Patrick Mulkern 💙

My Life as a #DoctorWho fan. Almost 60 years covered in 6 parts. So lucky to recall the 60s classics and become a fan in the golden age with Jon Pertwee and Katy @ManningOfficial. Hope some of it chimes with you! radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doct…

A series of short videos are being posted to the Film is Fabulous! YouTube channel for everyone to enjoy. These include scenes that have not been shown on the BBC website, so ‘SPOILER ALERT’: @FilmisFabulous-j9o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@FilmisFabulou…

@debmarson Coal tits in abundance here today.

@PatrickMulkern Very cheering.

I heard my first chiffchaff of the year today. Spring is definitely here! 😊

@AMcGown And let’s not overlook that Carole Ann Ford is most insistent that Susan should not be classified as a companion. 😉

@PatrickMulkern It's a very good point - to a child it must have felt like it went on forever. I don't wonder if Kingdom's resurrection for The Dalek Outer Space Book at Xmas 1966 didn't add to her canonical status at the time?

A random #DoctorWho thought re: the Master Plan finds ... as wonderful as it will be to see 2 episodes more of Katarina, might the recoveries finally spell the end of her inclusion as a canonical companion? IMHO it all dates back to J Bentham's DWAS's The Companion Volume in 1977

@AMcGown Jan explained to me yesterday that whole story ran for what felt to a child like the equivalent of two summer holidays. Sara Kingdom in particular seemed like she was in the show for a long time and travelled to many different destinations with the Doctor. More than Dodo in fact.

@PatrickMulkern Maybe they were essentially Schroedinger's Companions ... you were meant to *think* they would be companions but then you'd get pulled up short. They were only companions ... until they weren't. My, this has gotten existential ...

@AMcGown I’m pretty sure Jan considers Bret Vyon a companion too.

@PatrickMulkern Ha-ha, yes very interesting but is it companions, small 'c' or Companions, big 'c'??? I notice that Bret Vyon and Sara Kingdom are mentioned as "such characters" ... Fans like lists, and I can imagine that the DWAS Exec and JJB would want to set out a reliable taxonomy back then

@RadioTimes @filmisfabulous Full coverage of this 12-part classic by Mark Braxton @BraxM in the @RadioTimes #DoctorWho Story Guide radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doct…

Exciting news for all #DoctorWho fans. Unseen in 61 years. Not just Daleks, Hartnell & Purves but more Douglas Camfield & Terry Nation, Nick Courtney's DW debut and two more eps with Adrienne Hill as short-lived Katarina. Here's @RadioTimes coverage from 1965👏👏@filmisfabulous

@filmisfabulous Well done. Fabulous news and fine work!

Missing Doctor Who Recovered! The Film is Fabulous! team are pleased to announce the recovery of two missing episodes of Doctor Who, from the serial entitled, ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’: The Nightmare Begins (Broadcast: 13th Nov 1965) Devil’s Planet (Broadcast: 27th Nov 1965)

Entrancing live concert tonight @BBCRadio3 from the Royal Festival Hall – @marinalsop weaving magic with Scheherazade. @philharmonia

@ChrisChapman81 @bergersmicer Well done Chris 💖

Amazing news - our film MAXIMUM: THE LIFE OF JACQUELINE PEARCE has been nominated for BEST DOCUMENTARY at the Royal Television Society Awards - West of England!

@filmisfabulous Fabulous. This was the third BBC radio version. There had been a 15-part Book at Bedtime reading in 1953; and a six-part dramatisation in 1957. Here are the first billing and a mini feature for the 1968 Radio 4 serial. @RadioTimes

The Day of the Triffids A number of films have been donated by a former BBC employee. With these were reel-to-reel recordings made in August 68 of ‘The Day of the Triffids’, which had been broadcast on Radio 4 FM in June and July that year. These copies are of very high quality.

Coming soon: You Are Not Alone: A Gay History of #DoctorWho will be released on 25 May. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk

@ManningOfficial You are a law unto yourself! Xx

@PatrickMulkern ohh no ! i find it riveting but then i do love all sports bar golf but that something to do with my eyes distance & size of ball & hole 😂xxx😘

love most sports but curling ???? well stone me i am now 👀 hooked #WinterOlympics2026

@I_Dont_Know_Her She has always been F A B

This video of Letitia Dean is unbelievably iconic. I know she'll be fuming about this getting out.

Happy Kenny Centenary! Enjoying the excellent, varied, day-long programming on @BBCRadio4Extra #KennethWilliams #KennethWilliams100 Pleased that I’ve held onto these for 44 years.

@LRoundels Hilarious. I’ve never watched that show.

The clip ends with a act that only an actor like Tom would have the audacity to do😁