Diddly Dum Podcast
- Description:
- Far more than just another Doctor Who podcast.
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- Episodes:
- 304
- Average Episode Duration:
- 00:00
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 00:00
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 0 minutes and 0 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 12 February 2024 (3:07am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 9 February 2024 (5:59pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 12 days, 2 hours, 17 minutes and 8 seconds
Diddly Dum Podcast Episodes
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 146 – Quo Tardis
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsAs our own Hayden begins his paternity leave, Aussie podcaster David Kitchen teleports in (transmats surely) for a look at First Doctor stories “The Rescue” and “The Romans”.
We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance
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SHOWNOTES
(00:02:16) Our guest on this podcast is long-time friend of the show and fellow podcaster David Kitchen from The Doctor Who Show Podcast, The Goodies Pirate Podcast and Space Fall: A Blake’s 7 Podcast.
(00:10:05) James Follett (1939 – 2021) was an English author and screenwriter. Among many things, he wrote “Earthsearch”, a science fiction radio series first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981. The eyeball Earth artwork accompanying this podcast is a tribute to the cover art of the “Earthseach” novelisation. The clip which we play here is from “Earthsearch 1” episode 5: “The Pools of Time”.
(00:55:20) Doc’s personal blog can be found at https://docwhom.wordpress.com/. Doc’s voyage through the First Doctor’s era, looking at how the Doctor changes how he addresses Ian can be found by clicking in the menu on the “Name Dropping” category.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 146 – Quo Tardis
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsAs our own Hayden begins his paternity leave, Aussie podcaster David Kitchen teleports in (transmats surely) for a look at First Doctor stories “The Rescue” and “The Romans”.
We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance
Find Diddly Dum pics on Tumblr.
Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk
SHOWNOTES
(00:02:16) Our guest on this podcast is long-time friend of the show and fellow podcaster David Kitchen from The Doctor Who Show Podcast, The Goodies Pirate Podcast and Space Fall: A Blake’s 7 Podcast.
(00:10:05) James Follett (1939 – 2021) was an English author and screenwriter. Among many things, he wrote “Earthsearch”, a science fiction radio series first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981. The eyeball Earth artwork accompanying this podcast is a tribute to the cover art of the “Earthseach” novelisation. The clip which we play here is from “Earthsearch 1” episode 5: “The Pools of Time”.
(00:55:20) Doc’s personal blog can be found at https://docwhom.wordpress.com/. Doc’s voyage through the First Doctor’s era, looking at how the Doctor changes how he addresses Ian can be found by clicking in the menu on the “Name Dropping” category.
The Diddly Dum Podcast acknowledges the copyright of anyone we’ve pinched anything from.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 145 – Elevenses
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe present the final results of our poll to find the Top 5 Fave stories of the Eleventh Doctor’s (Matt Smith’s) era. Along the way, our fearless exposé of financial doping identifies “the Manchester City of Doctor Who stories”.
We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance
Find Diddly Dum pics on Tumblr.
Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk
SHOWNOTES
(01:49:46) This audio clip is taken from Tom Baker’s 2010 “In Confidence” interview with Laurie Taylor.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 144 – Almost Swedish For Nail
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThe Diddly Dummers celebrate the podcast’s seventh birthday with a review of the New Year’s Day special “Revolution of the Daleks” and a look at our Christmas presents.
We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance
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Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk
SHOWNOTES
(00:05:34) A photo of Hayden’s completed multi-Doctor jigsaw can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:07:36) Photos of Doc’s Eaglemoss figures can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:09:20) Photos of Mark’s B&M figures can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:13:05) Photos of Hayden’s B&M figures can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:13:38) The Goodies Pirate Podcast can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 143 – The Claus of Axos
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThe Three Who Drool assemble in The Whoseum for the annual Christmas gameshow podcast (which is Pertwee-themed this year), playing “Carnival of Monsters”, “The Feast of Stevens”, “Play Your Gel Guards Right” and “Who Said What”. Along the way, they present their most Christmassy Pertwee stories, open their Secret Santa gifts and stock up on mince pies in preparation for that seasonal pillar of the Diddly Dum Podcast, the “Gold Run” quiz looking back on our last 12 months of podcasting. Our “Gold Run” game screen can be seen above if you’d like to follow along.
We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance
Find Diddly Dum pics on Tumblr.
Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk
SHOWNOTES
(00:04:05) You can hear Hayden’s appearance on the “Vision on Sound” show on the radio station Fab Radio International. Podcasts of the shows can be found at Visiononsound.blogspot.com.
(00:13:05) Pics of our Secret Santa gifts can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:48:00) The “Top Trump” cards used in our “Play Your Gel Guards Right game can be seen on our Tumble page here.
(01:05:42) The longest standing tradition of the Diddly Dum Podcast is our Christmas Blockbusters Gold Run – a quiz on the previous year’s podcast in the style of TV’s “Blockbusters”. The game board for this year’s Gold Run can be found at the top of this blog entry.
(01:18:30) Gruntleigh the Ogron (friend of the show) can be found at his Twitter account here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 142 – Seventh’s Heaven?
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe reveal the results of the poll to find our listeners’ top five stories from the era of the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy. The Diddly Dummers felt that any occasion related to announcing votes merited an imposing location so we got an intern to hire a conference suite at the swankiest hotel in Mummerset.
We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance
Find Diddly Dum pics on Tumblr.
Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk
SHOWNOTES
(00:14:21) The James Bond comic strip ran in the Daily Express newspaper from 1958 to 1993. Photos of the Hayden’s books of these collected strips can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:22:14) Photos of some of Hayden’s Doctor Who figurines can be seen on our Tumblr page here and here and here.
(01:16:15) Andrew Cartmel’s book “Script Doctor” can be bought here.
(01:20:00) The Paul Scoones blog we refer to can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 141 – Cob-a-Coaling
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThe Three Who Drool travel to a local lighthouse to take a look at the Fourth Doctor story “The Horror of Fang Rock”. Along the way, we revisit Hayden’s childhood reading habits, Doc regales us with tales of cob-a-coaling, Hayden casts John Noakes and Roger Moore in Doctor Who, and Mark reveals which 1970s TV show was “a little like The One Show but even less interesting”.
We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance
Find Diddly Dum pics on Tumblr.
Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk
SHOWNOTES
(00:02:18) You can hear Hayden’s appearance on the “Vision on Sound” show at 7pm on Sunday 1st November 2020 on the radio station Fab Radio International. Podcasts of the shows can also be found at Visiononsound.blogspot.com.
(00:04:08) Our Top Scary Moments can be found in our podcasts #121 and #122 which can be found here and here.
(00:06:04) Cob-a-Coaling.
(00:10:37) Hayden’s reading record books can be seen on our Tumbr page here and here and here.
(00:18:50) The original radio series of “The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy” was adapted for full-cast two vinyl albums, with incidental radiophonic music provided by Paddy Kingsland. These have now been re-released on vinyl and CD. The original cover art can be seen here and here. The book which Doc has been reading is “Don’t Panic” by Neil Gaiman.
(00:23:40) Kevin (for it is he) Davies was interviewed by Hayden on our podcast #40 which can be found here.
(00:23:54) The panel of Christopher Hitchens, Salman Rushdie and Mos Def can be seen here.
(01:00:14) “Leela in a baggy jumper” – this audio clip is by former co-host The Rev and can be found at around 01:03:55 into our podcast #001. This podcast would normally be found here but, in early 2020, with a shock, we finally reached our blog storage limit. To give us time to mull over the practicalities and costs of upgrading or seeking another host, we started deleting our early podcasts from this blog in order to make space for new ones. However, they’re saved forever or our own hard drives so, if you’re yearning to listen to these early podcasts, email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk and we’ll be happy to send them to you in some other way.
