My top book for an Essential Terrance Dicks Volume 3 (with The Giant Robot, The Deadly Assassin, Timewyrm: Exodus & Made of Steel)
While Season 8 would be my top pick for a full-year #DoctorWho Target omnibus – the most consistently brilliant set of novelisations before 26.

OTD 1965: Undermind Flowers of Havoc
This fascinatingly incoherent series’ weird paranoia often tips into social conservatism, few more than here, the ‘Young people today’ / homoeroticism episode
Several plausibly villainous red herrings, but one actor is Michael Gough, so… 🤷‍

In May 1988, legislation passed in the UK 'prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality' by local authorities. It was in effect for a decade and a half, with massive impact on the LGBT+ community. This is a brief history of Section 28.

The Hokey Cokey to the tune of Creep by Radiohead.

The latest ep of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue is available now on BBC Sounds. The timing of “ra ra ra” makes me very pleased… #ISIHAC

3. content of sex education in primary schools is already limited and focusses on things like puberty and making sure kids understand consent and healthy relationships.

This announcement is just culture war electioneering for the Tories. Making kids less safe for headlines

2. Preventing younger kids learning about LGBT people and singling out the existence of trans people as a banned subject is targeted hate against the community.

This makes life harder for young LGBT people. It also denies kids the knowledge they need to live in a diverse world.

1. Comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education is the best tool we have to keep children informed, healthy and safe. All these Tory restrictions will do is keep children in the dark and put them at risk.

“less education” has never been the solution to any problem ever.

Seven episodes deep, do you have a favourite #SwingingChristies so far? 👀

Catch up now: open.spotify.com/show/46QYi7k8G…

More ill than usual, spending most of days asleep (but as for nights)
Currently reading The Mirror Crack’d From Side To Side
Just woke up, blearily turned on TV, saw Lynda La Plante
So brain instantly jumped to ‘It’s always bloody Tennison’

Cold’s been coming on all week but since waking at 4am utterly horrible.
However, unlike most of all the very many things wrong with me I’d like to congratulate my body for the Doctor Who cosplay, exceptional timing, 10/10 for artistic interpretation, now please stop

Happy Terrance Dicks Day*
New version shirt by Chris Orton, now with (I’m afraid it has to be said) more prominent Dicks

*Well, one of ’em

Four hours to go…!
#DoctorWho