That would be it, then--I knew wherever I had seen him before, he didn't have a beard.

I almost said that I didn't realize Reinette ever had a friend with her...but was it when she was walking around outside? In a garden of some sort? I think part of that scene was cut (or shortened) from BBC America the one time I watched.

I've only seen Girl in the Fireplace twice, I believe. The other time it was pretty much butchered on the Sci-Fi Channel.