(01:09:12) The “Max Headroom” clip can be found here together with a mix of news reports.
(01:22:41) “There’s somebody at the door” was a catchphrase from “The Pink Windmill Show” from the mid-1980s.
(01:24:20) One version of the ” Cob a Coaling” song can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 140 – Returning the Finger
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThe Four Faces of Delusion this week take a look at the recently released animation of the missing Second Doctor story “Fury From the Deep”.
MP3 Direct Link = DDPC140 – Returning the Finger
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SHOWNOTES
(00:04:06) The scene from “The Young Ones” being referred to by Hayden can be seen here.
(00:33:32) Mary Mungo & Midge, a British animated children’s television series, produced by the BBC in 1969.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 139 – Are We There Yet?
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThe Diddly Dumbers take a look at the Series 3 Tenth Doctor story “Gridlock”.
MP3 Link = DDPC139 – Are We There Yet
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SHOWNOTES
(00:01:19) “Blackpool Remembered” is a FREE digital publication, collated and edited by John Collier. It celebrates the original Doctor Who Exhibition on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, which ran from 1974 to 1985. It is downloadable at this link. It even provides layout maps so that you can tell exactly where a young Doc wet himself in 1976 as a Morbius prop screamed in his ear. The map can be seen on our Tumble page here, and X marks the exact spot.
(00:10:45) This audio clip comes from about 30 mins into Diddly Dum Podcast #67 which can be found here.
(00:13:36) Vworp Vworp re-issues of Volumes 1&2 and 3 can be ordered here.
(00:17:21) Mark’s tweet of Caitlyn going to pieces at the climax of “Doomsday” can be found here.
(00:52:30) “Terror Tube” was a story in 2000AD prog 167. A picture of it can be seen on our Tumble page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 138 – Fifth Doctor Retrospective
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThe Four Faces of Delusion present their long-delayed Fifth Doctor retrospective in which they take a look at the results of listeners’ votes for the Top 5 Fave stories.
Direct Link = DDPC138 – Fifth Doctor Era
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SHOWNOTES
(00:00:00) We open this podcast with a promo for our own Hayden’s spooky new horror novel “The Lurking”. Available at all surviving bookshops and online vendors such as these via these direct links: Amazon and Barnes & Noble and Booktopia and Waterstones.
Beginning with a four-issue limited series written by Eric Saward (Doctor Who) and featuring the mercenary Lytton (as portrayed by Gangster’s Maurice Colbourne), Cutaway Comics is also bringing you art from the UK’s hottest artists including Barry Renshaw (Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog).
There’s also a Kickstarter up and running to help fund the launch which can be found here.
Cutaway Comics is inspired by the so-called ‘backup’ stripes of Doctor Who Weekly, which delved deeper into the characters and cultures of the Doctor Who universe away from the Doctor. Stay tuned for some exciting and unprecedented explorations of the worlds of Doctor Who and beyond.
(00:48:50) This “Dalek Attack” commercial can be seen here.
(01:07:25) “A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television” by John Kenneth Muir.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 137 – Comics & Strips (part 2)
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsHere’s part two of our Comics and Strips special in which we continue looking at Doctor Who comic strips and other comics of our youth and later.
Direct Download Link = DDPC137 – Comics & Strips (part 2)
We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance
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Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk
SHOWNOTES
(00:00:00) Our guest on this podcast is Simon Brett, formerly of the Blue Box Podcast and currently of the Strangers in Space Podcast. Simon can be found on Twitter here and on Facebook here and his writing and artwork can be found on his blog here.
(00:00:02) The theme of our introductory scene is, of course taken from “Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings”, a British children’s animated series about the adventures of a young boy named Simon, who has a magic blackboard. Things that Simon draws on the chalkboard become real in the Land of Chalk Drawings, which Simon can enter by climbing over a fence near his home with a ladder. The stories often revolve around the unintended effects that Simon’s drawings have on the Land of Chalk Drawings, such as when an upset Simon draws a picture of his angry self, which goes on a rampage. The series was narrated by Bernard Cribbins. The episode in question is episode 1 “Simon Meets Henry”.
(00:05:50) “The Infinity Gauntlet” is an American comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics, consisting of an eponymous, six-issue limited series written by Jim Starlin and pencilled by George Pérez and Ron Lim, that was published from July to December 1991, and a number of tie-in books into which the storyline crossed over. Samples of frames and artwork can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:06:50) “Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars”, commonly known as “Secret Wars”, is a twelve-issue American comic book crossover limited series published from May 1984 to April 1985 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Jim Shooter with art by Mike Zeck and Bob Layton. Samples of frames and artwork can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:06:50) “The Amazing Spider-Man” is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a monthly periodical and was published continuously, with a brief interruption in 1995, until its relaunch with a new numbering order in 1999. Samples of frames and artwork can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:06:50) “The Galactus Trilogy” is a 1966 three-issue comic book story arc that appeared in “Fantastic Four” #48-50. Written, plotted and drawn by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee for Marvel Comics, it introduced the characters Galactus and the Silver Surfer. Samples of frames and artwork can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:07:10) “Daredevil: The Man Without Fear” is a 1993 five-issue comic book miniseries starring Daredevil, written by Frank Miller, illustrated by John Romita Jr. and published by Marvel Comics. The series explores the origins of the hero Daredevil. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:07:15) “Daredevil: Born Again” is a 1986 comic book story arc that appeared in the Marvel Comics series “Daredevil”. Written by Frank Miller, and drawn by David Mazzucchelli, the storyline first appeared in Daredevil #227–231. It was later reprinted in graphic novel format along with the previous issue #226, and a follow-up story arc from Daredevil #232–233, which resolves some loose ends from the original story arc. Because of this, this follow-up story arc has become generally considered part of “Born Again”. The story details Daredevil’s descent into insanity and destitution at the Kingpin’s hands, as well as a subsequent struggle to build a new life for himself. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:12:17) “X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga” is an extended X-Men storyline in the fictional Marvel Comics Universe, focusing on Jean Grey and the Phoenix Force. It was written by Chris Claremont with art by John Byrne. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:12:17) “X-Men: Days of Future Past” is a storyline in the Marvel Comics comic book “The Uncanny X-Men” issues #141–142, published in 1981. It deals with a dystopian future in which mutants are incarcerated in internment camps. An adult Kate Pryde transfers her mind into her younger self, the present-day Kitty Pryde, who brings the X-Men to prevent a fatal moment in history that triggers anti-mutant hysteria. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:14:05) The “Teen Titans” are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, often in an eponymous monthly series. As the group’s name suggests, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC’s premier superheroes in the Justice League. The original team later becomes known as the Titans when the members age out of their teenage years, while the Teen Titans name is continued by subsequent generations of young heroes. First appearing in 1964 in The Brave and the Bold #54, the team was formed by Kid Flash (Wally West), Robin (Dick Grayson), and Aqualad (Garth) before adopting the name Teen Titans in issue 60 with the addition of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) to their ranks. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:15:40) “Marvel Team-Up” is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story. The series was originally published from March 1972 through February 1985, and featured Spider-Man as the lead “team-up” character in all but ten of its 150 issues, and in six of its seven Annuals. Edition #59 features a team-up between Spider-Man, Yellow Jacket and The Wasp vs Equinox. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:16:05) “Super-Villain Team-Up” is the name of two American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Both series featured supervillains as the protagonists. The first series started in 1975 with two giant-size issues before launching as a regular series, and was mostly bi-monthly during its existence. It initially teamed up Doctor Doom and the Sub-Mariner, who had lost his own series. Edition #5 features a team-up between Doctor Doom and The Sub-mariner vs the Fantastic Four. