Right, I think it's time for me to take the stage, then
Name: SoupDragon
Because: Soup Dragon was a character in the British kids TV program
The Clangers. Now, The Clangers was a piece of pure televisionary genius, starring little pink mice that lived on the moon and spoke in whistles (a little piece of useless trivia for those who know the show: they actually had full scripts that they performed with their slide whistles). This is one of the many British TV programs that I grew up with, along with
The Herbs,
The Flumps and, of course,
Bagpuss.
Soup Dragon, for those of you who didn't grow up with this program, mined the soup mines, so the Clangers would have something to eat. She lived with her baby called, unsurprisingly, Baby Soup Dragon. As well as the dragons and the Clanger family, there were also appearances from the Iron Chicken (who fell from outer space, naturally), the Frogletts, the music trees and a whole host of other, worryingly surreal, characters and plot devices.
Here is Soup Dragon:
And Baby Soup Dragon:
So, now that I've educated you all on the wonders of British children's television (other than Captain Pugwash, who will most definitely be left for another day), I shall leave you all in peace.
