We’re joined by Tim Burrows of The Missing Episodes Podcast to discuss our reactions to finally having watched the recovered episodes of “The Daleks Master Plan”. Then we take a look at 3rd Doctor story “Death to the Daleks”. Along the way, we debate The Tufty Club and the cultural cachet of “Cosmopolitan” magazine.
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(00:03:46) To discuss the recent return of the two misding episodes from “The Daleks Master Plan”, Tim Burrows returns to us after his guest appearances on podcasts 173 and 189 and 228. Tim’s expertise is usually on his The Missing Episodes Podcast.
(00:05:29) “Between the Lines” was a television police drama series created by J. C. Wilsher and produced by World Productions for the BBC. It was first shown on BBC1 between 4 September 1992 and 21 December 1994, running for three series.
(00:32:22) The juxtaposition of Katerina reaching out to the stars and then to the airlock can be seen here.
(00:39:02) The screening of the two rediscovered episodes of “Daleks Master Plan” at Riverside on 4th April 2026 included three discussion panels which can be found on Youtube here:
Panel One: Toby Hadoke interviews Sue Malden and Tim Burrows.
Panel Two: Toby Hadoke interviews Gavin Rymill and Paul Vanezis.
Panel Three: Toby Hadoke interviews Nick Briggs and Peter Purves.
(00:57:45) The reappearance of Dalek guns in Star Wars can be seen discussed here.
(01:02:29) “Bananas in Pyjamas” is an Australian children’s television series that first aired on 20 July 1992 on ABC. The concept was inspired by the success of the song Bananas in Pyjamas, written by Carey Blyton in 1967, on Play School. This song, which had become a regular item on Play School, became the theme of the new series.
(01:03:14) Tufty Fluffytail is the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ (RoSPA) iconic red squirrel who was instrumental in helping millions of children to learn about road safety from the 1950s-1990s. Created in 1953 by Elsie Mills MBE, who worked on child safety initiatives at RoSPA, Tufty helped to communicate simple safety messages to children across the UK. In 1961, his influence was cemented through the formation of the Tufty Club – a nationwide network of local road safety groups for children. At its peak, there were 24,500 registered Tufty Clubs, with membership passing two million children in 1972. Although focusing on road safety education, Tufty and his Furryfolk friends, including Policeman Badger, Willy Weasel, Minnie Mole and Mrs Owl, also made forays into other areas of child safety, including home and water safety. Story books, TV fillers (some voiced by Bernard Cribbins), comics, board games, handkerchiefs, jigsaw puzzles, stickers, colouring books, Christmas cards, soft toys, ceramic figures, puppets, toothbrushes, mealtime sets, knitting patterns, nightwear fabric and song sheets were among the items that helped to maintain Tufty’s profile. Tufty’s image was changed to keep up with the times in 1979 and again in 1993, before new methods of helping children to learn about road safety came to the fore.
The photo uncovered by The Rev of children undergoing the same Tufty Club training suffered by Doc can be found on our Tumblr page here.
(01:03:49) In 1976, actor Jon Pertwee appeared in a Public Information Film for the Green Cross Code, introducing the mnemonic “SPLINK”.
(01:05:34) Welephant is a red elephant cartoon character with a fireman’s helmet, originally used as a mascot by fire brigades in the United Kingdom to promote fire safety to children. Since 1989, however the character has become the mascot for the Children’s Burn Trust. Welephant was created for the Greater Manchester Fire Service in order to promote awareness of the dangers of fire to the local school children. A competition was set where pupils of the local schools submitted drawings of a possible mascot that the fire department could use. The competition was won by 14 year old Susan Buttner, whilst she was a pupil at Oulder Hill High School, Rochdale.
(01:06:39) The Puffin Club was the brainchild of Kaye Webb, the celebrated editor of Puffin Books. The club itself was born in 1967 after Kaye had persuaded Sir Allen Lane, the owner of Penguin Books, that the club would make children into adult readers. Members were not sold books directly. News of new books and requests to review them and short stories by current Puffin writers would drive the young readers into the bookshops.
(01:07:12) “Super Gran” is a Scottish fictional series about a grandmother with superpowers. Initially a series of books written by Forrest Wilson, a children’s television show was adapted by Jenny McDade and produced by Tyne Tees Television for Children’s ITV. The title character was played by Gudrun Ure, with Iain Cuthbertson as her nemesis, Roderick, the Scunner Campbell. It originally ran from 1985 to 1987.
(01:31:53) The DVD extra clip of the Daleks practising whispering can be seen on our Youtube channel here.
(01:47:52) Bridlington Comic-Com 2026 will take place on Sunday 27th September.
(01:48:02) On Saturday 23rd May 2026, a special event at Home cinema in Manchester features discussions with Peter Purves, Toby Hadoke, John Franklin, Professor Justin Smith, Tim Burrows and Gavin Rymill. This event will begin at the advertised time with no ads or trailers. Tickets on sale: Friends – Tue 14 Apr 12:00 / Members – Fri 17 Apr 12:00 / General – Mon 20 Apr 12:00. Event/ This special event features discussions with Peter Purves, Toby Hadoke, John Franklin, Professor Justin Smith, Tim Burrows and Gavin Rymill. This special event presents the first three episodes of 1965 serial The Daleks’ Master Plan – two of which were recently recovered from a private film collection – alongside a programme of discussions with guest contributors, including Doctor Who legend Peter Purves. Presented in partnership with Film is Fabulous!
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