Korda is a good character, too, but he couldn't join the Liberator crew - Blake wouldn't tolerate anyone who was better at leadership than he is.

Gotta go backs playing up. Sorry all see you all next week.
Hope you all have a great weekend ahead.

Gotta go backs playing up. Sorry all see you all next week.
Hope you all have a great weekend ahead.

What are we watching next Thursday, by the way? Sorry I've missed the last few weeks.

OSP is sorting out the delights of Quatermass for us, I believe.

Kerr and Del drop their daks in front of Cally...

That should be fun. I was sorry to miss your short films - I intend to try a few some time.

Which sort of damps the Avon/Cally thing since neither of them notice.

Which sort of damps the Avon/Cally thing since neither of them notice.

Do they not just put the suits on over what they are wearing?

Why do I always hear David Attemborough's voice in my head whenever we get a shot of the polar icecap?

No, no, no, no! Refuse to watch that drowning polar bear ever again.

Not that I don't like Mr. Attenborough. His son is very nice too. Seeing them interacting close up over lecture hall technology had to have been one of my best-ever experiences.

That's good to hear!

They were very funny with Robert going "Da-ad!" all embarrassed. Robert taught here for years.

Did we ever find out why they didn't just turn the device with the plungers upside down?

Yet another teleport bracelet lost.

Yeah, Avon has the tiniest smirk there before having the last word. Del Grant proves that Avon is human is probably the reason he (Grant) is a popular character.

The ship must automatically make new ones - like the auto-repair.

Possibly. I still think they'd have made a good double act. But that would leave VIla out in the cold.

I like Blake's smirk at the end. He knows Avon has to believe that his emotions are deeper and more meaningful than other people's.

Ha! My dog had been sitting quietly but he has learned what the end music means! Now he's bringing his toy, reminding me that it's time to take him out and play.
Thanks for today. Hope you have a good week, both of you.

I don't like it. It's so patronising. Blake is SO patronising. To all of them, one way or another.

I think that this is an episode that loses something on rewatching. It is obvious that the countdown will go all the way down, but ultimately not detonate - they always do - but I remember the first time that I saw it, trying to work out the relationship between Avon and Grant. When you know that he's her brother, it takes something away.

Well, Blake evidently doesn't see Avon's tiny smirk where you can tell he's thinking "I tell Blake something that he'd like to believe about me – i.e., that I'm inscrutable". And Blake laughs, thinking "Jolly old Avon. How typical of him, hiding his feelings like that". Patronising indeed!

It has to work like that otherwise the ep would be over in two minutes. But I think the truth about the relationship does exactly what comes about in the end, which is to raise a mystery and thus inspire another episode.