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Welcome to Crash Landing. In this episode Steve speaks to Francesca Haig, a novelist and poet originally from Tasmania but she now lives in the UK. She is the author of The Fire Sermon, The Map of Bones and The Forever Ship a trilogy of post apocalyptic novels published by Harper Voyager. Francesca has just 60 minutes to choose 5 books that she couldn't live without if she were to crash land on an alien world and tell you why they're such amazing books and so important to her.

Welcome to Crash Landing. In this episode Steve speaks to Francesca Haig, a novelist and poet originally from Tasmania but she now lives in the UK. She is the author of The Fire Sermon, The Map of Bones and The Forever Ship a trilogy of post apocalyptic novels published by Harper Voyager. Francesca has just 60 minutes to choose 5 books that she couldn't live without if she were to crash land on an alien world and tell you why they're such amazing books and so important to her.

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Steven and Erika say hello from a Calgary hotel as they plow through the entirety of this iconic story, but perhaps not for the reason you think.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Steven and Erika say hello from a Calgary hotel as they plow through the entirety of this iconic story, but perhaps not for the reason you think.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Steven and Erika say hello from a Calgary hotel as they plow through the entirety of this iconic story, but perhaps not for the reason you think.

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Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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This month, we look back at our time at this year's (Re)Generation Who 4 convention in Baltimore, Maryland featuring many guests including Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and the first public appearance of Peter Capaldi since leaving the role of the Doctor! And if that's not exciting enough, we were very fortunate to grab a 10 minute interview with none other than Ian Chesterton himself, William Russell, discussing his time on The Adventures of Sir Lancelot!

After that, you can hear our live panel with comic artist Simon Fraser discussing what it's like to draw the Eleventh Doctor and why he chose Star Trek: Enterprise as his classic TV show.

All that and a recap from us of this year's fantastic convention.

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Hello Arrow of Timers! Is anyone there? We didn’t lose you did we? Well either way, welcome to our Foolish ChrEaster (pronounced cree-ster) special. Basically it’s the Christmas special that we recorded 3 months ago but we’re just releasing it now on Easter, which happens to also be April Fool’s Day. So we’re getting a bunch of holidays out in one go. Speaking of going, we need to get more podcasts going so we can be a proper podcast again! In the meantime, enjoy this one!

Also you can enjoy this WhoTube by user Lonely Pencil called “Time Lords in Winter”: https://youtu.be/ejDaSwA5jnE

Welcome to April! Which means we're now only about six months until Jodie Whittaker's debut as the new Doctor Who! Until then, we've got #Whoagainstguns final tallies, some sneaky hints from Philip Morris about "The Web of Fear" Part 3, Hugo nominations for Verity! and Doctor Who "Twice Upon a Time", and a deep dive into Malcolm Hulke's left wing leanings with "Doctor Who and the Communist" author Michael Herbert in part three of our Malcolm Hulke Miniscope! Ypa, comrades!

Links:

- Gallifrey One 2019 tickets go on sale April 14, 12:00pm PDT - #WhoAgainstGuns campaign ends - #WhoAgainstGuns broke $20,000 with the help of Rachel Talalay - Phillip Morris says Web of Fear 3 may soon be found - Twice Upon A Time, Verity! nominated for Hugo Awards - Series 9 Soundtrack, including limited Stuart Manning art - Christopher Eccleston makes his first convention appearance at London Film & Comic-Con 2018

Miniscope:

- Malcolm Hulke - Michael Herbert

Welcome to April! Which means we’re now only about six months until Jodie Whittaker’s debut as the new Doctor Who! Until then, we’ve got #Whoagainstguns final tallies, some sneaky hints from Philip Morris about “The Web of Fear” Part 3, Hugo nominations for Verity! and Doctor Who “Twice Upon a Time”, and a deep dive into Malcolm Hulke’s left wing leanings with “Doctor Who and the Communist” author Michael Herbert in part three of our Malcolm Hulke Miniscope! Ypa, comrades!

Links:

– Gallifrey One 2019 tickets go on sale April 14, 12:00pm PDT – #WhoAgainstGuns campaign ends – #WhoAgainstGuns broke $20,000 with the help of Rachel Talalay – Phillip Morris says Web of Fear 3 may soon be found – Twice Upon A Time, Verity! nominated for Hugo Awards – Series 9 Soundtrack, including limited Stuart Manning art – Christopher Eccleston makes his first convention appearance at London Film & Comic-Con 2018

Miniscope:

– Malcolm Hulke – Michael Herbert

Now that it's April, we're fooling around with some ideas on what other fandoms might work for us, podcast wise. Because...well...you know...

This is not a joke, we’re done with Doctor Who.

