Cylinder: I've got a good one - Alan!

Darlan: Ooh, yes.  The scandal of Alan.

Heheh.

*snicker*

You don't suppose we're being a bit cryptic here, do you?

You're right.  We should explain, not just sit here giggling to ourselves.

Well: you know Alan the Carrot?  The one Louis brings out in Episode 97?

Good old Alan.

Here's the thing: the Alan you see in Fort Paradox is an impostor!

Louis really does have a fluffy toy carrot named after Alan Titchmarsh...

...which, in his younger days, he allegedly used to film with the family camcorder acting out episodes of Gardener's World.

...but once Louis was injured and replaced by Phil, we couldn’t afford the insurance to have the real Alan the Carrot on set, so we made a duplicate.

Out of an actual carrot.

Recursive.

*snicker*