Geek cred

[daibhidc]

After rushing through to where my Mum was watching the Chelsea Flower Show on account of hearing the Doctor Who theme, I saw a brief clip of Professor Clifford Jones introducing the residents of the Nuthatch, followed by an interview with the actress playing Jessie the mathematician-flautist, who explained she got the job because she taught Barry Letts how to play the flute. She then started talking about tarragon, at which point the following conversation occured:

Mum:
She's a gardener now. A herbalist, in fact.

Me:
Well, that kind of fits, because in the story, "The Green Death", she's part of a hippy commune who are trying to find a new kind of mushroom that'll feed the world...

Mum:
Sorry, are you telling me you identified the episode from ten seconds of a girl playing a flute?

Me:
Well, yeah...

I mean, why wouldn't I?

Comments

[scarfman]

When she was six scarfgirl could identify Ghostbusters from the opening establishing shot of the lion statue outside the library.

I once identified a M*A*S*H episode from two and a half words.

[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

I think when I was a kid I could do that with Ghostbusters as well.

Not when I was six, because it wasn't made yet, but probably when I was ten.

[john_amend_all]

It probably says something about me that, having read that, I went straight off to iPlayer and hunted down the clip to which you refer.

( http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kljgf/RHS_Chelsea_Flower_Show_2009_Episode_12/ at 16:00, for the record.)

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

It took ten seconds? :)

[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

Actually, no; I got it as soon as I heard Prof Jones's voice...