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:18:00) “Batman: Year One” is an American comic book story arc published by DC Comics which recounts the superhero Batman’s first year as a crime-fighter. It was written by Frank Miller, illustrated by David Mazzucchelli, colored by Richmond Lewis, and lettered by Todd Klein. Batman: Year One originally appeared in issues #404–407 of the comic book title Batman in 1987. As well as recounting Batman’s beginnings and early years in his crime-fighting career, the story simultaneously examines the life of recently transferred Gotham police detective James Gordon – eventually building towards their first encounter and their eventual alliance against Gotham’s criminal underworld. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:18:00) “Batman: The Cult” is a four-issue comic book mini-series. It was published by DC Comics in their prestige format books and released in 1988. It was written by Jim Starlin, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson, colored by Bill Wray and edited by Denny O’Neil. The story follows the machinations of Deacon Blackfire and his band of homeless followers who have kidnapped Batman before the events of this story. Following a lengthy period of captivity Batman slowly succumbs to brainwashing. Batman is eventually freed from the cult but takes a long time to recover from his treatment at their hands. The story also delves into other territory. Gotham City politicians are assassinated by Blackfire’s party of followers. An attempt on Commissioner Gordon’s life is tried by Blackfire’s group, leaving the commissioner in a hospital. Beyond Gotham authorities to protect the city, the national guard is called in, then the military and martial law is declared on Gotham. The series also features the second Robin, Jason Todd. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:18:00) “Batman: The Long Halloween” is a 13-issue American comic book limited series written by Jeph Loeb with art by Tim Sale. It was originally published by DC Comics in 1996 and 1997. Taking place during Batman’s early days of crime fighting, “The Long Halloween” tells the story of a mysterious killer named Holiday, who murders people on holidays, one each month. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:18:12) “Batman: Death in the Family” is a four-issue, 1988 Batman comic book storyline published by DC Comics. The story was written by Jim Starlin and illustrated by Jim Aparo, while Mike Mignola designed each cover. The story follows Jason Todd/Robin’s quest to be reunited with his birth mother after being relieved of his duties by Batman. During his journey, however, the Joker kidnaps and tortures him, eventually killing him. The storyline is notable for its 900 number voting system, in which fans were allowed to call two separate numbers and chose whether Jason would survive the Joker’s torture or die because of it. Over 10,000 votes were cast, with a narrow majority in favor of killing the character. Frames and artwork and the phone poll advert related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:21:47) “Crisis on Infinite Earths” is an American comic book published by DC Comics. The series, written by Marv Wolfman and pencilled by George Pérez, was first serialized as a 12-issue limited series from April 1985 to March 1986. As the main piece of a crossover event, some plot elements were featured in tie-in issues of other publications. Since its initial publication, the series has been reprinted in various formats and editions. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:45:20) “Once Upon a Time-Lord” was a Sixth Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine (issues 98-99, 1985). It is notable for having several pages written out in story form with accompanying comic panels. With its end, it concluded both the Voyager and Astrolabus themes that had started in this incarnation’s second strip, “Voyager”. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:47:18) “Voyager” was a Sixth Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine (issues 90-94, 1984). It introduced the character of Astrolabus and began the Voyager arc. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:51:40) “The World Shapers” was the final regular Doctor Who Magazine (issues 127-129, 1978) comic strip to feature the Sixth Doctor. It featured the death of Jamie McCrimmon, a fate which, as of 2020, has not been contradicted in any medium. It has also attracted attention because it was written by legendary comic scribe Grant Morrison. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:57:46) “Buster” was a British comic which began publication in 1960, originally published by IPC Magazines Ltd under the companies comic division Fleetway, then by Egmont UK Ltd under the same imprint until its closure in 2000. Despite missing issues due to industrial action during its run, the comic published 1,902 issues in total. The comic carried a mixture of humour and adventure strips, featuring the title character Buster and a host of other characters. Frames and artwork related to this can be found on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 136 – Comics & Strips (part 1)
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsSimon (for it is he) Brett returns to The Whoseum to engage the Diddly Dummers in idle chat about comic strips and comics – whether Doctor Who related or not. We end up spending so much time eulogising over our favourite strips that we have to do a part two next week. But before that, we celebrate a podcasting landmark.
MP3 Direct Link = DDPC136 – Comics & Strips (part 1)
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SHOWNOTES
(00:00:00) Our guest on this podcast is Simon Brett, formerly of the Blue Box Podcast and currently of the Strangers in Space Podcast. Simon can be found on Twitter here and on Facebook here and his writing and artwork can be found on his blog here.
(00:29:30) “25 Glorious Years” was a Doctor Who reference book published by W. H. Allen in 1998. Photos of the autographs and the Lee Sullivan drawing which Mark found on the flyleaf when he bought it from a second hand bookshop can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:54:215) “Tank Girl” is a British comic book created by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin. The eponymous character Tank Girl (Rebecca Buck – later revealed to have been born as Fonzie Rebecca Buckler) drives a tank, which is also her home. She undertakes a series of missions for a nebulous organization before making a serious mistake and being declared an outlaw for her sexual inclinations and her substance abuse. The comic centres on her misadventures with her boyfriend, Booga, a mutant kangaroo. The comic’s style is heavily influenced by punk visual art, and strips are frequently deeply disorganized, anarchic, absurdist, and psychedelic. The strip features various elements with origins in surrealist techniques, fanzines, collage, cut-up technique, stream of consciousness, and metafiction, with very little regard or interest for conventional plot or committed narrative. The strip was initially set in a futuristic Australia, although it drew heavily from contemporary British pop culture. A selection of frames can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:56:58) “Love and Rockets” (often abbreviated L&R) is a comic book series by the Hernandez brothers: Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario. It was one of the first comic books in the alternative comics movement of the 1980s. The Hernandez brothers produced stories in the series independently of each other. Gilbert and Jaime produced the majority of the material, and tended to focus on particular casts of characters and settings. Those of Gilbert usually focused on a cast of characters in the fictional Central American village of Palomar; the stories often featured magic realist elements. The Locas stories of Jaime centered on a social group in Los Angeles, particularly the Latin-American friends and sometime-lovers Maggie and Hopey. A selection of frames can be found on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 135 – Run Like a Lakertyan
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsJoin the Three Who Drool as we take a look at the Seventh Doctor story “Time and the Rani”. Along the way, Hayden and Mark smuggle the Morbius brain tank into Doc’s bedroom.
Link to Media File = DDPC135 – Run Like a Lakertyan
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SHOWNOTES
(00:10:34) “Jubilation T Cornpone” is of course a song from the musical “L’il Abner”.
(00:12:16) “The Ascent of Man” is a 13-part British documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first broadcast in 1973; it was written and presented by British mathematician and historian of science Jacob Bronowski. The relevant audio clip is from the episode “Knowlege and Certainty and can be see here.
(00:22:12) The Harry Enfield “Goodfellas” sketch can be seen here.
(00:49:55) Andrew Cartmel guested on episode 16 of the Diddly Dum Podcast in 2014 which can be found here.
(00:56:20) “Vision On” was a British children’s television programme, shown on BBC1 from 1964 to 1976 and designed specifically for children with hearing impairment. It starred among others Sylvester McCoy.
(01:11:08) The Walls Sky Ray commercial from 1967 can be found here.
(01:32:05) “Triangle” is a BBC Television soap opera broadcast in the early 1980s, set aboard a North Sea ferry which sailed from Felixstowe to Gothenburg and Gothenburg to Amsterdam. The show ran for three series before being cancelled, but is still generally remembered as “some of the most mockable British television ever produced”. The scripts involved clichéd relationships and stilted dialogue, making the show the butt of several jokes—particularly on Terry Wogan’s morning Radio 2 programme—which caused some embarrassment to the BBC.
