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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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(00:07:25) Join the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers, directed by Alastair King, as they celebrate the glorious musical sounds of Doctor Who in this special 60th anniversary concert for Radio 2.

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(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

27 Thursday Jul 2023

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Ian Winterton of Cutaway Comics joins us to look at “Love & Monsters”.

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(00:05:00) Ian and Gareth’s interview with the Diddly Dummers can be found on their own “Cutaway Bunker” podcast here.

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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.

(00:10:46) 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.

(00:25:19) Some of the loveliest artwork ever to accompany the Diddly Dum Podcast was drawn and painted by our own Andy (The Rev) and a few example can se 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”.

(00:47:45) “The Sixth Commandment” is a four-part BBC true-life crime drama, written by Sarah Phelps and directed by Saul Dibb. Based on the murder of Peter Farquhar and the death of Ann Moore-Martin, the series began to air on BBC One on 17 July 2023.

(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.

( ) “Why Don’t You…? (originally Wdyjsoytsagadslbi?: Why don’t you just switch off your television set and go and do something less boring instead?) was a BBC children’s television series broadcast in 42 series between 20 August 1973 and 21 April 1995. It was originally broadcast in the morning during the school summer holidays. The format consisted of groups or “gangs” of children responding to letters from viewers who wrote into the show suggesting games, ‘makes’ and days out. Typically these were arts-and-crafts activities or games and magic tricks children could learn to impress their friends. Russell T Davies was later at one time a producer and director for “Why Don’t You…?”. Under Davies’s direction, the format of the series shifted from magazine show to drama.

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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 183 – The Algy Ward Memorial Podcast

12 Wednesday Jul 2023

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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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(01:28:20) The favourite outfit described by Wendy here was the one she wore in “Seeds of Death” and can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

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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

29 Monday May 2023

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We present our interview from the “Capitol Six” convention with Rob Shearman.

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(00:52:00) Rob Shearman’s article on “Caves of Androzani” from DWM413 when it won the Mighty 200 poll can be found on our Tumblr page here.

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SHOW NOTES

(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

22 Monday May 2023

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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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(00:03:23) Here’s Hannah Waddingham being sublime at the Eurovision Song Contest final and explaining our segueing into la Francais.

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SHOW NOTES

(00:04:25) “Ted Lasso” is an American sports comedy drama television series following an American college football coach who is hired to coach an English soccer team with the secret intention that his inexperience will lead it to failure, but whose folksy, optimistic leadership proves unexpectedly successful.

(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”.

(00:23:47) “Brit Sci-Fi” will be a celebration of iconic science fiction films, TV programmes, books, comics, games and art.

(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

30 Sunday Apr 2023

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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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(00:07:45) The two photos ten years apart where only Wendy doesn’t change can be seen on Tony’s Facebook page here.

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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.

(00:11:16) A photo of Colin Baker receiving his Outstanding Contribution to Doctor Who award can be seen on the DWAS Facebook page here.

(00:13:40) A photo of Steven Moffat’s “Terrance Dicks Writers Award” trophy at the final night of his West End show can be seen on Steven’s Instagram page here.

(00:13:46) The thread of banter between Steven Moffat, Russell T Davies, Michelle Gomez and pals as the latter try to conceal their seething envy at his award can be seen on Steven’s Instagram page here.

(00:15:28) A video clip of Steven Moffat receiving his “Terrance Dicks Writers Award” can be seen on the DWAS Facebook page here.

(00:22:30) “Doctor Who: Prisoners of London”, the Big Finish audio novel written and narrated by Matthew Waterhouse can be pre-ordered on the Big Finish website here.

(00:38:18) Mark’s selfie with Annette Badland can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:42:45) A video clip of John Leeson receiving his Outstanding Contribution to Doctor Who award can be seen on the DWAS Facebook 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

01 Saturday Apr 2023

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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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(00:02:14) The Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s “Capitol Six Decades” will be held on the weekend of 15th and 16th April 2023 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Gatwick. All tickets have been sold out but the details can be found here.

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SHOWNOTES

(00:08:40) Photos of Hayden modelling, not cosplaying (there is a difference) a Time Lord soldier’s uniform at Capitol in 2016 can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:30:15) At the “Sci-F By The Sea” at Herne’s Bay in 2018, our own Mark persuaded John Leeson to autograph a photo of himself as The War Bungle.

(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

24 Friday Mar 2023

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We take a look at the Second Doctor story “The Invasion”.

