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In Minisode 6: The Hundred Years’ Crabfest, the boys discuss the pros and cons of The Woman Who Lived by Catherine Tregenna. Topics include: historical inaccuracies, family friendly penis jokes, lion puns, the inevitable Lady Me spin-off, and more tenuous connections to Kill The Moon!

Elizabeth and Thomas look at feminism in Doctor Who and the role of female characters from Susan to Clara

In Minisode 6: The Hundred Years’ Crabfest, the boys discuss the pros and cons of The Woman Who Lived by Catherine Tregenna. Topics include: historical inaccuracies, family friendly penis jokes, lion puns, the inevitable Lady Me spin-off, and more tenuous connections to Kill The Moon!   

Elizabeth and Thomas look at feminism in Doctor Who and the role of female characters from Susan to Clara

Elizabeth and Thomas look at feminism in Doctor Who and the role of female characters from Susan to Clara

Ah, you know the one. Big red man lives at the bottom of a hole.

This week, Matt has been caught in a time bubble while punting on the Irwell. What does the future hold for Hayden, alone in the Whoseum with only Pampisford Aylesbury (Doc’s Zygon double) and a wonky Time Space Visualiser for company?

The remaining members of the Four Faces of Delusion nevertheless review the “Invasion of the Zygons” / “Inversion of the Zygons” two-parter.

Along the way, we discover how the “Robots of Death” is a trenchant allegory of people eating popcorn in cinemas, how Hayden in his youth used to fiddle the BBC’s ratings for Doctor Who and how the Brigadier is a more caring man in the TARGET novelisations than in the TV episodes.

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SHOWNOTES

(00:03:12) Steven Moffat’s “I’ve seen the business plan” interview with Variety.

(00:13:05) Peter Capaldi’s “scheduling pawn” interview.

(00:29:53) “Charley Says” was a series of short cartoon public information films for children, produced by the British government’s Central Office of Information and broadcast in the United Kingdom in the 1970s and 1980.

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

This week, Matt has been caught in a time bubble while punting on the Irwell. What does the future hold for Hayden, alone in the Whoseum with only Pampisford Aylesbury (Doc’s Zygon double) and a wonky Time Space Visualiser for company?

The surviving members of the Four Faces of Delusion nevertheless review the “Invasion of the Zygons” / “Inversion of the Zygons” two-parter.

Along the way, we discover how the “Robots of Death” is a trenchant allegory of people eating popcorn in cinemas, how Hayden in his youth used to fiddle the BBC’s ratings for Doctor Who and how the Brigadier is a more caring man in the TARGET novelisations than in the TV episodes.

Direct MP3 Download Link = DDPC045 – Sandmining Popcorn

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 Tumbler.

Visit our new Youtube page.

THE DIDDLY DUM WHOSEUM CAN BE VISITED HERE.

Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk

SHOWNOTES

(00:03:12) Steven Moffat’s “I’ve seen the business plan” interview with Variety.

(00:13:05) Peter Capaldi’s “scheduling pawn” interview.

(00:29:53) “Charley Says” was a series of short cartoon public information films for children, produced by the British government’s Central Office of Information and broadcast in the United Kingdom in the 1970s and 1980.

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

This week, the Diddly Dum Podcast comes to you from The Gore Crow Hotel, made famous by its appearance in the Seventh Doctor story, “Battlefield”. As Morgaine the Sunkiller and her minions from 165 Eaton Place attempt to break through the protective chalk circle drawn around the podcasters’ bar table, the Three Who Drool ponder the theme of myths and legends in Doctor Who – specifically the use of the Atlantis legend.

In between discussing the Second Doctor story “The Underwater Menace” and the Third Doctor story “The Time Monster”, Al recalls recently meeting Tom Baker and being boomed at by the great man, Doc tells of coming across a relic from Delia Derbyshire’s schooldays and The Rev provides vital road safety tips.