(01:41:59) Photos of the Tetrap gun and the Kang crossbow gun which Mark presented to The Whoseum can be seen on our Tumblr site here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 134 – The Butcher of Bispham
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThis week, The Three Who Drool take a look at the 1977 story “The Talons of Weng-Chiang”.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC134 – The Butcher of Bispham
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SHOWNOTES
(00:02:40) The “Doctor Who’s Line, is it…Anyway?” podcast.
(00:03:18) The “42 to Doomsday” podcast.
(00:55:00) “The Black and White Minstrel Show” was a hugely popular British light entertainment show that ran for twenty years on BBC prime-time television. Beginning in 1958, it was a weekly variety show which presented traditional American minstrel and country songs, as well as show tunes and music hall numbers, lavishly costumed. Later in its life, the show was accused of racism and ethnic stereotyping by black anti-racist groups in the UK, such as the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination, due to its use of blackface. Please secure your lower jaw before following this second weblink – not for the faint of heart.
(01:16:40) Doc’s “Are you jestering me?” is of course a reference to the Halo Jones character from 2000AD. The relevant frames can be seen on our Tumblr page here and originate from Halo Jones Book 3 which can be seen in full here and were originally published in 2000AD (prog 460, 08 March 1986).
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 133 – Kung Fu and Codpieces
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe mark Hayden’s 100th episode of the Diddly Dum Podcast by looking at the Second Doctor story “The Web of Fear”. Along the way, our erstwhile co-host The Rev commits Hayden and Mark to portraiture, Nyssa and Tegan bang on the TARDIS bathroom door to hurry Adric up, Doc presents a document from the 1930s to The Whoseum and we step out in front of The Whoseum to join in our local Thursday night clap for the NHS.
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(00:26:36) Far back in the mists of time, in the great and glorious aftermath of Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary, days of the birth of the Diddly Dum Podcast, men were real men, women were real women and podcasters were real podcasters. And our erstwhile co-host, The Rev, dared to brave new artistic frontiers and to sketch his fellow hosts. And thus was the Diddly Dum Podcast born. To mark Hayden’s 100th episode, we have commissioned sketches of Hayden and Mark by The Rev (a.k.a. Andy, a.k.a. @skaromedia) to set alongside the originals. These new sketches can be seen here and here on our Tumblr page alongside those of Al No, Doc and The Rev.
(00:37:20) The crucial pages from Hayden’s Read and Record books can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:50:20) This is about a quarter of the actual noise outside at the time of recording.
(01:12:25) Professor Branestawm is a series of thirteen books written by the English author Norman Hunter. Written over a 50-year period, between 1933 and 1983, the children’s books feature as protagonist the eponymous inventor, Professor Theophilus Branestawm, who is depicted throughout the books as the archetypal absent-minded professor.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 132 – Horns and Heels
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThe Diddly Dummers’ friendship is sorely tested as we take a good look at “The Horns of Nimon”.
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(00:02:55) Aaron A Aardvark, alias Eric Plunket, is a character from the 2000AD strip “Judge Dredd: The Day the Law Died” (Prog 95, 13 Jan 1979). An unremarkable citizen of Mega-City One, he changed his name to Aaron A Aardvark in order to be the first person listed in the phone book. This rather odd ambition proved to be his undoing when the insane Chief Judge Cal began executing the citizenry in alphabetical order. The relevant page can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:13:25) Our erstwhile Diddly Dum host, The Rev Capt Hullu Porro (a.k.a. Andy) is selling high quality copies of the artwork he painted to accompany our podcast #5 “The Six Ages of Fan”. Each print costs a minimum of £5 (inc. p&p) but you can donate as much as you like. All proceeds will be donated to The Trussell Trust to support their help for the poor and for food banks during the lockdown. You can find links on Andy’s Facebook page to either buy them on eBay or to cut out the middle man by donating direct to The Trussell Trust and dropping Andy a message to let him know your name and address. Andy can also be found on Twitter @skaromedia.
(00:17:49) #CONtacthasbeenmade will be showing a selection of filmed panels from the Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s first four “Capitol” conventions on their DWASONLINE Youtube channel and Facebook and Instagram sites. These are being run in support of NHS Charities Together and Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services and we hope that you’ll be able to donate something while watching the videos.
(0025:20) The Doctor Who Appreciation Society Announces the Return of TARDIS Magazine. TARDIS was one of the earliest Doctor Who Fan magazines (fanzines) and was first published in 1975 by Andrew Johnson. In the summer of 1976 the newly formed ‘Doctor Who Appreciation Society’ took on the publication of the magazine. Over the next few years, TARDIS went from strength to strength. It started as hand duplicated title, soon acquiring ‘photo pages’ which were inserts produced by offset litho. Later on, TARDIS become professionally printed itself, and in 1979 it saw colour for the first time. TARDIS was always supplied as an addition to DWAS membership until it was absorbed into the Society’s newsletter ‘Celestial Toyroom’ in 1987. TARDIS subsequently ceased publication as CT itself moved away from its traditional newsletter format and became a magazine in its own right.
Between April 1997 and December 1998, the Society resurrected TARDIS as a quarterly publication alongside Celestial Toyroom but then retired the title again, with a brief return as a one-off special in 2003 celebrating the show’s 40th anniversary.
The world of Doctor Who fandom has changed beyond recognition since then, and nowadays there are very few printed fan magazines. Celestial Toyroom remains the staple of the DWAS’s own output giving air to wide range of views. Many writers have started with items in CT before moving on to more mainstream publications including ‘Doctor Who Magazine’. DWAS has recognised the changing landscape and CTs sister publication, Cosmic Masque is now published as a download at our website. ‘The Celestial Toyroom Annual’ is released principally as an eBook with a limited run print copy also available.
Whereas fandom is a very ‘virtual experience’ these days, we remain convinced that there is a solid, sustainable demand for printed magazines, produced by fans for fans. As such, the Doctor Who Appreciation Society is very pleased to announce the return of ‘TARDIS’.
Volume 16 of TARDIS will begin publication in the summer of 2020. Under the editorship of Robbie Dunlop, it will be an entirely commissioned features-based magazine, published three times per year as a vibrant A4 title. It will be available to all fans from DWAS’s company Space Rocket Ltd, with DWAS members given the opportunity to buy directly from the Society at a substantial discount. We will continue our tradition of supporting charities through our output with each edition raising funds for a worthy cause.
The price and ordering information will be announced soon with the first issue of the new volume following shortly afterwards. In the meantime, Celestial Toyroom continues on its monthly publications schedule, giving members the opportunity to express their views on all aspects of Doctor Who. A new edition of Cosmic Masque, our fiction and reviews title, will also be released for download in the summer and a new ‘Celestial Toyroom Annual’ for 2021 is in the planning stages now.
On the podcast, we will keep providing you with information about the relaunch by the Doctor Who Appreciation Society of their “TARDIS” magazine.
Some front covers of past issues of “TARDIS” can be found on our Tumblr page here and here.
(00:45:55) This audio clip is from the “Frasier” season 3 episode “Martin Does it His Way”.
(00:47:20) Major Bloodnok’s stomach boing.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 131 – Gallifrey Falls – Capitol Stands
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe’ve done podcasts about past and future conventions. We’ve done podcasts about organising conventions. We’ve done podcasts about attending conventions. The only topic remaining was postponing conventions during global pandemics. Oh, that old chestnut, we hear you cry. Tony Jordan returns to The Whoseum to relate the palaver of having to postpone “Terrance Dicks: A Celebration” and “Capitol 5” during lockdown.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 130 – Ninth Doctor Retrospective
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWelcome to our long-promised retrospective look at the Ninth Doctor’s era, otherwise known as Series One of New Doctor Who from 2005. Hear the results of our faithless listeners’ votes for their Top Five stories.
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(00:11:39) Frank Bellamy’s “Day of the Daleks” artwork for the Radio Times can be found on our Tumblr page here.
Frank Bellamy also drew artwork for an episode of “The Avengers” – “The Winged Avenger”.
