[Sa'ar Chasm]

One think I meant to ask - where did the "hamster" thing come from?

I'm not sure. The dim recesses of my brain are a scary place. I'm not really sure where anything comes from.

Were you by any chance thinking of the fiver for The Final Frontier at that moment?

You mean the "look at the monkey" bit? Nope. For those of you who haven't seen the episode, what Lyta and Franklin found were organic pods that were being used to fly unmanned Centauri ships by remote. I figured hamsters running in wheels were a good silly take on that.

Plus it's well known that I have a rodent fetish. Lemming.