Matt Baker (in-universe)
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Matt Baker was a Blue Peter television presenter in the 21st century.
Biography
On 6 March 2006, he presented a Blue Peter feature on how to make a buttercream cake shaped like the Slitheen ship that had "crash landed" in the Thames earlier that day. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"]) An internal BBC memo later questioned whether it was appropriate for Blue Peter to have promoted the creation of "space confectionary" for children. (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...["The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)"])
Behind the scenes
The real world Baker, who played himself in Aliens of London, was a presenter for Blue Peter from 1999 to 2006. He would later appear in Mind My Minions as himself.