Diddly Dum Podcast
- Description:
- Far more than just another Doctor Who podcast.
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- Episodes:
- 320
- Average Episode Duration:
- 00:00
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 00:00
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 0 minutes and 0 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 13 March 2025 (7:09pm GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 24 February 2025 (3:26pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 12 days, 16 hours, 20 minutes and 18 seconds
Diddly Dum Podcast Episodes
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 160 – Echoes of Echo
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We review the Fifth Doctor story “Warriors of the Deep” and, as the Sea Devils stalk around to the beat of Adam and the Ants’ “Prince Charming”, we celebrate a landmark for representation in Doctor Who casting.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:00:00) This podcast opens with the theme music from “On The Move” (see below).
(00:18:33) “This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor” is a nonfiction book by the British comedy writer Adam Kay, published in 2017. It is a collection of diary entries written by Kay during his medical training from 2004 to 2010. This has been televised as “This Is Going to Hurt”.
(00:29:30) Barry Cryer (23 March 1935 – 25 January 2022) was an English writer, comedian, and actor. As well as performing on stage, radio and television, Cryer wrote for many performers including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Ronnie Corbett, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Spike Milligan, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise. The interview with Mark Lawson can be seen here.
(00:35:55) “On the Move” is a British television series made by the BBC and first broadcast in 1975 and 1976 in 50 ten-minute episodes. On the surface a lightweight soap opera, it was in fact an educational programme aimed at adults with literacy problems, and linked to a national campaign at the time. Up to 17 million people watched the series, and it was credited with removing some of the stigma attached to illiteracy.
(00:37:10) Jeremy Irons made an early career appearance on the BBC’s “Playaway” in 1975.
(00:39:02) “Vision On” was a British children’s television programme, shown on BBC1 from 1964 to 1976 and designed specifically for children with hearing impairment. The music under Doc’s little homily at this point is “Left Bank One” by The Noveltones which was the music accompanying the “Gallery” section of “Vision On”.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 159 – The Trouble With Trebles
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This podcast marks Diddly Dum’s 8th birthday and we take a look at “Eve of the Daleks” after paying tribute to Chris Achilleos.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:02:20) A photo of Mark’s K-9 enamel badge can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:03:50) A photo of Mark’s Keys of Marinus B&M set can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 158 – Whoot-a-Gary
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Our eighth Christmas podcast is full of the presents, memories and advent crowns. Mark has invented a brand new game. And all topped off with the annual Gold Run looking back on the year.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:07:10) A photo of Doc’s Secret Santa gift can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:10:53) A photo of Hayden’s Secret Santa gift can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:13:55) A photo of Mark’s Secret Santa gift can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:16:47) “War of the Daleks” is a kind of sci-fi Space-Ludo with Dalek. The game involves moving card Dr Who figures around a circular playing area aiming to get to the “control center” whilst avoiding the Daleks. The Daleks themselves are faithful plastic renditions about three quarters of an inch tall, inserted into concentric slots cut into the board. When the pale blue “control centre” hub in the middle of the board is rotated, the card disc underpinning these concentric slots also rotate, causing the Daleks to move around the board and “capture” hapless players. If a player makes it to the central hub, they have a chance to destroy the control centre by lifting it up. Doing so reveals four panels one of which depicts the “King Dalek.” If he’s next to you he exterminates you and you start again!
(00:20:00) A photo of Kroton, Hayden’s emaciated Dapol Cyberman, can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:24:00) Pink Floyd followed up 1995’s “Pulse” album with another live album in the new millennium: “Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81,” a document of the band’s performances at Earl’s Court, London, two decades earlier. The album was released in Europe on March 27, 2000; in the United States on April 18. Hayden discovered that his dad appears on the album cover art photos as he attended this live show. The relevant photo can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:27:05) TARDIS money box.
(00:27:25) Cyberman door guard.
(00:27:50) “Doctor Who and the Pescatons” first original, officially licensed audio drama based upon Doctor Who. Originally released by Argo Records, the story featured Tom Baker and Elisabeth Salden, as the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith. It was divided into two episodes, complete with opening and closing themes, simulating the televised series. The radio-cassette player which Doc received that Christmas (1976?) and for which the accompaniment was this Pescatons audio cassette can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 157 – For Flux Sake
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We take a look at “Survivors of the Flux” and “The Vanquishers”, the final two episodes of “The Flux season. Along the way, Mark has an exciting parcel to open and we reflect on childhood toys torn from our grasp.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:05:29) A photo of some of the goodies in Mark’s exciting parcel can be seen on our Tumblr page here. And the tweet announcing his competition win can be seen here.
