Clangers

"Clangers" is a title based upon conjecture.

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The titular characters on a screen in the Master's cell. (TV: The Sea Devils)

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A series focusing on the Clangers, described by George Trenchard as a puppet TV show for children (TV: The Sea Devils (episode 1) ^[+]Loading...{"ep":"1","1":"The Sea Devils (TV story)"}) and by the Master as a documentary, (PROSE: The Secret Diary of the Master ^[+]Loading...["The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)"]) was available in England during the 20th century.

History

On the night of The Passing Parade: Live from Devil's End, a repeat of The Clangers was listed as airing on BBC 3 at 7.00, followed by a repeat of Harold Chorley Goes... Underground at 7.10. (PROSE: "BBC 3" ^[+]Part of The Doctor: His Lives and Times, Loading...{"namedpart":"BBC 3","1":"The Doctor: His Lives and Times"})

The Master watched an episode of the show while he was imprisoned on Fortress Island, and occasionally whistled along with their "dialogue".

When the prison governor George Trenchard asked him what he was watching, the Master offered the reply "It seems to be a rather interesting extraterrestrial lifeform." Trenchard responded "They're only puppets, you know. For children." The Master replied with an apparently disappointed "Oh". (TV: The Sea Devils (episode 1) ^[+]Loading...{"ep":"1","1":"The Sea Devils (TV story)"}) He wrote in his diary about "a documentary on a rather interesting extra-terrestrial life-form known as ‘Clangers’". (PROSE: The Secret Diary of the Master ^[+]Loading...["The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)"])

Behind the scenes

Main article: Clangers (series)

• The Clangers scene was a last-minute addition, as it was discovered during production that The Sea Devils episode one was running 90 seconds short.
• The episode the Master watches is The Rock Collector which was first broadcast on 25 April 1971.
• The Clangers scene would later be echoed by the Saxon Master enjoying Teletubbies (1997-2001, 2019-ongoing) in the television story The Sound of Drums ^[+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"].