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mrbrell.bsky.social
Husband, father, writer, Range Editor for Candy Jar Books' UNIT series. Enjoys reading the Whoniverse, Tolkien, plus C.18th & Modernist fiction. Does a lot of washing up.
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It's World Book Week & Candy Jar Books is offering a special 25% discount on many titles. Use code WORLDBOOKDAY25 at checkout. Discount available from 2am UK time on March 5th until midnight UK time on March 9th. Offer excludes pre-orders, Companions, 100 Objects of Dr Who, and Kklak!

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Available to pre-order exclusively from Candy Jar Books, The Benton Files VI, by Paul Driscoll. NOTE: The book is available to purchase by itself, but will also be free with orders of the limited edition hardback of #UNIT: The Secret of Foxfell Forest. #DoctorWho www.freewebstore.org/candy-jar-st...

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Announced today & available to pre-order exclusively from Candy Jar Books, Benton & Hawthorne Investigate, by Lucy McCaul. Featuring Miss Hawthorne from #DoctorWho #TheDaemons #UNIT www.freewebstore.org/candy-jar-st...

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Another week, another #Replimat! We stay with #StarTrek #DS9 this week and give our viewer (hello, there!) a comment-along on S3E10: 'Fascination'. Check us out on Patreon for the whole sorry saga - we're free! www.patreon.com/posts/ds9-di...

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Recently rekindled my passion for C18th literary criticism. Have picked up some fab 2nd hand books cheap online. Mainly ex-college / uni library. This arrived today, with a massive wave of nostalgia half glimpsed inside. #KAC @lsternetrust.bsky.social @uniwinchester.bsky.social

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A new edition of The Replimat is now available on Patreon (for free!). Andy and I talk over #StarTrek #DS9 S3 E9: Defiant. Check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/ds9-di...

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New #ReplimatWhoWatch available (for free!) on Patreon. Join Andy & me as we trundle through #DoctorWho #TheRomans eps 3&4. Sign up now! www.patreon.com/posts/dr-who...

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I'm trying to avoid getting drawn into the primary texts, because I've got writing to do and #C18th novels aren't served well by occasional light reading. But still, the joy of revisiting subjects I enjoyed in my undergrad & postgrad studies is palpable. #LitCrit #Defoe #Fielding #Smollett #Sterne

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A truly unexpected side effect of reading several of Christopher #Tolkien 's History of #MiddleEarth volumes last year has been a rekindling of my passion for #C18th #LitCrit. I've been reading essays on #Sterne & #Defoe, and revelling in it all. I've got more lined up on #Smollett & #Fielding.

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My #UNIT novel, The Vaughn Identity, is now available on general release and can be purchased from retailers such as, for example, Amazon. @shaunrussell.bsky.social #DoctorWho #DoctorWho amzn.eu/d/1vlH4Ru

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Now up to #TheAvengers S1E15: The Frighteners. For many years the only S1 episode known to exist. Great cast, as always. Amused to find it includes the Mr Bumble from both the BBC adaptations of #OliverTwist that I watched last year. Willoughby Goddard (1962) and Godfrey James (1985).

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#TheAvengers S1E01: Hot Snow. Interesting to see the very beginning of the series, but watching it reminds me of the sense of hopelessness you'd get at the end of #DoctorWho #TheWebOfFear ep1, knowing that was all there was (until most of the rest of the story turned up in 2013, anyway).

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#TheAvengers S1E01: Hot Snow. Only the first 15 mins exist, up to the commercial break, and before Steed arrives. Ends on a real dramatic moment, too. Great to see Godfrey Quigley in something other than #Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD, but boy, I would love to see more!

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#TheAvengers Tunnel of Fear definitely made me want to check out more of the 'Lost' range from @bigfinish.bsky.social. Kudos to @johndorney.bsky.social, @kenbentley.bsky.social and all others involved 🙂

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Really enjoyed #TheAvengers Tunnel of Fear remake by @bigfinish.bsky.social. Had similar enjoyment listening to some of the #LostHancocks on @bbcsounds.bsky.social & comparing them to the recovered original audio!

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Finished #TheAvengers Tunnel of Fear. Very enjoyable. Patrick Macnee had a ball! Loved Ian Hendry, also. Great interview with @johndorney.bsky.social about the challenges of adapting works with almost no reference material at all. Looking forward to checking out the @bigfinish.bsky.social version.

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#TheAvengers early impression, based on watching part one: I like this. It's fun seeing Patrick Macnee & dog as light relief from the brooding Ian Hendry. I'm hoping Ingrid Hafner gets the chance to be a tad more... proactive, though. Might check out the @bigfinish.bsky.social adaptation after.

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First up #TheAvengers S1E20: Tunnel of Fear. Presumed missing until a film print turned up a few years back. Yes, I know it's not the earliest extant episode, but it's on its own & the rest are all together in a boxset, so I'm doing this one first & then going back to the 1 or 2 from before it 😛

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Time to start my 2025 viewing. First up: #TheAvengers - a massive gap for a #CultTV fan like me. I've seen odd episodes over the years but it never really clicked for me until I watched The Cybernauts trilogy. I'm giving the whole thing a try now from start to finish. Casually, though.

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You can tell most people in the UK are returning to work today. The spam cold callers have started up again. Sigh.

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Planning my escapist reading for 2025 outside of the Whoniverse. Plenty of Tolkien, plus some new (to me) EM Forster, and re-reads of old, out of print Defoe & Smollett titles - all my comfort zones 😊

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Now this is interesting. And rather brilliant! Enjoy.

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I love @bigfinish.bsky.social's Bernice Summerfield: The Christmas Collection. I'm a contributing writer, but this isn't self-promotional. Every year I find new & surprising moments to enjoy in all the other stories. A huge amount of that is due to @lisabowerman.bsky.social's peerless narration 🥳

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@shaunrussell.bsky.social 😊

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