Also, someone needs to give Joe Thomas an excellent hug, which I'm imagining would be made even more excellent by the baffled look with which I'm sure he'd receive it.

I'm very in favour of this. There's something so strangely lonely about Joe Thomas. He's not a contestant who has huge standout moments (with the possible exception of his incredible stealth sprinting across a train station and 'do the most powerful thing with your little finger'), but I enjoyed him a lot.