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That's right, the big guy gets his own thread after his appearance on BBC1 tonight reminded me to start a fucking thread for him. Tom Baker, The Doctor Who to anyone with a vague awareness of the show, is 86 now, and has apparently been in frail health the last few years after a lifetime of booze started to catch up. Apart from his 7 year lead role in Doctor Who and its lifetime of pop culture references, he was also famously Rasputin in Nicholas and Alexandra. He's also the narrator of Little Britain, Captain Redbeard in Blackadder and the voodoo loving artist in Vault of Horror. Anyhow, here he is on BBC1 an hour ago: Proper future DL front pager.

Not previously mentioned, the excellent SF film Silent Runnings, which Bruce Dern (as a slightly nuts eco-terrorist astronaut) shares screen time with some cute robots. Oh, and They Shoot Horses Don't They, which might be one of the most depressing films I've ever seen.

Black Bart was more popular on the DDP this year than he was for most of his actual career. Very un DLy. Plowright was a shame as she did have backers on forum but some of those you get on the list and some you don't. Feels a bit January 2020 with a number of possibly DLy names going but they can only pick fifty.

Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Ian Smith Christopher Timothy Apparently I need three subs because the reaper has gone nuts.

Benjamin is on my Dr Who theme team and has a qo due to the Radio Times, a qo brought in after Latham Gate which has rarely been needed. Love it when one of my own decisions helps me years later.

Either that, or they were really excited to get on the theme team!

I know how you feel, the number of interesting old parliamentarians who have died off the DDP in recent years because Dick Taverne stays alive and cockblocks the rest of them off my Oldies team!

