Looks Unfamiliar: Martin Ruddock – I Made A Plasticine Harold Macmillan

Doomlord on the cover of Issue 2 of Eagle (IPC, 1982) - listen to Martin Ruddock and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

Joining Tim this time is writer Martin Ruddock, who’s trying to get a show of nostalgic hands for Children’s BBC Sherlock Holmes spinoff The Baker Street Boys, sci-fi/horror comic strip Doomlord, techno-powered toy range Robotix, Commodore Amiga game The Fairy Tale Adventure, dubbed German drama serial The Legend Of Tim Tyler, and Britpop band Thurman and their somewhat mysterious past. Along the way we’ll be finding out why history has failed to recognise the Baker Street Girls, why Slough’s playing fields are to be avoided at all costs, and why a song called ‘Evil’ might not quite have the intended effect on its target audience. Also, if anyone can solve our Tim Tyler-related mystery, please get in touch!

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The Legend Of Tim Tyler (ZDF, 1979) - listen to Martin Ruddock and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

The Baker Street Boys (BBC1, 1983) - listen to Martin Ruddock and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Martin

Martin Ruddock writes regularly for a number of magazines including Doctor Who Magazine and Shindig!. You can find Martin’s website here or follow him on Twitter at @SugarRayBuzzard.

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Further Listening

The Legend Of Tim Tyler gets another mention in Looks Unfamiliar with Melanie Williams here, while its close geographical and conceptual relative The Secret Of Steel City features in Looks Unfamiliar with Andy Lewis here.

Martin has also appeared on Tim’s Marvel Cinematic Universe podcast It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Avengers: Infinity War here and here, What If…? here and Secret Invasion here.

Martin also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Mark Griffiths on The Bloke Who Pulled His Pants Down On Kilroy, Ben Baker on Mysteries Of Old Peking, Jem Roberts on Wet Wet Wet Being Any Good, Steve O’Brien on High Time and Ice Cold Cube by The Stone Roses, Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge on The Jaws Game and Tim on the radio talking about the remake of The Prisoner, which you can find here.