@AMcGown

Graphic designer, old telly historian/writer. Art Editor DWM Specials/bookazines. Writer of The Fanzine Book, a history of Doctor Who zines. Likes any old toot.

 Glasgow
Joined October 2009
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Alistair McGown retweeted
spankybackpack@spankybackpackOct 7
Looking for a copy, if you have one.
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I live in hope of the day when a celebrity will be interviewed on a chat show and when asked "What made you want to write a children's book?" will answer, "In all honesty, the very large fee."
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Alistair McGown retweeted
Sheena@sarky_sheenaOct 4
As an adult, one of the hardest decisions you’ll ever make, is when to throw away the box after buying a new electrical appliance.
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This. 100% this. This is why I'm watching old TV and movies on DVD and Blu-ray all the time.
Michael Spicer
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Most TV is just this now.
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Alistair McGown retweeted
filmisfabulous@filmisfabulousSep 30
David Jervis - The electronic and video effects specialist who worked on numerous BBC productions, including Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, and The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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Normal service now hopefully resumed. I'll be rambling on as usual about old episodes of Juliet Bravo to 11 people. The great British public, man. They're humourless, literal buffoons.
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"Tell you what, Ron. We've all 'ad enough." The bleakly beautiful Slade in Flame (1975). As good as I remember from the late 80s/early 90s screenings on Channel 4. Last year's BFI Blu-ray release is immaculate as you'd expect.
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In June 1994 I saw Oasis play the Cathouse in Glasgow for £6.30. Next year, a standing ticket to see them in Glasgow will be £170 upwards. That's an inflation rate of 2598%.
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To be utterly fair some seats at some gigs are going to be as low as £70-odd. Totally a decent price. Everyone's taken this humorous comment at, ahem, face value.
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I'd forgotten, Twitter/X really doesn't do irony or understatement. Silly me.
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Alistair McGown retweeted
Cat@catfacerSep 24
I met Ken Russell just before he died, he came to the cinema where I was working and I served him popcorn. He watched Thor in 3D with his wife (?) and I asked him how it was and he said he hated it.
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According to the Bank of England inflation calculator, since 1994 a £6.30 ticket should have increased today to £13.80
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I love a POP FACT. At the weekend I saw a street with an interesting name and subsequently discovered that Olivia Newton-John's father was a Wing Commander for MI5 and arrested Rudolph Hess, while her grandfather won the Nobel prize in 1954 for his work on quantum physics. TRUE!
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BTW, the street was Max Born Crescent, which I noticed and I thought 'Who was Max Born?' He was indeed the Nobel-winning scientist. His daughter Helene married Brinley Newton-John, an RAF Wing Commander involved with the Enigma code project. All true.
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Alistair McGown retweeted
BladeoftheSun@BladeoftheSSep 11
What we should be talking about is how billionaires are destroying the planet with their electricity and water devouring AI just so they can make everyone unemployed and rule the world with an army of robots and people as poor as slaves.
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Caught this afternoon BBC1 show today by accident ... a convention for a b&w 1960s sci-fi TV show about a time-travelling adventurer, known as Professor Y? Who could they mean...? #DoctorWho bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…

Sister Boniface Mysteries - Series 3: 3. Professor Y

The inaugural convention of the cancelled sci-fi show 'Professor Y' comes to Great Slaughter in an attempt to revive it, but its creator goes missing. Sister Boniface and the team investigate.

bbc.co.uk
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Same energy?
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The last few weeks have taken advantage of having evenings off for once and with TV being so bad have had a movie fest of some old faves, stuff I've not seen for decades and stuff new to me. In no particular order (with rough release dates) I've watched... 1/3
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Night of the Big Heat (67), Condorman (81), Breaking of Bumbo (70), Fathom (67), Fantastic Voyage (66), Madhouse (74), Island of Terror (66), The Brides of Dracula (60), The Cry of the Banshee (70), Full Circle (aka Haunting of Julia) (78), Blood Beast Terror (68), Trog (70) 2/3
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Pit and the Pendulum (61), Who Dares Wins (82), The Mind of Mr Soames (70), The Shout (78), Fright (72), Tower of Evil (72), The Reptile (66), The Plague of the Zombies (66), Berserk! (67), The Assassination Bureau (69)... Tells you everything you need to know about me! 3/3
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