As formerly seen in the Stats thread, but it's a bit lost in the shuffle here. So here is a thread for quick reference on who won all the various Deathlist forum (and related) deadpools. The Deathlist Forum Deadpool Hall of Fame Hartlepool Deadlypool 2006 – Football Fan 2007 – Football Fan 2008 - Football Fan 2009 – Why Not? (whoever they were) 2010 – MaryportFuncity 2011 – MaryportFunCity 2012 – The Unknown Man 2013 – Bert Trautman 2014 - Estuarian Float 2015 – Captain Chorizo 2016 - Maryportfuncity 2017 – Death Impends 2018 - Dead Cow 2019 - The Old Lady 2020 - Maryportfuncity 2021 - Funeralopolis 2022 - Banana I once led the Hartlepool Deadlypool for 5 whole days – 9th Jan to 14th Jan 2012 – between the deaths of Malam Bacai Sanha and Dame Lesley Strathie. DDP (since forum opened) 2004 – The Deathlist Committee (Grim Reaper/Statto/Welshman/others) 2005 – (Fallen Sparrow) 2006 – Football Fan 2007 – Football Fan 2008 - DDT 2009 – (Tonight Matthew, I’m Going to be Badly-torn Boy) 2010 – Octopus of Odstock 2011 – DDT 2012 – DDT 2013 – Spade Cooley 2014 – Spade Cooley 2015 – Spade Cooley 2016 – Spade Cooley 2017 - Bert 2018 - Dr T 2019 - Death Impends (at long last) 2020 - Reptile 2021 - Salmon Mousse 2022 - Spade Cooley Scavenger Hunt Deadpool I(2016/17) – Rotten Ali II (2018-20) - Roverandout III (2020-1) Banana IV (2021-2) - Roverandout V (2023-) Windy City Deadpool 2016/17 – Death Impends 2017/18 - Death Impends 2018/19 - Death Impends 2019/20 - Clorox 2020/21 - Death Impends 2021/22 - Joey Russ 2022/23 - tbc Hare’s Death Pool 2014 – Rotten Ali 2015 – Toast 2016 – Gcreptile 2017 - Grim Up North 2018 - Death Impends 2019 - John Key 2020 - JiromeonKimura 2021 - An Fear Beag 2022 - Death Impends Deathrace 2009 – Raskolnikov 2010 – N/A due to lack of death 2011 – DDT 2012 – Spade Cooley 2013 – DDT 2014 – Death Impends 2015 – msc 2016 – DDT 2017 – Death Impends 2018 - msc 2019 - Rad 2020 - Rad 2021 - An Fear Beag 2022 - Banana 2023 - Banana Shaun’s Death by Numbers 2015 – Sir Creep 2016 – DDT 2017 - Gcreptile 2018 - Death Impends 2019 - Death Impends 2020 - Death Impends 2021 - Captain Chorizo 2022 - Banana By Election Bingo 2015-2020 Parliament –Rockhopperpenguin, The Engineer, Voice of Young Maryport, Time 2017-2019 Parliament - Boris Johnson Advent Avalanche 2016: Death Impends 2017: Sean 2018: Banana 2019: Reptile 2020: Spade Cooley 2021: Bibliogryphon 2022: Drol The Midsummer Dead Pool 2016: Spade Cooley 2017: Captain Chorizo 2018: The Dead Cow 2019: Clorox 2020: Toast 2021: Perhaps/Chorizo TIE 2022: Drol Inverse Dead Pool 2011 – Garn2 2012 – Estuarian Float 2013 – N/A (didn’t happen due to change of host) 2014 – Bibliogryphon 2015 – Death Impends 2016 – Pedro67 2017 – Drol 2018 - machotrouts 2019 - drol 2020 - TQR 2021 - BabyBlue 2022 - Yorkshire Banker Soapstar 2021 - Toast WTF deadpool 2017 – Imnothades, rockhopperpenguin Half Year Deadpool 2010 – Windsor Kentucky Derby Dead Pool 2014 – Dr Zorders Predict the Paper 2012 – Paul Bearer Easter Deadpool 2017 - Book 2018 - Joey Russ The Deathlist Cup 2017 – deadsox 2018 - DDT 2019 - Spade 2020 - An Fear Beag 2021 - Reptile 2022 - Joey Russ Alt Obits 2017 – Jiroemon Kimura 2018 - AO Guy 2019 - AO Guy 2020 - Joey Russ 2021 - Banana 2022 - Banana Poker Tournament 2017 – Death Impends 2018 - Death Impends 2019 - Captain Chorizo 2020 - Perhaps 2021 - Captain Chorizo Six People Six Months 2021 - Reptile Jokers 2017 – Death Impends 2018 - Torva Messor 2019 - An Fear Beag 2020 - Book DL Prediction Game 2016 – Book 2017 – Book 2018 - John Key 2019 - Vaagheid 2020 - TomTomTelekom 2021 - Vaagheid 2022 - msc 2023 - The Daredevil Doug Stanhope 2021 - JiromeonKimura ABC Deadpool I (2018) - Gcreptile II (2019) - Rad III (2020) - Captain Chorizo IV (2021) - Banana V (2022) - Reptile 5-4-3-2-1 2018 - Gcreptile 2019 - Gcreptile Inverse Death Pools 2018-20 - The Old Lady Deaths of the Silver Screen I (2018-20) - Reptile II (2020-22) - En Passant Twisted DL 2022 - Book End of Days Deadpool 2020 - Joey Russ Electoral Deadpool 2022 - Drol 20/20 2020 - Book 2021 - Annami 2022 - MariNisia Deathlist COrrection Game 2019 - Willz 2020 - Etushi Centenarians Pool 2020 - Drol, Chorizo 2021 - Drol 2022 - Great Uncle Bulgaria Nobel Prize Pool 2021 - WEP Arghtons Deadpool 2020-21 - msc Number of Combined Deadpool Wins 18 - Death Impends 11 - Reptile 9 - Spade Cooley, Banana 8 – DDT, Captain Chorizo 7- drol 6 - Book 5 – Football Fan, Joey Russ, 4 - Maryport, An Fear Beag, msc 3 –, Rad, Toast, Jiroemon Kimura 2- Bert, Rotten Ali, Esturian Float, rockhopperpenguin, John Key, The Dead Cow, The Old Lady, Clorox, Vaagheid, Perhaps, Bibliogryphon, Roverandout 1 – Why Not?, The Unknown Man, Deathlist Cmme, OoO, Raskolnikov, Sir Creep, The Engineer, Voice of Young Maryport, Time, Sean, Garn, Pedro67, ImnotHades, Windsor, Dr Zorders, Paul Bearer, deadsox, Grim Up North, Dr T, machotrouts, Torva Messor, AO Guy,TomTomTelekom, TQR, Etushi, Willz, Funeralopolis, Salmon Mousse, Baby Blue, WEP, Annami, En Passant, Yorkshire Banker, The Daredevil, Great Uncle Bulgaria, MariNisia Will be added to as more deadpools are won (and/or brought to my attention). UPDATED 16th January 2023

I picked the right year to retire from DP hosting...

