Posted 1st January 1970
Tasty, tasty – very, very tasty.
I liked all the Arthur Dent references – apparently the apple and the satsuma come from the HHGTTG adventure game.
“Ginger – I always wanted to be ginger” is a quote from Terry Pratchett’s Greebo, I believe,
And the Prime Minister’s call at the end was a nice touch of darkness/realism to balance rather a soppy ending.
Kids were very keen to watch the episode for a second time too – although Captain Enthusiastic had to be shushed to stop him quoting the dialogue two seconds ahead of the actors – first viewing clearly made a strong impression.
Well, I though David Tennant was excellent in Casanova – which was fluffy
but fun, with soft porn tendencies and some nice ideas – assorted friends of
mine enjoyed it too so it must have had fairly broad appeal !
Since Dr Who has acquired a whole new erotic/romantic sub-text since when I
was a kid, I think Mr Tennant will slip into the role nicely – of course
only time will tell