I think I missed or have forgotten that bit. Certainly he annoyed me when he sent up the 'kiss your hand and then touch it to the rock' ritual of the lakersans, by smacking his hand against the rock and obviously hurting himself. And actual attempt at giving some sort of depth to the 2D race, and it then gets used as weak sight gag. *sigh*

In the next story, Sylv doffs his hat to a piece of wrecked machinery at the start and end of the story. Which is less annoying than Mel not spotting the huge bright yellow robot in the pool!