Direct Download Link: DDPC009 – Atlantis

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SHOW NOTES

Boney M as ideal candidates for the dancers playing the Fish People

The life and death of Joe Meek

Joe Orton, Kenneth Halliwell & Kenneth Williams (here) and (here)

Carry on up the Khyber

Junior Kickstart (here) and (here)

John Craven's Newsround

The return of The Empire Strikes Back’s lost short, Black Angel

Missing Hancock’s Half Hour episodes to air

Fist of Fun

Ragtime with Fred Harris

Maus

The Green Cross Man

SPLINK

The Tufty Club (here) and (here)

The Tufty reboot

Atari Pong

A gardener from Hull called Mick

John Rylands Library (here) and (here)

Delia Derbyshire’s school book (here) and (here) and (here)

Papyrus P52

Big Finish’s “Counter Measures”

The full story of how Al met Tom Baker

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

Break out the booze and party favors! Throw on your fancy dress! It's time to celebrate! We've rolled out the red carpet for The Oncoming Storm's 100th Episode! That's right, in fine media tradition, we're being all self congratulatory and self important as we toast the most important things in our lives... us! But since the listeners may want some actual content, we don't stop there. Josh, Ashley, Rachel, and Sacha take a look at 100, the anthology release from Big Finish by Jacqueline Rayner. Robert Shearman, Joe Lidster, and Paul Cornell. How well do a bunch of single episodes work around the theme of 100? Join in on the party and find out! The Oncoming Storm... This time, we're 100! Please excuse the self indulgence. We're centenarians now. Sometimes you just have to let the old farts have their fun.

Ah, you know the one. Big red man lives at the bottom of a hole.

"Is this how time normally passes? Really slowly and in the right order?"

No, not a comment from one of our long-suffering listeners but one of the many amusing lines from Vincent and the Doctor, in which the Doctor tilts at wind, Amy is a typical Brit abroad (either shouting at or chatting up the locals) and Alan Van Gogh puts his paintings to a variety of (un)sanitary uses.

Our heroes dodge marauding locals and their bouncing bottoms, skewer a catering-sized invisible chicken and endure both bill stickers and Bill Nighy.

But is the episode high art or low-brow?

Listen to find out what card-carrying philistines Jim and Martin make of it.

Break out the booze and party favors! Throw on your fancy dress! It's time to celebrate! We've rolled out the red carpet for The Oncoming Storm's 100th Episode! That's right, in fine media tradition, we're being all self congratulatory and self important as we toast the most important things in our lives... us! But since the listeners may want some actual content, we don't stop there. Josh, Ashley, Rachel, and Sacha take a look at 100, the anthology release from Big Finish  by Jacqueline Rayner. Robert Shearman, Joe Lidster, and Paul Cornell. How well do a bunch of single episodes work around the theme of 100? Join in on the party and find out! The Oncoming Storm... This time, we're 100! Please excuse the self indulgence. We're centenarians now. Sometimes you just have to let the old farts have their fun.

"Is this how time normally passes? Really slowly and in the right order?"

No, not a comment from one of our long-suffering listeners but one of the many amusing lines from Vincent and the Doctor, in which the Doctor tilts at wind, Amy is a typical Brit abroad (either shouting at or chatting up the locals) and Alan Van Gogh puts his paintings to a variety of (un)sanitary uses.

Our heroes dodge marauding locals and their bouncing bottoms, skewer a catering-sized invisible chicken and endure both bill stickers and Bill Nighy.

But is the episode high art or low-brow?

Listen to find out what card-carrying philistines Jim and Martin make of it.

In which Martyn and Gerrod bring you the latest geek news.

Gerrod didn't watch 2001:A space odyssey, so they couldn't review that. The episode is raw and unedited (couldn't be bothered).

The pair discuss a possible Spider-Man/X-Men crossover, Transformers news, belated sequels and squeaky chairs.

The podcast can be accessed via different places, including Miro, Stiticher, Blubrry, Player fm and Itunes.

Email: bad.wilf@yahoo.com

Twitter: Martyn-@BadWilf

The Show-@TheBWpodcast

"Is this how time normally passes? Really slowly and in the right order?"

No, not a comment from one of our long-suffering listeners but one of the many amusing lines from Vincent and the Doctor, in which the Doctor tilts at wind, Amy is a typical Brit abroad (either shouting at or chatting up the locals) and Alan Van Gogh puts his paintings to a variety of (un)sanitary uses.

Our heroes dodge marauding locals and their bouncing bottoms, skewer a catering-sized invisible chicken and endure both bill stickers and Bill Nighy.

But is the episode high art or low-brow?

Listen to find out what card-carrying philistines Jim and Martin make of it.

