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Joe and Toni meet Jo and Tony in the Classic Doctor Who serial Terror of the Autons and are treated to a Vincent E.L. remix. This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden.

Joe and Toni meet Jo and Tony in the Classic Doctor Who serial Terror of the Autons and are treated to a Vincent E.L. remix. This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden.

The Four Faces of Delusion become five as we complete our set of Blue Box Podcasters by welcoming Mark Cockram to the Diddly Dum Whoseum.

Mark has brought along a number of items which are redolent for him of a life with the Doctor. From Jon Pertwee’s “Who is the Doctor” single to the Graham Williams era via Loose Cannon reconstructions. As for the man who stopped Tom Baker on Oxford Street and told him about his childhood in a care home, Mark’s own tale of his primary school Tom Baker trauma knocks that into a cocked hat.

Along the way, we toast absent friends in the finest vintage of Dandelion & Burdock while extrapolating the succession of Doctors we might have had if the late Ron Moody had succeeded Patrick Troughton – William Hartnell, Pat Troughton, Ron Moody, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and Christopher Lee in cricket whites. We discover that Hayden’s great-grandfather was the first person ever to sell Ford motor cars…(listen in to hear the end of that sentence). We also hear of Mark’s memories of seeing Matthew Waterhouse in a stage production of Treasure Island and the role of “Inherit the Wind” in the Cockram family acquiring their first VCR.

Only on Diddly Dum.

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SHOWNOTES

Mark is the fourth member of the Blue Box Podcast to have visited the Diddly Dum Whoseum.

Stalwart of Classic Diddly Dum and son of the Humber, The Rev (a.k.a. Andy), has recently started his Top Geak Podcast where he has collected his top interviews which have appeared on the Who Wars Podcast. Our reverend colleague interviews luminaries from the worlds of comic art and writing (including Lee Sullivan, Cavan Scott, Simon Fraser and Racheal Smith) and of Doctor Who and sci-fi (including Dominic Glynn, Andrew Smith, Peter Harness and Mat Irvine). Top Geak can be found at its Facebook page, on iTunes and at its own blog.

Vincent Price appears on Christopher Lee’s “This is Your Life”.

Peter Cushing appears on Christopher Lee’s “This is Your Life”.

Stephen Fry’s QI anecdote about Peter Cushing phoning Christopher Lee.

Jon Pertwee singing the Wozel Gummidge song.

Screen Test with Michael Rodd.

Syd Dale – Marching There And Back (Screen Test Theme).

Mark’s Blue Box colleague, Lee, can also be heard on his “Sound & Vision” show on Phonic FM.

“Watching Books” was created in order to republish the three You and Who books which had previously been available from Miwk Publishing but which had fallen out of print during 2013, as well as to carry on the line with future You and Who books and related volumes. The books mentioned in this week’s podcast can be found here.

The Golden Dancer rocking horse scene can be found 48 mins into “Inherit the Wind” (1960).

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

In this week’s episode we discuss Knock, Knock. We give our impressions of the story and share our likes and dislikes about the episode.

Plus, we are all three fresh off seeing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so be warned, SPOILERS abound about that film. Discussion begins around the 8:30 mark and continue until about 28 minutes in.

Also, some news of the week, including Big Finish Torchwood news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

In this week’s episode we discuss Knock, Knock. We give our impressions of the story and share our likes and dislikes about the episode.

Plus, we are all three fresh off seeing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so be warned, SPOILERS abound about that film. Discussion begins around the 8:30 mark and continue until about 28 minutes in.

Also, some news of the week, including Big Finish Torchwood news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

In this week’s episode we discuss Knock, Knock. We give our impressions of the story and share our likes and dislikes about the episode.

Plus, we are all three fresh off seeing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so be warned, SPOILERS abound about that film. Discussion begins around the 8:30 mark and continue until about 28 minutes in.

Also, some news of the week, including Big Finish Torchwood news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

In this week’s episode we discuss Knock, Knock. We give our impressions of the story and share our likes and dislikes about the episode.

Plus, we are all three fresh off seeing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so be warned, SPOILERS abound about that film. Discussion begins around the 8:30 mark and continue until about 28 minutes in.

