Toby Hadoke
@tobyhadoke.bsky.social
Actor, Comedian, Writer, Voice Guy, Professional Anorak. Arcana is my armour. And my amour.
Toniiiiight! Previews season is over, and it's back to regular funny business at XS, and we're starting our August with the amazing @abigoliah.bsky.social! With support from Ben Stead, Gabriel Featherstone, and Abbie Hale, plus, of course, plenty of @tobyhadoke.bsky.social wegottickets.com/f/24189
XS Malarkey with HEADLINER Abigoliah Schamaun
HIya! Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester comedy institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. A minimum of just £3 for members and £6 for...
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Lots of goodies here on the newly launched Film is Fabulous Patreon scheme : with pledged money going directly to the recovery and preservation of TV and film at risk of being lost forever.
filmisfabulous!@filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 5d agoPreserving Film Treasures Film is Fabulous! is delighted to launch our new supporter scheme on Patreon. Providing an opportunity for those who wish to forge closer links with the team, receiving greater insight into the work to preserve film collections www.patreon.com/cw/FilmisFab...
Goodbye, Farewell and Amen to @scifibulletin.bsky.social (the site - not me, quite yet!) @alasdairstuart.com @smartartz.bsky.social @nickjjoy.bsky.social @bigfinish.bsky.social @dannyrobins.bsky.social scifibulletin.com/2026/08/03/f...
Farewell to SFB
This is the news story that I never quite expected to have to write, but here we are. This is the last day of regular updates to Sci-Fi Bulletin. For those who don’t know the history, Sci-Fi Bullet…
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Jimmy Cricket : truly one of the nicest men in this business. Daft as a brush on stage (and able to be cross generational in his appeal) but so warm and kind and generous and supportive off it. He also has a lovely family of good people. Ah this is so sad. RIP Jimmy.
#SHOWNEWS - 'Maria' at 53Two Simon Stephens premieres his new play 'Maria' at 53Two. In a play about honesty, and humanness, Stephens feels that @53two was the perfect choice for the launch. 2nd-11th September 7.30pm (not 7th & 8th). Also, 6th September 5pm. *LINK IN BIO*
SIMON STEPHENS’ MARIA TO RECEIVE UK PREMIERE AT 53TWO
Manchester writer’s powerful drama about love, isolation and survival comes to 53two from 2–11 September 2026. 53two will present the UK premiere of Maria by acclaimed Manchester playwright Simon Stephens this September, directed by Sadie Mears in her debut production at the venue. Set in the North, in a once-thriving port town now surviving on the scraps of yesterday’s industry, Maria follows a pregnant 18-year-old searching for connection, trust and hope in the digital 21st century. As Maria “ping-pongs” through life the play takes an unflinching look at social neglect and isolation combining youthful resistance with enforced resilience.
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But here's the nifty thing. I'm not off to Edinburgh, but I've already seen all of these fine, fine shows in Manchester, mostly courtesy of @xsmalarkey.com, with a bit of help from @alovelytime.bsky.social. Hats off to them!
If I were off to Edinburgh this year I'd be making a bee-line for comedy shows by Elf Lyons, Andrew Doherty, Hannah Platt, Frankie Monroe, Heron Foods (Molly McGuinness and Paul Campbell), Chris Cantrill, Rob Auton, Tom Neenan, Adam Riches...
I maintain that if Burnham made it legal to confiscate phones from people who watch video or listen to music without headphones, then called a snap election, he could actually increase his majority.
Comedian, actor, presenter, podcaster extraordinaire Toby Hadoke delivers his ten favourite classic Doctor Who stories... I love this guy - it’s the meeting of podcasts bromance that no one saw coming! @tobyhadoke.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
What a sad day. Raising a glass to that very fine actor Tom Chadbon, who graced every franchise from James Bond to Blake’s 7 to Game of Thrones, and whose brilliant comic turn as Duggan, the out-of-his-depth private detective in the 1979 Doctor Who classic City of Death, is the stuff of TV legend.
Its a @tobyhadoke.bsky.social double bill for me this week A great interview with @sophiealdred.bsky.social on the Ace Odyssey show last night And tonight his words of wisdom about The Day the Earth Caught Fire on @smershpod.com
Really pissed off with my email provider. I hadn’t got a message I was expecting so checked my junk bin. As well as filtering out all the crappy spam/sales pitches, turns out it’s been withholding every single message from all the nice young women who have seen my picture and want to be my friend.
