Well,
it turns out that Thomas isn’t quite the skeptic he purports himself to
be. Once Gerd has one of the forged
diaries in hand, Thomas is positively beside himself with excitement. The history buff in him is chomping at the
bit to have his name attached to such a rare find. It’s too bad he’ll just wind up having his name
attached to a colossal failure.
In this
episode, Gerd and Thomas are chiefly concerned with acquiring the cash for the
diaries’ ever-increasing price tag. They
busily scintillate and schmooze men with sufficiently-deep pockets, inviting
them to share in the secret.
There’s
not enough focus on Thomas for me to have a great picture of him, but he’s
entertaining enough. He’s ambitious and
excitable, and he clearly revels in the hush-hush nature of the whole
affair. He delightedly talks around the
subject in unvetted company and drops winking hints of the “oh, if only I could
tell you; just you wait” variety to his coworkers.
One
amusing thing to note: PC is in a few
lengthy scenes with Manfred Fischer, Tom Baker’s character, in this
episode. However, most of his lines in
them are off-camera and he’s only onscreen for a handful of brief reaction
shots. Now, I understand that it’s
probably because he’s one of the less important characters in the scenes, but I
like to think that PC just couldn’t contain his Whovian glee for more than a
few seconds whenever he was in Tom Baker’s presence. Can’t you just picture it, him standing out
of frame grinning like David Tennant in “School Reunion”?
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