Suky Khakh joins us to take a look at “The Deadly Assassin”. Along the way, we meet Hartley Hare on his last regeneration and we ask why Time Lords keep sniffing each other.

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(00:05:37) The appearance of the TARDIS in the “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” episode S03E06 “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail” can be seen here.

(00:18:16) Jan Vincent Rudski’s article on “The Deadly Assassin” appeared in the Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s “TARDIS” magazine in 1976 and the text of it can be found here.

(00:38:22) “The Six Ages of Fan” was a set of artwork painted by the Rev for our podcast #005 in 2014 and can be found on our Tumblr page here.

(01:30:10) “Private Schultz” is a 1981 BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany during and immediately after the Second World War. It stars Michael Elphick in the title role and Ian Richardson playing various parts.

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We finally mark its 20th anniversary by reviewing “Rose”.

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(00:20:04) “Richer Sounds” is a British home entertainment retailer that operates through a chain of 51 stores and online. In November 2013, Julian Richer announced to the press that, upon his death, he would bequeath 100% of the firm to a trust co-owned by employees of the company. In May 2019, Richer, then aged 60, announced that he had transferred ownership to employees by passing 60% of his shares to a trust, as well as separately paying each of his over 500 employees, excluding directors, a thank you bonus of £1,000 for every year of work, a total of about £4 million, as the employees had worked for an average of 8 years each. “Viz” meanwhile is a British adult comic magazine founded in 1979. It parodies British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with extensive profanity, toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and generally sexual or violent storylines. The connection between the two, according to Mark and The Rev, is that Richer Sounds used to sponsor the “Viz” music charts where indie bands used to bribe “Viz” and their position in the charts would be determined by the level of the bribe.

(01:19:22) On the night before the broadcast of “Rose”, Chistopher Eccleston appeared on the “Friday Night With Jonathan Ross” chat show on BBC1. Parts One and Two can be seen here.

(01:35:46) “Looks Unfamiliar” s a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington chats to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

(01:37:27) “Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club” podcast is a free-associating conversation with hosts Paul Carmichael and Allan (onetime Diddly Dum host) Lear, involving special guests and carrying on the legacy of their friend, Tony Slattery.

(01:38:30) Bridlington Comic Con 2025 will take place on Sunday 7th September 2025 (11am – 4pm) at the Bridlington Spa and will include: special guests, cosplay contest with prizes to be won, photo opportunities, comic artists and authors, prop displays, virtual reality gaming, drawing workshops with their artists, creative zone for adults and kids, movie cars and talks, panels, Q&As and quizzes.

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Suky Khakh joins us to take a look at Fifth Doctor story “Enlightenment”. Along the way, we examine the full variety of large Australian birds.

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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.

(00:00:00) This suitably nautical music is the TV theme from “Captain Pugwash”, a fictional pirate who appears in a series of British children’s comic strips, books and television shows created by John Ryan.

(00:28:52) The pages of Doctor Who Magazine #267 referred to here can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:32:54) “Saturday Superstore” was a British children’s television series that aired on BBC1 from 1982 to 1987. It was shown on Saturday mornings with presenters including Mike Read, Sarah Greene, Keith Chegwin, and John Craven. The show was very similar to its predecessor Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, which had ended the previous October–March season following its presenter Noel Edmonds moving away from children’s TV. Footage of Margaret Thatcher’s 1987 appearance on the show can be seen here.

(00:33:28) Mike Read’s “UKIP Calypso”, complete with West Indies accent, can he heard here. The “Newsnight” debate which it triggered can be seen here.

(01:10:45) Turlough feeling free to urinate up the walls of the TARDIS can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

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We manage to squeeze in a look at the recent animation of “The Savages” between the Rev’s wedding and honeymoon.

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(00:22:52) Issue 553 of “Celestial Toyroom”, the magazine of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society is now available for download free of charge. Please visit http://www.dwasonline.co.uk/latest_issue where a printed copy can also be ordered.

(00:23:44) BBC Radio 4’s episode of “Last Word” featuring the obituary of Pik-Sen Lim can be heard here. The relevant section begins at 00:07:30.

(00:24:48) The full sketch from “Dead Ringers” can he heard here.

(00:33:49) This musical clip about fountains comes of course from the musical “Calamity Jane” and Doris Day’s song “The Windy City” which can be seen here.

(00:34:58) This clip is of course from Monty Python’s “Four Yorkshiremen” sketch which can be seen here.

(00:45:54) The clip of “Would I Lie To You” featuring “Nobby Solero” can be seen here.

(00:48:05) The trailer for “The Changes”, showing Bernard Horsfall attacking the TV with a pedestal ashtray can be seen here.

(01:05:01) This clip is of course from “The Blood Donor” episode of “Hancock’s Half Hour” which can be seen here.

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We take a look at “Wish World” and “The Reality War”.

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(00:03:00) The new photos on Tom Baker’s website can be seen here.

