At last I can announce the publication of my life’s work: The Quatermass Experiment - The Making Of TV’s First Sci-Fi Classic Published by Ten Acre Films in May. There’s also a numbered, limited edition hardback with exclusive artwork. Pre-order here: tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/the-qu…

Back from another week-long stint at the BBC Written Archives for a further Doctor Who and Blake's 7 (plus a little bit of Quatermass) scanning mission. 6391 images procured. Nice to see Ncuti and Millie adorning the latest BBC Group Annual Report & Accounts publication.

Pop this on your Westminster Abbey photographic cut-out and you too can recreate your own version of The Quatermass Experiment!

Fifty years ago today, this was the sad news... youtu.be/bq4zkS34nlI

The Seeds of Doom is by far and away my all-time favourite of the classic Doctor Who run, so it's very sad to hear that Michael McStay (who once sent me a fabulous letter about his time on the programme) died on Sunday, aged 92.

All I can say is thank goodness we didn't have social media back in the seemingly-perfect classic series run. You can only imagine the online whinging that would have gone on over the likes of Genesis of the Daleks, The Deadly Assassin and The Armageddon Factor! 🤣🤣

The pacy trailer for the November 1999 repeat of Spearhead from Space (which couldn't be included on the S07 Collection for various reasons) featured an odd non-DW cut-in shot of a colourful giant eye. I recall someone once identifying where it came from. Can anyone remember it?

This video of the B-2 Stealth Bomber is cropping up a lot lately, but I can't help thinking it looks exactly like a shot that's come out of Century 21's studio in Slough in the 1960s! x.com/i/status/19366…

Does anyone happen to have a decent copy of this Daily Mirror howler from 2013 in their collection?

About the YouTube trailer…

Terror of the Zygons + Q&A with Philip Hinchcliffe - our Doctor Who Series 13 event at 12pm on Sat 20 Sept 12pm @bfi Same day 10am Screening of Ian Marter doc from Chris Chapman Tickets on sale 5 Aug to members & 7 Aug everyone else BBC Studios

August 1964: Good to see the Boy Scouts in Sidcup giving the Sensorites some love!

A long shot this one... 21 years ago, well-known Doctor Who collector, Mick Hall, sold a 16mm film print of Episode 6 of The Chase on eBay. It was won by a collector with the buyer name of "sad-bidder". Does anyone know where the film print ended up or who "sad-bidder" was?

Blake’s 7 season 2 The Collection shiny and new on Blu-Ray. Check out the full details of this packed set here. youtu.be/LhkHQk33YCo. MAXIMUM enjoyment!