Let the past die, kill it if you have to. And we did. Trust Your Doctor is dead. I’m sorry if you liked the show, but it’s done now. We’re going to replace it with a podcast that has much less overhead, it takes less time to make, and edit, and is just generally easier. Sorry. This week we review Trust Your Doctor Episode 1, which released on January 24, 2014.

Show-notes:

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Any other references belong to their respective owners, no copyright infringement is intended by this podcast.
The Doctor Who title music was originally composed by Ron Grainer. The version used in this episode was arranged by Delia Derbyshire.

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Christopher Eccleston made news recently with articles about his time working on, and ultimate departure from, Doctor Who. We give our thoughts on these recent comments, talk about Lee’s upcoming trip to England, and more!Picking up where we left off in Episode 100, we review “Boom Town”, Episode 11 of Series 1. In our review, The Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, Rose Tyler, and Mickey Smith face off with Margaret, the last Slitheen on Planet Earth. Episode 101 of Discussing Who is hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, and Lee Shackleford.

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Excitement abounds this week at The Whoseum as we reveal details of our partnership with the Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s CAPITOL3 convention as their official podcaster.

But eventually we get down to our tribute to the late Peter Miles by taking a look at the Season 7 (1970) story – The Silurians. Along the way, we look at Peter’s work with Dusty Springfield, Jim Davidson latter career as a sex symbol and the most bad-ass recurring villain of the Pertwee era (it’s not what you may think).

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SHOWNOTES

(00:00:00) One of Peter Miles’s lesser-known activities was as a jazz singer and, 50+ years ago, he duetted with his friend Dusty Springfield on “Can’t We Be Friends”. This track has recently been released by a major record company. Peter can be seen at 10 mins into this video clip contributing to a South Bank Show looking at Dusty Springfield.

(00:01:11) The Diddly Dum Podcast has been asked by the Doctor Who Appreciation Society to be the official podcasting partner of their Capitol3 convention at the end of April 2018.

(00:06:45) Hayden’s interview with Tony Jordan from May 2015 can be found on episode 33 of the Diddly Dum Podcast (starts at 01:41:45) which can be found here.

(00:07:02) Hayden’s first Saturday morning breakfast show on Cambridge 105Radio goes out on 07 April 2018 between 7am and 8am.

(00:11:25) The XS Malarkey Comedy Club.

(00:14:42) This clip is from the beginning of the Series 5 episode of Frasier – “Desperately Seeking Closure” which can be seen here.

(00:21:50) The Who at the Hoylake convention.

(00:49:40) Cult BBC TV series from 1975 with music by electronic pioneer Paddy Kingsland, who went on to score The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who. The critically acclaimed BBC TV series, The Changes, was first broadcast by the BBC in in 1975, accompanied by music from electronic pioneer Paddy Kingsland, who wrote and recorded the score while working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

(00:52:00) "Space Fall: A Blake's 7 Podcast" has recently been launched by friends of the show, David Kitchen and Richard Nolan. Every fortnight these two fans (and their guests) have a look at each episode of Blake's 7, in order, discussing what they love about it, but also going into more depth about the stories and characters. They'l also be looking at the guests stars, and including some fun segments such as "look, it was the 1970s", "what cool lines did Chris Boucher write for Avon this week?", and "player of the week"!

(00:54:56) “Colour Me Kubrick: A True…ish Story” (released in the US as Color Me Kubrick) is a Franco-British comedy-drama film directed by Brian W. Cook, released in 2005. The film stars John Malkovich as Alan Conway, a man who had been impersonating director Stanley Kubrick since the early 1990s. One of the biggest scams is when Conway promises to help establish Lee Pratt (Jim Davidson) as a headliner act in Las Vegas. Pratt is a British entertainer who’s had limited success as a flamboyant dancer and stage singer. Pratt is described as a “low-rent Liberace with an Elvis gleam in his eye.” The singing clip can be found here.

(01:31:00) One of Peter Miles’s lesser-known activities was as a jazz singer and, 50+ years ago, he duetted with his friend Dusty Springfield on “Can’t We Be Friends”. This track has recently been released by a major record company. Peter can be seen at 10 mins into this video clip contributing to a South Bank Show looking at Dusty Springfield.

(01:31:58) This clip is from the sixth episode of Series 1 of Blake’s 7 – “Seek Locate Destroy”. It can be found at 00:18:40 here.

(01:39:19) This closing music is “The Manchester Rap” (1990) by The Bosnians. A slightly (but only slightly) exaggerated parody of the Manchester/Salford accent.

The Diddly Dum Podcast acknowledges the copyright of anyone we've pinched anything from.

Excitement abounds this week at The Whoseum as we reveal details of our partnership with the Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s CAPITOL3 convention as their official podcaster.

But eventually we get down to our tribute to the late Peter Miles by taking a look at the Season 7 (1970) story – The Silurians. Along the way, we look at Peter’s work with Dusty Springfield, Jim Davidson latter career as a Liberace impersonator and the most bad-ass recurring villain of the Pertwee era (it’s not what you may think).