(00:06:41) The Unreality Store can be found here.
(00:13:10) The ASDA commercial for the original Millennium Falcon can be seen here (starts at 00:04:29).
(00:45:18) The Nazis sketch from “That Mitchell & Webb Look” can be seen here.
(01:26:30) Craig Ferguson’s Doctor Who cold open can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 156 – The Stone Jape
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A Weeping Angel attack on The Whoseum seems to catapult Mark back to the 1970s where he hears voices in the walls. Do the stones of our retreat act as a recording medium? Meantime, we take a look at “Once, Upon Time” and “Village of Angels”, pars 1 and 2 of “The Flux”.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:55:25) chakoteya.net is a very useful site for Doctor Who scripts.
(01:27:42) The “Bus Stop Peggy” clip can be seen on our tweet here.
(01:37:25 We met the Sons of Skaro at the DWAS Capitol IV convention in 2019.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 155 – Half Circle
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We review the first two episodes of “Doctor Who: The Flux” – “The Halloween Apocalypse” and “War of the Sontarans”. Along the way, we mourn the loss of Clifford Rose and Bob Baker.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:05:25) The cartoon of Gromitt meeting K-9 can be seen here.
(00:50:57) The Commodore 64 console on Karvanista’s spaceship can be seen here.
(00:51:35) Clips of the three Commodore 64 games Mark remembers from his youth can be seen here: Bumping Buggies – The Way of The Exploding Fist – Tir Na Nog.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 154 – Knightsbridge – Deansgate – Tib Street
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The Diddly Dummers assemble to take a look at Second Doctor story “Evil of the Daleks”. Along the way, we mark Diddly Dum’s shock appearance on University Challenge and launch our campaign against the scalpers.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:01:42) Rick Jones was a Canadian-born television presenter and folk musician, best known for his work in BBC children’s television programmes “Play School” (1964–1973) and “Fingerbobs” in 1972.
(00:01:42) “Fingerbobs” is a British children’s television programme made by Q3 for the BBC. Only thirteen episodes were ever made and were regularly repeated until December 1984. Presented by mime artist “Yoffy” (played by Canadian actor Rick Jones), each ten-minute episode told a story centred on a paper finger puppet animal and usually involved collecting various items (such as pebbles or feathers) to make up another object at the end. Each finger puppet had their own song.
(00:03:30) “Play School” is a British children’s television series produced by the BBC from 1964 to 1988 and aimed at pre-school children. Each programme followed a broad theme and consisted of songs, stories and activities with presenters in the studio, along with a short film introduced through either the square, round or arched window in the set.
(00:05:15) Cosmo Canyon is a location in role playing video game “Final Fantasy VII“.
(00:23:00) This clip is from an episode of “Eight Out of Ten Cats” and can be seen here.
(01:06:25) “The Arabian Knights” was an animated segment of “The Banana Splits Adventure Hour”.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 153 – Isn’t it Byronic
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Our series of retrospectives of each Doctor’s era reaches Paul McGann, the Eighth Doctor – which in practice ends up being a review of “The TV Movie” and “Night of the Doctor”.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:00:02) Our Night at the Opera cold open is, of course, a reflection of the Madame Butterfly scene in “The TV Movie” where Grace is summoned from the opera. Fans of “Frasier” may also recognise tributes to the S07E15 episode “Out With Dad” which can be seen here.
(00:07:25) “Get Some In” is a British TV sitcom featuring Tony Selby about National Service life in the Royal Air Force, broadcast between 1975 and 1978 by Thames Television.
(00:17:20) The pull-out special from the Spring Bank Holiday edition of “Radio Times”, celebrating the broadcast that week of “Doctor Who: The TV Movie” can be found on our Tumblr page here. It shows the seven incarnations of the Doctor leading up to Paul McGann. We have also refashioned this to show the seven hosts of the Diddly Dum podcast which are (anti-clockwise from 1 o’clock round to 5 o’clock) Al No, The Revd Cpt Hullo Porro (The Rev), Matt Charlton, Allan Lear, Hayden Gribble, Mark John and Doc Whom. All these thumbnail sketches were done by the Rev himself (@skaromedia) at various times in the podcast’s existence.
(00:22:40) “Child Out of Time” is Hayden’s memoir of growing up in the Doctor Who Wilderness Years.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 153 – Isn’t it Byronic
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsOur series of retrospectives of each Doctor’s era reaches Paul McGann, the Eighth Doctor – which in practice ends up being a review of “The TV Movie” and “Night of the Doctor”.
