DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #192 – Operation Stone Age

Doctor Who: Diddly Dum Podcast

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

(00:00:00) One of the original three co-hosts of the Diddly Sum Podcast, the Rev (a.k.a the Reverend Captain Hullo Porro) was responsible for much of our early artwork and our logo.

(00:11:20) The signed photo of and by John Leeso (a.k.a. K-9 and the War Bungle) can be found on our Tumblr page here.

(00:15:49) The Rev interviewing Louise Jameson at Bridlington Comic Con 2021 can be seen on Youtube here.

(00:18:37) The bane of our Mark’s great-aunt’s bedding, “Tiger Feet” by Mud, released in January 1974, was the first of three number No. 1 singles for the band, in the UK.

(00:21:18) “Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs (Lowry’s Song)” is a folk song by English duo Brian and Michael. It was released as their first single in late 1977. The song reached number one in the UK for 3 weeks in April 1978.

(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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