Nathan Bottomley

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Part of the team behind Flight Through Entirety. Watches random Star Trek episodes at Untitled Star Trek Project. 🏳️‍🌈 He/him

Three figures, Una, La’An and Erica, in silhouette against a wild primordial background.
Screenshot from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Carol Kane as Pelia sits at the table in the Enterprise briefing room next to Dr M’Benga. She asks: “You want one for the camera?”
The cover of a textbook called Political Theory. There is a cartoon of a chessboard with all the black and white pawns set up at one end and all the other black and white pieces at the other end. One of the pawns has just made its first move.
The Slitheen family, a mob of green baby-faced bog monsters from Doctor Who, are standing in their office in Number 10.
A Blake’s 7 title card for an episode called "Not Quite as Good as Terry’s Finale" by Chris Boucher.
A Blake's 7 title card for an episode called "Interpretive Dance for Some Reason" by Tanith Lee.
Garth Marenghi angrily saying, “I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards.”
Screeenshot from Metro 7 News. Headshot of a young white guy named as Ethan Caldwell. Underneath, a headline: MAN ARRESTED AFTER POSING AS A MUSEUM TOUR GUIDE AND INVENTING ENTIRE FAKE HISTORIES FOR EVERY PAINTING
Doctor Solow is confronted by a big smiley toothy Myrka.
Title card for a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode called Encounter at Far Q
Title card for a Star Trek: TAS episode called “This episode cost nearly £5.27 to make”
Lucy and Harold Saxon sit together in a sleek, modern interior. Lucy wears a cream blazer and pearl necklace; Harold, in a dark suit and tie, adjusts his tie while wearing a distinctive large ring. Both look forward with an air of composed menace.
A middle aged man with a shaved head and a clipped grey beard looks into the camera with a serious expression. Behind him, the ruins of an Ancient Greek temple. In the distance, there are rocky mountains.
The island on the planet Marinus, dominated by a black pyramid, reflected in the acidic ocean.
Christina Chong as La’an from Strange New Worlds. She is wearing a princess dress and carrying a Cavoodle.
Apollo, Baltar, Six, Starbuck, that hot guy whose name I can’t remember and Tyrol (with knife) arranged at a table in a BSG publicity shot that recreates The Last Supper.
Masked paramilitaries standing in front of the Department of Justice building, from which hangs a shitty banner depicting Trump’s bloated face and the words Make America Safe Again.
Officer Fuzzyface, an anthropomorphic cat police officer from BoJack Horseman, standing outside someone’s front door.
Captain Ake is sitting in her chair on the bridge of the USS Athena for the first time. She has just finished adjusting her chair, and now she looks up at the ceiling as the computer says, "Command station settings confirmed."
Eleanor and Chidi sitting on a couch together, their faces bathed in the golden light of sunset.
Dax in a bikini walks into a spa arm in arm with two scantily clad, muscular men. They’re all smiling. The credit says supervising producer Ronald D. Moore.
A screenshot from the app Tapestry depicting the blogpost linked to in the OP.
Sean Pertwee and Olivia Colman from The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. They’re sitting in folding chairs outdoors. Olivia looks puzzled. She says, “I’m usually in everything.”
A gift shop sign hanging from an awning. It reads “GAUDY & PRIM. Restore. Enrich. Adorn.”
A closeup of Lyra’s alethiometer from His Dark Materials, the eponymous Golden Compass. It’s a small clockwork dial with needle-like pointers, with a row of small symbols around the edge.
Laszlo, Nadia and Nandor in dark gothic finery, all looking a bit embarrassed.
The Doctor is crouching on the ground, talking to someone behind her. “Don’t kill the vibe, Graham!” she says.
Screen cap of a tweet. “Interesting 1* review of Pride & Prejudice on Amazon 🧐”. Then the review itself: One star. “Just a bunch of people going to each other’s houses.”
A gif of the original version of Star One's alien battle fleet, that looks like the contents of Mat Irvine's kitchen drawer.
Various space people in IMC uniforms and colonist outfits stand dully in a studio in the BBC Television Centre.
