Doodah are wearing matching silver and purple spacesuits, complete with heavy moon boots and large glass space helmets, which they are holding under their arms. Each helmet is filled with water and has a shoal of tiny tropical fish flashing purple and silver as they swim frantically round and round.

Deirdre is the oldest member of Doodah and designs all their outfits herself. According to the Deirdre page in the Doodah Friendship Holiday Annual for Lifelong and Special Fans Like You, her favourite ready meal is also lasagne but she only eats the sauce and picks out the meat and the pasta. When not touring the world with Doodah, Deirdre likes to go out onto the streets in disguise and surprise people at bus stops and supermarkets.

‘You should see their faces,’ she says, ‘when I tell them that they knew it was me all along but they were just too shy to approach me.’

She smiles at Camera Twelve.

‘We all talk about what we want to wear and then I go away and think about it and then come back to tell the band what I have thought about. That way, we all know what’s going on and then someone else goes away and makes our outfits.’

I’m pretty sure that there is much more that Deirdre wants to say but Bright Diamond looks at his watch and Camera Six cuts back to Camera One.

‘Well how’s that, then? Ka-boooey!’ booms Bright Diamond. ‘Welcome to the end of yet another show.’ Doodah dematerialise and the set changes again. Bright Diamond is now floating deep underwater.

‘There you go, Pop Watchers, an exclusive interview with Doodah ahead of tonight’s homecoming concert.’ Bright Diamond pretends to swim a stroke.

‘Well how’s that, then? Ka-boooey!’

The screen fades to darkness and the theme tune begins again.

Pop Watch, Pop Watch, Wanna Watch, Pop Watch

Pop Watch, Pop Watch, Wanna Watch, Pop Watch

Pop Watch, Pop Watch, Wanna Watch, Pop Watch

Pop Watch, Pop Watch, Wanna Watch, Pop Watch

Pop Watch, Pop Watch, Wanna Watch, Pop Watch

Pop Watch, Pop Watch, Wanna Watch, Pop Watch

Pop Watch, Pop Watch, Wanna Watch, Pop Watch

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