Well, a lot of our number play this game, and Gcreptile currently leads it on Day 3 after Thomas Monson (related to Gorilla, right?). Given the Rotten Dead Pool appears to have gone the way of the dodo, and this pool gets talked about a fair bit - I found it via DDT - I thought it could have its own thread? Where we cheer on any of our lot against the (nearly) unstoppable Mr Tierney and co. The points system is similar but different to the DDP, and their criteria is somewhat America, but it's all good fun. Home Page Standings Who's Dead so Far Deathlisters playing in 2018 include Gcreptile, deadsox, Joey, me, Jireomon, Death Impends, Toast, and others I don't immediately spot. In 2017, Deathlister JiroemonKimura won, ending the reign of terror of Gerard Tierney, who won the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions. Good luck everyone. PS We should have started this thread in December and swamped it with DDPers but hey, always 2019, right?

I'm not on TikTok (because out of touch, not for any pro-ban reasons) but all the best YouTubers (IE the ones I watch) seem to be sponsored by VPNs, so I would assume those reliant on TikTok for work would find a get around quite quickly if not already? Written by someone about to watch the latest episode of the US Traitors season despite it being broadcast in America with geographic locks.

Eileen Atkins has apparently spent a good chunk of the last decade keeping an eye on Jean Marshs well being. She's always made sure she was there when needed for her frail best friend (who is now outliving most of their other friends).

Agreed but I'm also surprised she is here as my memory was convinced she'd just debuted on the DL! Anyhow, sad loss, fine actress, Reapers on a bit of a tear this week.

ngl I know him best from his run ins with Andre the Giant.

I'd completely forgotten about that until you mentioned it and suddenly remembered the whole "scandal". Google says it was 18 years ago, bloody hell.

I would love it to be fake news but given the number of people who knew him posting about it I suspect it's a case of jumping the gun on the family.

Folk on Facebook (including from David Bickerstaff) claiming that the great Christopher Benjamin has died. Confirmed by Fantom Events. A sad loss, a very fine British character actor. https://www.facebook.com/100036847580006/posts/1273547330550174/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

The number of mutual friends, hard nosed old timer sorts who don't do this lightly, who have dropped him like a hot potato is very telling, could be tip of iceberg tbh. Lawrence Miles called him out years ago for being "creepy" around young female fans and the fact he never got warned by legal for saying it is in hindsight quite telling.

@YoungWillz was astounded that this 80s children's entertainer (famous for narrating Thomas the Tank Engine in the UK - Americans had George Carlin iirc) didn't have his own friend. He appeared on the original Deathlist. So here he is, a thread for all things Starkey. Apparently he was also in a band back in the day.

Former WWE women's champion Melina reported as a missing person in the LA wildfires.

The National Theatre confirm the death of acting great Charles Kay this week. I Claudius, Edge of Darkness, lots of forum favourites on his CV. Previously mentioned on the Wiki thread but deserves proper placing. https://www.instagram.com/nationaltheatre/p/DEpt6b2v0ib/?img_index=1

Barbara Clegg died earlier this week, news breaking among fans.

I fancy my chances over the long run of the next 350 odd days.

Tbf Greenland really likes being part of Denmark and I can't think why. Unrelated they've got half a billion in EU subsidies for their local economy due to being part of Denmark in the past fifteen years. We (the Brits) have tried to get rid of Gibraltar and iirc the Falklands but they keep stubbornly voting to remain British. Someone likes us!

The Reaper yelled GET ME PENDLETON! One for the many Edge of Darkness fans on the forum. He was in that, Amadeus and I Claudius, he might even get a Times obit in due course.