'telepathy being the most obvious example' - I wonder what else the Auronar can do?

Think chess strategy. And it works.

decent ('elegant' science, for starters.

Stupid emojis!
'(elegant)' ??

is exactly the right emoji for elegant, surely.

Well, she doesn't get the Liberator, her children are killed, she destroys Auron but not the Auronar, she loses a couple of her commanders and it doesn't really seem to benefit the Federation that much. That seems a very partial success.

I think this the first time we see Servalan in black.

It would all have worked if people had done as they were told!
She's still alive = she wins.

Couldn’t the BBC afford proper Covid masks??

That's what I was thinking. Which means that the theory that the black was mourning for her dead children must be wrong.

Also, this episode says the cloning process produces the telepathy, but way back in the WEB telepathy was already something the Auronar could do.

And several of them seem to be wearing them under their noses!

Dum spiro, spero. But surely a really good plan would make allowances for people not doing what they were told?

Also, this episode says the cloning process produces the telepathy, but way back in the WEB telepathy was already something the Auronar could do.

Not to mention Dawn of the Gods where telepathy is included in legends.

That surrogate womb model is really very good.

This disease is worrying, too. If it was introduced because of the Intergalactic War, how come the older Auronar /Aurons have developed an immunity?

One thing Jan said at the Brit Sci Fi was that she love doing the episodes where she got to play somebody else during the episode - like Zelda and in Sarcophagus. Because as an actor, she loved chance to try play other characters.

One thing Jan said at the Brit Sci Fi was that she love doing the episodes where she got to play somebody else during the episode - like Zelda and in Sarcophagus. Because as an actor, she loved chance to try play other characters.

That's such an odd episode - lots of interesting ideas, but lots of inconsistencies too. Very Blake's 7.

I have to go now - I'm meeting someone for lunch. Thanks for the rewatch, and see you next week, when Avon finally gets his long-postponed revenge.

Rather too much hilarity at Avon's parting shot, I thought. It wasn't that funny.

Still a great episode, despite it not making sense, either internally or within the B7 canon, and not really achieving anything except that everyone survives except the apparently expendable current Auron/ar population.

OK, hope Anne enjoys her lunch. Not sure what I'm doing (it's still raining - such a shame I can't do more weeding in the garden). but I hope you have a great weekend, Tyce.
Bye for now.