Tom and Louis stand in a room in the Black Archive, their hands poised over buttons on opposing Osgood boxes. What will it be? Truth, or Consequences? Who is a human and who is a Zygon? All will (perhaps) be revealed!

In which Martyn and Gerrod bring you the latest geek news.

Gerrod didn't watch 2001:A space odyssey, so they couldn't review that. The episode is raw and unedited (couldn't be bothered).

The pair discuss a possible Spider-Man/X-Men crossover, Transformers news, belated sequels and squeaky chairs.

The podcast can be accessed via different places, including <a href="http://www.miroguide.com/audio/16150">Miro</a>, <a href="http://app.stitcher.com/mobile_share/f/31237/21915815?fid=31237&refid=stpr">Stiticher</a>, <a href="http://www.blubrry.com/badwilf/1655826/episode-81django-unchained/">Blubrry</a>, <a href="http://player.fm/series/the-bad-wilf-podcast">Player fm </a>and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bad-wilf-podcast/id361613324">Itunes</a>.

Email: bad.wilf@yahoo.com

Twitter: Martyn-<a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/BadWilf">@BadWilf</a>

            The Show-<a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/TheBWPodcast">@TheBWpodcast</a>

Having bid farewell to the late Chris Burgess, our heroes discover that Erika and Kat, both from Verity!, have taken up lives as jungle Amazons! (Stories of their four co-hosts being cannibalized may have been exaggerated.)

As we push aside the corpse of the late Radio Free Skaro co-host, we settle down with our two favorite Amazonians to discuss Robert Holmes' "The Sun Makers". And, we assure you, this has nothing to do with the fact that April 15 is just behind us.

Track us down on Facebook and email us at tardistavern@gmail.com. You can follow Sean on Twitter via @tardistavern, Erika via @hollygodarkly, and Kat at @xanister.

Tom and Louis stand in a room in the Black Archive, their hands poised over buttons on opposing Osgood boxes. What will it be? Truth, or Consequences? Who is a human and who is a Zygon? All will (perhaps) be revealed!

Tom and Louis stand in a room in the Black Archive, their hands poised over buttons on opposing Osgood boxes. What will it be? Truth, or Consequences? Who is a human and who is a Zygon? All will (perhaps) be revealed!

This week Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror gets the mini review treatment, a story that starts well but feels a little over complex in it's final episodes.

You can read more about this story here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reign_of_Terror_(Doctor_Who)

and wife in space's verdict on it is here http://wifeinspace.com/2011/02/the-reign-of-terror/

End theme is Doctor Who theme(Band aid mix)

The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/

If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

1 day until Sleep No More!

CUTBITS:

• Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway Question Mark Ten Seven featuring Cat, Josh, and Eric. That's right boys and girls, once again we're delving into some very exclusive MHC: Cutbits(tm). A taste of some of those discarded pieces of tape lying on the edit bay floor that normally never see the light of day.
• In this Cutbit, we ponder why the Moffat haters keep on hating.
• Inside baseball: This Cutbit was actually culled from MHC #127 and occurs after our discussion of The Zygon Inversion.
  

WARNING:

• This discussion contains miscellaneous K-9 and Company, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Sherlock, Class, new WHO, and/or classic SPOILERS pertaining to Doctor Who. If you are 100% spoilerphobic to new & classic episodes not yet seen, do NOT complain to us. This episode is MOSTLY HARMLESS & contains EXPLICIT ideas, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

DISCLAIMER:

• This Cutbit was originally recorded November 9, 2015.
• It's been about 7 days since the last Cutbits episode.
• COMING SOON: MHC #12345678 Sleep No More...
  

DON'T PANIC

Host/Producer: Eric @BullittWHO
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Co-host: Josh @whomeJZ
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PR: Kyle A. @FunctionalNerd
Comptroller: Chris B. @dubbayoo
Morale: Erika E. @HollyGoDarkly
R&D: Erik S. @sjcAustenite
Art: Julian C. @JLB_Tosche
Eponymous cold open by Emily K. @emilyooo
MHCTheme created by E.A. Escamilla

This week Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror gets the mini review treatment, a story that starts well but feels a little over complex in it's final episodes.

