Vicky McMahon
Independent scholar of body studies, 16th-century literature and horror; author of "Shakespeare, Tragedy and Menopause: The Anxious Womb" (Palgrave Macmillan) and recurring guest on the Threads podcast.
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Sep 4, 2026
Vicky McMahonGUEST
I should probably say as well that I have a very deep personal connection to this QED episode in a way that probably you don't.
Vicky McMahonGUEST
I was sat there watching it with my father, just the way that two years later I was watching Threads Live as well.
Vicky McMahonGUEST
And I have to say that as much as threads disturbed me and gave me nightmares, this QED one, it kind of sort of, it popped my nuclear cherry, if I can put it crudely.
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Vicky McMahonGUEST
He represents something I think that is really important to the symbolism of the film itself, and I know that Mick touched on that, didn't he, in, in your interview.
Vicky McMahonGUEST
Um, but also I love the milkman because he's such an important facet of life in 1980s Britain that has now gone.
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