Doctor Who: Diddly Dum Podcast
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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(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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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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(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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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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After much thought, our old chum Suky Khakh chooses 4th Doctor story “Invasion of Time” for us to review.
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(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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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