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As ever with a book of this kind, there are dozens of people to thank: Christina – I couldn’t do it without you, thanks for letting me be a grump when I need to be; Mum and Dad, for watching his shows even if you didn’t understand them; John Blake and Allie Collins for asking in the first place and for their guidance; and all my other friends, who chivvied me along and didn’t look too bored when I espoused a fact I’d learned. For lending help and providing material: Mick Taylor, you’re a legend; Colin Paterson and Elizabeth Alker, my northern correspondents; Anwar Brett, appreciate the delve into the archives and Tim Haughton, thanks for your superlative memory. Gregg LaGambina and Tasha Robinson from The A.V. Club, Andrew N. Holding from Skeptics in the Pub, Cambridge, Catherine Gerbrands and The Stage newspaper, Darren Rea from sci-fi-online.com, Brian Clegg of Popularscience.co.uk, Universetoday.com and Nancy Atkinson, the Press Association and Roger Crow – you all rule. And last, but not least, the incredible people who either let me talk to them or pointed me in the right direction: Amanda Groom, who went above and beyond; Professor John Dainton, Professor Paddy Regan, Imran Khan, Tony Steel, Ali Paterson, Joey Tempest, Sara Webb, Julie Dawn Cole, Alan Franks, Ian Willetts, Victoria Asare-Archer, Claire Bithell, Petri Lunden, Jude Rogers, John McKie, Andy Welch and Alex Hardy – you made this a story worth telling. Nikki Kennedy, I love your legal mind, and thanks to the dim sum place opposite Manchester University for sheltering me from the rain. And finally a big thank you to Gia Milinovich and Professor Brian Cox – interesting, intelligent people who will no doubt write their own stories one day. I hope this may at least act as a memory-jogger.