Diddly Dum Podcast
- Description:
- Far more than just another Doctor Who podcast.
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- Episodes:
- 338
- Average Episode Duration:
- 00:00
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 00:00
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 0 minutes and 0 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 17 March 2026 (10:35am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 16 March 2026 (4:34pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 13 days, 3 hours, 28 minutes and 17 seconds
Diddly Dum Podcast Episodes
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DIDDLY DUM PODAST 227 – Back From The Future
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We pay tribute to the late Marcus Gilbert by taking a look at Seventh Doctor story “Battlefield”. Along the way, we follow the inevitable track from the manipulative Doctor to the Star Wars Emperor to Young Mister Grace.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:10:40) The Paul Magrs podcast episode being refenced here can be found here.
(00:48:24) The photo being referenced here from “The Sea Devils” of the 2CV without doors can be seen here.
(01:50:51) Marcus Gilbert’s Lee Cooper Jeans TV commercial can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 226 – DWAS and the Archbishop’s Bakery Items
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Tony Jordan joins us to look back at the history of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society as it reaches its 50th birthday.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:16:52) The “Resistance is Futile” documentary (1992) can be seen on Youtube here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 225 – A Taste of Salt
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We’re joined by Suky Khakh to take at “The War Between the Land and the Sea”, to reminisce about multiple meets with Tom Baker and to mourn irreplaceable losses.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:00:00) Our guest on this podcast is our old chum Suky Khakh of the “Around the Console” podcast, the “Trek This Out” podcast and the “Take Your Seats” podcast.Suky Khakh
(01:53:12) The “Made of Stone – The Stone Roses” documentary of the band can be found on Youtube here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 224 – Bring Us Some Figure Pudding
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Diddly Dum hosts old and current gather for our traditional Christmas podcast of fun, games and quizzes.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:00:00) Only Connect – The Rev showed his fellow podcasters the clues for this quiz via a Powerpoint presentation. To enable you to see all the screens with each clue, we’ve converted this into a video so that we could post it on our YOUTUBE CHANNEL. You won’t be able to follow these screens synchronised to listening to the podcast unfortunately. And the clips in the music round are a little mixed up. But we hope it gives you some idea of what we were seeing screen by screen. We’ve also included the Missing Vowels Round which we didn’t have time to do on the podcast.
(01:20:30) Gold Run – The Gold Run gamescreen can be seen on all of the various platforms which we inhabit and is also at the top of this very blog screen.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 223 – The War Master by Gaslight
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Ian Winterton of Cutaway Comics joins us to discuss his contribution to Big Finish’s “War Master” range and to look at Tenth Doctor story “Utopia”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:00:00) We’re joined on this podcast by friend of the show, Ian Winterton of Cutaway Comics fame.
(00:46:20) The “Frasier” episode starring Derek Jacobi is “The Show Must Go Off”, S08E12.
(01:16:42) The awkwardly placed ladder in “Utopia” can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 222 – Five Spanks Rapid
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We take a look back at 5th Doctor story “Mawdryn Undead” and share our distant memories of our mothers working hard to clothe us for the 1977 Silver Jubilee.
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SHOW NOTES
(01:17:53) Our Silver Jubilee memories, including Doc’s sugar spoon, Mark’s coin and the Rev’s medallion can be seen on our Tumblr page here. As can the Rev’s Silver Jubilee Matchbox double-decker bus.
(01:18:30) Jasper Carrott’s “Magic Roundabout” vinyl record from 1975.
(01:25:18) The Kickstarter appeal for “Hellbreaker: Fire in the Blood” can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #221 – Podcasting, or The Art of Noise
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The Rev and Mark return from Bridlington Comic Con with tales a plenty. In tribute to Christopher H Bidmead, we take a look at “Keeper of Traken”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:06:38) Photos from 2025’s Bridlington Comic Con can be found on our Tumblr page here and here and here.
(00:14:22) Nigel Plaskett’s appearance in the 1970s Vicks Sinex nasal spray commercial can be seen here.
(00:21:22) The vampire Lalla Ward cover from issue 17 of “House of Hammer” can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:30:55) Emily and Justin’s bespoke papier maché “Total Pap” website can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 220 – The Diddly Assassin
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Suky Khakh joins us to take a look at “The Deadly Assassin”. Along the way, we meet Hartley Hare on his last regeneration and we ask why Time Lords keep sniffing each other.
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SHOW NOTES
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 219 – Trip of a Lifetime
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We finally mark its 20th anniversary by reviewing “Rose”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:20:04) “Richer Sounds” is a British home entertainment retailer that operates through a chain of 51 stores and online. In November 2013, Julian Richer announced to the press that, upon his death, he would bequeath 100% of the firm to a trust co-owned by employees of the company. In May 2019, Richer, then aged 60, announced that he had transferred ownership to employees by passing 60% of his shares to a trust, as well as separately paying each of his over 500 employees, excluding directors, a thank you bonus of £1,000 for every year of work, a total of about £4 million, as the employees had worked for an average of 8 years each. “Viz” meanwhile is a British adult comic magazine founded in 1979. It parodies British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with extensive profanity, toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and generally sexual or violent storylines. The connection between the two, according to Mark and The Rev, is that Richer Sounds used to sponsor the “Viz” music charts where indie bands used to bribe “Viz” and their position in the charts would be determined by the level of the bribe.
