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The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse

It's never just one minority.

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A trip to Derby for a new blog post about Core Design, creators of Tomb Raider. Thanks to @retrohistories.bsky.social for suggesting this article. whereweretheynow.blogspot.com/2026/08/core... #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #PlayStation

Core Design

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Chris Chapman@retrohistories.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Okay, no idea about dates, but their first office (after Gremlin Derby, I think, but maybe even before?) was in the city centre somewhere. They weren't there for long and I can't find an address (I don't even know if they shipped any games while there) but it must be in print *somewhere*.

Long post on the brilliant history of interwar television Magic Rays of Light by @illuminations.bsky.social: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2026/08/magi...

I see the Labour vote was nearly double that of Reform in Manchester. Cue tomorrow's opinion pieces explaining how this is another great victory for Reform.

Our episode on Ultraworld is out We're now deep into Series C, with another first time writer for the show... so what did we make of it? Available on your podcast app, or directly here: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-yxrpd...

🧂💥NEW VIDEO💥🧂 Terry Nation’s original Master Plan: The first draft of Devil’s Planet, and lost storyline ideas. Full breakdown and comparison between Nation’s script and Tosh’s rewrite. Watch now! (Link Below 👇🏻)

Here’s an interview with William Hartnell early into #DoctorWho. I say interview but it’s barely got any direct quotations. A nice curio though from when the show was just taking off as a major success (The Daleks had finished the previous Saturday). From the Tunbridge Wells Courier, 7 February ‘64.

Last night the BBC4 continuity announcer introduced Funeral in Berlin with reference to Michael Caine's "eponymous" spy Harry Palmer. Which makes no sense at all. I wonder what meaning they were trying to convey.

It also shows one of the locations of police box R28, in operation from 1934–1970.

The Underground Map@theundergroundmap.com · 6d ago

This view of Long Lane in the 1930s looks north west at the junction (now a roundabout) with Belvedere Road (left) and Bedonwell Road (right). It shows a completed and maturing 1930s landscape. 📷 Ideal Homes #london #bexleyheath

A lovely closing summary from an excellent review of Ollie Wake's Black Archive on THE DALEKS in Celestial Toyroom #557. Available in paperback and ebook at obversebooks.co.uk/product/82-t...

An update to the Graftgold article in which I finally get a photo of their original office in Witham. I am no longer cloaked in shame from my 2022 mistake. What a time to be alive! whereweretheynow.blogspot.com/2022/02/graf... #Amstrad #C64 #ZXSpectrum #AtariST #Amiga #RetroGaming #RetroComputing

Graftgold

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oh god, has my name come up in the Prime Minister lottery?

Do not adjust your set! Network returns - a new company with a mission to celebrate the best of classic British TV and film.

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Contemporary perspectives on early #DoctorWho are always interesting. Here reviewer Peter Quince suggests that on the evidence of its second ever episode the series is “now lost and gone for ever”, despite the promise of its first. Harsh words. From the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 7 December 1963.

I recently downloaded a load of newspaper cuttings about Rudolph Cartier's Stalingrad. Reading through them now I find one review goes on to cover An Unearthly Child. Quite the contrast but a nice unexpected find.

Gizmondo. A new blog post about the worst selling console ever (so far). whereweretheynow.blogspot.com/2026/07/gizm... #Retrogames #Retrogaming #Gizmondo

Gizmondo Europe

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I will be happy to be corrected but I assume that one or both of those images is AI-generated. Which is ironic for an event claiming to celebrate photography, the art of capturing actuality.

W. W. Winter Heritage Trust@wwwheritagetrust.bsky.social · 3w ago

Join us a week today at #DerbyMarketHall to celebrate photography with the #PhotographyShow, in conjunction with Snap & Chat Connect & London Camera Exchange. Make a pinhole camera, see cameras from across the decades, and hear from our Trustees about the Winter Heritage Trust.

He's not even Prime Minister yet and he's already making bad decisions. Sigh.

We urgently need enforced disclosure of AI usage in TV shows & other media. These AI models use stolen work to displace human labour. It is reasonable to demand disclosures that let you avoid media made with them. variety.com/2026/biz/new...

Very pleased to have contributed to this wonderful celebration of Patrick Troughton's life and work, including talking to Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury and Michael Troughton about their memories of a brilliant, flawed, complicated man. Great work from Marcus and the whole team.

I see Tesco has withdrawn all ice cream from the products that can be delivered. Seems rather unsporting. I had ice cream due for delivery tomorrow and now it's gone.

Recommended! A lovely read - a thoughtful chat with a seemingly well-known serial.

Oliver Wake@oliver-wake.bsky.social · 4w ago

There are only 8 copies left of my Black Archive book about ‘The Daleks’. All the feedback so far has been very positive. Why not give it a go? Link below. It’s perfect heatwave reading!* *And equally suitable for all other meteorological conditions. obversebooks.co.uk/product/82-t...

Bert and Ernie for the new Dr Who. They could both play it as a bi-generation.

josh (oldfriend99)@oldfriend99.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Bert and Ernie should have their own show. I don't want to have to watch Sesame Street to see what they're up to. I'm not 5

There's always new facts to learn (thanks to Ian for this one). The cover to the 1969 is an 'homage' of sorts to a Lost in Space cover from the previous year. So that's not a Dalek claw in Jamie's hand!

Talking of overseas version of The War Machines, I’ve read that some US broadcasters tacked the surviving Tenth Planet regeneration footage onto the end of the story. Is this really true? I’m a little sceptical as I can’t see how they would have had access to that footage. Anyone seen such a thing?

“I’m licking for Dicktir Who’s fronds, Stoven and Do-Do”

Oliver Wake@oliver-wake.bsky.social · 3w ago

Look at this hilarious credits caption from the 1980s Lionheart omnibus version of The War Machines. Poor Jackie Lane!

Look at this hilarious credits caption from the 1980s Lionheart omnibus version of The War Machines. Poor Jackie Lane!

There are only 8 copies left of my Black Archive book about ‘The Daleks’. All the feedback so far has been very positive. Why not give it a go? Link below. It’s perfect heatwave reading!* *And equally suitable for all other meteorological conditions. obversebooks.co.uk/product/82-t...

You think you know a channel.

My favorite part of Season 21 is when Sarah Jane and Harry show up