In which Blake & co make a slight detour in their search for Star One to visit an Imax theatre displaying what has to be the largest image of Servalan ever seen.

Are there any fanfics set on Del 10? It sounds amusing.

Another episode directed by George Spenton Foster, who was no fan of Brian Croucher, and vice versa.

Jacqui Pearce said he couldn't wait to get down the pub when they opened at 10am.

Michael Keating said he was given some long speeches but GSF filmed them all over his shoulder, looking at the others, doing him out of his close-ups.

Let's see what else there is to see...

Hello Anne!

It's you, me, and six lovely lurkers.

Hello folks!

That would explain a lot.

Oh good, you're still here.

Apparently he was very camp and only paid attention to Jackie Pearce.

This is one of the episodes I tend to skip over, so on the positive side of things, I haven't seen it for ages.

There is just enough truth in the idea of Avon and Cally working together to make it believable - that is one of the good things of this episode, but why would Vila swallow this asteroid as the only way of stopping them?

Yes, agreed. I like the idea of a mind influencer device too.

I never thought of it before, but there's some similarity with the Breakdown scenario, with Blake's mind blocks possibly causing him issues, Blake behaving abnormally and needing to be sedated.

I'm a little ways behind you, Anne.

I've just seen Blake convince Vila to release him, which must have been one of the over-the-shoulder conversations MK was unhappy with, then a great shot of Vila in front of Zen. It's good to be reminded that Zen is big.

Interesting spacesuit that Blake has, with no air supply.

And the view from the surface of the asteroid is bananas. There's a planet balancing on a tightrope.

Ooh, and "Air Lock" in futuristic 1970s 'Data' font.

And what are these mutants? Why does Vila immediately think of them, when he hears that life support is still working? So frustrating!

Just reached this bit. I agree. When do we ever see mutants?

Blake's just met the delegation,. all in their dressing gowns. Harry 'Aitch' Fielder propping up Shivan.

This is the only episode that mentions mutants, I think.

I was thinking earlier about which characters we see reappear in later episodes.

Ven Glynd is here, from The Way Back, but with a different actor.

Rontane and Bercol, of course.

I think the only other one, and the longest gap, is 'real' Blake, from Star One to 'Blake'.

I think that's all.

I have a feeling there may be a couple of other mentions. Servalan uses a phrase that sounds like a quote, "Behold, the mutants shall wither". I have a nagging feeling there's another mention somewhere - but they're certainly not the constant 'shadow of the bogey man' type presence that's suggested by them being the first thing Vila thinks of.

Why give Shivan a googly eye? It just makes the character look more ridiculous.

On the other hand, Avon is consistently right in this episode - surprising that it doesn't get more love for that alone.

Oh, just caught the 'behold the mutants shall wither' line. It makes sense if all the mutant references are contained in this episode. Ditto the crimino-therapists get mentioned as the ones who programmed Blake's memory blocks, and again when Servalan muses on the fate of Governor Le Grand. The writer is trying to build continuity but it's only internal to this episode.

I'm enjoying that part of the episode. He's just deduced about the influencer using low power now they are all near each other.

Gosh, I'm not fond of the guest costumes in this one.