(01:19:22) On the night before the broadcast of “Rose”, Chistopher Eccleston appeared on the “Friday Night With Jonathan Ross” chat show on BBC1. Parts One and Two can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 218 – A Surfeit of Es
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Suky Khakh joins us to take a look at Fifth Doctor story “Enlightenment”. Along the way, we examine the full variety of large Australian birds.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:00:00) Our guest is Suky Khakh of the “Around the Console” podcast, the “Trek This Out” podcast and the “Take Your Seats” podcast.
(00:28:52) The pages of Doctor Who Magazine #267 referred to here can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:32:54) “Saturday Superstore” was a British children’s television series that aired on BBC1 from 1982 to 1987. It was shown on Saturday mornings with presenters including Mike Read, Sarah Greene, Keith Chegwin, and John Craven. The show was very similar to its predecessor Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, which had ended the previous October–March season following its presenter Noel Edmonds moving away from children’s TV. Footage of Margaret Thatcher’s 1987 appearance on the show can be seen here.
(00:33:28) Mike Read’s “UKIP Calypso”, complete with West Indies accent, can he heard here. The “Newsnight” debate which it triggered can be seen here.
(01:10:45) Turlough feeling free to urinate up the walls of the TARDIS can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 217 – Sorbet for Omega
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We manage to squeeze in a look at the recent animation of “The Savages” between the Rev’s wedding and honeymoon.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:24:48) The full sketch from “Dead Ringers” can he heard here.
(00:34:58) This clip is of course from Monty Python’s “Four Yorkshiremen” sketch which can be seen here.
(00:45:54) The clip of “Would I Lie To You” featuring “Nobby Solero” can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 216 – Stars Fell on Stepford
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We take a look at “Wish World” and “The Reality War”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:03:00) The new photos on Tom Baker’s website can be seen here.
(00:26:37) “The Simpsons – The Computer Wore Menace Shoes” can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 215 – Anything for the Weekend
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We take a look at “The Story and the Engine” and “The Interstellar Song Contest”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:15:42) The Playdoh Fuzzy Pumper/Mop Top Barber Shop.
(00:54:29) John Wayne’s appearance in “The Greatest Story Ever Told” can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 214 – Calling Corporal Bell
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We take a look at “The Well” and “Lucky Day”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:59:58) An article reporting claims that Elvis may have been of Welsh descent.
(01:04:23) This audio clip is of course from “The Tom Baker Years”, featuring Tom’s own memories of “Meglos”.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 213 – Call Me Alan
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We look back at “The Robot Revolution” and “Lux”. And we run a thrilling competition.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:15:52) This audio clip is from “The Jet Propelled Guided NAAFI”, from “The Goon Show”.
(01:32:20) This audio clip is from S08E13 of “The Simpsons” and the clip can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 212 – Capitol Review
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Tony Jordan joins us to look back on the DWAS Capitol Cutaway event.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:18:57) A video of Peter Davison receiving his DWAS award can be seen on Facebook here.
(00:40:21) Capitol 9 in 2026 will be held at the Crowne Plaza hotel on 9th and 10th May. Details will be made public in early May 2025.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 211 – Capitol Cutaway
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We’re joined by Tony Jordan of the DWAS to look forward to next weekend’s “Capitol Cutaway” convention on 6th April. Along the way, Mark hits his 150th podcast and the Rev overtakes Doc in far more important stakes.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:20:18) “Better drowned than duffers if not duffers won’t drown” is a telegram sent to the children in “Swallows and Amazons” from their Royal Navy father. There is deliberately no comma between “if” and “not”.
(00:30:45) Alternatively known as The Roman Baths, the open-air (filtered sea water) swimming pools at Lytham St Anne’s were opened in the early 1900s and closed down in the mid-1980s.
(00:36:23) Simon Groom was a presenter of BBC TV children’s programme “Blue Peter” from 1978 to 1986. Groom became known among the programme’s production team for his dry humour and ability to ad lib innuendo in his broadcasting (which would pass over the heads of the programme’s main audience of children). One such statement was at the end of a piece on a replacement door knocker at Durham Cathedral, declaring “what a beautiful pair of knockers”. Another remark followed a piece about hedge maintenance, in which he closed with the remark, “As long as you have a decent length to start with, well then you can manage a good lay”, much to the irritation of producer Biddy Baxter.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 210 – Bates & Yenton
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We take a look at Third Doctor story “Mind of Evil”. Along the way, we also look at neighbourhood hangmen, Christmas drinks and Mike Yates’s eating habits.
