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Writer of sciency things and fictiony things. Doctor Who for @bigfinish. Plays for @misplacedstage Science comms 🛰 They/She Enby. 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️

 Bristol, UK
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You can find me on BlueSky. 🦋 bsky.app/profile/aliwinter.b…
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Hi @TravelodgeUK money has gone from my account but no confirmation email and all I get is this error for the past day. I can't spend time on the phone sorting this out, nor do I want to pay the premium call rate. When will this error be fixed, please?
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OUT NOW! ❓Three ace new adventures for the Seventh Doctor. Click bgfn.sh/7DAwicked to get Wicked!
Rafe Wallbank's cover artwork for Doctor Who: Wicked! The Seventh Doctor and Ace are centre, in their early-era costumes, smiling. The Doctor is raising his hat. Behind them is a montage of 1920s Soho, a snowy mountain and Big Ben. Don Quixote rides a horse on the left. The TARDIS is to the right.

ALT Rafe Wallbank's cover artwork for Doctor Who: Wicked! The Seventh Doctor and Ace are centre, in their early-era costumes, smiling. The Doctor is raising his hat. Behind them is a montage of 1920s Soho, a snowy mountain and Big Ben. Don Quixote rides a horse on the left. The TARDIS is to the right.

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UNLEASHED! 😵‍💫 The manic Master returns! Click bgfn.sh/bugeyed to hear three brand-new unhinged adventures starring Sacha Dhawan, with Daisy Head, Dan Starkey and Jacqueline King, released today.
Sean Longmore's cover artwork for Call Me Master: Monsters, featuring the Master in three different poses; central (holding his tissue compression eliminator and a gun); left, in a bowtie and jacket wearing glasses; and right, in handcuffs.

ALT Sean Longmore's cover artwork for Call Me Master: Monsters, featuring the Master in three different poses; central (holding his tissue compression eliminator and a gun); left, in a bowtie and jacket wearing glasses; and right, in handcuffs.

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Another story from me, this time featuring the delectable Sacha Dhawan as the Master. #DoctorWho
Big Finish Insider
@bigfinish18 Sep 2025
TURN IT UP! 🔈🔉🔊 This one has to be heard to be believed. Click bgfn.sh/bugeyed to pre-order Call Me Master: Monsters, due for release NEXT WEEK!
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What phantasmagoria is this? 🌟 Simon Callow returns to Doctor Who this October. Click bgfn.sh/callownews to read all about when the Seventh Doctor and Ace met Don Quixote.
Simon Callow, pictured at the recording of Doctor Who: The Ingenious Gentlemen. He is seated, smiling, with his arms folder and his glasses in hand.

ALT Simon Callow, pictured at the recording of Doctor Who: The Ingenious Gentlemen. He is seated, smiling, with his arms folder and his glasses in hand.

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What happened immediately after Dragonfire? Well, I've had the honour of telling you... #DoctorWho #GOATduo 💥❓️
Big Finish Insider
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IT'S WICKED! 🛼👾🕹️☎️💾 Click bgfn.sh/isitisitwicked to go back to the Eighties with Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred. Three brand-new Doctor Who audio dramas are coming this October.
Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred

ALT Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred

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Do you like murder as much as Patricia Highsmith? Joanna Murray-Smith's Switzerland is on at The Mission Theatre Bath, 15-17 April 2025. @mission_theatre #Bath #Theatre #Murder
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Yesterday shortly after the 'winner' was declared, my laptop shut itself off. When I got it to start back up, the error report said it 'panicked'.
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BBC article on declining #fertility includes a @ONS graph which equates the Abortion Act to a World War and a global pandemic, in the presented context of key historic disasters causing a lack of babies. @BBCNews @vicderbyshire #Bias bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g7…
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It has been a real honour and joy since joining the @btascool chaps to get to chat with so many inspiring and hugely talented @bigfinish creatives. Here’s a thread of all of them to date, I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as we loved recording them.
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I’m deaf. It’s not a gimmick. It’s being deaf. Which is what normal ppl call a reality. You fucking utter cock weasel. You shit computer fax machine wrinkled bollock-faced old BATFUCK.
Lord Sugar
@Lord_Sugar13 Oct 2024
I don't know when Strictly come dancing are going to run out of contestant gimmicks. I would not be surprised if they had a AI mechanical robot next year. @bbcstrictly
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Did you see the spectacular Northern Lights last night? Here are some beautiful #aurora images from across the UK... And a reminder of why they have put on such a show and been seen much further south this year: ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/new… #northernlights
The Northern Lights as seen in Lewes in East Sussex. Credit: Dr Robert Massey.

ALT The Northern Lights as seen in Lewes in East Sussex. Credit: Dr Robert Massey.

Aurora borealis also lit up the sky above Kesgrave, just outside Ipswich in Suffolk. Credit: Chris Lock.

ALT Aurora borealis also lit up the sky above Kesgrave, just outside Ipswich in Suffolk. Credit: Chris Lock.

The view of the Northern Lights above Kesgrave in Suffolk. Credit: Chris Lock.

ALT The view of the Northern Lights above Kesgrave in Suffolk. Credit: Chris Lock.

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And now I have to explain why I'm crying at work.
Rafa Nadal
@RafaelNadal10 Oct 2024
Mil gracias a todos Many thanks to all Merci beaucoup à tous Grazie mille à tutti 谢谢大家 شكرا لكم جميعا תודה לכולכם Obrigado a todos Vielen Dank euch allen Tack alla Хвала свима Gràcies a tots
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Happy Birthday to my favourite Original Gangsters, @sophie_aldred and @4SylvesterMcCoy. #DoctorWho 💙💙❓👒💥
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David Attenborough: A remarkable fossil...
Joel Willans
@VFinnishProbs14 Aug 2024
When you find the old Nokia phone you lost in 1999 buried under the asphalt...and it still has 80% battery
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Hi @GWRHelp your website seems to be a bit down. What do I do about changing a ticket before tomorrow?
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Thas right. 🕊 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ 🕊 #Bristol 🍻🤝
Stand Up To Racism@AntiRacismDay7 Aug 2024
Must be in the thousands out in #Bristol @BristolSUTR #StandUptoRacism
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We are aware of speculation circulating about a protest in George Square, Glasgow, today. There is no intelligence to suggest any protest is planned. Please be wary of what you read on social media, and avoid speculation and sharing information which my be inaccurate.
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