It's the end....but the moment has been prepared for

Well hello....it's been a while hasn't it? By my reckoning it's been over a decade since I last posted here. Hasn't time flown? The last time I interacted with some of you, your balls hadn't dropped and you were still living at home with mum and dad. In fact, some of you probably still are but snarky digs aside, you've proven me wrong and reached adulthood and in doing so I do hope that many of you have achieved some success and happiness in life.

The reason I'm here is really rather bittersweet and in many ways I wanted to just fade away into obscurity, without fanfare or fuss. The world has changed and it is a rather different, harsher and more unpleasant place than it was when I first embarked upon this little caper all those years ago. The increasing toxicity and mindless cuntery of a number of 'fans' has soured this world for me. I've concentrated on my career in the film industry, which has proven to be very fulfilling financially and creatively, and I've gradually lost interest in the stupid politics of knowledge guardianship and juvenile one-upsmanship games that certain neurodivergent fisters in the fanboy community still continue to play. Together with the way that Doctor Who has developed post Peter Capaldi where diversity hires such as Jodie Fucking Whitaker and Ncuti Touch Grass Gatwa have sucked out the very essence of the show I have loved for the last half century, I've decided to walk away. It was an easy decision that I've taken for both mental and physical health reasons.

My original plan was to retire once all remaining stock of my 11th doctor sonics were sold and close the online store permanently. However, late last year I was approached by a group of colleagues in the film industry with a view to continuing The Celestial Toystore under new stewardship. We thrashed out a deal and I've signed over The Celestial Toystore to the next generation of maverick replica propmakers. Trust me when I say that the Toystore will be in very good hands. We have Emmy awards winners, Bafta and Oscar nominees and veterans that have lineage to both the classic and revival series of Doctor Who. Combined with access to my extensive private archive of original props, costumes and reference material I believe the Continuation Celestial Toystore has a potent future. The first release under the new guard will be a museum quality Reference Edition of the 10th Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver that has direct lineage to the original through the machinists hired by Aztec to build the original prop and its refitted versions. Following this, there will be a release of the Fourth Doctor's classic sonic that uses private reference and an interview with the late Tony Dunsterville, the original maker of the prop and a personal friend of one the new CT team. The result will be nothing short of spectacular and will mark the first time a truly accurate recreation of this legendary prop has ever been made available to the fans. 

So that's that. I hand you over to CT2. Thank all of you for your support over the last 16 or 17 years. It has been a pleasure and at times a fucking pain in the arse. I shall still be around during the transition period over the next few months but I will become less and less involved as I slowly slide into my well earnt retirement. 

In the immortal final words of the fourth Doctor: "It's the end....but the moment has been prepared for"

Adios amigos!