I'm working on a theory that the number of studs (or other shiny metal bits) worn is directly related to the amount of 'leadership' the character has.

Looking at the costumes, maybe I should watch a Dickens adaption instead.

OK, roll on next week... another episode with its plot holes strung together with stupid nonsense...but Servalan's back. Makes it all worthwhile.
Incidentally, Dayna vs Servalan - who'd win?

I find that sort of costuming quite lazy, which is why I like June Hudson's designs. I like Nicky Rocker's, but June just went whacko, often with the entire budget.

I find that sort of costuming quite lazy

51m: Safely on the Liberator, Orac laments there's another being of similar intelligence.

Tarrant: I don't know. He did have one redeeming feature. [He non-nonchalantly pulls the plug on Orac] He didn't like computers.

It's funny but also Orac was happy to get them killed and they seem pretty sanguine about it lol

It's funny but also Orac was happy to get them killed

Wish we'd seen more of her designs!

There's a theory Orac engineered the events of the last episode.

Well that was "Dawn of the Gods". I think it is very entertaining on the first watch but on a second watch with less mystery it struggles a bit.

I thought the production values were pretty good on this one. The void set, the grinding machine, even some space suits... and of course the shag carpet

in Joe Nazzro's book, we learn what she made the insect carapaces from in Killer.

That was enjoyable. I won't be here next week - heading for the summer school. See you the week after next!

That was enjoyable. I won't be here next week - heading for the summer school. See you the week after next!

I like how Paul Daneman tricked her into cutting the tails off his outfit, all the way.

Have a good night everyone, thanks for the laughs

That was enjoyable. I won't be here next week - heading for the summer school. See you the week after next!

my son's birthday cake.

Series F was the worst series

Tarrant leaps instantly to a traction beam? And when people point out there's no such thing he accuses Cally's people of messing with his mind.

He's such a name-dropper, too. 'When I was at the Space Academy'! Grrr.

Is this the only episode we see the Liberator landed?

Yes. We see it docked in Ultraworld and Redemption.

I always think of it as designed to never land, but just stay in space, however Zen gives a warning in 'Moloch' that their approach to Sardos is 'inconsistent with safe planetfall' which suggests it could land (much to my annoyance).

Then there are the Big Finish stories which have it going underwater and doing all sorts of stupid things. Of course, being a spaceship it is air tight, but it mans all the bits and bobs on the outside that are normally assumed to be vents and ramscoops etc can't be -- unless they can seal shut.

I find the Liberator of the BF stories to be a much weaker ship than the one in the show.

46m: Cally pulls back the curtain to reveal O̶m̶e̶g̶a̶, oh, sorry, Thaarn.

I've heard it said that spaceships are easier to make in some ways than submarines because spaceships only need to deal with 1 atmosphere difference in pressure (from air to space) whereas a sub has to handle 100s of atmospheres of pressure (I don't know the terminology).

It always feels like a ship that always wants/needs to be moving to me

16m: The gang wonder where they are.

Avon: An unlikely possibility is that we have fallen through the black hole into the so-called negative universe of antimatter, where time and energy no longer exist.

It's a bit of a Wizard of Oz "Please ignore the man behind the curtain" moment.

I hope Sam Dastor was well paid for playing this daft role.

31m:
Caliph: In the presence of this you can neither lie nor resist. Where is someone called Orac?
Dayna: There is no person of that name aboard this ship, and never has been.

Even brainwashed Dayna does a massive FU and misleads about Orac's existence. LOVE IT

It must be humbling to get hired for a role like this and then they don't even apply any make up and when you ask for a costume they say "your day wear clothes are fine as is ... and ACTION"

This "underworld" is almost good but doesn't quite hang together. Sort of sinister slave / mining / scrapping world but not quite drawn cleanly.

Well, thanks everyone for an interesting rewatch.

Thanks for staying back and keeping me company, dodgyville. I hope you have a good week. Stay awesome!