Absolutely the case, Pete.
You'll have to keep it quiet, mind, so as not to upset Terry. What Claire has in mind is for you to assist with the unveiling on Bash Day 1 and then intensively test on the day, including letting others have a play. Then she'd like you to take it home, conduct a long term test and write up an article for the magazine.....she'll have smoothed things over with TD by then.
You lucky bugger!