Well, that's a nice surprise - I haven't listened to this episode for a while, and it works much better than I thought it did. It's a good introduction for Herc - the first time in the show I was deliberately introducing a new recurring character - and Martin's embarrassments with both Eddie and Linda are justified and therefore funny , I think, because in both cases it's entirely his own fault - Linda is extremely patient with him, really; and Eddie only torments him when challenged.
I've said before, though, that one episode per series is always more of a headache than all the others to write, and for some reason this was series three's. What I've always thought about it is that I'd like to go back, take it apart, and expand it into two episodes - that Herc and Linda deserve an episode to themselves, and so does Mark Williams' wonderful Eddie.
But listening back now, I'm not so sure - I don't think anyone's under-served in this episode. True, Douglas reaches new heights of helpful mellowness To which I always think⦠what sort of sense do you think it would have made otherwise?
The first is All Things Linguistic , a blog which is improbably managing to find a linguistically interesting detail about each episode, and thereby making my jokes sound far, far cleverer than they actually are, for which I can only thank them. The second is Tealin , a professional animator who is somehow finding time to do a daily, full-colour picture which basically look like stills from an imaginary Golden Era Disney movie of Cabin Pressure I hope she'll take that as a compliment, I certainly mean it as one.
They're extraordinary - do have a look. Here's my favourite so far reproduced without permission, do tell me if you'd like me to take it down, Tealin. Thank you! Posted by John Finnemore at pm. I adore Newcastle. Martin's nadir, in the romance stakes, from which things can only, and indeed do, get better; Anthony Head's gorgeous voice joining the equally gorgeous voices already in the cast; love, intrigue and a brilliant turn from Mark Williams.