We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance
Find Diddly Dum pics on Tumblr.
Email us at diddlydumpodcast@diddlydumpodcast
SHOWNOTES
(00:00:02) Our Night at the Opera cold open is, of course, a reflection of the Madame Butterfly scene in “The TV Movie” where Grace is summoned from the opera. Fans of “Frasier” may also recognise tributes to the S07E15 episode “Out With Dad” which can be seen here.
(00:07:25) “Get Some In” is a British TV sitcom featuring Tony Selby about National Service life in the Royal Air Force, broadcast between 1975 and 1978 by Thames Television.
(00:17:20) The pull-out special from the Spring Bank Holiday edition of “Radio Times”, celebrating the broadcast that week of “Doctor Who: The TV Movie” can be found on our Tumblr page here. It shows the seven incarnations of the Doctor leading up to Paul McGann. We have also refashioned this to show the seven hosts of the Diddly Dum podcast which are (anti-clockwise from 1 o’clock round to 5 o’clock) Al No, The Revd Cpt Hullo Porro (The Rev), Matt Charlton, Allan Lear, Hayden Gribble, Mark John and Doc Whom. All these thumbnail sketches were done by the Rev himself (@skaromedia) at various times in the podcast’s existence.
(00:22:40) “Child Out of Time” is Hayden’s memoir of growing up in the Doctor Who Wilderness Years.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 152 – RTD2
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The Diddly Dummers re-assemble at short notice to record a special podcast with their reactions to the bombshell news of Russell T Davies returning to Doctor Who as showrunner.
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SHOWNOTES
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 152 – RTD2
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsThe Diddly Dummers re-assemble at short notice to record a special podcast with their reactions to the bombshell news of Russell T Davies returning to Doctor Who as showrunner.
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SHOWNOTES
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 151 – Delayed Gratification
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We look back on “An Adventure in Space and Time”, the 50th anniversary dramatisation of the creation of Doctor Who. We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance
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SHOWNOTES
(00:46:50) “The Pitch of Fear” was a comedy sketch parodying the pitch meeting for the initial run of Doctor Who. It was the first of three sketches produced for BBC2’s “Doctor Who Night” in 1999, alongside “The Web of Caves” and “The Kidnappers”.
(01:04:41) The “Life of Brian” reference at this point is explained on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 150 – Day of the Doctor
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To mark the podcast’s 150th episode, the Four Faces of Delusion gather on 20th July to look at the 50th anniversary story “The Day of the Doctor”. And they meet themselves travelling back in time from 29th July to bring news of a big announcement.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:02:29) The famous ladybird plague of 1976.
(00:22:36) Jubblies were a frozen drink.
(00:04:46) Margaret Thatcher’s famous use of the “Royal We” in 1989 can be seen here.
(00:32:36) “The Target Storybook” was a collection of short stories released on 24 October 2019.
(00:46:27) Si Hart’s review of Hayden’s book “Child Out of Time: Growing Up With Doctor Who in the Wilderness Years” can be found on the WeAreCult website here.
(00:51:05) Millie McKenzie (for it is she) can be found at @cowbearcreates on Twitter and at @cowbearcreations on Instagram. Examples of her work can be bought at redbubble.com. The specific photos Mark refers to can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 149 – Ello Jon Gotta New Motor?
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Our former co-host, Matt Charlton, joins us again for our long-awaited retrospective of the Third Doctor’s era, in which we reveal the results or our poll of your Top Five Fave Jon Pertwee stories.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:02:18) Tiffany Pollard mistakenly thinks David Gest is dead on UK Celebrity Big Broher 2016
(00:32:12) The Capitol V convention has been re-re-arranged for Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd April 2022.
(01:19:24) Paul Cornell’s review of “Terror of the Autons” from DWB 112, April 1993 can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 148 – Uroundels
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Mark from the “42 to Doomsday” podcast joins us and chooses the Fifth Doctor story “Frontios” to discuss. He also brings along David Banks’s “Cybermen” book to present to The Whoseum. Along the way, we look at the ethics of getting your todger out at work.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:01:35) Our guest on this episode is Mark from the
notorious42 to Doomsday podcast.(00:02:21) Issi Noho was the eponymous main character in a series of books and children’s TV programmes programmes created, written and narrated by author Keith Chatfield. 52 episodes of the television programme were produced for Thames Television between 1974 and 1978. Issi Noho is a panda with magic powers. His magic results from completing the vacant square in a series of magic number squares that he inherited from his Chinese ancestors. In a magic square the numbers must come to the same total in whichever direction they are added up, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Issi’s poor arithmetic causes frequent mathematical errors, with unexpected and humorous consequences. Issi’s name comes from the middle letters of THIS SIDE UP, USE NO HOOKS. These were the words on the packing case in which he was discovered by the children, Sally and Andrew. Issi had camouflaged his packing case with branches and leaves and the children could only see the middle letters ISSI NOHO, which they took to be his name.
