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Join The Three Who Drool at The Diddly Dum Whoseum for a festive podcast as, watched by an elite squad of firefighters, they light the first candle on their Advent Crown. If you listen very carefully, in the distance behind the giant Whoseum blast doors, you may just make out the faint notes of the Salvation Army band approaching up the snowy slopes of cruel Caradhras (which is played in a cameo appearance by Waltons Mountain).

This week, the Diddly Dumbers present exhibits of their own for display in The Whoseum. Each one is an item redolent for them of a part of their lives with Doctor Who – the podcasting community, Douglas Adams and The Golden Emperor himself.

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The podcast ends with a tribute to mark both Diddly Dum’s first year and Doc finally fixing the glitch in the software on the Blockbusters Gold Run screen. If you’d like to follow along with Al and The Rev as they attempt to go from Gold to Gold before the three of them lose interest, here’s a screenshot of the Gold Run screen.

SHOWNOTES (and their time positions)

(00:05:45) Pocklington was the last place in England where a woman was burned for being a witch.

(00:05:25) Dylan Moran is an Irish comedian, writer, actor and filmmaker best known for his UK television sitcom Black Books.

(00:08:10) Fork Handles

(00:09:05) The Diddly Dum Advent Crown is, of course, inspired by the Blue Peter Advent Crown which those of us of a certain age remember as an inseparable part of the build-up to Christmas. Blue Peter‘s equivalent of the Fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry – the Peter Purves, John Noakes and Valerie Singleton/Leslie Judd trio would build an advent crown every December from wire coat hangers, tinsel and candles.

(00:11:55) “Star Wars – The Force Awakens” as George Lucas would have made it – spoof trailer.

(00:12:25) Remember Me is a British supernatural TV drama starring Michael Palin.

(00:13:30) “Hammer Chillers” – audio drama to make you shiver.

(00:14:25) Doesn’t Legolas’ dad look magnificent astride…er….a big moose? Was this the moment that Peter Jackson jumped the shark?

(00:14:50) “The Germans” was the episode of Fawlty Towers where Basil is poleaxed by his moose head – surely the inspiration for the Elf King’s steed in the third of The Hobbit films.

(00:33:40) The Doctor Who Podcast Alliance hosts most Doctor Who related podcasts.

(00:35:55) Doc laid down his five laws for unsubscribing from a Doctor Who podcast in his own blog here.

(00:37:55) The Pharos Project Podcast – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:38:00) The Blue Box Podcast – their blog is here and their Facebook is here.

(00:38:10) Who Wars – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:38:10) 42 to Doomsday Podcast – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:38:15) The Bad Wilf Podcast – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:38:20) The Verity Podcast – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:38:20) Binro Was Right – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:38:25) The Tin Dog Podcast – their blog is here.

(00:38:30) Desert Island Who Podcast – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:39:40) Toby Hadoke’s Who’s Round – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:41:50) Raymond Patrick “Ray” Cusick (May 1928 - 21 February 2013) was a designer for the BBC. He is best known for designing the Daleks for Doctor Who.

(00:45:25) Radio Rassilon – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:46:20) Bigger on the Inside – their blog is here.

(00:46:45) Podshock – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:48:15) The new “Dad’s Army” filiming in Beverley.

(00:50:50) The Happiness Patrol – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:54:50) The Zeuspod Podcast – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:55:40) Radio Free Skaro – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(00:56:40) Big Finish Podcast – their blog is here and their Twitter is here.

(01:00:30) Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 - 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist. He wrote the Doctor Who television stories The Pirate Planet and Shada. He co-wrote City of Death with producer Graham Williams under the pseudonym David Agnew. He was also Doctor Who script editor for Season 17. Douglas Adams had two brief appearances in the fourth series of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. At the beginning of episode 42, “The Light Entertainment War”, Adams is in a surgeon’s mask pulling on gloves (1 min 23 secs into this video clip). At the beginning of episode 44, “Mr. Neutron”, Adams is dressed in a pepper-pot outfit and loads a missile on to a cart driven by Terry Jones, who is calling for scrap metal (50 secs into this dubbed video clip). The two episodes were broadcast in November 1974. Adams and Chapman also attempted non-Python projects, including Out of the Trees. Here Douglas Adams pays tribute to Graham Chapman.

