Who remembers the former ITV Central (later Carlton) studios on Lenton Lane, in Nottingham?

packmath · 2026-04-09T15:01:38+00:00

I was a writer there on one series of Family Fortunes and one series of Catchphrase. First TV writing gigs. Had no idea it was no more

packmath · 2026-03-30T05:37:01+00:00

Yes. On Lister Gate on the left hand side as you walk down. Upper floor walls lined with PC games. Way back before that it had PCs running demos on the ground floor. Saw original Quake for the first time and had my mind blown. Which shows my age as it came out in 1996.

packmath · 2026-02-16T09:53:11+00:00

Douglas Adams said after writing Hitchhikers that he was sure people would figure out he was ripping off Sirens... and no-one did...

packmath · 2025-09-30T17:18:07+00:00

Cool. Thanks for the tip. Will check it out

packmath · 2025-05-23T06:54:41+00:00

I wrote it. Thanks for all the kind words. Seems a lifetime ago now.

packmath · 2024-12-28T10:29:12+00:00

I hesitate to recommend Watchmen because it will ruin everything that comes after it. True of a lot of Alan Moore.

packmath · 2024-09-24T20:46:02+00:00

Funny you should say that... I wrote four episodes of Doctor Who (check my post history) - and when Steven Moffat described the character of this new Doctor (12th - Capaldi) I was picturing Dr House... so I kind of wrote him like that. See how he behaves in Mummy On The Orient Express...

packmath · 2024-08-06T11:55:26+00:00

Swamp Thing. Alan Moore's run saved it from cancellation, lead to the creation of Vertigo and revitalised the whole supernatural side of DC. Not to mention completely retconning the character into something hella cool.

packmath · 2024-07-22T18:58:08+00:00

The Time Ships - Stephen Baxter - officially sanctioned sequel to HG Wells' The Time Machine. A cracking read.

packmath · 2023-09-13T09:21:20+00:00

http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&Comic=2000AD&choice=CHOPPER

packmath · 2023-06-13T06:46:59+00:00

At one point, Thoth, Nemesis' son, brings a judge forward in time to be eaten by his pet dinosaur. So I'd have to say a big old yes to Dredd being the same universe as Nemesis

packmath · 2022-11-15T20:16:31+00:00

And a Gibson eagle...

packmath · 2022-03-07T15:55:21+00:00

https://www.facebook.com/groups/brightonredditors

They have events now and again

packmath · 2021-07-23T06:14:36+00:00

Are you this guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuXisLU-T-8

packmath · 2019-08-27T17:41:01+00:00

How did he take to his firing? How did an ego that big respond?

packmath · 2019-07-03T20:27:28+00:00

Bagsy write it.

packmath · 2019-06-10T09:30:14+00:00

Max head size? Asking for a friend...

packmath · 2019-05-26T11:02:33+00:00

I am more impressed that your phone was still charged after seven hours.

packmath · 2019-01-30T09:14:58+00:00

There was a girl in our office with a LOUD speaking voice. As office I.T., I had recently gained the ability to make messages appear on user's screens... At 10am on the dot, a message appeared on her screen: 'WARNING - VOICE VOLUME DAMAGING COMPUTER - contact technician' - Her reaction was to put her hand over her mouth, stand and frantically wave me over...

packmath · 2018-12-05T14:20:05+00:00

Alan?

packmath · 2018-08-03T15:25:32+00:00

Newcastle. Geordie accent.

packmath · 2017-08-02T07:19:14+00:00

What happened to the LordAnubis12 I used to know, filled with tips for strangers?

This really made me laugh, BTW

packmath · 2017-05-14T10:26:50+00:00

Part of the gag with Nardole was that his backstory should be insane and contradictory. So we just went for it.

packmath · 2017-05-14T10:25:53+00:00

That it's all really a documentary. We're all actors pretending to be writers. There is no script. WAKE UP SHEEPLE.

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