But who could show a cheek like Queequeg?

What?! No way! Somebody... somebody do something!

Bob Holmes last script for Dr Who for 6 years THE POWER OF KROLL is a strangely muddled affair but Tom Baker and Mary Tamm's chemistry is great and even duff Dr Who has its moments. Join #thefilmcrowd this Wednesday from 8pm via the iPlayer. Link 👇

Ah so sensible! I get the feeling this year will be a hot one.

A pair of sandhill cranes in flight against a cloudless blue-gray sky.

A pair of sandhill cranes with #LongNecks for today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, and for #TwosDay. Michigan USA.
#Photography #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Nature #WildlifePhotography #BirdsInFlight

Christopher Lee

A demonic entity playing Dracula

Longer days. Oh god. We aren't far off summer are we.

This is Queer Cinema Classics / Pansyvison, back with a new channel, so if you've not already subscribed, get to it.
Just as creative, joyful, and loud-and-proudly queer as ever.

Ah! Then we shall re-commune with his spirit! #thefilmcrowd

Ah, has it been done before? #thefilmcrowd

@ahappyhiveling.bsky.social You weren't planning on doing Manimal at any point were you old chap? Just put in in for a future TFC presentation and just thought I'd ask!

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For some reason I have the theme from Captain Kronos in my head today.

Yes.

You choose your leaders and place your trust,
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust,
You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns

A digital radio display. BBC radio 4 is playing. The flavour text is presumably "rigorous analysis" but there aren't enough characters for that to display so it says "rigorous anal"

Some geek at the BBC has great fun working out the character width of standard displays on radios to make it say rude things

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Doot doo doot de doo...hmmm... quite a lot of weather we're having recently... #thefilmcrowd

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani - Part Two (9th March 1984). The Doctor and Peri are trapped underground with Sharaz Jek.

Every transphobic man is a misogynistic attack dog just looking for an 'acceptable' outlet. Every transphobic woman is an enabler and encourager of this violence.

Can we all see the irony of the guy with " keep men out of women's spaces" literally invading her personal space?

Coin used as Leeds bus fare was 2,000‑year‑old currency The coin was handed down to Peter Edwards from his grandfather in the 1950s.

This is the sort of thing a cashless society robs us of, the opportunity to try to get away with paying the bus fare in Carthaginian currency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dear Monday... #antonwalbrook

Its a shame that films have turned their backs on opening credits, but I enjoyed its tone and sense of fun and mischief.

Pic of mousketeer giger

Fan letter to Starlog from 1980, featuring a rare photo of H.R. Giger in a Mickey Mouse hat

Dixon of Dock Green meets Kojak – Telly Savalas, Pete Murray and Jack Warner enjoy some lollipops

Transgender laird takes to the battlements over tourist lodge The Daily Telegraph9 Mar 2026By Telegraph Reporter Samantha Kane, also known as Lady Carbisdale A TRANSGENDER laird is locked in a planning row with a neighbour over plans for a new holiday let in the Scottish Highlands. Samantha Kane, who became the self-styled Lady Carbisdale after buying Carbisdale Castle near Ardgay in 2022, has objected to neighbour Rupert Haig-thomas’s plans to build a lodge for tourists. Under the proposals, the lodge would include three bedrooms, a kitchen-diner, a snug sitting room, a living room, a boot room, and several bathrooms. But Kane said the plans were not suitable for the area, which is surrounded by ancient forest and is in an area of outstanding beauty. Cardisdale Castle “should be cherished and protected”, Kane said, telling The Telegraph: “I want to preserve it for future generations, I don’t want anything to harm the castle. “It is a complete disregard for the area and history of the land.” In planning documents, Kane said the plans would “devastate the castle”, was “not in keeping with the design” and would “interfere with the aesthetic setting of Carbisdale Castle”. A second objection from Kane’s company, Carbisdale Castle Ltd, added: “The lodge will be adverse to the historic listed building and it will negatively impact the setting and the nature and our business model here at Carbisdale Castle.

You would never know it, but the Editor's Code of Conduct says that someone's status as trans should only be mentioned if relevant to the story.

Anyway, here's the Telegraph today...

No report in the Guardian about a woman MP being attacked on International Women’s Day by transphobic fascists after just a week in the job.

They have these “news” items though

Even after all these years...

Very traumatic. And Blake's 7!

We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well, they're no friends of mine.
#blakes7

I find it really frustrating that BBC4 are putting all the Ibsen stuff on in a graveyard slot. Yeah yeah iPlayer blah blah - perhaps I'd like to actually watch them on the telly at a reasonable time?

A lovely little runaround!