(00:12:51) This clip is from Diddly Dum Podcast #16 where Andrew Cartmel was our guest. The podcast can be found here.
(00:30:28) “Child Out of Time” is Hayden’s memoir of growing up in the Doctor Who Wilderness Years.
(01:03:56) Our “Universe Song” mix is of course made up in part from Monty Python’s Universe Song from “The Meaning of Life”, and in part from the Courts furniture store TV commercial from the 1990s.
(01:05:56) This audio clip is from the DVD commentary on “Rose” by Russell T Davies, Phil Collinson and Julie Gardner.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 129 – I Fought The Lore
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe review the climactic two episodes of Series 12 of Doctor Who – “Ascension of the Cybermen” and “The Timeless Children”. Along the way, we visit Chris Chibnall’s tattoo parlour and we speculate as to where so many of the Matrix scenes could have been located with a bit of imagination.
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(00:01:30) The opening music this week is, of course, the opening guitar from “I Fought the Law” by The Clash.
(00:34:16) “Dead Space” is a science fiction survival horror video game, developed by EA Redwood Shores (subsequently known as Visceral Games). The game was released in October 2008. The game has a strong science fiction atmosphere and is set in a spacecraft. It puts the player in control of an engineer named Isaac Clarke who fights Necromorphs, monstrous reanimated human corpses, aboard an interstellar mining ship, the USG Ishimura. You can judge for yourself whether Mark’s memory is working when he compares the back of Isaac to that of The Lone Cyberman on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 128 – Terrance Dicks: A Celebration
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsSecurity is tight as Tony Jordan, eminence grise (and never was an eminence griser) of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, visits the Whoseum to look forward to the Terrance Dicks celebration on 15th March 2020, organised jointly by the DWAS and The Whoovers. Tony also presents to the Whoseum his mint condition first edition of “The Making of Doctor Who” by Terrance Dicks & Malcolm Hulke.
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(00:13:38) Doc can be heard guesting on “The Doctor Who Show” podcast in February 2020 here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 127 – Wet Willies
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe review “Can You Hear Me?” and “The Haunting of Villa Diodati”. Along the way, gasp in disbelief as Mark recalls having an original Ovaltiney in the back of his cab and recoil in horror as Hayden ripostes with the news that his great-grandma knew the model in the Nimble Bread commercial.
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(00:02:00) Friend of the show, @MarkCockram, The Human Palindrome himself, maintains a rare island of sanity with the Exeter postcodes with his “NerdologyUK” podcast. The episode we mention here is “Bonus Episode: Doctor Who 2010 – 2019”.
(00:03:55) The 1970s TV commercial for Nimble Bread can be seen here.
(00:05:12) Ovaltineys or League of Ovaltineys was a children’s club developed in the 1930s to promote the sale of Ovaltine brand drink in the UK. The Ovaltineys song can be heard here.
(00:11:25) Brenda from Bristol reacts to the news of a General Election in April 2017.
(00:38:50) This “What’s up with you today?” line is from “Major Star”, the third episode of “Blackadder Goes Forth”.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 127 – Wet Willies
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe review “Can You Hear Me?” and “The Haunting of Villa Diodati”. Along the way, gasp in disbelief as Mark recalls having an original Ovaltiney in the back of his cab and recoil in horror as Hayden ripostes with the news that his great-grandma knew the model in the Nimble Bread commercial.
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(00:02:00) Friend of the show, @MarkCockram, The Human Palindrome himself, maintains a rare island of sanity with the Exeter postcodes with his “NerdologyUK” podcast. The episode we mention here is “Bonus Episode: Doctor Who 2010 – 2019”.
(00:03:55) The 1970s TV commercial for Nimble Bread can be seen here.
(00:05:12) Ovaltineys or League of Ovaltineys was a children’s club developed in the 1930s to promote the sale of Ovaltine brand drink in the UK. The Ovaltineys song can be heard here.
(00:11:25) Brenda from Bristol reacts to the news of a General Election in April 2017.
(00:38:50) This “What’s up with you today?” line is from “Major Star”, the third episode of “Blackadder Goes Forth”.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 126 – Mark Has the Conch
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThis week, we review “Fugitive of the Judoon” and “Praxeus”. Along the way, we pay tribute to the late Nicholas Parsons with a selection from Doc’s “Golden Age” of Just a Minute.
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(00:06:38) Our own Hayden has just published another of his books, “Tales from Another Me,” documenting from 2007 until 2010 his thoughts, dreams, nightmares and desires through a collection of poems. This selection illustrates how the world looked through the eyes of a teenager – lost in the noisy digital age – trying to find his way in an exciting yet confusing world against a backdrop of friendships, romance, work life, sex, drugs, alcohol, the rise of Facebook and the stranglehold that the economic recession had on a the youth of the time.
All proceeds will be going to the MindUK mental health charity.
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(00:39:20) The Doctor Who Monthly comic strip Mark is referring to here is “The Stockbridge Horror” which appeared in issues #70 to #75. The particular frame Mark is referring to where an image of the TARDIS is dug up can be found on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 125 – Tesla Girl
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsOur guest this week is Brendan from the Flight Through Entirety podcast who joins us to mull over “Orphan55” and “Nicola Tesla’s Night of Terror” before proceeding into The Whoseum’s exhibition hall to present us with his copy of the “Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors” video game from the 1990s.
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(00:00:00) Our guest on this podcast is Brendan Jones from the “Flight Through Entirety” podcast.
(00:23:55) “The Cursed Earth” is the second extended storyline of the British science fictional comics character Judge Dredd. It appeared in 2000 AD, and it was written mostly by Pat Mills. In 2100, Mega-City Two, on the West coast of North America, becomes infected with a virus that makes its victims into a violent mob. Scientists in Mega-City One on the East coast have been able to make an antidote, but it is impossible to safely land at the airports in Mega-City Two. The only option is to send a land expedition of Judges in a tank across the Cursed Earth, a radioactive wasteland that covers most of the former US. “The Cursed Earth” caused a lawsuit involving the publishers of 2000 AD, McDonald’s, Burger King, and the Jolly Green Giant. Four episodes in the series, written by John Wagner and Jack Adrian, featured trade marked characters used without permission. One storyline depicted wars between rival gangs, headed by the Burger King and Ronald McDonald – including scenes of Ronald executing a gang member who spilled a milkshake. The owners of these characters objected to the use of their trademarks and sued. Publishers IPC settled out of court, publishing a half-page retraction and agreeing never to reprint the offending episodes. In 2014 the law was changed to implement a European directive on copyright law allowing the use of copyright-protected characters for parody. As a result, Rebellion Developments announced in 2015 that it would re-publish the suppressed episodes for the first time in a book to be published in July 2016.
(01:41:50) “Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors” is a PC video game released in 1997 by BBC Multimedia. All of Anthony Ainley’s recorded scenes as the Master from this game were included on the DVD release of “Survival” but without the background music played in them. The game can be found here on myabandonware.com.
(01:53:36) These audio files from the “Deus Ex Machina” game can be found and explained on our blog here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 124 – Ryanair
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsAs ever at this time of year, we wish you a Happy New Year and ourselves a Happy Birthday as we complete our sixth year of podcasting. This week we review “Spyfall” parts 1 & 2 and along the way we pay tribute to the late Neil Innes. And yes, we know it’s Bruce.
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(00:02:35) A photo of Mark’s Top Trumps set can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:03:00) A photo of Mark’s Sontaran playset can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:03:30) A photo of Mark’s Hard Rock Gallifrey T-shirt can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:04:32) A photo of Doc’s “Domain of the Daleks” playset can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:18:19) A photo of Polly’s birthday presents from Neil Innes can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:35:35) “The Likely Lads” is a British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and produced by Dick Clement. Twenty episodes were broadcast by the BBC, in three series, between 16 December 1964 and 23 July 1966. This show was followed by a sequel series, in colour, entitled “Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?”, broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 24 December 1974. “No Hiding Place”, the episode where the lads spend all day hidig from a football score, can be found here.
