25th November 2005, 03:13 PM
Don't know about levels of geekiness, but it probably does say something about whether ones parents should have let you out on your own!!
My wife was appearing in an opera for a music company who just happened to hire their costumes from the BBC. An archaeological colleague of ours was also in the audience. After the show we met up for a drink and asked him if he had liked the performance of a relatively obscure Boismortier opera, Don Quixote. He said he had like the character playing the Don and then asked where he had got his conquistador style helmet. Hanne said from the BBC, to which he replied 'I thought so. It is infact the same helmet as worn by ... in episode 3 of the 'The .....', a Doctor Who episode from 1974'
When next in the theatre Hanne checked the label inside the said helmet and he was right!! It had been used in Dr Who.
I am sure his skills of instant recognition, interpretation and dating have served him well in his subsequent archaeological career. That's not geekiness that's natural aptitude!!
My wife was appearing in an opera for a music company who just happened to hire their costumes from the BBC. An archaeological colleague of ours was also in the audience. After the show we met up for a drink and asked him if he had liked the performance of a relatively obscure Boismortier opera, Don Quixote. He said he had like the character playing the Don and then asked where he had got his conquistador style helmet. Hanne said from the BBC, to which he replied 'I thought so. It is infact the same helmet as worn by ... in episode 3 of the 'The .....', a Doctor Who episode from 1974'
When next in the theatre Hanne checked the label inside the said helmet and he was right!! It had been used in Dr Who.
I am sure his skills of instant recognition, interpretation and dating have served him well in his subsequent archaeological career. That's not geekiness that's natural aptitude!!