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(00:02:42) A photo of Hayden’s copy of “Battlefield” signed by Chris Achilleos can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

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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.

(00:59:36) In 1974 Don Harper re-arranged Ron Grainer’s Doctor Who theme music as part of the “Homo Electronicus” album.

(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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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 177 – Pat Troughton

02 Thursday Mar 2023

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We finally present the result of our poll of listeners’ Top 5 Fave Pat Troughton stories as part of our retrospective of the Second Doctor era.

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(00:02:13) In 1988 Bluebird Toys UK released ‘Doctor Who in the Domain of the Daleks’. This playset was the shape of a Dalek and when opened it became the Dalek Headquarters. It contained a TARDIS with doors opening outwards and inside you could see the console room, a silver Dalek (with a ball bearing in its base) the 4th Doctor and at the top the Emperor Dalek. You could push back the front of the Emperor Dalek’s dome to reveal Davros (as seen in ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ 1988).

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(00:01:15) “Vworp Vworp”, possibly the finest Doctor Who fan magazine ever, can be ordered here.

(00:01:25) Vesuvius was a robot character in “The Iron Legion”, a Fourth Doctor comic strip published in the first 8 issues of “Doctor Who Weekly”. A model of Vesuvius has recently been made by Phil Stevens which can be seen here.

(00:03:40) “War of the Daleks” was a board game released by Denys Fisher in 1975. Photos can be found on our Tumblr page here. The TV advert from the time for the game can be seen here.

(00:07:35) Danbury Mint issued a Doctor Who themed chess set in 1994. Photos can be found on our Tumblr page here. The pieces can be found listed here.

(00:07:40) “Doctor Who: The Game of Time and Space” was released in 1980. See photos on our Tumblr page here.

(00:09:55) Trextasy is a T-Rex tribute band. Photos of the gig Hayden took his mum to on her birthday can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:11:20) “The Doctor Who Years^“ was a streaming video, charting the history of Doctor Who on BBCi’s official Doctor Who website, where it is no longer available for viewing. It was produced to coincide with the return of the series to BBC Television screens in 2005, and was intended to present a potted history of the original Doctor Who series, broadcast between 1963–1989, in a manner which would be entertaining to new viewers, unfamiliar with the original series. The video was presented in three parts, The Sixties, The Seventies and The Eighties and featured material from every Doctor Who serial, presented chronologically and accompanied by narrative text and pop music that had featured in the UK Singles Chart at the time the clips were originally broadcast.

(00:14:02) “Some Mothers Do Ave Em” was a BBC sitcom, created and written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice. It was first broadcast in 1973 and ran for two series, including two Christmas specials in 1974 and 1975. After a three-year absence, the programme returned for a third series in 1978 and again in 2016 for a one-off special. The series regularly garnered 25 million viewers and was broadcast in 60 countries. The series follows the accident-prone Frank Spencer and his tolerant wife Betty through Frank’s various attempts to maintain a job, which frequently end in disaster. The sitcom was noted for its stunt work, performed by Crawford himself, and it featured several well-known and much-lampooned catchphrases that have become part of British popular culture. The famous roller skating scene (featuring Hayden’s dad’s best friend) can be seen here. A judiciously edited version of this highlights where Hayden senior’s friend appears and can be seen on our Youtube channel here.

(00:16:08) Ncuti Gatwa’s latest costume compared with the one worn by Lenny Henry in his 1980s Doctor Who spoof can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:18:26) This audio clip from Eastenders can be seen here.

(00:54:32) Mike Smash and Dave Nice are two fictional television characters who first appeared in the early 1990s TV sketch show Harry Enfield’s Television Programme. They were played by comedians Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield respectively. They are parodies of a certain style of ageing celebrity BBC Radio 1 disc jockey who started out with the station in the 1960s and stayed there until the mid-1990s. The characters incorporated the personalities, character traits and lifestyles of several different real-life DJs. The characters reference such DJs as Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis, Simon Bates, Alan Freeman, Mike Read, Peter Powell, Noel Edmonds and Jimmy Savile amongst others. Any resemblance to what Hayden comes out with is purely coincidental.

(01:23:22) The “Tom Baker: In Confidence” interview from 2010 can be found here.

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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 176 – Stain on the Viaduct

25 Wednesday Jan 2023

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We pay tribute to Chris Boucher by reviewing the 4th Doctor story “Image of the Fendahl”.

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