(01:38:08) We close this week with “Cheese and Onions” by Neil Innes and The Rutles.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 123 – Sign of the Jive
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThe game board above tells us that another year has turned around and we’ve reached our famous Christmas games podcast. We present the “Working Titles” game, the “Who Is That?” game adapted from “The Doctor Who Role Playing Game”, the “Who Said What?” game and, as ever, we climax with our annual Blockbusters Gold Run looking back over the last 12 months. Along the way we glance at the Series 12 trailer and guest star reveals.
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(00:00:00) The reveal of Stephen Fry and Lenny Henry can be found here.
(00:08:25) The Series 12 trailer can be found here.
(00:11:21) This year’s Children in Need Doctor Who clip can be found here.
(00:25:50) The Doctor Who Technical Manual.
(01@06:10) The “Just When I Thought I Was Out, They Pull Me Back In” scene from The Godfather can be found here.
(01:12:55) The longest standing tradition of the Diddly Dum Podcast is our Christmas Blockbusters Gold Run – a quiz on the previous year’s podcast in the style of TV’s “Blockbusters”. The game board for this year’s Gold Run can be found at the top of this blog entry.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 122 – Kickboxing on the Rec
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsHere’s the second half of our Scariest Moments in Doctor Who podcast. Hear us quickly discover an urgent need for a thesaurus as we run out of synonyms for “unsettling”. Along the way, Hayden rediscovers some old school books and his missed career in central casting, and we all go kick-boxing on the Rec.
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(00:00:00) Our copy of the “Mission to the Unknown” disc begins with the theme music from “Chorlton and the Wheelies”, an animated children’s television series that ran from September 1976 until June 1979 on the British television channel ITV. It followed the adventures of Chorlton, a fictional happiness dragon, in Wheelie World. “Chorlton and the Wheelies” was created by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television and broadcast on the ITV network. These clips come from the episode “Chorlton says it with flowers”.
(00:19:00) Extract pages from Hayden’s old school books and reading record books can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:55:05) Charlie Brooker’s “Screenwipe” on Doctor Who series 2.
(01:01:56) Snugbury’s straw Dalek.
(01:17:34) This TV commercial for the Battleship game can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 121 – You’re Never Alone With a Swan
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsFor Hallowe’en, we and our listeners present our scariest moments from Doctor Who and from childhood in general.
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(00:00:00) This podcast is opened and closed by “Rentaghost” is a British children’s television comedy show, originally broadcast by the BBC between 1976 and 1984. The show’s plot centred on the antics of a number of ghosts who worked for a firm called Rentaghost, which hired out the spirits for various tasks.
(00:09:56) Mark’s piece of orginal Peter Firmin artwork can be seen here.
(00:39:22) “Ghost Town” is a song by the British two-tone band the Specials, released on 12 June 1981. The song spent three weeks at number one and 10 weeks in total in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Addressing themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for being a hit at the same time as riots were occurring in British cities. Internal tensions within the band were also coming to a head when the single was being recorded, resulting in the song being the last single recorded by the original seven members of the group before splitting up. However, the song was hailed by the contemporary UK music press as a major piece of popular social commentary, and all three of the major UK music magazines of the time awarded “Ghost Town” the accolade of “Single of the Year” for 1981. The skeleton cover art with gave Hayden the heeby jeebies can be found on our Tumble page here.
(00:40:57) David Bailey shot a striking poster in 1984, commissioned in protest against the fur trade by anti-fur organisation Lynx in 1984 and was part of a campaign for Greenpeace. A TV commercial of the same theme with music by Vangelis was produced in the following year.
(00:41:32) “Lonely Water” (widely known as “The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water”) is a 1973 British Public Information short film made for the Central Office of Information (COI). The film aimed to warn children of the dangers of careless or foolhardy behaviour in the vicinity of water, and was shown regularly on TV for several years during breaks in children’s programming. Lonely Water is widely recalled as one of the most memorable and chilling of PIFs. In a poll carried out by the BBC on the 60th anniversary of the COI in 2006, Lonely Water was chosen as the UK’s fourth-favourite PIF of all time and the highest ranked one-off production. Dozens of comments attested to the film’s power and lasting impact on 1970s children.
(00:43:54) An example of the source of horror for Hayden on many an unsuspected VHS tape.
(00:44:44) The 1990s truly were a scary time for Hayden, even the Tango adverts.
(00:45:03) The Gotan Tango doll promotion which ensnared Mark.
(00:46:40) 1959 Strand cigarettes advert.
(00:56:50) As the original Cybermen return, fans around the world pray they’ve retained their unique “sing-song” voices. By @pipmadeley.
(01:49:43) This refers to the “Dalek 63.887” Youtube channel here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 120 – Hands Up If You Remember Cinema Balconies
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe present our retrospective of William Hartnell’s First Doctor era, where we reveal the results of our Top 5 Stories poll among our listeners.
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(00:41:41) The Weetabix TV advert during this intermission can be found here.
(00:54:10) The Reverend Captain Hullo Porro (better known to his friends and admirers as The Rev – better known to his family as Andy) is one of the three founding hosts of the Diddly Dum Podcast and one of our active hosts from podcasts 01 to 27 (because once a Diddly Dum host, always a Diddly Dum host). The magnificent artwork which accompanied our first 27 podcasts was the work of the Rev and can been seen at the start of our commemorative podcast 100 video here. His professional artwork can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 119 – Uncle and Nephews
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsAn minor Earth tremor shook Doctor Who fandom as we lost a pillar of our childhood in Uncle Terrance Dicks. This week we pay tribute to the great man. Then we repair to the Whoseum’s Olympic-sized bathroom to each present an exhibit for display on the theme of Doctor Who toys.
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(00:41:35) The Trailer for the Season 26 Blu-ray box-set can be found here.
(00:43:59) The Doctor Who Sky Ray ice lolly commercial can be found here.
(00:51:33) A photo of Hayden’s Daypol cyberman can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(01:00:50) Pics of Mark’s Doctor Who 25th Anniversary set by Dapol can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(01:03:35) Pics of Mark’s “Build Your Own Giant Robot” set can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(01:10:40) Pics of Doc’s 1976 Dalek bubble bath by Water Margin can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(01:12:20) The Water Margin is a Japanese television series based on Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Made in two seasons of 13 episodes each by Nippon Television it was shown in Japan in 1973 and 1974 as Suikoden.
(01:13:16) Louise Jameson’s 1977 appearance on Multi Coloured Swap Shop can be seen here.
(01:14:28) Pics of Hayden’s Noddy bubble bath can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(01:14:43) The Matey bubble bath TV commercial sung by Mark can be seen here.
(01:15:35) Pics and details of Mark’s Judge Dredd soap can be seen on our Tumblr page here and details can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 118 – The Amazing World of Tom Baker
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsAt last, we’ve finished counting the many votes which came in and in this podcast we announce the results of our poll for the Top Five Tom Baker stories.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC118 – The Amazing World of Tom Baker
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(00:12:05) Our guilty hates podcast can be found at podcast 39 (“Three Angry Men”).
(00:23:37) Rassilon’s Horn was a meme from the early days of the Diddly Dum Podcast when one of us would blow a horn without warning and require another to hold forth on a given subject for 60 seconds.
(00:54:40) This Victoria Wood Coronation Street sketch can be viewed here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 117 – May The Sauce Be With You
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsOver two consecutive weekends in June, the Diddly Dumbers attended the “Planet of the Daleks” event at the BFI, the “Maximum Power” Blakes 7 event in Steventon and the “An Afternoon at Devil’s End” event at Aldbourne. Tune in as we regale you with our adventures.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC117 – May The Sauce Be With You
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(00:40:26) Photos of our visit to Avebury can be found on our Tumble page here and here.