(01:07:55) “Don’t Panic: The Official Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Companion” is a book by Neil Gaiman about Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The book was originally published in January 1988 in the United States and United Kingdom.

(01:08:30) “Ghastly Beyond Belief” by Neil Gaiman and Kim Neman collects the most jaw-droppingly bad quotes from a half century of sf stories, books and films.

(01:09:09) “Duran Duran – The First Four Years” by Neil Gaiman.

(01:19:00) “Hyperland” is a 50-minute long documentary film about hypertext and surrounding technologies. It was written by Douglas Adams and produced and directed by Max Whitby for BBC Two in 1990. It stars Douglas Adams as a computer user and Tom Baker, with whom Adams had already worked on Doctor Who, as a personification of a software agent.

(01:22:30) Vic Reeves interviews detective / antique expert John Lovejoy.

(01:23:15) Toast of London is a British comedy series following Steven Toast (played by former The IT Crowd and Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace actor Matt Berry), an eccentric middle-aged actor with a chequered past who spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on it. Two series have currently been broadcast, in 2013 and 2014.

Guy Martin (born 4 November 1981 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England) is a British motorcycle racer, lorry mechanic and occasional TV presenter.

(01:26:15) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it later became was later adapted to other formats including a 1981 TV series, a 1984 computer game, and a feature film. Doc and The Rev also indulged in the vinyl LP versions of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Restaurant at the End of the Universe which had lovely cool music added.

(01:34:55) The Golden Emperor Dalek was the anti-hero of 1960 weekly magazine, TV Century 21 – Issue One of which can be found here. Every page of this strip (which has come to be known as The Dalek Chronicles) can be found on this Flickr page. This strip is also covered in one of the “Stripped for Action” DVD extras. The strip was briefly revived in Doctor Who Magazine (issues 249 – 254). The unpublished artwork for the final story can be found here and will form the basis for the completed story to be published, Gareth Kavanagh tentatively assures the world, in Vworp Vworp! Magazine #3 in 2015 – links to which are here being sprayed left and right and centre. The artwork will be by Lee Sullivan whose website can be found here.

(01:53:30) This December Titan Comics is teaming up with The WHO Shop to celebrate the store ' s 30th Birthday with a special Doctor Who Comics Christmas triptych cover variant! These variants will only be available to purchase at The W HO Shop. This special image featuring the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors was created by artist Lee Sullivan (Doctor Who Magazine, Transformers, Thundercats, 2000AD) and runs across three Doctor Who comic issues this December : Tenth Doctor #5, Eleventh Doctor #5 and Twelfth Doctor #3 . (Thanks to the Kasterborous website for the link and the text – their splendid podcast should have been included in our list above – but we couldn’t remember everyone).

(01:57:55) The Gold Run was the climactic experience of each round of Blockbusters.

Monty Python’s mysterious office in Beverley.

The Diddly Dum podcast thanks anyone we've pinched stuff from and respects the copyright of etc etc.

Episode #144 of Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats! And the story we will be discussing today is...

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This week we cover story #33, "The Moonbase", in the Doctor must discover the cause of a mysterious illness in a weather station the moon before the base personnel expire and the world's weather goes haywire!

QotW: If you could have a Doctor Who holiday special for a holiday other than Christmas, what holiday would you choose and why?

Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "The Moonbase" (David 7, Charlie 7, Trevor 7.5)

Connor's Corner

Discussion of Big Finish audio adventure "Upstairs" (David 6, Charlie 6.5, Trevor 6.25)

Variety: Doctor Who November Comics Roundup (Tenth Doctor #4 and Eleventh Doctor #4)

Hosts:

• Trevor
  • Twitter: @WhovianTrev
  • Tumblr: http://trevsplace.tumblr.com/

• Charlie
  • Twitter: @insanityinchaos
  • Infinite Longbox Podcast
  • Comic Conspiracy Podcast
• David
  • Twitter: @gwythinn
  • WWW: http://www.davidsafar.com/
  • Tumblr: http://maroonedwhovian.tumblr.com/

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #33, The Moonbase!  We were unable to find a streaming source for this serial, but the DVD is available from Amazon.com, The Doctor Who BBC Shop, or many other fine retailers.

This week we cover story #33, "The Moonbase", in the Doctor must discover the cause of a mysterious illness in a weather station the moon before the base personnel expire and the world's weather goes haywire!

QotW: If you could have a Doctor Who holiday special for a holiday other than Christmas, what holiday would you choose and why?

Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "The Moonbase" (David 7, Charlie 7, Trevor 7.5)

Connor's Corner

Discussion of Big Finish audio adventure "Upstairs" (David 6, Charlie 6.5, Trevor 6.25)

Variety: Doctor Who November Comics Roundup (Tenth Doctor #4 and Eleventh Doctor #4)

Hosts:

• Trevor
  • Twitter: @WhovianTrev
  • Tumblr: http://trevsplace.tumblr.com/

• Charlie
  • Twitter: @insanityinchaos
  • Infinite Longbox Podcast
  • Comic Conspiracy Podcast
• David
  • Twitter: @gwythinn
  • WWW: http://www.davidsafar.com/
  • Tumblr: http://maroonedwhovian.tumblr.com/

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #33, The Moonbase! We were unable to find a streaming source for this serial, but the DVD is available from Amazon.com, The Doctor Who BBC Shop, or many other fine retailers.

Once again Barry and Dave stride the skin of geekdom to  take a slip from the cup of geek fu to bring back news, reviews and just a little more sass to geekdom.

News

• Bond 24 becomes SPECTRE and Dave loses it over the casting. The boys also get into a debate over the perils of working for an evil organisation.
• Agent Carter gets a new TV Spot
• The Fantastic Four reboot reveals its synopsis and the boys are less than pleased.
• Krypton the TV show is announced.

Week that Was

• Star Wars: Force Awakens Teaser Trailer
• Mono #1
• Brass Sun

Notes from Nuge

Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack - Black Tears

iPlayer Shows

Invasion of the Fans

Days of Fear and Wonder

Remember you can get in contact with us at thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk so please drop us a line.

Once again Barry and Dave stride the skin of geekdom to take a slip from the cup of geek fu to bring back news, reviews and just a little more sass to geekdom.

News

• Bond 24 becomes SPECTRE and Dave loses it over the casting. The boys also get into a debate over the perils of working for an evil organisation.
• Agent Carter gets a new TV Spot
• The Fantastic Four reboot reveals its synopsis and the boys are less than pleased.
• Krypton the TV show is announced.

Week that Was

• Star Wars: Force Awakens Teaser Trailer
• Mono #1
• Brass Sun

Notes from Nuge

Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack - Black Tears

iPlayer Shows

Invasion of the Fans

Days of Fear and Wonder

Remember you can get in contact with us at thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk so please drop us a line.

In week 2 of authors month, we welcome guest companion, author and columnist Pete May to the virtual console room. He talks about his book Whovian Dad (which he gives some readings from), his meetings with the stars of Doctor Who and how one of his columns was reference in Nicolas Courtney's auto-biography. We also discuss some classic episodes and a quotations round of Doctor Who quiz.

Today's episode is bought to you by DottiesCharms.co.uk

Please buy the Gallifrey Stands lip-balm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/new-gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired?ref=shop_home_active_6

You can find Pete May @PeteMay3 on twitter and the book Whovian Dad at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whovian-Dad-Doctor-Fandom-Fatherhood-ebook/dp/B00N4TN7ZY

The moment you've been waiting for (if your name is Liz, anyway) has arrived! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Liz as we do the second of our listener-voted commentaries. This time we take a trip to the inconsistently convincing old west with 1966's "The Gunfighters".

