Data Mcshane

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“Who’re you calling ‘young lady’, bog brain?” Doctor Who fanatic with a special interest in the Wilderness Years, funeral service professional, ze/zir, 25

In 1981 Doctor Who Magazine published the first comprehensive inventory of the BBC's archive, listing which Doctor Who episodes existed and were missing. 45 years on, 41 episodes have been returned to the archives. Here's a recreation of that list followed by how it stands in 2026.

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Forgot to mention it here, but I let Mark Z. Danielewski on Sunday night. Pretty cool dude, it was a really big honor meeting a writer who’s work has such a big creative influence on mine. (Real life name redacted. Sorry!)

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Went to Germany once: rudest country in the world by far. Everywhere I went almost everyone, I’m talking cabbies, waiters, tour guides, the concierge, etc, would take one look at my big bald head and address me to my face as “hair”

I recently watched the 1980 BBC Television Shakesphere production of hamlet and I love it for many, many, reasons but most notably for Derek Jacobi’s incredible performance. Like ohhhhhhh my god. Oh my goddddd