A screenshot from the Cryptograms app. The right edge of the keyboard has disappeared off the edge of the screen.
It’s a giant rubber snake from the end of the Doctor Who story Snakedance. Superimposed on its mouth is the shocked face of the Doctor’s friend Tegan.
The Doctor is talking to a young blonde woman with her back to us. He looks stunned. He says, “Mrs Lombard, there are some situations which are just too stupid to be allowed to continue.”
A screenshot from an iPhone showing that it’s 10° with drizzle in Southwark.
A store shelf of Doctor Who merch. There are lots of books here, including Set Piece and a few other New Advetures.
Commander Riker is facing his transporter clone Lieutenant Riker, who looks wary.
The cassette tape of Billy Joel’s Piano Man, featuring Billy’s weird haunted monochrome face.
A 184g container of Aqueon Shrimp Pellets. Food for tropical fish, goldfish etc.
Bart Simpson dressed in black and wearing a balaclava, is sitting on the shoulder of the statue of Jebediah Springfield. He has a hacksaw in his hand.
David Tennant as the Doctor; he is standing in front of a wall with the UNIT logo on it.
Jasper, a black little poodle cross, standing on his hind legs and resting his paws on my leg, looking at me earnestly.
The last page of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The final paragraph reads: He sprang from the cabin window as he said this, upon the ice raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance. After that, someone has added in very neat handwriting: As he drifted away I could just make out his final words. "It's okay if you just call me' Frankenstein' instead of 'Frankenstein's Monster. I really don't mind." The end
Bluesky post by Charlotte Clymer from 10 hours ago: “Trump wasn’t seen yesterday by the White House press pool. He wasn’t seen today. He has no public events scheduled this weekend. Trump hasn’t been seen in public since Weds, and it’s unclear if he’ll be seen in public until Tues. That’s pretty damn weird.”
A stand of books outside one of the dozens of WH Smiths at Heathrow Airport. A sign at the top of the stand depicts Stephen Bartlett recommending the books — buy 1 get 1 half price. Titles include, The Diary of a CEO, Happy Sexy Millionaire, Let Them and Genesis.
Peter Capaldi’s Doctor Who is talking to a young blond woman. He says, “Mrs Lombard, there are some situations which are just too stupid to be allowed to continue.”
Helen McCrory, in a screenshot from Vampires of Venice.
Again, it wasn't that he knew anything about how to organise shipboard entertainments, nor that he was particularly amusing or entertaining in himself. The reason he had inflicted himself on this branch of the service was simply because he enjoyed going to parties. Of course, being an officer, he expected others to organise the events, do the catering, arrange the music. He felt his function was simply to shout a lot and be thoroughly unpleasant if the event did not come up to his exacting standards. Whether the passengers enjoyed themselves was unimportant. The event was only considered a success if he had.
The decontamination chamber on the NX-01 Enterprise. It’s lit blue and there are open tins of ointment on a bench. Next to them sits Archer’s beagle Porthos.
A monochrome image of a 60s style gauge that says centigrade. It goes from 0 to 100 and is currently pointing at 52.
Waves coming in to a pebbly beach. The water is blue and green and the sky is a lambent blue. Mountains are visible in the background.
Single cover for the Beatles release of “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” / “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
A pretty young man, with dark hair and a hint of Vulcan around the ears and eyebrows. He's wearing a blue TNG uniform. His brow is furrowed with concern.
Nathan on the back of a camel in the desert. The sun is struggling to break through the clouds and the sky is yellow.
A sign placed on a driveway. There is a line of text in Lao, followed by an English translation. ทะลุมาแล่บจ้าๆ Please Slow Drively
A screenshot from Doctor Who The Ark in Space in which a man in a space uniform looks in horror at his hand which is now covered in green bubble wrap.
A sign in Japan, I think, warning about wasps. The text reads: すずめ蜂に注意してください！ Danger 말벌 大黄蜂 Wasp クヌギから染み出る相液を吸うために飛んで来ます。
Looking along a crowded street in Melbourne. Hanging from an awning is a posh-looking sign: GAUDY & PRIM RESTORE. ENRICH. ADORN.
confessions that can get your Doctor Who card revoked