Clangers

Clangers was a puppet TV show for children. watched an episode of Clangers while he was imprisoned on Fortress Island. He whistled along with the noises they made. When the prison governor Colonel George Trenchard asked him what he was watching, the Master responded that "it seems to be a rather interesting extraterrestrial lifeform." Trenchard told him it was just puppets for children. The Master expressed disappointment over this. (TV: The Sea Devils)

Behind the scenes

 * The Clangers scene was a last-minute addition, as episode one of The Sea Devils was 90 seconds short of the typical run time.
 * 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 enjoying Teletubbies in the television story The Sound of Drum and Missy references the childrens’ show Play School in Magician’s Apprentice when she says “Speaking to you out of square window”