Also, some news of the week, including Big Finish Torchwood news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

In this week’s episode we discuss Knock, Knock. We give our impressions of the story and share our likes and dislikes about the episode.

Plus, we are all three fresh off seeing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so be warned, SPOILERS abound about that film. Discussion begins around the 8:30 mark and continue until about 28 minutes in.

Also, some news of the week, including Big Finish Torchwood news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

In this week’s episode we discuss Knock, Knock. We give our impressions of the story and share our likes and dislikes about the episode.

Plus, we are all three fresh off seeing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so be warned, SPOILERS abound about that film. Discussion begins around the 8:30 mark and continue until about 28 minutes in.

Also, some news of the week, including Big Finish Torchwood news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

In this weeks edition of the Who's He? Podcast, the intrepid reviewing duo of Phil and Paul press their ears against the radiogram to listen to Crime of The Century from Big Finish. In this 7th Doctor story set during what would have been series 27 had the show not been cancelled back in the day, the lads marvel at Sylvester McCoy's trapped in a box acting and despair at the alien villains talking like surfer dudes. But did they enjoy it? Listen to find out!

And in the news, series 10 to start filming in May, some Target book re-releases, semi-stats and in Omega's Tat Corner it's Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and Sherlock tat!

In this weeks edition of the Who's He? Podcast, the intrepid reviewing duo of Phil and Paul press their ears against the radiogram to listen to Crime of The Century from Big Finish. In this 7th Doctor story set during what would have been series 27 had the show not been cancelled back in the day, the lads marvel at Sylvester McCoy's trapped in a box acting and despair at the alien villains talking like surfer dudes. But did they enjoy it? Listen to find out!

And in the news, series 10 to start filming in May, some Target book re-releases, semi-stats and in Omega's Tat Corner it's Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and Sherlock tat!

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

In this week’s episode we discuss Knock, Knock. We give our impressions of the story and share our likes and dislikes about the episode.

Plus, we are all three fresh off seeing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so be warned, SPOILERS abound about that film. Discussion begins around the 8:30 mark and continue until about 28 minutes in.

Also, some news of the week, including Big Finish Torchwood news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

In this weeks edition of the Who's He? Podcast, the intrepid reviewing duo of Phil and Paul press their ears against the radiogram to listen to Crime of The Century from Big Finish. In this 7th Doctor story set during what would have been series 27 had the show not been cancelled back in the day, the lads marvel at Sylvester McCoy's trapped in a box acting and despair at the alien villains talking like surfer dudes. But did they enjoy it? Listen to find out!

And in the news, series 10 to start filming in May, some Target book re-releases, semi-stats and in Omega's Tat Corner it's Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and Sherlock tat!

In this week’s episode we discuss Knock, Knock. We give our impressions of the story and share our likes and dislikes about the episode.

Plus, we are all three fresh off seeing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so be warned, SPOILERS abound about that film. Discussion begins around the 8:30 mark and continue until about 28 minutes in.

Also, some news of the week, including Big Finish Torchwood news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

In this weeks edition of the Who's He? Podcast, the intrepid reviewing duo of Phil and Paul press their ears against the radiogram to listen to Crime of The Century from Big Finish. In this 7th Doctor story set during what would have been series 27 had the show not been cancelled back in the day, the lads marvel at Sylvester McCoy's trapped in a box acting and despair at the alien villains talking like surfer dudes. But did they enjoy it? Listen to find out!

And in the news, series 10 to start filming in May, some Target book re-releases, semi-stats and in Omega's Tat Corner it's Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and Sherlock tat!

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

In this weeks edition of the Who's He? Podcast, the intrepid reviewing duo of Phil and Paul press their ears against the radiogram to listen to Crime of The Century from Big Finish. In this 7th Doctor story set during what would have been series 27 had the show not been cancelled back in the day, the lads marvel at Sylvester McCoy's trapped in a box acting and despair at the alien villains talking like surfer dudes. But did they enjoy it? Listen to find out!

And in the news, series 10 to start filming in May, some Target book re-releases, semi-stats and in Omega's Tat Corner it's Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and Sherlock tat!

