It reminds a bit of Player of Games by Iain Banks

Deeta's grateful that Max has explained about the mind discs.

He thought those after dinner mints tasted funny.

What is that she's drinking? Looks like blood!

30m: A local explains to Tarrant how everyone participates by experiencing the fight through the eyes of the combatants.

I know VR has had several fad eras but this kind of immersion is so current and 1980 was really before home computer games really took off.

It reminds a bit of Player of Games by Iain Banks, written in 1988

30m: A local explains to Tarrant how everyone participates by experiencing the fight through the eyes of the combatants.

I know VR has had several fad eras but this kind of immersion is so current and 1980 was really before home computer games really took off.

It reminds a bit of Player of Games by Iain Banks, written in 1988

People are always going on about the treasure room on the Liberator but the real treasure was the alien drinks room

Well I mean look at this spread...



People are always going on about the treasure room on the Liberator but the real treasure was the alien drinks room

You know they make a point of putting up on the screen that Teal is black and Vendor is red - even if you overlook the fact that teal is a colour in it’s own right LOL - why are the discs blue and green? Surely they should match their outfits.

That’s one party I’d love to join!

Also, note the bowls of otters' noses, ocelot spleens etc.

A pity Obsidian isn't back yet - she's probably collected most of that glassware by now. I wonder if there's anything she's still looking for?

Sound like a CSO (chromakey?) issue...

A pity Obsidian isn't back yet - she's probably collected most of that glassware by now. I wonder if there's anything she's still looking for?

37m: Tarrant's brother and his opponent face off in the virtual world in a quick draw. He loses. Everyone watching experiences. Vila is so horrified he pulls off his VR patch.

Great little Vila moment. A great moment over all. Very serious, very impactful. You feel the planets watching.

The uniforms are one of the less successful elements of the episode (in case you are tired of me praising it)

What - both of them silver?

A pity Obsidian isn't back yet - she's probably collected most of that glassware by now. I wonder if there's anything she's still looking for?

Yes her collection of B7 glassware is impressive.

42m: Avon shepherds the gang through the detective work and they each contribute to realising the opponent was a robot.

Suddenly the episode becomes a murder mystery and Boucher is in his element. It's great episode for Servalan. Plans within plans and befitting her stature (sometimes I wonder why the President of the Galaxy is walking around a field with four troopers)

Maybe we could encourage her to display her B7 glassware when we finally get Tycecon II (HINT),

Ha ha ha ha, yeah I probably need a couple of hints and a bit of a push. My problem is I keep doing things like flying overseas or interstate every five minutes. I really ought to try staying at home for awhile. LOL

49m: Tarrant vapourises the robot, destroying evidence the fight was ever rigged so the two planets don't go to a full scale war. Servelan is foiled. Everyone goes home (except Tarrant's brother)

So that was Death-watch. I love it so much

49m: Tarrant vapourises the robot, destroying evidence the fight was ever rigged so the two planets don't go to a full scale war. Servelan is foiled. Everyone goes home (except Tarrant's brother)

So that was Death-watch. I love it so much

I totally agree with you about the space liner set and the subsurface shuttle. I love how the shuttle is basically something they can lean back against plus the regular passing light to suggest movement. There's another episode where they do something similar to suggest a lift, except the light goes from top to bottom instead of horizontally.

Looking at the space liner pic, it looks like those two 'offices' at top left and right may be an illustration (glass shot?) rather than part of the set.

I'd say her plan is delayed, rather than foiled...besides, she's already busy setting up her next trap.