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Who personality in Hardware

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I just found out that in tonight's final episode of Hardware to be shown after 10pm on the Australian ABC it features a Who personality. The person's appearance is meant to be a surprise. The episode is aptly called Celebrity. It was actually reported on Outpost Gallifrey when it first aired in the UK but I forgotten about it until now. If I remember correctly from what I read at Gallifrey the final episode of Hardware has Doctor Who references as a result of this person's appearance.
 
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Here are my comments on the final Hardware episode Celebrity. If you have recorded it but yet to see it look away now:







The Who personality is Peter Davison as himself. (The episode description at TV.com describe him as a minor celebrity.)
Just as I thought as a result of his appearance there were Doctor Who references which began with Peter himself mentioning Doctor Who after thinking that Anne (Susan Earl) was trying to hum the Doctor Who theme only for her to ask was he in that. She mentioned him travelling in time and space after he left the cafe. Peter gives a picture of himself to Anne which he autographs. Later on she forged a message on his picture making people think it was written by him with the signature, "All my love, the Doctor."
Kate O'Mara got a mention.
Given Peter's appearance and mention of Doctor Who, it could be possible that the leading character Mike (Martin Freeman, later to become Arthur Dent in the Hitchhiker movie) being on a wheelchair might be a take on Davros especially a scene of the wheelchairbound Mike getting on a machine that elevates him to an item in the hardware shop.
The episode and the series itself ends with discussion about Doctor Who. Mike asked what is Doctor Who's first name in which he get the response "Chris". Doctor Chris Who. The episode originally aired in the UK on April 11 2004, three weeks after Chris Eccleston was announced as the new Doctor.
Then came the question "Who is your favourite Doctor Who?" Rex (Ken Morley) answered "Roger Moore" but Steve (Ryan Cartwright) says he was a Bond not a Who.
The discussion about Doctor Who then continues over the closing credits.

This is the first time that I have seen a non-Who show ending with a discussion about Doctor Who. That is definitely not something you see every day.

The episode itself was very fun.

I have now seen all the Hardware episodes and I almost did not see any of it.

As I mentioned before until yesterday I had forgotten that Outpost Gallifrey had reported on Peter's appearance on Hardware; I only decided to see the series itself on the morning prior to its debut on the ABC later at night. Peter and Doctor Who references in the last episode was just serendipitous.
 
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