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

In this weeks edition of the Who's He? Podcast, the intrepid reviewing duo of Phil and Paul press their ears against the radiogram to listen to Crime of The Century from Big Finish. In this 7th Doctor story set during what would have been series 27 had the show not been cancelled back in the day, the lads marvel at Sylvester McCoy's trapped in a box acting and despair at the alien villains talking like surfer dudes. But did they enjoy it? Listen to find out!

And in the news, series 10 to start filming in May, some Target book re-releases, semi-stats and in Omega's Tat Corner it's Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and Sherlock tat!

In this weeks edition of the Who's He? Podcast, the intrepid reviewing duo of Phil and Paul press their ears against the radiogram to listen to Crime of The Century from Big Finish. In this 7th Doctor story set during what would have been series 27 had the show not been cancelled back in the day, the lads marvel at Sylvester McCoy's trapped in a box acting and despair at the alien villains talking like surfer dudes. But did they enjoy it? Listen to find out!

And in the news, series 10 to start filming in May, some Target book re-releases, semi-stats and in Omega's Tat Corner it's Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and Sherlock tat!

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

In this weeks edition of the Who's He? Podcast, the intrepid reviewing duo of Phil and Paul press their ears against the radiogram to listen to Crime of The Century from Big Finish. In this 7th Doctor story set during what would have been series 27 had the show not been cancelled back in the day, the lads marvel at Sylvester McCoy's trapped in a box acting and despair at the alien villains talking like surfer dudes. But did they enjoy it? Listen to find out!

And in the news, series 10 to start filming in May, some Target book re-releases, semi-stats and in Omega's Tat Corner it's Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and Sherlock tat!

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

Todd has given that helmic regulator quite a twist, I’m afraid, and we’ve found ourselves in the year 16,087, on a space station being menaced by bubble wrap and fibreglass ants. And still it’s one of the best Doctor Who stories to date. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Ark in Space.

Buy the story!

The Ark in Space Special Edition was released on DVD in 2013. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

The novelisation, Doctor Who and the Ark in Space, written by Ian Marter himself, was re-released to celebrate Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary in 2013. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

Links and notes

Fans of this story and of Revelation of the Daleks will enjoy a delicious serving of Soylent Green (1973). (Spoilers: It’s people.)

Sorry, dear listeners, we don’t have any pictures of Ian Marter being giantly muscular. And don’t think I didn’t spend time looking.

This article from the Darwin’s God blog discusses the life cycle of the ichneumon wasp and its impact on 19th-century theology.

J. V. McConnell, (1962) “Memory transfer through cannibalism in planarians”, Journal of Neuropsychiatry 3 suppl 1 542-548. (See, we can be academically rigorous if we put our minds to it.)

This article from the website of the American Psychological Association discusses the history of James McConnell’s article.

I’m not sure that Ridley Scott has ever actually admitted to ripping off this story in his film Alien (1979), but that hasn’t stopped people from speculating about the possibility.

We haven’t yet managed to upload Todd’s interview with Lis Sladen, but we promise we’re working on it. Keep an eye out for an announcement in the shownotes over the next few episodes. In the meantime, you can enjoy Lis Sladen’s second appearance in this 1972 episode of Z Cars, directed by The Underwater Menace’s Julia Smith.

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This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

In this week’s show we begin our reviews, coordinating with the Traveling the Vortex Book Club, over on the Goodreads website (found here). To start off the year, we review the book, Doctor Who: Legends of Ashildr, the anthology piece featuring the title character portrayed by Maisie Williams in the TV series. We reveal out impressions of the four stories included, as well as share some listener reviews from the Goodreads discussion thread for the book.

Also, we chat about the recent news in the world of Doctor Who, including some Legacy news!

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

In this week’s show we begin our reviews, coordinating with the Traveling the Vortex Book Club, over on the Goodreads website (found here). To start off the year, we review the book, Doctor Who: Legends of Ashildr, the anthology piece featuring the title character portrayed by Maisie Williams in the TV series. We reveal out impressions of the four stories included, as well as share some listener reviews from the Goodreads discussion thread for the book.

Also, we chat about the recent news in the world of Doctor Who, including some Legacy news!

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!