So queue up your DVD (or Hulu+), hit play when we do, and then pop into the comments below and tell us what you think!

^E

Related links [on our site]:
Verity! Paradise Towers commentary
Radio Free Skaro covers "The Gunfighters"

The moment you've been waiting for (if your name is Liz, anyway) has arrived! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Liz as we do the second of our listener-voted commentaries. This time we take a trip to the inconsistently convincing old west with 1966's "The Gunfighters".

So queue up your DVD (or Hulu+), hit play when we do, and then pop into the comments below and tell us what you think!

^E

Related links [on our site]:
Verity! Paradise Towers commentary
Radio Free Skaro covers "The Gunfighters"

The moment you've been waiting for (if your name is Liz, anyway) has arrived! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Liz as we do the second of our listener-voted commentaries. This time we take a trip to the inconsistently convincing old west with 1966's "The Gunfighters".

So queue up your DVD (or Hulu+), hit play when we do, and then pop into the comments below and tell us what you think!

^E

Related links [on our site]:Verity! Paradise Towers commentaryRadio Free Skaro covers "The Gunfighters"

The moment you've been waiting for (if your name is Liz, anyway) has arrived! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Liz as we do the second of our listener-voted commentaries. This time we take a trip to the inconsistently convincing old west with 1966's "The Gunfighters".

So queue up your DVD (or Hulu+), hit play when we do, and then pop into the comments below and tell us what you think!

^E

Related links [on our site]:Verity! Paradise Towers commentaryRadio Free Skaro covers "The Gunfighters"

An old fashioned Geek Out is to be had in this episode of the DWP, wherein Trevor and Michele try and resist the urge to talk about Series 8 of Doctor Who, and instead talk about Big Finish, Series 8 and Pringles.

Warning – episode may contain unreasonably large amounts of talk about Pringles.

An old fashioned Geek Out is to be had in this episode of the DWP, wherein Trevor and Michele try and resist the urge to talk about Series 8 of Doctor Who, and instead talk about Big Finish, Series 8 and Pringles.

Warning – episode may contain unreasonably large amounts of talk about Pringles.

In which Martyn and Gerrod record the podcast for an audience of one, they discuss Birdman, Star Wars:The force awakens and the normal amount of waffle.

In which Martyn and Gerrod record the podcast for an audience of one, they discuss Birdman, Star Wars:The force awakens and the normal amount of waffle.

In week 2 of authors month, we welcome guest companion, author and columnist Pete May to the virtual console room. He talks about his book Whovian Dad (which he gives some readings from), his meetings with the stars of Doctor Who and how one of his columns was reference in Nicolas Courtney's auto-biography. We also discuss some classic episodes and a quotations round of Doctor Who quiz.

Today's episode is bought to you by DottiesCharms.co.uk

Please buy the Gallifrey Stands lip-balm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/new-gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired?ref=shop_home_active_6

You can find Pete May @PeteMay3 on twitter and the book Whovian Dad at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whovian-Dad-Doctor-Fandom-Fatherhood-ebook/dp/B00N4TN7ZY

In this week’s show we tackle two more Big Finish audios each featuring The Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem. First, we review the audio play, Nekromanteia. Then, we’ll we will share our opinions on the following adventure, The Axis of Insanity.

Also, we get a special treat from Traveling the Vortex correspondent, Time Lord Ben. He is fresh back from Chicago TARDIS with a full report of the three day event.

Plus, more convention news and announcements, as well as some of the rumblings in the Doctor Who world of news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

We continue our Countdown to Christmas in a familiar animated Colorado hamlet, joining a group of friendly adorable schoolchildren on their way to school.  This, of course, is just set dressing for our discussion of the next holiday special on our list (they're in no particular order), "A Christmas Carol".  Will Dumbledore find redemption in this science fiction twist on the Dickens classic?  Will true love be found at the end?  Will fish fly?  If you don't know the answers to these questions, you probably haven't seen the epiosde...so go watch it before you listen to these drunken fools yammer on about it!