(00:44:35) Johnny Who Entertainments produces not for profit fan films in the Dr Who and Blakes 7 Universe. A trailer for the “The Curse of Devil’s End” being filmed during our visit can be found here.
(00:46:30) Mark’s selfie with John Levene, together with other photos can be found on our Tumblr page here and here.
(00:52:16) “Maximum “power” was a celebration of Blakes 7 held in Steventon on Sunday 23rd June 2019. Photos of the event can be found on our Tumblr page here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here.
(01:14:15) “An Afternoon at Devil’s End” was organised by @WhosAtThePlayhouse. Photos can be found on our Tumblr page here and here and here and here.
(01:19:20) John Levene hosting the 2002 Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards.
(01:37:45) “Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus”, edited by Daleks creator Terry Nation, was a British omnibus published in 1976, especially for Marks and Spencer. It featured a collection of articles and photographs related to the Daleks as they had appeared in Doctor Who, as well as abridged and illustrated reprints of the novelisations “Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks” and “Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks” by Terrance Dicks. Some of the book’s pages can be found on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 116 – Of Mice and Spacemen
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsIt takes us a good half hour to get around to talking about Doctor Who this week. But it’s worth it as Hayden relates his experience of finally watching Blakes 7, Series A and then binge-watching I, Claudius. We also include our interviews from Capitol IV with The Sons of Skaro and Peter Purves. Along the way, we struggle to control the Whoseum computer’s fixation with paying tribute to the late Doris Day
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC116 – Of Mice and Spacemen
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(00:08:00) The DVD box-set of Series 1 (Series A) of Blakes 7 can be found here.
(00:20:00) The DVD box-set of the BBC’s famous 1970s adaptation of I, Claudius can be found here.
(00:41:30) The Nerdology UK podcast can be found here. Hayden guests on Episode 36 here. Photos of Hayden’s (Captain Scarlet themed) 5th birthday party and of his (Power Rangers illustrated) Humpty Dumpty story can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:44:32) Formed in 2016, Sons of Skaro are a Charity Find Raising group of Dalek builders, owners and enthusiasts. Six short videos of the Sons of Skaro Daleks in the hotel lifts at Capitol IV can be found on our Youtube channel here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 115 – Liftshaft of the Daleks
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThat drone you can hear filling the air is not the Diddly Dummers talking, it’s the sound of the Diddly Dum airship returning our heroic podcasters to The Whoseum where Hayden awaits, eager to pump them vigorously in the debriefing room for tales of the DWAS Capitol IV convention. This podcast episode includes our interviews at Capitol with former Doctor Who Magazine editor, John Freeman (just think of an even better looking Tom Spilsbury), and DWAS Capitol supremo and theatre buff, Tony Jordan (just think of an older Steven Berkoff). Along the way, we disclose the source of Hayden’s jamminess and we play a few rounds of “Who Said What?”.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC115 – Liftshaft of the Daleks
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(00:04:10) Many thanks to Una McCormack for her time and her help in browbeating Hayden into watching Blakes 7. Una can be found on Linkedin here. She can also be found on Twitter @unamccormack.
(00:11:41) Evidence of Hayden’s 10km practice run can be found on our Tumblr page here for any doubters.
(00:24:31) John Freeman is a writer, editor and creative consultant and publisher of the comics and other media news site downthetubes.net. John worked as both a designer and editor or Doctor Who Magazine in its earlier years. John’s work on “Crucible” can also be found here. He can be found on Facebook here and on Twitter here.
(00:58:22) Six short videos of the Sons of Skaro Daleks in the hotel lifts can be found on our Youtube channel here.
(01:06:14) Doc’s Morbius monster figure has at least eleven points of articulation and a press pass.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 114 – Capitol IV Sunday
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsA brief look back on what happened on Sunday at the Capitol IV convention plus an interview with artist Colin Howard.
Mp3 Direct Download Link = DDPC114 – Capitol IV Sunday
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Many thanks to Colin Howard for his time and enthusiasm. Colin’s work can be found on his website here and he can also be found on Twitter @ColinHowardArt.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 113 – Capitol IV Saturday
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsA look back on what happened on Saturday at the Capitol IV convention plus an interview with writer Una McCormack.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC013 – Capitol IV Saturday
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 112 – Over There
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsIn a shortish podcast this week, we look forward to the Season 10 Blu-ray box-set, we look at how watching the box-sets already issued has caused us to re-evaluate those eras and we celebrate retro comics. We end the podcast by averting (or ignoring) a minor war before boarding the Diddly Dum airship to travel to the DWAS Capitol IV convention where we’ll be the official podcast this coming weekend.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC112 – Over There
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(00:04:05) Rebellion Publishing produced the “Cor! & Buster Special” on 17th April, retailing at £4.99.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 111 – Framespotting
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe take a look at the new animated release of the Second Doctor story “The Macra Terror” and review the other animated releases over the years. Along the way, Hayden tells how he once disappointed Christopher H Bidmead, Doc’s habit of unconsciously singing in lifts is revealed and Mark uncovers a clandestine star extra in the Macra animation.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC111 – Framespotting
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(00:40:30) “Mary Mungo & Midge” is a British animated children’s television series produced by the BBC in 1969 and, as such, formed a basic staple of the childhood of Doc’s, Mark’s and Allan’s childhoods. The entire canon can be found on Youtube here.
(00:41:05) “The Bony King of Nowhere” was a song to be found in an episode of “Bagpuss”.
(00:52:58) Hayden’s treasured photo of himself and his sister meeting Deborah and Jack Watling in 1999 can be found on our Tumblr page here. The full story is told about 01:36:00 into our Podcast #54 which can be found here.
(00:58:25) The 1980s Manga anime of the Third Doctor can be found on Youtube here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 110 – Dalek Day
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThe Five Faces of Delusion (temporarily reduced to Three) welcome Tony Jordan, one of the DWAS head honchos, back to The Whoseum to talk with us about The Capitol IV convention in April.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC110 – Dalek Day
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(00:33:10) The coin-operated Dalek ride was manufactured by Edwin Hall & Co between 1964 and 1967 and distributed by Edward Saville Amusements. A photo can be found on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 109 – Helen A, Milk Snatcher?
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsAs a sign that the High Council of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society have short memories, they have once again kindly invited the Diddly Dum Podcast to be the official podcast of their Capitol IV convention on 27/28 April this year.
This week, we take a look at Seventh Doctor story “The Happiness Patrol” from 1988. Along the way, the late Graeme Curry is celebrated at Hayden’s workplace (of all places), Mark agonises over the temptations of a 7-disc vinyl set of Dalek Master Plan and we decide that our favourite flavour of Candyman execution is Splatter Orange.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC109 – Helen A, Milk Snatcher
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(00:01:35) The photo of stacks of S18 box-sets which Hayden refers to can be found on the DWAS Instagram page here.
(00:26:10) The “Brass Eye” Heavy Electricity sketch can be found here.
(00:22:00) The Daleks’ Master Plan Exclusive Edition Vinyl LP.
(00:42:15) “Dead Head” is a four-part crime thriller scripted by Howard Brenton and directed by Rob Walker.
(00:47:18) “Hard to be a God” is a 1964 science fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky set in the Noon Universe.
