Yes, Mr. Daniel 'Deep-Pan' Pedley is now Dr. Dan, having breezed through his viva, fielding questions on anything from theories of space to the love lives of pigeons. Or something.
I'm teasing a little. His very learned PhD was on the way humans and urban animals relate to each other, on the urban environment as habitat and it sounds fascinating.
Feast your eyes, ladies and gents: here's a man who knows where he's going.