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SHOW NOTES
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 209 – Aztec Cameca
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We discuss the First Doctor historical “The Aztecs”. Along the way, we look at Monster Munch packet colours, Cadbury’s attempt at making a Mars bar and the death of sit-com anti-authoritarianism.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:03:02) The Tony Slattery documentary mentioned can be found here.
(00:09:07) Julian Holloway.
(00:09:53) The dinner party scene from “Carry On Up the Khyber” can be found here.
(00:10:38) Brian Murphy.
(00:13:47) Monster Munch are a British baked corn snack created by Smiths in 1977 and manufactured by Walkers. They are aimed at children and widely consumed in the UK. Flavours include Roast Beef, Pickled Onion and Sweet and Spicy Flamin’ Hot. A selection of Monster Munch TV averts can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 208 – You Are What You Can Afford
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On the podcast’s 11th birthday, we take a look at “Joy to the World”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:03:25) “Short Haired police cadet” by Billy Connolly.
(00:05:30) “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” BY Billy Connolly.
(00:05:36) “Sausage Rolls for Everyone” is a 2021 song by British blogger couple LadBaby, featuring vocals from Ed Sheeran and Elton John. It is a comedy version of Sheeran and John’s single “Merry Christmas”. It has a sausage roll theme as a charity single with the proceeds going to The Trussell Trust. In December 2021, LadBaby announced their bid to become the first act in history to secure four consecutive Christmas number one singles. As with their previous three singles, “We Built This City”, “I Love Sausage Rolls” and “Don’t Stop Me Eatin'”, all proceeds from the single went to The Trussell Trust.
(00:16:13) These audio clips are from our podcast #073 which can be found here.
(00:37:28) This audio clip is from “Chains”, Episode 6 of “Blackadder 2”.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #207 – Oh Come All Ye Faithless
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Our own Hayden gate crashes our Christmas podcast (literally) and joins us for the usual traditional quizzes and games as we jeopardise our fire safety certificate by lighting our Advent Crown in the vicinity of so much booze.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:16:43) The Diddly Dum Podcast has joined Bluesky so please do join us there.
Uxarian warrior from “Colony in Space”.
Fifth Doctor companion, Vislor Turlough.
Vogan Councillor Tyrum from “Revenge of the Cybermen”.
Silurian from “Joy to the World”.
First Doctor companion, Ian Chesterton from “The Crusade”.
Tobias Vaughn’s henchman, Packer from “The Invasion”.
Giant Vampire’s hand from “State of Decay”.
Tennant Doctor era sonic screwdriver accessory from friends of the podcast, Tom’s Refurbishments.
Fifteenth Doctor (at a pinch).
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #206 – The Podcasting Lark
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Our old chum Suky Khakh joins us to take a look at the Third Doctor debut story “Spearhead from Space”. Along the way, Mark reports on a visit to Leadworth and we examine the blatant flirting between the Brig and Liz.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:00:00) Our guest is Suky Khakh of the “Around the Console” podcast, the “Trek This Out” podcast and the “Take Your Seats” podcast.
(00:07:12) This is an except from Stewart Lee’s “Content Provider” comedy tour.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #205 – Hall-Who-Een
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We mark Halloween with many horrific tales, a look at the role that shandies have played in our lives and a review of Eleventh Doctor story “Hide”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:27:37) The story of Babycham’s iconic mascot.
(00:28:35) This example of the “Kenny Everett New Year Show” can be seen here.
(00:30:26) Adrian Chiles’s Guinness Shandy themed article in The Guardian can be seen here.
(00:32:41) The 2007 Channel 4 documentary on The Enfield Poltergeist can be seen here.
(00:46:00) “The Village That Saw Aliens” covers The Broad Haven UFO sightings.
(00:51:39) The Matey TV commercial can be seen here.
(01:10:30) This clip from Charlie Brooker’s “Screenwipe” can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #204 – Another Case for Captain Zep
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After half a century, Doc finally completes his full run of Doctor Who stories as we look back on Sixth Doctor debut story “The Twin Dilemma”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:01:09) The songs which top and tail this podcast are from a “Lady Penelope Investigates” LP produced by Century 21 Records in 1966 and acquired by Doc at a school Bring & Buy sale in the early 1970s. The LP cover can be seen on our Tumblr page here and the songs themselves can be found here.
(00:03:22) Breakaway was a brand of chocolate-covered digestive biscuit from Nestlé, which started production in 1970 in the United Kingdom, manufactured by Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery. Nestlé acquired the brand in 1988. It was discontinued in February 2024 after 54 years due to falling sales.
(00:28:19) Of the several incarnations of “The Tomorrow People”, the one Mark is referring to here is the British children’s science fiction television series produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran from 1973 to 1979. All incarnations of the show concerned the emergence of the next stage of human evolution (Homo novis) known colloquially as Tomorrow People. Born to human parents, an apparently normal child might at some point between childhood and late adolescence experience a process called ‘breaking out’ and develop special paranormal abilities. These abilities include psionic powers such as telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation. However, their psychological make-up prevents them from intentionally killing others. The theme music and opening credits were fabulous.
