Money? What's that? I sell stuff but not enough to cover my rent anywhere.
Here, my university wants the staff to withgo several years worth of pay rises in order to solve its financial problems. Staff not impressed. I hope they all disappear up their own fundaments. Don't care anymore. The uni made its bed, it can lie in it.

Agreed. Piri in Assassin is objectionable and the spider thingy risible, but I like the plot a lot and there are lots of good things in it.

Now that Winspit Quarry is heritage listed it's probably not possible to let off explosions any more.

Yes. Unis here are in financial trouble, too. Years of being encouraged to expand, and to take lots of foreign students (mostly Chinese), only to find that foreign students are now classified as undesirable immigrants and their numbers must be reduced. That was the previous government, of course, but reversing that is not a priority for the new one.

A fabulous turn by Richard Hurndall as Nebrox. Could definitely see him as part of the B7 gang.

Belkov is delightfully slippery.

32m: Avon and Orac plot how to get at Belkov through his previous computer.

Avon: "Belkov does not trust anyone except that machine. It is his bodyguard, his companion, his playmate... "

Just say it, Avon, "and his SECRET LOVER"

Ah, dear. The neoconservative project is reaping what it intended to sow: destroy the intelligence base. Goodie!

Why would an old quarry be heritage listed?

Why would an old quarry be heritage listed?

Then deliberately not draw any parallel between the Belkov/Gambit relationship and yours with ORAC.

haha wow I didn't notice that.

38m: Vila "seduces" Gambit the computer to help him.

A pretty fun development really. It's like Vila has learned to talk to computers from Avon but still has his bar legs in a way nerds like Belkov and Avon never have.

42m: The gang have to play a series of deadly games to progress. Luckily each game appears to play exactly to the skills of each of the gang (quick draw, piloting, lock picking).

I think this episode is lucky that home video games (still relatively new in 1981) have become part of our culture. It kind of gives the episode a good flavour to the modern watcher

47m: All seems lost but twist! Vila stole some crystals so it's not a complete write off. But then TWIST! the crystals are fake.

What a fun ending

Now, where is MsVirn? She wouldn't usually miss an outing by the fair and wondrous Servalan.

A terrific ending. In classic B7 style, everyone loses.

Now, where is MsVirn? She wouldn't usually miss an outing by the fair and wondrous Servalan.

Is this the episode where we learn that Scorpio has weapons?

The only weapons I'm aware of, except of the hand weapon type, are the skills of our heroes and the amazing ORAC.

The only weapons I'm aware of, except of the hand weapon type, are the skills of our heroes and the amazing ORAC.

That's what I was wonderingz. The storm is likely to have been bad in Cumberland, so perhaps her power is out, or she is digging herself out of the snow?

But they escape by blasting the feldon panels on the orbiter.