The midshipman was clattering up the stone steps, a shining new dirk pressed against his side.

Somehow he was on his feet, the fine new dirk drawn and held above his head.

The boy climbed on a chair to reach it, his new dirk still clutched in one hand.

I bought a new dirk the other day, but I have not had an opportunity to try it yet.

But the new Dirk Gently, played by Samuel Barnett, feels like a spot-on tribute to the younger version played more recently by Matt Smith.