I will be recording a Q&A this weekend and we need your crazy Doctor Who questions! I promise the answers will be every bit as insane as you have come to expect. Anything! Any burning question about any part of Doctor Who! Let’s do it…

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