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Rewatch Downunder Saturday 10th June 2023 B11 Gambit
M1795537OCVirn
Starting at 7.30 pm S Hemisphere, 10.30am UK

Gambit, in which our heroes find themselves one step behind the winning team - so what's new?
Some OTT costumes and the 'party' atmosphere create a visually memorable episode, while retaining the traditional plot holes and inconsistencies we find so fascinating. The one and only time Servalan wears red. Worth watching just for that.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
M1795537OCVirn
HI! I can wait,
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Obsidian
And watch Servalan's muscle lose his pearl earring.
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Obsidian
Hi MsVirn. All well your end?
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Obsidian
Starting...
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M1795537OCVirn
Yes, a bit hectic because of kittens and a daughter staying with us but it's still blazing hot and sunny here. That's over three weeks without rain.
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Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Yes, a bit hectic because of kittens and a daughter staying with us but it's still blazing hot and sunny here. That's over three weeks without rain.


Yes, that would be hectic. I heard the radio from Oxford earlier warning of the heat – a whole 31 degrees. It's last year's 41 you don't want.
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Obsidian
Don't you just love the dress-ups? Docholli needs corks around his hat.
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Obsidian
Love Cally's boots.
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M1795537OCVirn
We don't get as far as 30C up here in't north. But 27 C is what's forecast, which is way above normal for us. How's your winter coming on?
Edited by M1795537OCVirn on 10-06-2023 09:39
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AnneArthur
Hi. Three weeks without rain here as well. Servalan wears red, of course, because everyone else is wearing black or white - she always has to be different. And Travis wears a rather good hat.
 
Obsidian
I am curious as to why those guys in the background at the casino are dressed as Palestinians, because that's where those keffiyas come from.
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M1795537OCVirn
They're just being a sort of cosmopolitan backround vivbe. Hi, Anne. How are you?
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Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

We don't get as far as 30C up here in't north. But 27 C is what's forecast, which is way above normal for us. How's your winter coming on?


Not so much fun but not really bad. We had early snow in the mountains which then got washed away by rain. Too bad for the early start to the ski season.
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Obsidian
Yes, have a Pataki Cake.
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AnneArthur
This is a fun episode.
 
M1795537OCVirn

AnneArthur wrote: ↑

This is a fun episode.


Absolutely. It must have been fun to make.
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AnneArthur

Obsidian wrote: ↑

I am curious as to why those guys in the background at the casino are dressed as Palestinians, because that's where those keffiyas come from.


Surely Palestine will have become a legend by this time.
 
Obsidian

AnneArthur wrote: ↑

This is a fun episode.


Hi Anne, yes it is. Camp doing camp. Krantor's fingernails are nearly as special as Servalan's.
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Obsidian

AnneArthur wrote: ↑

Obsidian wrote: ↑

I am curious as to why those guys in the background at the casino are dressed as Palestinians, because that's where those keffiyas come from.


Surely Palestine will have become a legend by this time.


Won't comment on that, it's more what it's saying about 1978.
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Obsidian
I so badly want Toise's headdress it's not funny.
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M1795537OCVirn
The sideckick spoils it a bit for me. I don't think Servalan would favour someone as thick as that. Not even Scottish ones. Unless she had ulterior motives, of course.
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AnneArthur
Love Servalan's glittery eyeshadow.
 
Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

The sideckick spoils it a bit for me. I don't think Servalan would favour someone as thick as that. Not even Scottish ones. Unless she had ulterior motives, of course.


No. He really is a powder pouffe.
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M1795537OCVirn
That frock is holding on. Just.
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AnneArthur

Obsidian wrote: ↑

AnneArthur wrote: ↑

Obsidian wrote: ↑

I am curious as to why those guys in the background at the casino are dressed as Palestinians, because that's where those keffiyas come from.


Surely Palestine will have become a legend by this time.


Won't comment on that, it's more what it's saying about 1978.


I suspect that what it's saying is that the BBC had recently done an earnest drama set in Palestine, and had the outfits in their costume department.
 
Obsidian

AnneArthur wrote: ↑

Love Servalan's glittery eyeshadow.


It all looks very heavy. Keeping one's eyes own would be the day's exercise.
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M1795537OCVirn
Krantor had fun with this, didn't he?
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Obsidian
Anyone noticed Avon's voice in this ep? Very deep and gentle. Fully velvet.
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Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Krantor had fun with this, didn't he?


Very much.
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AnneArthur

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

That frock is holding on. Just.


Just is the operative word.
 
Obsidian
I love the Blues Brothers heavies as well.
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M1795537OCVirn

Obsidian wrote: ↑

Anyone noticed Avon's voice in this ep? Very deep and gentle. Fully velvet.


Nope.
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Obsidian
Surprised my nearest and dearest that Chenie is/was Nicholas Roeg's sister.
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M1795537OCVirn
Maybe Avon had a sore throat?
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Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Obsidian wrote: ↑

Anyone noticed Avon's voice in this ep? Very deep and gentle. Fully velvet.


Nope.


Well he does.

Oops! There goes the earring.
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AnneArthur

Obsidian wrote: ↑

Surprised my nearest and dearest that Chenie is/was Nicholas Roeg's sister.


Is that so?
 
Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Maybe Avon had a sore throat?


It's more his version of being pleasant.
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M1795537OCVirn
Avon doesn't describe people as 'dummy' either. Poor scripting for the character. And this mini Orac (never seen or heard of again) is just silly. But fun.
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AnneArthur
Should we assume that ORAC, having proved the theory of molecular reduction, then refused to reduce its size again? Or did they just forget all about it?
 
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