Scott Varnham

@fabthepodcast.bsky.social Having attended the Target Book Club event today, I can confirm that @garybrannan.bsky.social is delightful in person too!

@fabthepodcast.bsky.social Can’t believe they’re doing Space Nonce action figures in this day and age

buttondown.com/cooray_smith... I've had what might be a new, and possibly even significant, thought about Doctor Who's late 1980s cancellation. This is a free subscribers e-mail, and free to read on the site too, but if you agree, why not become a paid subscriber? Or indeed, even if you don't.

5 Simpsons lines I’ve said most: 1. “Let’s do it to it” 2. “Nothing could possib-lie go wrong” 3. “Ahoy hoy” 4. “I’m gonna do X and if you get in the way, that’s your own fault” 5. “We’re in the Itchy lot” Honourable mention to the “I dunno” noise the sloth makes when Homer travels through time.

The nerve of calling artists and writers gatekeepers. We are the ones who live our LIVES around "that's too weird, too non-commercial, too focused on [minority], too like the thing we produced one of five years ago." The "gate" that we are keeping? Literally just "Do the actual fucking work."

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@fabthepodcast.bsky.social Earlier I said ‘we’re nearly there’ to my partner and it took everything I had not to put that aggressively French stank on it

@jonmelville.bsky.social Did you know this was a thing? I’m gonna have to see if I can get one

@starlogmedia.bsky.social Do you folks know if Adam Pirani is still around?

Thriller idea: man with world's second smallest penis has to stop him.

I’m delighted to report that I’ve written about Doctor Who for the Radio Times! It’s been getting good comments so far, with some people saying it’s the first non-histrionic coverage they’ve seen of the latest development. www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...

Took me long enough to produce something I was happy with - March Bus Running Day, Scott Varnham 2026 (acrylic on canvas)

Apologies to anybody who follows me on multiple social media platforms but I’m sharing this where I can: I wrote an article about Everybody Wants Some!! for the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

I’d recreate Connor MacLeod’s apartment from Highlander.

Statement on Doctor Who Film is Fabulous! have issued a statement to provide further clarity, greater detail, and a simpler explanation, to ensure a better understanding on the recovery of the two missing episodes of Doctor Who. filmisfabulous.org.uk/statement-on...

Toby Hadoke would disagree:

There will always be 95 missing episodes #DoctorWho

This is such a good thread about my favourite film #Highlander

@fabthepodcast.bsky.social I’m scheduled to visit Amsterdam in March, any recs on things to do? (If you’ve been, of course.)

Had a go at sketching Hard Case Crime cover model Tabitha Lyons. Hope she doesn’t hate it! @hardcasecrime.bsky.social

I have an essay in this - coming later in 2025!

@fabthepodcast.bsky.social Contractor: What’s this sign that says ‘Thunderbird 1 Launch Bay for?’ Jeff:

You'll Like It When You Get There by Rhys James

I baked a cake. Took a couple of days, mind.

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

@wheezingpod.bsky.social Just listening to Death to the Daleks, did anyone ever make fan art of the ‘male Dalek in prison looking at poster of female Dalek’ situation?

@felixfrazer.bsky.social Interested to hear what your Empire of Death bugbear was? (I didn’t want to reply to your post directly as Scott Handcock was tagged in it)

It’s been literal years but I’m finally dipping my toes back in the water of creative writing with my review of Scott Handcock’s Empire of Death Target novelisation: thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/07/19/r...

@garybrannan.bsky.social Are you reading the Brian Clemens archive features in SFX? Last month they had his idea for a Who episode and this month they’ve featured his ideas for Bond projects. Seems like the sort of thing that would be up your street!

@tobyhadoke.bsky.social Somebody asked on Reddit, do you know whatever happened to the actor Peter Fraser who played David Campbell in Dalek Invasion of Earth? (The commenter mentioned you by name as someone who might know.)

Turns out at least 350 people are as nerdy as I am! For the uninitiated, last night I found 29 behind the scenes photos from the first Highlander film. I posted this on the Highlander Heart Facebook group and the likes/joyful comments just keep pouring in!

Scumbag behaviour from Showmasters here.

@laserdiscturtle.bsky.social Got something here that might interest you… ebay.us/m/y97Tac (Note it doesn’t contain a film reel)

So strapped for cash at the moment I think it’s time to do a variant of Onlyfans where I threaten to send people nude photos unless they pay me

@jonmelville.bsky.social A Kind of Magic is £3 at Amazon for hardcover! Hell of a bargain amzn.eu/d/iE4vFBV

Calling time on the current painting (since it’s blocking me from doing other things and I can’t be arsed anymore). Having said that, I’m pretty pleased with the way Thunderbird 2 came out.

Oh, and folks - if you can’t donate, that’s totally fine, I know things aren’t easy. But - PLEASE boost the signal. Send it on the folks you know who might help. Send it to the media, the telly, the radio, comedy blogs, comedy bloggers, everyone you can cos THAT is HELPING TOO

FOLKS! The news is out! We need a final push to get us over the line but...Galton and Simpson's archive. For everyone to see. And enjoy. Saved for everyone, forever. Hancock. Steptoe. The lot. From draft, to script, to screen. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/campaig...

@davidbrunt.bsky.social Does this affect the Production Diary books at all?

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Meet the Mondriandroid, a nice counterpart to the Dalek I put out last year. #doctorwho #doctorwhoart #cybermen

“Bevs”, Scott Varnham 2025. I’ve really come around on rum from this time last year. Big fan of Kraken now, especially the caramel flavour. The bar is the Generator Hostel in Miami.

It’s a painting, but possibly not the one you were expecting… Acrylic on canvas panel, 25.5 by 31cm. Scott Varnham 2025