Dawkins is faced with the task of explaining the world to her confused alien lover, with varying degrees of success. The abrasive receptionist at the surgery where Janet works. Unlike his character, Dennis hates the pretension of the celebrity whirlygig. . He is perturbed at the prevalence of people like Piers, who use their job as a vehicle for 15 minutes of fame. There's a whole breed of people desperate to be on TV as the defining structure of their life.
Piers represents that and it's terribly scary.
Dennis clearly always wanted the fame his succesful career has brought him, though. I wanted to be a weatherman in the same way as Piers wants to be a doctor - to be on the telly. I always wanted to be eminent. I've always been a show-off. Lou Hirsch, an American in London plays a 'retired' superhero.