The Commentary Track
Appearance
The Commentary Track
INT. STUDY – EVENING Joanna is holding a *Doctor Who* Blu-ray case. The menu screen flickers on the television. Onscreen: Gyles, mid-thought, in a Union Jack jumper, sitting in a garden. JOANNA Why are you in this? GYLES Oh, I recommended Nicholas for two different plays. One as a British soldier. One as a German. Range, you see. JOANNA And the jumper? GYLES Patriotic knitwear never goes out of style. [She looks back at the screen.] JOANNA You’re in the bonus features. GYLES Legacy media. [He leans back.] GYLES (CONT’D) What episodes are on the set? JOANNA *Spearhead from Space, Doctor Who and the Silurians, Ambassadors...* GYLES *Silurians*! That’s the one with the spooky electronic music— that strange, looping pulse. JOANNA The theme? GYLES Yes! It sounds just like the theme from *Cooking with Pogo*. That’s Matty’s podcast. JOANNA Matty who reposted the bean clip. GYLES Repeatedly. [He smiles, a little too pleased.] GYLES (CONT’D) I appear to be having a bit of a cultural moment. JOANNA Delightful. FADE OUT.