(00:43:30) “Captain Zep – Super Space Detective” s a British television children’s series produced by the BBC between 1983 and 1984. Constructed as part drama and part quiz game, “Captain Zep” featured mysteries that would be solved by the child audience in the studio, along with a write-in competition for viewers. The child audience were dressed in futuristic clothes and had gelled hair. The series was also notable for its combination of live action and animation, where the cast would interact with drawn alien characters amidst drawn backgrounds.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #203 – Don’t Tell Him, Vardan!
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After much thought, our old chum Suky Khakh chooses 4th Doctor story “Invasion of Time” for us to review.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:01:09) Our guest is Suky Khakh of the “Around the Console” podcast, the “Trek This Out” podcast and the “Take Your Seats” podcast.
(00:04:52) The helpful Erika Ensign (a.k.a. @hollygodarkly) is a denizen of the famed Verity podcast.
(00:09:24) Pictures of Mark’s action figure of Grand Mofff Tarkin can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:15:17) Mark’s new-found friend on Twitter is @daemonsmatt.
(00:20:12) “Butterflies” is a British sitcom written by Carla Lane that aired on BBC2 from 1978 to 1983.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 202 – William Russell
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We pay tribute to William Russell by looking back at First Doctor story “The Chase”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:17:10) This reference is from “Phoenix Nights” S01E04 (“Singles night”) and the clip can be seen here.
(00:27:43) The screen test for Ben Hur (1959) between William Russell and George Baker can be found here.
(00:48:25) This song is from “Lady Penelope Investigates”, a gramophone record released by Century 21 Records in November 1966. It is a compilation LP of their 1966 records F.A.B. and The Stately Homes Robberies.
(00:56:40) In 1928, the young architect Georgii Krutikov, in defending his diploma work at VKhUTEIN, presented a thesis project completely insane for the time, a “City of the Future,” which immediately became a sensation. The concept of a “flying city” was as follows: the architect proposed to leave work, leisure, and tourism on the ground, while living areas would be moved to communes floating in the clouds of the city. The upside-down-Dalek-like picture Doc remembered being on the Rev’s online profile can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 201 – Capitol 7 Interviews
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Here are our 3 interviews from the DWAS Capitol 7 event this year. Having interviewed James Goss and Rich Tipple, we thought we’d never meet anyone else as genuinely lovely. Then Graeme Harper entered the room and Mark and Doc swooned dramatically onto a Louis XV chaise longue.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:58:03) Our tribute to Douglas Camfield can be found on our Youtube channel here. It was inspired by our own Mark’s eulogising of Dougie at about 01:11:00 into our review of “The Invasion” in podcast #178 which can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #200 – Walkies!
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We mark our 200th podcast (because no-one else could be bothered to) by taking a look at “The Legend of Ruby Sunday” and “Empire of Death”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:09:50) Dalek Two Zero and Roboman who will be at the Rev’s wedding next year can be found here.
(00:35:52) “A butcher’s” is short for “Butcher’s Hook” which is Cockney rhyming slang for “a look”. So “I had a butcher’s at” means “I had a look at”.
(00:38:16) The ICON/CON picture Mark is referring to can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:56:46) The site we use to find transcripts of all Doctor Whop episodes ASAP is chakoteya.net.
(01:13:35) “The Frame” was a 24-issue fanzine that ran from February 1987 to Spring 1993. It was different from most other fanzines in that its articles tended to focus on production personnel — especially designers — who had previously been ignored by the fan community. It was further significant because its writers went on to publish professional Doctor Who works, some of which re-used the content of The Frame. It was edited and published by David Howe, Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker. The cover which the Rev refers to here is that of issue 8 which can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(01:23:39) The “Television is bad for your eyes” sketch from S03E07 of “Monty Python”.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #199 – Chekov’s Earrings
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As our Mark recuperates in the Whoseum Zero Cabinet, we take a look at “Dot and Bubble” and “Rogue”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:24:26) The Jonathan Groff interview in the “Radio Times” can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 198 – Ill Met By Fleshlight
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We review “Boom” and “73 Yards”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:04:12) The introduction to the Monty Python Spanish Inquisition sketch can be seen here.
(00:20:00) This audio clip is from “Casino Royale” and can be seen here.
(00:41:14) This BBC One Wales continuity announcement can be seen here.
(00:41:49) Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s “One Leg Too Few” sketch can be seen here.
(00:43:02) Proof that Jon Pertwee owned a burger shop.
(01:06:30) The video for “True Faith” by New Order can seen here.
(01:29:00) The first episode of the “Guess Who” podcast is now available and links to it can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 197 – June’s Tune
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We review “Space Babies” and “The Devil’s Chord” and youngsters Mark and the Rev explain TikTok to oldster Doc.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:40:20) The Bugs Bunny cartoon “People Are Bunny” can be found here.
