Quote Originally Posted by Mercenary Pen View Post
He did however have little ability to distinguish fact from fiction, famously having believed the Clangers to be real alien life during the story "the sea devils"- to which there was a callback involving the teletubbies in the more recent series (this second part shouldn't be a Curly spoiler...)
That's a common misconception. Actually, it's fairly clear from the scene (and particularly in the context of the whole episode) that he's just teasing the prison warden about the Clangers.