(00:19:48) “3-2-1” was a British game show that made by Yorkshire Television for ITV. It ran for ten years, from 29 July 1978 to 24 December 1988, with Ted Rogers as the host. The show was a huge success, consistently pulling in large ratings. The first series, though intended as a summer filler, attracted up to 16.5 million viewers and subsequent years never peaked below 12 million. The show occupied a Saturday early evening slot for most of its run. The overall objective of the game was to survive elimination through to part three of the show, and try to unravel a series of cryptic clues in order to win the star prize. However, one of the clues referred to “Dusty Bin,” the show’s booby prize; any contestants who wound up with Dusty at the end of the show received only a new dustbin. Each show had a theme, such as “Seacruise” or the “Swinging Sixties”. All of the variety acts, quiz questions, stage sets and clues to prizes subsequently followed this theme. The clues became notorious for being almost impossibly difficult and obscure, having only a remote connection to the prizes, which contestants sometimes did not appear to grasp even after Ted had revealed it to them. It has often been suggested that the clues had more than one possible explanation, allowing the producers to control which prize the contestants received.

(00:26:37) “The Simpsons – The Computer Wore Menace Shoes” can be seen here.

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We take a look at “The Story and the Engine” and “The Interstellar Song Contest”.

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(00:14:09) “Voyager” was a Sixth Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine. It introduced the character of Astrolabus and began the Voyager arc. The elephant waterfall frame appears in DWM #90 and can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:15:42) The Playdoh Fuzzy Pumper/Mop Top Barber Shop.

(00:38:20) The animation of “The Tale of the Three Brothers” appeared in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and can be seen here.

(00:54:29) John Wayne’s appearance in “The Greatest Story Ever Told” can be seen here.

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We take a look at “The Well” and “Lucky Day”.

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(00:59:58) An article reporting claims that Elvis may have been of Welsh descent.

(01:04:23) This audio clip is of course from “The Tom Baker Years”, featuring Tom’s own memories of “Meglos”.

(01:06:14) At this year’s Capitol event, we got Peter Davison to autograph Mark’s copy of Doctor Who Monthly #55 and we’re offering it to someone who send us a Private Message on any of our social media platforms (linked above). We’ll draw a name out of a hat during the next podcast. The magazine can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

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We look back at “The Robot Revolution” and “Lux”. And we run a thrilling competition.

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(00:04:08) At this year’s Capitol event, we got Peter Davison to autograph Mark’s copy of Doctor Who Monthly #55 and we’re offering it to someone who send us a Private Message on any of our social media platforms (linked above). We’ll draw a name out of a hat during the next podcast. The magazine can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:05:57) This audio clip is from Russell T Davies’ 2008 interview with Mark Lawson which can be seen here. The actual clip starts at 00:06:50.

(00:07:16) “The Robot Revolution” or “The Robot Wars” was the first extended Judge Dredd story that ran in early issues of 2000 AD from progs 10-17 in 1978.

(00:15:52) This audio clip is from “The Jet Propelled Guided NAAFI”, from “The Goon Show”.

(01:32:20) This audio clip is from S08E13 of “The Simpsons” and the clip can be seen here.

(01:36:50) At this year’s Capitol event, we got Peter Davison to autograph Mark’s copy of Doctor Who Monthly #55 and we’re offering it to someone who send us a Private Message on any of our social media platforms (linked above). We’ll draw a name out of a hat during the next podcast. The magazine can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

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Tony Jordan joins us to look back on the DWAS Capitol Cutaway event.

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(00:00:00) The Polish Social and Cultural Center (POSK for short) in London’s Hammersmith district was founded by the Polish community in the UK.

(00:18:57) A video of Peter Davison receiving his DWAS award can be seen on Facebook here.

(00:37:20) Regulars at the Capitol events are of course cosplayer supreme, Huw Dennis, and his “dresser” Lisa. This year Huw was cosplaying Noah from “Ark in Space” and Professor Scarman from “Pyramids of Mars). Photos can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:40:21) Capitol 9 in 2026 will be held at the Crowne Plaza hotel on 9th and 10th May. Details will be made public in early May 2025.

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We’re joined by Tony Jordan of the DWAS to look forward to next weekend’s “Capitol Cutaway” convention on 6th April. Along the way, Mark hits his 150th podcast and the Rev overtakes Doc in far more important stakes.

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(00:00:00) The Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s “Capitol Cutaway” convention is on Sunday 6th April 2025.

(00:09:35) The Polish Social and Cultural Center (POSK for short) in London’s Hammersmith district was founded by the Polish community in the UK.

(00:18:57) “Swallows and Amazons” is a 1974 British film adaption of the 1930 novel of the same name by Arthur Ransome.

(00:19:57) This is a clip from “Val De Ree”, an episode of the “Victoria Wood Presents” BBC TV series from 1989. Here Victoria and her best friend Jackie go camping on the Yorkshire Dales.

(00:20:18) “Better drowned than duffers if not duffers won’t drown” is a telegram sent to the children in “Swallows and Amazons” from their Royal Navy father. There is deliberately no comma between “if” and “not”.

(00:30:45) Alternatively known as The Roman Baths, the open-air (filtered sea water) swimming pools at Lytham St Anne’s were opened in the early 1900s and closed down in the mid-1980s.

(00:36:23) Simon Groom was a presenter of BBC TV children’s programme “Blue Peter” from 1978 to 1986. Groom became known among the programme’s production team for his dry humour and ability to ad lib innuendo in his broadcasting (which would pass over the heads of the programme’s main audience of children). One such statement was at the end of a piece on a replacement door knocker at Durham Cathedral, declaring “what a beautiful pair of knockers”. Another remark followed a piece about hedge maintenance, in which he closed with the remark, “As long as you have a decent length to start with, well then you can manage a good lay”, much to the irritation of producer Biddy Baxter.

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