(01:10:09) This audio clip is from “Over to Pam”, an episode of “Victoria Wood Presents” and can be seen here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #196 – Up the Junction
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Tony Jordan joins us to look back at the DWAS “Capitol Seven Wonders” convention in April.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:11:00) The cartoon of “Up the Junction” by The Squeeze can be seen on Youtube here.
(00:19:45) The “Guess Who Podcast” will be findable here.
(00:23:10) Photos of the Daleks at the convention can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:29:15) Sophie presenting Sylvester with his DWAS Lifetime Achievement award can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:31:20) Photos of Huw Dennis cosplaying can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:41:22) A photo of Paul Cornell receiving his Terrance Dicks Writers Award can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:57:35) The banner made by Connor Adkins can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #195 – Raising Capitol
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Tony Jordan from the Doctor Who Appreciation Society joins us to look forward to the Capitol Seven Wonders convention on 27/28 April.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:21:04) Tony’s interview with Steven Berkoff at Capitol 4 in 2019 can be found on the DWAS Youtube channel here.
(00:36:34) Tom’s Refurbishments.
(00:39:24) Here is Dave Kitchen’s snapped photo of someone in the Jodie autograph queue at SupaNova Melbourne reading our own Hayden’s magnum opus “A Child Out of Time: Growing Up With Doctor Who in the Wilderness Years” can be seen here.
(00:41:29) Glass Crocodile – stained glass suncatchers.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #194 – Your Musing and Your Friend
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The Diddly Dummers present 3 items for display at The Whoseum. Along the way, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of that cultural titan – Piccadilly Radio.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:06:11) The “Putting on the Ritz” scene from “Young Frankenstein can be seen here.
(00:08:52) The Rev’s plastic yellow robot radio can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:10:08) The BBC Radio 2 comedy series “A Proper Charlie” can be found here.
(00:10:45) Photos of Piccadilly Radio can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:14:00) The relevant film still from “Back to the Future” can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:22:30) The Rev’s song in tribute to Arthur C Clarke and featuring Dave Myers can be found here.
(00:29:20) Photos of The Rev’s birthday tour of the Coronation Street set can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:31:30) The prints which The Rev bought from The Lowry can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:36:19) The custom-made figures used in Mark’s game can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(01:19:23) A selection of pages from the “Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus” can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(01:21:13) Volume 4 of “Vworp Vworp” magazine can be bought here. It includes “The Pollen Street Irregulars”, an analysis of the “Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus” by long-time friend of the podcast Simon Brett. Simon drew our 1963 variation (above) of the original Piccadilly Radio logo.
(01:43:05) The “Big Mong” gorilla in Caerphilly (a photo can be found on our Tumblr page here) was raised by Mark during his first podcast episode #60 (“Murray’s Mint”). The giant model gorilla apparently found abandoned more recently is reported here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 093 – Shoo Pastry
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“Gareth Kavanagh and Ian Winterton join us to take a look back at the recently published Volume 6 of “Vworp Vworp” magazine and forward to the imminent “The Philip Hinchcliffe Years – The DNA of Doctor Who” book. “Gareth Kavanagh and Ian Winterton join us to take a look back at the recently published Volume 6 of Vworp Vworp magazine and forward to the imminent “The Philip Hinchcliffe Years – The DNA of Doctor Who” book.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:00:00) Our guests on this podcast are friends of the show, Gareth Kavanagh and Ian Winterton of Cutaway Comics and Vworp Vworp fame.
(00:07:50) “A Meeting on the Common” is an 18 minute animation of the much loved alternative opening to Doctor Who, as told by David Whitaker in his classic 1964 novelisation “Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks”. The animation features on the free DVD accompanying the latest Vworp Vworp magazine (volume 6) and is directed and animated by Mel Meanley, adapted by Ian Winterton and stars Stephen Noonan (the Doctor), Adam Grayson (Ian), Helen Stirling-Lane (Barbara) and Kerry Ely (Susan)
(00:16:07) “An Exciting Adventure with David Whitaker” by Simon Guerrier celebrates the extraordinary, little-known life of one of its chief architects, David Whitaker. As the show’s first story editor, he helped to establish the compelling blend of adventure, imagination and quirky humour that made – and continues to make – the series a hit. David commissioned the first Dalek story, and fought for it to be made when his bosses didn’t like it. Regeneration, the TARDIS being alive, the idea of Doctor Who expanding to become a multimedia phenomenon in comics, books and films… David Whitaker was all over it. Yet very little was known about this key figure in Doctor Who history – until now. Why did he fall out with Irving Berlin? Was he really engaged to Yootha Joyce? And how did an assignment to Moscow badly affect his career? The book can be bought here.
