Yeah, I agree... it's nice to see, but it screws up badly with the story we now know - and I think that one is better.
Working on series like these imply a lot of changes - it could have happened, but it did not, period. Thus, this is not canon and take it as an Easter
Especially since at that time, they mentioned how easy it was to change/add scenes - I think nowadays it's more complicated and they have to be sure how everything will run before producing anything XD