(00:48:36) The “Metropolissy with lightning” cover art which Doc is remembering but wrongly attributing to “Paranoia” is actually this cover art for “Deus Ex Machina”, the video game by Automata from the 1980s discussed in our podcast 007 (at 00:12:00) and our podcast 069 at (00:19:48). That game contained voiceovers by Jon Pertwee himself, the audio files of which can be found on our blog here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 108 – Traction by HAVOC
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThis time, we apply the principles of Brexit negotiations to arrive at our top 5 Capaldi era stories…and end up with results that nobody wanted. The we look in detail at the number one story and each pick our favourite Capaldi moments. Along the way, Hayden bumps into Superman on a stag weekend and Mark gets mistaken for Bob Geldof by the guitarist from The Sweet.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC108 – Traction by HAVOC
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(01:14:40) “Night of the Living Dead” is a 1968 American independent horror film written, directed, photographed and edited by George A. Romero, co-written by John Russo, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O’Dea. The story follows seven people who are trapped in a rural farmhouse in western Pennsylvania, which is besieged by a large and growing group of “living dead” monsters. “Night of the Living Dead” led to five subsequent films between 1978 and 2010, also directed by Romero, and inspired two remakes; the most well-known remake was released in 1990, directed by Tom Savini. The audio clip used here in our podcast is from the 1985 film and can be seen here.
(01:34:43) The song we finish with is, of course, “Block Buster!”, the 1973 single by The Sweet which spent 5 weeks at the top of the UK singles charts and can be seen being performed on “Top of the Pops” here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 107 - Please Use Other Footpath
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThis week marks the 5th birthday of the Diddly Dum Podcast and we look back at the New Year’s Day special, “Resolution”. Along the way, we play some games left over from Christmas and Mark reveals his moment of 2018.
MP3 Direct Download Link = ddpc107 – please use other footpath
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(00:09:02) Photos of some of Mark’s Who-related Christmas presents for Polly can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:45:56) Tony Martin is a farmer from Norfolk, England, who shot a burglar dead in his home in August 1999.
(01:10:44) Mark’s “paintroller” line refers to this.
(01:16:54) In 2000AD’s “Judge Dredd”, Smokatoriums are buildings located across Mega-City One which allow citizens to freely smoke tobacco as much as they want (Due to it being a crime to smoke in public), these buildings require guests to wear hazmat suits so as not to choke on all the smoke excreted.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 106 - Writing by Kermittee
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThe traditions of our Christmas episode have been slightly derailed by the timing of Series 11. But, having looked at “It Takes You Away” and “The Battle of Ranskoor Avenue”, we finally get stuck into some Christmas games, including of course our fifth Christmas Gold Run.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC106 – Writing by Kermittee
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(01:00:10) “One Froggy Evening” is a 1955 American animated musical short film.
(01:01:26) “Psychomania” (a.k.a. “The Death Wheelers”) is a 1973 British horror-cult film starring Nicky Henson, Beryl Reid, George Sanders (in his final film) and Robert Hardy.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 105 - Sonic Inhaler
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsHayden returns from his trip to Austria (and the obligatory Sound of Music tour) to join us for a review of Kerblam! and The Witchfinders.
Direct MP3 Download Link = DDPC105 – Sonic Inhaler
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(00:16:19) Hilda Ogden singing in the Coronation Street of bygone days.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 104 - Podcasters of the Stones
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThis week, we look at “The Tsuranga Conundrum” and “Demons of the Punjab”. Along the way, Mark visits Devil’s End and Avebury, while he and Hayden talk about the “Bohemian Rhapsody” film to Doc’s mystification.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC104 – Podcasters of the Stones
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(00:12:46) Queen – Live at the Rainbow (1974).
(00:14:35) You can find photos of Mark’s visit to Aldbourne on our Tumblr page here.
(00:22:45) The Twilight Zone – “Nightmare at 20,000 feet”.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 103 - This Looks Like a Fine Chair
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThis week, we are locked away in the Whoseum panic room, looking back at “Rosa” and “Arachnids in the UK”.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC103 – This Looks Like a Fine Chair
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(00:01:25) This audio clip from “The Devil You Know”, ep 5 of series 2 of “Yes Minister”.
(00:48:58) “Rosa”is reviewed in episode 128 of the “Discussing Who” podcast which can be found here.
(00:52:17) This audio clip comes from the “Frasier” episode: “There’s Something About Dr Mary”.
(01:37:08) This clip comes from “The Story of Common People” which can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 102 - The Woman Who
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe review “The Woman Who Fell to Earth” and “The Ghost Monument”.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC102 – The Woman Who
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(00:01:25) Radio Rassilon podcast.
(00:00:00) Doctor Who Grumpcast podcast.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 101 - 42 to Whomsday
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsSneaking through the “Aussie Podcasters” channel at Heathrow for their long-promised, long-delayed visit to the Whoseum this week are Rob and Mark from the “42 to Doomsday” podcast. Mark presents us with his back catalogue of “Doctor Who Bulletin” fanzines and Rob presents us with his copy of “The Doctor Who Technical Manual”.
Along the way, we compare the relative merits of Adelaide, Sydney and Perth, while mulling over Australian house prices and the role played by pink shorts in Australian democracy.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC101 – 42 to Whomsday
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(00:00:00) You’ll note that, in a fit of nostalgia promoted by the podcast 100 memoryfest, we’ve reverted to the original Diddly Dum Podcast theme music which opened our very first podcast. Put together by our own Al No and once described as “the Sisters of Mercy meets Delia Derbyshire”.
(00:01:18) The short story being read out by Doc here is “Roses” from DWM214, written by this week’s guest, Rob. See the shownote below at 01:08:56.
(00:01:57) Our guests this week are Rob and Mark of the “42 to Doomsday” podcast whose blog can be found here, and who can be found on Twitter here and on Facebook here.
(00:25:10) The day pink shorts helped to fight for democracy in Adelaide.
(00:57:12) “Doctor Who Bulletin” began life in the early 1980s as an amateur fanzine dedicated to Doctor Who.
(01:01:56) John Nathan Turner chomping on a copy of “Doctor Who Bulletin”.
(01:08:45) All the references to Doctor Who Magazine issue 214 (July 1994) arise from “Roses”, a short story which Rob had published on page 34 as part of DWM’s “Brief Encounters” series. A scan of the page can be found on our Tumblr page here. At this week’s podcast opens, Doc can be found reading out the start of this story this week just before Rob and Mark ring the doorbell.
(01:09:07) A scan of the “DWB Interview File” advertisement from DWM214 be found on our Tumblr page here.
(01:19:04) A scan of the “Fanzine Trap” feature from DWM214 can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(01:24:57) “The Doctor Who Technical Manual” was a Doctor Who reference book published by in 1983 and written by Mark Harris. Scans of a few pages can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(01:29:52) “The Doctor Who Pattern Book“ was an activity book published by W.H. Allen in 1987 and written by Mark Harris. The pictures used on Rob and Mark’s blog can be found here.
(01:31:08) “Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus”, edited by Daleks creator Terry Nation, was a British omnibus book published in 1976, especially for Marks and Spencer. It featured a collection of articles and photographs related to the Daleks as they had appeared in Doctor Who, as well as abridged and illustrated reprints of the novelisations of “Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks” and “Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks” by Terrance Dicks. The anatomy of a Dalek cutaway can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(01:34:04) “Build the TARDIS” was an activity book published by Target Books and W. H. Allen.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 100b - From Bagpuss to Algernon (part two)
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsHere’s part two of our celebratory 100th podcast, looking back on clips from the past 99 episodes.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC100 – From Bagpuss to Algernon – part two
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 100a - From Bagpuss to Algernon (part one)
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsAt long last, here’s our 100th podcast. Quite a landmark for us so we’ve chosen to make it a nostalgic one, looking back over our last nearly five years. We’ve put together a montage of clips of our least worst bits and we’ve been very self-indulgent. Which makes it a rather long podcast, even for us. That’s why we’ve split it into 2 halves – Episode 100a and Episode 100b – which you can download separately rather than trying to cope with one whacking great audio file.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC100a – From Bagpuss to Algernon – part one
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