No, in Britain, and I think only in Britain, it's in March. I used to have an Austrian friend who bought a card on British Mother's Day, then kept it for the Austrian one in May.

We decided to be USA-an for ours but I think we threw a coin in the air for Fathers' Day.

We decided to be USA-an for ours but I think we threw a coin in the air for Fathers' Day.

But the leggings, I think, are probably quite comfortable for the wearer. These look very difficult to do any sort of work in.

But who are we to know? Getting around in shorts in the jungle ain't really sensible either (leeches... eek! Mozzies... eek!) but people do it. Wearing short tunics in blistery old Pritan, when you could be wearing that eastern trousery thing, ditto.

Originally it was about letting your female servants go home to see their mothers on the fourth Sunday of Lent (because you'd need them around at Easter, obviously). This was long before an American realised it was a commercial opportunity.

Wiler's mask is a bit OTT, isn't it?

We are all authorities on masks, these days!

And Avon's the only hand-washer in the place - and he only did it once.

No, Vila pushed between Avon and Tynus to wash his as well.

From what he is saying, it looks like Bellfriar went out to examine Wiler, which might explain how he was contaminated.

Ah, that could be it. Blake's wrong about it being air-borne otherwise he'd have to concede that they have might have caught it. But does Blake touch Bellfriar?

Ah, that could be it. Blake's wrong about it being air-borne otherwise he'd have to concede that they have might have caught it. But does Blake touch Bellfriar?

61 Cygnae? Surely you mean Cygni, Blake?

He's Welsh.

I like the meals in a bag too. To me these little things suggest tha, for this episode, someone had really been thinking in terms of what happens in Space and it being different from Earth.

Anyone else read Chris Brookmyre's science fiction stories? Love them. And, of course, he's A B7 fan.

So all those people singing 'Vivat Camilla Regina' last week were Welsh too?

I'm afraid not. Something else to look out for.

Well, I liked that. To me it seems more sci-fi than a lot of episodes where it's as though they've been through the BBC dress-up bag.

Good old Blake. Doing the right thing. A good ending.

Surely a dress-up room? You couldn't fit the Michelin men ones into a bag as well as all the bug ones.

I think, from the way they were standing around at the end, that we have to assume that the B7 teleport, like the Star Trek one, filters out viruses. But I'm getting to like this more - thanks for the rewatch, everyone.