Plus we make a singular phone call to Hayden.

Direct MP3 Download Link = DDPC093 – Peter Patter

Listen/download on iTunes

Audioboo

Stitcher.com

Find us on Facebook

We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance

Find Diddly Dum pics on Tumblr.

Visit our new Youtube page.

Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk

SHOWNOTES

(00:00:00) One of Peter Miles’s lesser-known activities was as a jazz singer and, 50+ years ago, he duetted with his friend Dusty Springfield on “Can’t We Be Friends”. This track has recently been released by a major record company. Peter can be seen at 10 mins into this video clip contributing to a South Bank Show looking at Dusty Springfield.

(00:01:11) The Diddly Dum Podcast has been asked by the Doctor Who Appreciation Society to be the official podcasting partner of their Capitol3 convention at the end of April 2018.

(00:06:45) Hayden’s interview with Tony Jordan from May 2015 can be found on episode 33 of the Diddly Dum Podcast (starts at 01:41:45) which can be found here.

(00:07:02) Hayden’s first Saturday morning breakfast show on Cambridge 105Radio goes out on 07 April 2018 between 7am and 8am.

(00:11:25) The XS Malarkey Comedy Club.

(00:14:42) This clip is from the beginning of the Series 5 episode of Frasier – “Desperately Seeking Closure” which can be seen here.

(00:21:50) The Who at the Hoylake convention.

(00:49:40) Cult BBC TV series from 1975 with music by electronic pioneer Paddy Kingsland, who went on to score The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who. The critically acclaimed BBC TV series, The Changes, was first broadcast by the BBC in in 1975, accompanied by music from electronic pioneer Paddy Kingsland, who wrote and recorded the score while working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

(00:52:00) "Space Fall: A Blake's 7 Podcast" has recently been launched by friends of the show, David Kitchen and Richard Nolan. Every fortnight these two fans (and their guests) have a look at each episode of Blake's 7, in order, discussing what they love about it, but also going into more depth about the stories and characters. They'l also be looking at the guests stars, and including some fun segments such as "look, it was the 1970s", "what cool lines did Chris Boucher write for Avon this week?", and "player of the week"!

(00:54:56) “Colour Me Kubrick: A True…ish Story” (released in the US as Color Me Kubrick) is a Franco-British comedy-drama film directed by Brian W. Cook, released in 2005. The film stars John Malkovich as Alan Conway, a man who had been impersonating director Stanley Kubrick since the early 1990s. One of the biggest scams is when Conway promises to help establish Lee Pratt (Jim Davidson) as a headliner act in Las Vegas. Pratt is a British entertainer who’s had limited success as a flamboyant dancer and stage singer. Pratt is described as a “low-rent Liberace with an Elvis gleam in his eye.” The singing clip can be found here.

(01:31:00) One of Peter Miles’s lesser-known activities was as a jazz singer and, 50+ years ago, he duetted with his friend Dusty Springfield on “Can’t We Be Friends”. This track has recently been released by a major record company. Peter can be seen at 10 mins into this video clip contributing to a South Bank Show looking at Dusty Springfield.

(01:31:58) This clip is from the sixth episode of Series 1 of Blake’s 7 – “Seek Locate Destroy”. It can be found at 00:18:40 here.

(01:39:19) This closing music is “The Manchester Rap” (1990) by The Bosnians. A slightly (but only slightly) exaggerated parody of the Manchester/Salford accent.

The Diddly Dum Podcast acknowledges the copyright of anyone we've pinched anything from.

"At the end of March 2018, the Projecteers returned to talk all things Mad Max Fury Road. Nobody knew where they came from or where they went afterwards, but the smell lingered for weeks". - The First History Man

"At the end of March 2018, the Projecteers returned to talk all things Mad Max Fury Road. Nobody knew where they came from or where they went afterwards, but the smell lingered for weeks". - The First History Man

After an announcement or 2 about some exciting news about the future of Gallifrey Stands, we present the first of our interviews from SFW9 with Hugo Myatt (Knightmare, Big Finish Doctor Who: Omega) & William Hope (Aliens, Thomas & Friends).

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After an announcement or 2 about some exciting news about the future of Gallifrey Stands, we present the first of our interviews from SFW9 with Hugo Myatt (Knightmare, Big Finish Doctor Who: Omega) & William Hope (Aliens, Thomas & Friends).

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes, The Tangent-Bound Network, Satchel Player & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/You can buy the Gallifrey Stands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

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After an announcement or 2 about some exciting news about the future of Gallifrey Stands, we present the first of our interviews from SFW9 with Hugo Myatt (Knightmare, Big Finish Doctor Who: Omega) & William Hope (Aliens, Thomas & Friends).