(00:16:40) The penny which dropped midway through Doc’s surprisingly detailed telling of the blacklisting of David Whitaker following the Moscow conference turns out to have been perfectly correct. Doc’s wealth of information did indeed come entirely from Simon Guerrier‘s article “Mission to Moscow” which appeared in the BBC magazine “The Essential Doctor Who – Adventures in Space” (2017) and which Doc did indeed come upon while recently researching for our review of “Ambassadors of Death” for podcast 189. Simon’s article can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:37:35) Richard Lewis Hearne (1908 – 1979) was a British actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best remembered for his stage and television character Mr Pastry. He was interviewed for the role of the Fourth Doctor after the departure of Jon Pertwee, but a disagreement over his interpretation of the role (he wanted to play the Doctor as Mr Pastry) led to no offer being made by the producer, Barry Letts. The role was subsequently offered to Tom Baker. In 1976, Richard Hearne appeared as Mr Pastry on the BBC’s old time music hall show, “The Good Old Days”.
(00:47:37) Arthur Atkinson was a fictional character from the BBC’s sketch comedy “The Fast Show”, played by Paul Whitehouse. He had a terrible singing voice and was made to mime to someone else’s material. Later, he would be cast in his own sitcom (Blame Arthur!) and would cameo in the 70’s sex comedy Confessions of a Door to Door Cucumber Salesman. He can be seen on Youtube here.
(01:26:20) “Cutaway Bunker Podcast”.
(01:32:30) Gareth appeared on our podcast #32 which can be found here.
(01:34:48) This is of course based on the “J. R. Hartley” Yellow Pages commercial.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #192 – Operation Stone Age
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On the podcast’s 10th anniversary, we are joined from the early history of Diddly Dum by the Rev to take a look at “The Church on Ruby Road”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:15:49) The Rev interviewing Louise Jameson at Bridlington Comic Con 2021 can be seen on Youtube here.
(00:28:58) A photo of a youthful Doc with his DIY Dalek kit can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:31:20) “The Theme from Abslom Daak – Dalek Killer”, composed by Dominic Glynn and Martin Smith, and performed by The Slaves of Kane, was released in 1990 as part of a promotional flexi disc in Doctor Who Magazine. This sampled “Peaches” by The Stranglers with the Doctor Who theme.
(00:33:45) Mick Herron’s “Slough House” series of spy novels can be found here and has been adapted for TV as “Slow Horses” on Apple here.
(00:57:38) David Bowie talking about his first sight of The Rolling Stones can be seen here.
(01:05:42) A history of Manchester Town Hall’s giant Father Christmases can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #191 – Commando Claus
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Join us for our traditional Christmas podcast in which we take a general overview of the 3 anniversary specials and then dive into our games: “Guess Who?”, “Whoseum – Whose Scene, Hmm?” and our annual Gold Run looking back on the last year of podcasting.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:49:26) This clip of Hilda Ogden singing comes from this episode of “Coronation Street”.
(01:19:14) 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 #190 – Hab Ich Das Recht
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The Diddly Dummers are joined by long-term FOTS Suky Khakh to look back at 4th Doctor story “Genesis of the Daleks”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:02:25) Our guest is Suky Khakh of the “Around the Console” podcast, the “Trek This Out” podcast and the “Take Your Seats” podcast.
(01:10:45) The Secret Lemonade Drinker was a UK TV advert from the 1970s.
(01:23:59) This recording of Bertrand Russell can be found here.
(01:25:26) The T S Eliot in a taxi anecdote is related by Kenneth Williams and is an extract from “An Audience With Kenneth Williams”.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #189 – Wink Wink Bang Bang
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Tim Burrows of the Missing Episodes Podcast joins us to look at Third Doctor story “The Ambassadors of Death”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:00:00) Our guest on this podcast is FOTS Tim Burrows from the “Missing Episodes” podcast.
(00:15:10) Rather than write it ourselves, we thought it easier to lift this description from an online forum: “In 1992, a fan named Roger K. Barrett claimed to have a videotape of The Tenth Planet and offered to sell it to some Doctor Who fans and the BBC, including Ian Levine, a well-known fan and one time unofficial continuity adviser to the programme. However, Barrett turned out to be an alias and the existence of the episode a hoax. In a mini-documentary titled “Missing in Action” (aired during a 1993 BBC One repeat of Planet of the Daleks), Levine said that he experienced “the absolute utter depths of despair when we found out that it was just a blank tape and it was all a hoax”, expressing his desire to get hold of Barrett and “choke him until I found out why he misled everybody.” Unfortunately, hoaxes of this kind are not uncommon in Doctor Who fandom, with people like Barrett more than willing to exploit the hope that copies of the missing episodes may still exist somewhere waiting to be recovered.” The Missing in Action documentary can be seen here and the Roger K. Barrett stuff starts at about 00:04:25.
(00:34:07) The gorilla cage change scene from “Diamonds Are Forever” can be scene here.
(00:55:50) “Five Go Mad in Dorset” was the first of three Five Go Mad specials from the long-running series of The Comic Strip Presents… television comedy films. It first aired on the launch night of Channel 4 (0/11/1982).
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #188 – OK to Kid A
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We are joined by Ian Winterton of Cutaway Comics fame to look at Fifth Doctor story “Castrovalva”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:00:00) Our guest on this podcast episode is FOTS Ian Winterton of Cutaway Comics fame. Cutaway Comics can be found here and here.