You can read more about this story here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reign_of_Terror_(Doctor_Who)

and wife in space's verdict on it is here http://wifeinspace.com/2011/02/the-reign-of-terror/

End theme is Doctor Who theme(Band aid mix) 

The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/

If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

1 day until Sleep No More!

CUTBITS:

• Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway Question Mark Ten Seven featuring Cat, Josh, and Eric. That's right boys and girls, once again we're delving into some very exclusive MHC: Cutbits(tm). A taste of some of those discarded pieces of tape lying on the edit bay floor that normally never see the light of day.
• In this Cutbit, we ponder why the Moffat haters keep on hating.
• Inside baseball: This Cutbit was actually culled from MHC #127 and occurs after our discussion of The Zygon Inversion.
  
• Blogpage poster art and episode coverart by kimbolaya.

WARNING:

• This discussion contains miscellaneous K-9 and Company, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Sherlock, Class, new WHO, and/or classic SPOILERS pertaining to Doctor Who. If you are 100% spoilerphobic to new & classic episodes not yet seen, do NOT complain to us. This episode is MOSTLY HARMLESS & contains EXPLICIT ideas, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

DISCLAIMER:

• This Cutbit was originally recorded November 9, 2015.
• It's been about 7 days since the last Cutbits episode.
• COMING SOON: MHC #12345678 Sleep No More...
  

DON'T PANIC

Host/Producer: Eric @BullittWHO
Email: EscoWHO ~at~ gmail ~dot~com

Co-host: Josh @whomeJZ
Email: whomeJZ ~at~ yahoo ~dot~com

Co-hostess: Cat @fancyfembot
Email: fancyfembot ~at~ gmail ~dot~com
Sci-Fi Party Line News Network: scifipartyline.net

Mostly Harmless Cutaway @DoctorWhoMHC
Email: doctorwhomhc ~at~ gmail ~dot~com
Website: guidetothewhoverse.libsyn.com
Tumblr: doctorwhomhc.tumblr.com
Facebook: facebook.com/DoctorWhoMHC

Legal: Sean H. @tardistavern
PR: Kyle A. @FunctionalNerd
Comptroller: Chris B. @dubbayoo
Morale: Erika E. @HollyGoDarkly
R&D: Erik S. @sjcAustenite
Art: Julian C. @JLB_Tosche
Eponymous cold open by Emily K. @emilyooo
MHCTheme created by E.A. Escamilla

Having bid farewell to the late Chris Burgess, our heroes discover that Erika and Kat, both from Verity!, have taken up lives as jungle Amazons!  (Stories of their four co-hosts being cannibalized may have been exaggerated.)

As we push aside the corpse of the late Radio Free Skaro co-host, we settle down with our two favorite Amazonians to discuss Robert Holmes’ “The Sun Makers”.  And, we assure you, this has nothing to do with the fact that April 15 is just behind us.

Track us down on Facebook and email us at tardistavern@gmail.com.  You can follow Sean on Twitter via @tardistavern, Erika via @hollygodarkly, and Kat at @xanister.

The excitement is ramping up as we head towards the Doctor Who Festival. Some cool news items to discuss and then we move onto our review of The Zygon Inversion.

The News

If you’ve ever wanted to own Doctor Who digitally you can now do so through the BBC new digital download store The BBC Store. All of the newer Who stuff is on there and the majority of the classic stuff too. Don’t forget about your humble DVD collection though!

Steven Moffat has signed up to produce at least 13 more episodes after series 9, including a Christmas Special. Those curious about Moffat’s departure will have ti wait a bit longer now which is no bad thing right now, Doctor Who is on form at the moment.

You lucky Who fans in the US will be able to see this years Christmas Special in cinemas thanks to Fathom Events. On the December 28th and 29th at 7:30, you can go see Who on the big screen which will also feature a 15 minute making of feature. Let us know if you plan on going.

“The Zygon Inversion” Review

Last week’s The Zygon Invasion was an amazing episode which we reviewed very highly but how does this week stack up? This modern classic will bring either goosebumps and thrills or boredom and upset.

This week’s trivia question

Last week we asked you – At what age was the Doctor taken from his family to join the Acadamy? The answer is – 8.

This week’s question is – What is the name of parallel-universe Jackie’s dog? Give us your answer in the comments below or post it on Twitter or Facebook. Good luck!

