It's unfortunate that changing social mores have cast a shadow on to what is meant to be a whimsical fairytale. But it's hard to watch a story about an old man who has a close friendship with a neighbourhood little girl, and ends taking her to another world to marry her, without feeling a twinge of unease.
Even without that obstacle, this is a pretty poor TZ episode. There's not real twist or indeed drama. The cutesy music quickly becomes aggravating. The alien is pretty poor looking too, looking like he came straight out of a cereal packet. At the end of the story is just seems to come to dead stop with a terribly convenient explanatory speech that's one step up from "it had all been a dream". An entry for completests only.
Even without that obstacle, this is a pretty poor TZ episode. There's not real twist or indeed drama. The cutesy music quickly becomes aggravating. The alien is pretty poor looking too, looking like he came straight out of a cereal packet. At the end of the story is just seems to come to dead stop with a terribly convenient explanatory speech that's one step up from "it had all been a dream". An entry for completests only.