Socks, yep, I did meet the elephant! It were proper large, like. Almost a bit intimidating. And the fireworks when the little girl went travelling back through time in her time-pod were very impressive.

It was cool seeing the little youngsters' faces. Imagine the memories those kids are gonna grow up with. It's like something out of fantasy, in everybody's life. I saw a BBC4 doc only a couple of days ago which showed just how much everybody suspended their disbelief. I hope there will be more like this in future.

I'm in danger of going a bit preachy now, so I'll stop.

Smyles, Mark Steel is a comedian. From Swanley. Does lectures of famous personages from history, Making History Fun And Satirical.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/ar...99031007.shtml