(00:10:10) In 1991, the BBC and Grundy released a video game for Commodore based on the TV soap opera “Neighbours”.
(00:12:50) As an idea for a possible working title for the Diddly Dum Podcast, “Clockwork Rocket Ship” was inspired by a line from the song “Womble of the Universe”. This was a single by British novelty pop group the Wombles and appears on their 1974 album “Keep on Wombling”, a partial concept album with the first side following singer Orinoco through a series of dreams. The styles included pop, rock and classical and the The album spent six weeks in the UK album charts, peaking at number 17. #The Wombles featured musicians dressed as the characters from the children’s TV show “The Wombles” (voiced of course by Doctor Who legend Bernard Cribbins). Songwriter and record producer Mike Batt wrote and also performed many commercially successful singles and albums as the Wombles with other collaborators. In 2011, the band played at The Glastonbury Festival.
(00:14:36) This musical snatch is of course from “Mickey”, the 1981 song recorded by American singer and choreographer Toni Basil on her debut album “Word of Mouth”. Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn as “Kitty”, it was first recorded by UK music group Racey. Toni Basil changed the name from Kitty to Mickey to make the song about a man. Reissued in January 1982, “Mickey” quickly became a substantial UK hit, reaching number 2. It was issued in Australia by April, where over the summer it rose to number 1.
(01:01:16) “The ArcHive Tapes“, later released as “The ArcHive Tapes: Cybermen – The Hypothesised History Of The Cyber Race“, were an audio adaptation of the in-universe biographical elements of the David Banks book “Doctor Who; Cybermen”. The tapes recount Banks’ interpretation of the history of the Cybermen. The series comprises a set of four audiocassettes. The series was narrated and produced by David Banks.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 147 – The Shelfless Society
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During Hayden’s paternity leave, former Diddly Dum host, Matt Charlton, has rallied to the colours for this episode and has chosen the Third Doctor story “Colony in Space” for us to review. Along the way, we reminisce about his era of the podcast (eps 028-059) when his side of episodes were often recorded from the top deck of a 192 bus, and his discovery that he’s distantly related to some stars of Doctor Who.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:54:35) John Leeson’s signed photo for us as “The War Bungle” can be found on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 146 – Quo Tardis
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As 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”.
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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”.
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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 145 – Elevenses
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We 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”.
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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
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The 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.
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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
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The 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.
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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?
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We 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.
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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
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The 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”.
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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
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The 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?
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The 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
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The 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)
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Here’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.
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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.
(00:00:02) 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)
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Simon (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
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Join 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
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This 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
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We 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.
MP3 Direct Download = DDPC133 – Kung Fu and Codpieces
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SHOWNOTES
(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
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The Diddly Dummers’ friendship is sorely tested as we take a good look at “The Horns of Nimon”.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC132 – Horns and Heels
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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
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We’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
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Welcome 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
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We 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.
MP3 Direct Link = DDPC129 – I Fought The Lore
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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
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Security 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.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC128 – Terrance Dicks – A Celebration
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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
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We 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.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC127 – Wet Willies
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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.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC127 – Wet Willies
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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
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This 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.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC126 – Mark Has the Conch
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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.
You can get hold of Hayden’s book here: Amazon
You can get hold of Hayden’s book here: Book Despository
You can get hold of Hayden’s book here: Barnes and Noble
You can get hold of Hayden’s book here: Waterstones
(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
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Our 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.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC125 – Tesla Girl
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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
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As 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.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC124 – Ryanair
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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
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The 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.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC123 – Sign of the Jive
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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
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Here’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.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC122 – Kickboxing 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
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For 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
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We present our retrospective of William Hartnell’s First Doctor era, where we reveal the results of our Top 5 Stories poll among our listeners.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC120 – Hands Up Who Remembers Cinema Balconies
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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
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An 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.
MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC119 – Uncle and Nephews
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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
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At 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
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Over 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
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It 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
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That 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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SHOWNOTES
(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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