(00:13:42) Ian’s “Cutaway Bunker” podcast can be found here and here.
(00:17:49) The “Scarred for Life” podcast can be found here and here.
(00:20:16) The “Atomic Hobo” podcast can be found here and here.
(00:22:12) “Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks”
(00:27:12) The fabulous “Vworp Vworp” magazine can be found here and here.
(00:31:00) Cutaway Comics’ kickstarter for “Inferno – The World Dies Screaming” can be found here.”
(01:26:40) The cover of the “Blue Peter Tenth Book” can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #187 – Who’s the Nose?
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Dave Kitchen joins the Diddly Dummers with tales of his recent trip to Europe and to look back on 4th Doctor story “Masque of Mandragora”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:03:53) Our guest on this podcast is none other than long-time FOTS Dave Kitchen from such podcasts as “The Doctor Who Show“, “Spacefall: A Blakes 7 Podcast“ and “The Goodies Pirate Podcast“.
(00:06:47) Photos from Dave’s 2023 visit to Portmeirion can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(00:46:45) This clip is from “The Patron of the Arts” from Series 2 of “Yes Prime Minister”.
(00:47:31) This clip is from “Zeus, By Jove”, episode 9 of the BBC’s “I Claudius” drama series.
(01:27:06) A longer version of this clip from “The Generation Game” can be seen on our Youtube channel here.
(01:27:35) The brief parodies of “The Generation Game” by The Goodies can be seen about 20 mins into “The Goodies: Politics” (S08E01) and about 8 mins 30 secs into “The Goodies: Change of Life” (S09E05) 00:08:30 into the episode
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DIDDLY DUM PODCST 186 – Great Balls of Fire
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The Diddly Dummers are joined by Mark from the “42 to Doomsday” podcast to take a look at 1984’s “Planet of Fire”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:00:00) Our guest on this podcast is none other than long-time FOTS Mark from the “42 to Doomsday” podcast.
(00:32:36) “Manic Miner“, “Jet Set Willy” and “Atic Atac” were computer games for the ZX Spectrum in the 1980s.
(00:39:40) Edward Highmore’s manspreading publicity photo can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 185 – Meat is Murder
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With Hayden’s continuing sabbatical, the average age of the Diddly Dum hosts has skyrocketed. Doc and Mark find themselves stranded in Sydney and take the opportunity to review “The Two Doctors”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:05:15) “The Ascent of Man” is a 13-part BBC documentary television series first broadcast in 1973. It was written and presented by Polish-British mathematician and historian of science, Jacob Bronowski. Intended as a series of “personal view” documentaries in the manner of Kenneth Clark’s 1969 series “Civilisation“, the series received acclaim for Bronowski’s highly informed but eloquently simple analysis, his long, elegant monologues, and its extensive location shoots. Dr Bronowski’s vile and offensive remarks about the Manchester weather is the final ssene of episode 4 (“The Hidden Structure”).
(00:57:33) “Brass” is a British television comedy drama, made by Granada Television for ITV and eventually Channel 4. “Brass” is northern English slang for “money” as well as for “effrontery”. The series was set primarily in Utterley, a fictional Lancashire mining town in the 1930s, Brass satirized working-class period dramas of the 1970s, most significantly “When the Boat Comes In“. Unusually for ITV comedies of the time.
(01:03:00) This clip is from the “Fawlty Towers” episode “The Psychiatrist”.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 184 – Uptown Double Banking
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Ian Winterton of Cutaway Comics joins us to look at “Love & Monsters”.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:00:00) Our guest on this episode is Ian Winterton of Cutaway Comics. Cutaway Comics is a new British imprint of comics and graphic novels drawn from the darker recesses of a dangerous, unpredictable cutaway universe. From the creators of the acclaimed Vworp Vworp! Magazine, they star some of the most enigmatic characters to have graced our screens. 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). Cutaway Comics is inspired by the so-called ‘backup’ strips 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. Ian also appears on the Cutaway Bunker podcast.
(00:05:00) Ian and Gareth’s interview with the Diddly Dummers can be found on their own “Cutaway Bunker” podcast here.
(00:10:46) The Lass O’ Gowrie is a pub in the centre of Manchester once run by friend of the show and Ian’s partner in crime, Gareth Kavanagh, and once a haven for Doctor Who fans.
(00:13:50) “Hot Dog Magazine” was a film magazine published in the UK between 2000 and 2003. The “Taxi Driver” cover of its first issue can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:22:54) Mark’s former band, Midwich, can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:31:45) The Robert McKee “Story” book referred to here is “Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting”.
(00:48:35) The making of “Yes, Minister” book referred to here is “A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister” by Graham McCann.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 183 – The Algy Ward Memorial Podcast
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The Human Palindrome himself, friend (and even co-parent) of the podcast, Mark Cockram, joins us to look at the two-parter finale of Series 5: “The Pandorica Opens” and “The Big Bang”. This is in no way a podcast about Algy Ward – our own Mark just felt that his passing hadn’t had much attention.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:02:41) Our guest is one of the oldest friends of the podcast, Mark Cockram.