What an episode! Thank you all once again for sending in your thoughts and audio clips for this week’s review episode. We look forward to seeing you at the Doctor Who Festival this weekend and hope to hear all your thoughts and memories. Until next week – Allons-y!

In which Brandon and Danica are both kinda' sick. So. There's that.

In this week's episode, your awesome hosts are feeling not-so-awesome, but a love of Doctor Who conquers all! With hooch in hand, we explored "Pyramids of Mars" - a fourth Doctor serial that was... whelp, interesting. Weird stuff happened, and the Doctor was a bit of a jerk, but hey, there were explosions and running! Which was nice.

Outro music is "Cold Hands and Chapped Lips" by Hot Panda

Podcast picture is by GIRL NAMED SHIRL PHOTOGRAPHY.

Nic, Andy and Derek decode the latest statements from the Grand Moffat. And just what was is so invertive about this weeks episode?

In which Brandon and Danica are both kinda' sick. So. There's that.

In this week's episode, your awesome hosts are feeling not-so-awesome, but a love of Doctor Who conquers all! With hooch in hand, we explored "Pyramids of Mars" - a fourth Doctor serial that was... whelp, interesting. Weird stuff happened, and the Doctor was a bit of a jerk, but hey, there were explosions and running! Which was nice.

Outro music is "Cold Hands and Chapped Lips" by Hot Panda

Podcast picture is by GIRL NAMED SHIRL PHOTOGRAPHY.

We've all been annoyed by the screaming child in a restaurant when you just want to enjoy your lasagna in peace and they wont stop running around your table. For the Doctor, Zygons are that child. As well as humans, Sontarans, Atraxi, etc. And of course, screaming babies. On this week's podcast, Matt, Joseph, Gabe, and the newly arrived Susan critique the Doctor's disciplinary skills in “The Zygon Inversion.”

For this week's WhoTube Matt chose a feisty not suitable for work video full of swears from The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre entitled “Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who”: http://youtu.be/vfayr0Me8fU

Tim and Pete throw reverence out of the window as they take on their first proper 'classic' story (Sorry, Paradise Towers fans,) Pyramids of Mars! Warning: contains jokes at the expense of Pyramids of Mars.

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In which, uh... we really liked the new Doctor Who episode?

Hey everyone: fun fact. It's hard to be wacky drunks when an episode of Doctor Who is so good. Which means Danica and Brandon just watched Series 9, Episode 8 (The Zygon Inversion) and it was pretty amazing. That's not to say they aren't weird and stumbling, because they are. We are. Writing in the third person is hard, you guys. Also, they talk about some other shows probably. Scandal? I think? And something else. Remembering is also hard, when you WERE drunk, and ARE sober several days later.

Outro music is "War (What Is It Good For)" as performed by Cory and Topanga on Boy Meets World. Because of course it is.

Tim and Pete throw reverence out of the window as they take on their first proper 'classic' story (Sorry, Paradise Towers fans,) Pyramids of Mars! Warning: contains jokes at the expense of Pyramids of Mars.

Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RatherAwfulDW

Follow us on Twitter: @RatherAwfulDW

In which, uh... we really liked the new Doctor Who episode?

Hey everyone: fun fact. It's hard to be wacky drunks when an episode of Doctor Who is so good. Which means Danica and Brandon just watched Series 9, Episode 8 (The Zygon Inversion) and it was pretty amazing. That's not to say they aren't weird and stumbling, because they are. We are. Writing in the third person is hard, you guys. Also, they talk about some other shows probably. Scandal? I think? And something else. Remembering is also hard, when you WERE drunk, and ARE sober several days later.

Outro music is "War (What Is It Good For)" as performed by Cory and Topanga on Boy Meets World. Because of course it is.

This week Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror gets the mini review treatment, a story that starts well but feels a little over complex in it's final episodes.

You can read more about this story here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reign_of_Terror_(Doctor_Who)

and wife in space's verdict on it is here http://wifeinspace.com/2011/02/the-reign-of-terror/

End theme is Doctor Who theme(Band aid mix) 

The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/

If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

Tim and Pete throw reverence out of the window as they take on their first proper 'classic' story (Sorry, Paradise Towers fans,) Pyramids of Mars! Warning: contains jokes at the expense of Pyramids of Mars.

Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RatherAwfulDW

Follow us on Twitter: @RatherAwfulDW