Series 2 of our Ace Odyssey has begun and we’re welcoming TobyHadoke @tobyhadoke.bsky.social aboard the Nosferatu 2.5 and encountering @robinince.bsky.social in the Ffantaface! Dare you enter The Neverwhen? Links in the first reply ⬇️
MEXICAN WAVE! I realise @tobyhadoke.bsky.social has now released his Too Much Information podcasts on all four parts of "The Aztecs", so, in this central American weather, I can start a deep dive into the story on DVD at home, and William Russell reading the book, and Toby's analysis when I'm out.
A new printing of The Quatermass Experiment is now in stock, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's immersive account of the making of TV's first sci-fi classic, illustrated with rare photographs from the archives of writer Nigel Kneale. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
I am available for hire these days. Like I used to be. Should you have any writer/script editor/story producer needs. 🤷🏻♂️ www.andrewellard.com
Andrew Ellard
Andrew Ellard – screenwriter. Script editor on the IT Crowd, Red Dwarf, Miranda and Count Arthur Strong. Writer of the competition-winning films AfterDeath and Future.Inc. Scriptwriter for film, TV, t...
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The brilliant @tpneenan.bsky.social is going to Edinburgh this year with a fantastic new show. Tom and I got together to watch Army of Ghosts for a bonus/unofficial Happy Times and Places episode which will hopefully tempt you to go to see him LIVE! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Happy Times and Places BONUS - Army of Ghosts with Tom Neenan
Podcast Episode · Doctor Who: Toby Hadoke’s Time Travels · S1, E428 Bonus · 1hr 20min
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 We are honoured to present a full tribute to #DoctorWho writer and editor Justin Richards, who passed away last week. Huge thanks to @anghelides.bsky.social, @stevecolewriter.bsky.social, @twilightstreets.bsky.social and @lisabowerman.bsky.social. soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/...
543: Remembering Justin Richards
Last week, we learned of the very sad news of the passing of Justin Richards. Justin is best known to Doctor Who fans as a novel writer, book editor, script writer and script editor with Big Finish, b
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Hamster has a Ko-Fi account which people have already been so generous. If you’ve ever listened and laughed along, there’s the option to support the podcast. Thank you for listening. ko-fi.com/ahamsterwith...
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Good news, a bumper crop of reprints are arriving tomorrow… New copies of A Peculiar Effect on the BBC, Penda's Fen, Biddy Baxter, Script Doctor and The Quatermass Experiment. Phew! Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
Two more strange and unusual previews tonight: brilliant Rob Kemp brings us Beatlesjuice, the Burton/Beatles mashup you've all been waiting for, & XS fave Hannah Platt brings us her new show Cult Classic. All that, plus our own cult hero @tobyhadoke.bsky.social - tickets at wegottickets.com/f/17342
XS Malarkey: Edinburgh Previews with HANNAH PLATT and ROB KEMP
HIya! Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester comedy institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. Every June and July we dedicate every Tuesday...
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Another influx of Too Much Information and it’s time for Episode Four of The Aztecs : The Day of Darkness. With facts, figures, observations, and biographies of John Crockett and Marcus Dods. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Too Much Information 5.4 - The Day of Darkness
Podcast Episode · Doctor Who: Toby Hadoke’s Time Travels · S2 E31 · 1hr 13min
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Ah! It’s been announced. We’re off on a hazardous mission to find The Abominable Snowmen. Hopefully we’ll find it in time otherwise you’ll just be left with a photograph of a Blu-Ray in the snow and a fragment of a box. Documentaries, commentaries… the whole shebang, and I’m on a few of them.
@sarahbabsmorgan.bsky.social · last mo.Pleased as punch to have contributed in a very small way to this alongside such luminaries as @barryf48.bsky.social @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social @accordingtojond.bsky.social @tobyhadoke.bsky.social and many more! hammerfilms.com/products/the...
Vladimir McTavish : Scottish comedy legend. Hilarious and unique. Paul Sneddon, the man behind the legend: absolutely lovely bloke. A warm hearted, totally decent fellow. We hadn’t worked together in a while and to think we never will again makes me sad. RIP to a top bloke gone too soon.
Elf Lyons stunning at the ever-brilliant @xsmalarkey.com. Wildly ambitious, moving,hugely vulnerable and, of course, extremely silly and funny. Has to be a must-see show of the Fringe.
Only 20 tickets left for tonight's previews with @freyaparker.bsky.social and Elf Lyons, so please book ahead if you're coming! Very excited for these shows, and for @tobyhadoke.bsky.social of course wegottickets.com/f/17340
