Teletubbies

Teletubbies (1997-2001, 2019-ongoing) was a television programme.

In 1997, Mark Whitaker saw a Woolworths with a cardboard cut-out of a Tellytubby outside it. (PROSE: Touched by an Angel)

, after his election as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, watched an episode of Teletubbies in wonderment, marvelling at the idea of the characters having televisions in their stomachs. (TV: The Sound of Drums)

Craig Atkins watched the programme. (PROSE: Bide-a-Wee)

Luke Tillyard used to watch the programme in his youth. (PROSE: Salva Mea)

Behind the scenes

 * The Teletubbies scene in The Sound of Drums echoed a scene in The Sea Devils in which the Master enjoyed an episode of Clangers.
 * John Schwab, Rudolph Walker, Jeremiah Krage, Nick Kellington, Jim Broadbent and David Walliams appeared in the series.
 * The episode the Master watches is Numbers - 1 first broadcast on 10 April 1997.
 * DWA 20 humourously contemplated a scenario in which the Abzorbaloff and the Wire tried to absorb each other. Ultimately, the Abzorbaloff succeeds in absorbing the Wire, resulting in his stomach sporting a television screen with the Wire's image. In a clear reference to the Teletubbies, the Abzorbaloff exclaims "Eh-oh!" and is said to be getting his own show on.