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Watch the pretty thing swing back and forth while Sarah Jane’s on holiday – but after the jump to avoid spoilers…
Joe Queenan identified in his classic book, America: Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon, the modern trend of really bad books (eg anything by Tom Clancy) quoting better books (eg anything by William Shakespeare) in their opening pages as a way to make themselves seem better by association.
I’m sure there’s an equivalent phenomenon in television, so does it say something about Knight Rider‘s quality levels that it’s outright quoting Torchwood (and Heroes) in the opening minutes of its Halloween episode?
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Just a little note that Joost, those exciting Internet TV people, now have the first two series of Peep Show, as well as a few other Channel 4 shows like Shameless.
The good things about this is:
Basically, all you need is a broadband connection and a web browser. Yey.
PS When did they change the theme tune on Peep Show or is is a licensing problem that stops them from using the proper tune?
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