Find out page on Facebook (it's really the latest thing!) or email us at tardistavern@gmail.com.  You can also follow Sean on Twitter via @tardistavern and Steve via @tardistaverntit.

We continue our Countdown to Christmas in a familiar animated Colorado hamlet, joining a group of friendly adorable schoolchildren on their way to school. This, of course, is just set dressing for our discussion of the next holiday special on our list (they're in no particular order), "A Christmas Carol". Will Dumbledore find redemption in this science fiction twist on the Dickens classic? Will true love be found at the end? Will fish fly? If you don't know the answers to these questions, you probably haven't seen the epiosde...so go watch it before you listen to these drunken fools yammer on about it!

Find out page on Facebook (it's really the latest thing!) or email us at tardistavern@gmail.com. You can also follow Sean on Twitter via @tardistavern and Steve via @tardistaverntit.

We apologize for the lateness of November's episode, it being December and all, but real life and the holidays have just seemed to get the better of us last month.  Nevertheless, we're here to present our discussion on Lawrence Miles' Interference, Book Two.  From the back cover:

They call it the Dead Frontier.  It's as far from home as the human race ever went, the planet where mankind dumped the waste of its thousand year empire and left its culture out in the sun to rot.

But while one Doctor faces both his past and his future on the Frontier, another finds himself on Earth in 1996, where the seeds of the empire are only just being sown.  The past is meeting the present, cause is meeting effect, and the TARDIS crew is about to be caught in the crossfire.

The Third Doctor.  The Eighth Doctor.  Sam.  Fitz.  Sarah Jane Smith.  Soon, one of them will be dead; one of them will belong to the enemy; and one of them will be something less than human...

Clean up the dust, load your shotgun, and sit back and relax as we discuss Interference, Book Two

Be sure to look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast.  You can also follow Erik via @sjcuaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.

We apologize for the lateness of November's episode, it being December and all, but real life and the holidays have just seemed to get the better of us last month. Nevertheless, we're here to present our discussion on Lawrence Miles' Interference, Book Two. From the back cover:

They call it the Dead Frontier. It's as far from home as the human race ever went, the planet where mankind dumped the waste of its thousand year empire and left its culture out in the sun to rot.

But while one Doctor faces both his past and his future on the Frontier, another finds himself on Earth in 1996, where the seeds of the empire are only just being sown. The past is meeting the present, cause is meeting effect, and the TARDIS crew is about to be caught in the crossfire.

The Third Doctor. The Eighth Doctor. Sam. Fitz. Sarah Jane Smith. Soon, one of them will be dead; one of them will belong to the enemy; and one of them will be something less than human...

Clean up the dust, load your shotgun, and sit back and relax as we discuss Interference, Book Two

Be sure to look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcuaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.

We apologize for the lateness of November's episode, it being December and all, but real life and the holidays have just seemed to get the better of us last month.  Nevertheless, we're here to present our discussion on Lawrence Miles' Interference, Book Two.  From the back cover:

They call it the Dead Frontier.  It's as far from home as the human race ever went, the planet where mankind dumped the waste of its thousand year empire and left its culture out in the sun to rot.

But while one Doctor faces both his past and his future on the Frontier, another finds himself on Earth in 1996, where the seeds of the empire are only just being sown.  The past is meeting the present, cause is meeting effect, and the TARDIS crew is about to be caught in the crossfire.

The Third Doctor.  The Eighth Doctor.  Sam.  Fitz.  Sarah Jane Smith.  Soon, one of them will be dead; one of them will belong to the enemy; and one of them will be something less than human...

Clean up the dust, load your shotgun, and sit back and relax as we discuss Interference, Book Two

Be sure to look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast.  You can also follow Erik via @sjcuaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.

Our Favourite All Time Doctor Who

Adam, Debbie (with a little help from Isla), Mary, Rhys and Matthew are joined by Ben Shoveller for what is known in the podcasting fraternity as a 'geek out'.

We look at our top 3 stories from each Doctor and then decide on our favourite of all time.

We also have feedback and news.