The only thing which didn't work for me (and really didn't) was Huw Edwards gasping, "The Olympic dream is dead! Hope and love are dead!"

Hmm – I've been trying to work out why I thought this was O.K. and at the moment I'm not really succeeding – probably because I loved the episode (though I missed the very beginning) but consciously found myself letting it work on an emotional level rather than a logical one, I think. In a 'childlike' way maybe? And I'm wondering whether that was the point that was trying to be made with the outrageously sentimental over-the-topness – the power of strong emotion and imagination over the rational? The Doctor added the torch to the picture – turning it into something more - a beacon of hope (Oh yes! How could I resist!) a thing of power – through the force of his imagination – I suppose. So the gaping logical potholes - sorry plot holes *grin* - aren't glossed over, exactly, but, in the world of the story, are supposed not to matter?

Eek! Please excuse the incoherent rambling!