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes, The Tangent-Bound Network, Satchel Player & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/
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Joining me this week to discuss The Missy Chronicles is Ruth Long (@UndiscoveredAdv). Ruth is show-runner of Clara Oswald: The Untold Adventures, and you can find their website here.

The guest reading is kindly provided by Beth Axford (@0hMySt4rs). Check out thetimeladies.com

Show-notes here.

Joining me this week to discuss The Missy Chronicles is Ruth Long (@UndiscoveredAdv). Ruth is show-runner of Clara Oswald: The Untold Adventures, and you can find their website here.

The guest reading is kindly provided by Beth Axford (@0hMySt4rs). Check out thetimeladies.com

Show-notes here.

Joining me this week to discuss The Missy Chronicles is Ruth Long (@UndiscoveredAdv). Ruth is show-runner of Clara Oswald: The Untold Adventures, and you can find their website here.

The guest reading is kindly provided by Beth Axford (@0hMySt4rs). Check out thetimeladies.com

Show-notes here.

Erika and Steven are back! And we’ve finished season 4 of Doctor Who. Since we’ve been gone so long and want to make up for it, we bring you our longest episode yet! (Ok, that’s not really why. We just have a LOT to say about this excellent and momentous story!)

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Erika and Steven are back! And we’ve finished season 4 of Doctor Who. Since we’ve been gone so long and want to make up for it, we bring you our longest episode yet! (Ok, that’s not really why. We just have a LOT to say about this excellent and momentous story!)

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Erika and Steven are back! And we’ve finished season 4 of Doctor Who. Since we’ve been gone so long and want to make up for it, we bring you our longest episode yet! (Ok, that’s not really why. We just have a LOT to say about this excellent and momentous story!)

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Welcome to Episode 181...

The News

Merch Corner

"The Poison Sky" Review

This week, the Wanderers join the Doctor and Rose for Aliens of London and World War Three.

QotW: If you were away traveling with the Doctor for a year, how would you explain your absence upon your return?

So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Aliens of London" and "World War III" (Connor 8.5, David 6.75, Trevor 7.5, Charlie 7)

Big Finish Audio Adventure: The Chimes of Midnight (Connor 9, David 8, Trevor 7.75, Charlie 8.5)

Hosts:

• Trevor @WhovianTrev Trevsplace
• Charlie @insanityinchaos The Infinite Longbox The Comic Conspiracy
• David http://www.davidsafar.com/ @gwythinn MaroonedWhovian
• Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #161, Dalek! Our audio adventure will be Seasons of Fear, available from BigFinish.com.

This week my classic series re-watch reaches Doctor Who: Death to The Daleks, Jon Pertwee’s final Dalek story.

End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar version) by Thrip

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This week my classic series re-watch reaches Doctor Who: Death to The Daleks, Jon Pertwee's final Dalek story.

End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar version) by Thrip

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The Doctor and Winston Churchill are old friends, and Winston has a secret weapon in his War Rooms. Moffat pairs again with Mark Gatiss to bring another "celebrity historical" to the screen. Does it really work this time?

The Doctor and Winston Churchill are old friends, and Winston has a secret weapon in his War Rooms. Moffat pairs again with Mark Gatiss to bring another "celebrity historical" to the screen. Does it really work this time?

Glenn returns for this week’s episodes with tales from the West… er… Gulf Coast. And he returns in time to review another “Lost in Time” offering, The Highlanders, We review both the Target novelization of the story as well as the video reconstruction by Loose Canon.

Plus, we discuss some news from the week involving more Lethbridge-Stewart stories being released by our friends at Candy Jar Books.

Enjoy!

Glenn returns for this week’s episodes with tales from the West… er… Gulf Coast. And he returns in time to review another “Lost in Time” offering, The Highlanders, We review both the Target novelization of the story as well as the video reconstruction by Loose Canon.

Plus, we discuss some news from the week involving more Lethbridge-Stewart stories being released by our friends at Candy Jar Books.

Enjoy!

On the fifty-fifth episode of Reality Bomb, Graeme Burk and Joy Piedmont, emboldened by the #WhoAgainstGuns campaign, look around at the other ways Doctor Who fans are doing good. First we go back in time to learn more about the 1985 Fan Aid campaign to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief with then-organizer, now-author and writer Paul Cornell. Back in the present, we talk about the Whovian Running Club with organizer Brian Biggs, and we discuss the Doctor Who Society of Canada's work raising money for children's hospitals in Canada at conventions with Cindy Peters. We also have a brief update on #WhoAgainstGuns with Rachel Donner. Additionally, Koa Webster, who won the #WhoAgainstGuns giveaway to be on Gallery of the Underrated, takes the opportunity to talk about fake news and the companion that couldn't with The Long Game. Plus, Emma Caywood has a song inspired by #WhoAgainstGuns and two fangirls go to a convention bar... and they have a LOT to say! Listen now!