(00:03:03) Mark Cockram first guested on the Diddly Dum Podcast episode 36 in June 2015. The episode can be found here. If you have trouble finding or playing it, drop us an email at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk and we’ll send you a copy from the vaults.
(00:04:00) Mark Cockram first guested on the Diddly Dum Podcast episode 58 in June 2016. The episode can be found here. If you have trouble finding or playing it, drop us an email at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk and we’ll send you a copy from the vaults.
(00:09:35) Mark hosts the “NerdologyUK” podcast with a different invited guest every week to discuss TV, Movies, Books and more. The Twitter account can be found here.
(00:09:35) Mark Cockram and Iain Martin co-host the “All of Time and Space” podcast reviewing all of the Doctor Who canon in chronological order with invited guests. Their Twitter account can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 182 – Rob Shearman
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We present our interview from the “Capitol Six” convention with Rob Shearman.
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(00:16:03) Hayden was interviewed by the BBC for his thoughts on Matt Smith’s departure from the BBC.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 181 – Giving Some Stick
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We look back on the Capitol 6 convention via a vaguely Eurovision theme before presenting our interview with Gary Russell and Phil Ford.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:05:54) The trailer for the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials can be seen here.
(00:10:20) Catherine Tate reads out the UK jury results on the Eurovision Song Contest final.
(00:19:20) “Stop getting Bond wrong” comes from “I’m Alan Partridge”.
(00:26:16) Hayden’s 2 year old son, William, sees Colin Baker’s 7th Doctor in Mr Tumble.
(00:32:45) On May 8 2006, BBC News 24 wanted to interview technology journalist Guy Kewney about the Apple Corps v Apple Computer legal dispute. By mistake, they interviewed Guy Goma, a Congolese-French business studies graduate from the Republic of the Congo, who came to the BBC for a job interview as a data cleanser. The incident became one of the most known bloopers at the BBC.
(00:32:57) Hayden was interviewed by the BBC for his thoughts on Matt Smith’s departure from the BBC.
(00:36:48) “Tom’s Refurbishments” can be found here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 180 – Don’t Dump William Emms in the River
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We welcome back the eminence grise of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, Tony Jordan, to look back on April’s “Capitol Six Decades” convention with us. We include our interview with Dean Hollingsworth who played an android in “Timelash”, a bus conductor in “Greatest Show in the Galaxy” and a crucial role in Christopher Eccleston’s career.
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SHOW NOTES
(00:00:00) Photos of all the various panels and activities this year can be found on the DWAS Facebook page, their Twitter account and their Instagram account.
(00:38:18) Mark’s selfie with Annette Badland can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:48:50) The “Cutaway Bunker” podcast can be found here.
(00:49:50) “Tom’s Refurbishments” can be found here. Photos of our meeting with Dalek Draco can be found on our Tumblr page here and here.
(01:05:05) Dean Hollingsworth appeared in two Doctor Who television stories: as an android in “Timelash” and the bus conductor in “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy”. He also provided the uncredited voices of a Psychic Circus advertisement and an advertising satellite in the latter. Dean will be appearing in the soon to be released “Last Flamingo of the Red Summer Sunset”.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 179 – Capitol Rising
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The Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s representative on Earth, Tony Jordan, visits us for our last podcast before the DWAS “Capitol Six Decades” convention to look forward to what lies in store for us.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:35:10) Here we were discussing Callum Weston’s – @TheDinopuff – animation of Episode One of First Doctor story “The Celestial Toymaker” which can be found here.
(00:35:40) The animated lego version of “The Celestial Toymaker” which Mark is referring to here can be found here.
(00:36:30) Mark’s treasured gun props from “Paradise Towers” and “Time and the Rani” were discussed in our podcast episode #135 (“Run Like a Lakertyan”) and can be seen on our Tumblr page here and here.
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 178 – International Electro People
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We take a look at the Second Doctor story “The Invasion”.
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SHOWNOTES
(00:00:00) We open this podcast with “Electro People” which of course was the music played over the closing credits of “The Kenny Everett Television Show”.
(00:08:00) Scans of Gary Whipp’s synopses can be seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:11:20) The 2000AD books being published by Rebellion can be seen here.
(00:13:26) Mark’s “Children of the Stones” album and goodies can be seen here. The folk/horror Twitter account he refers to is @folk_horror. Mark’s “Happy Day” fridge magnet can be seen on our Tumble page here.
(00:17:30) The photo of Kit Pedler’s gravestone taken by Mark in 2017 can bee seen on our Tumblr page here.
(00:58:50) “World of Sport” was a television sport programme which ran on ITV between 1965 and 1985 in competition with the BBC’s “Grandstand”. Like “Grandstand”, the programme ran for several hours every Saturday afternoon. Its Don Harper theme music can he found here.
(01:11:94) We have put together a montage of video clips to accompany Mark’s panegyric to Douglas Camfield’s direction of this story and it can be seen on our Youtube channel here.
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