I have always thought of it as very 80s - grey with little colour highlights. I have a whole selection of grey luggage from the 80s.

Looking for positives, I imagine Orac is a hard character to write for and there was a hint, just a hint, of an effective method.

There's a moment when Tarrant asks Orac to solve a problem and Orac says "The logical alternatives are within the bounds of human reasoning. I suggest you consider them and leave me in peace to reflect on those matters which are not."

I think that is a logical way to limit Orac while still preserving its status as the most amazing computer of all time. So "Power" got one thing right.

I like the puzzle about the non-working teleport and how it all comes together. The idea of a war between the sexes is completely stupid, however. How would that ever work and who would agree to that? There are some redeeming features - Avon's "You have a charming way with women" is clearly our hero saying this behaviour is NOT ON AT ALL. At the same time, there are other things implied - women aren't 100% 'real' until they're married - that are wrong on a much larger scale, and so while I dismiss it as total rubbish I can see how others may be offended or uncomfortable with it.

OK, I need to go and get a Covid jab. Thanks for the rewatch, and see you all next week.

I actually see it as BSteed saying, rather clumsily, that men and women can't manage to run a society without each other.

Avon says at the end that Orac is not being difficult, but functioning to request. Avon hasn't told the others what he is doing (trying to fix the teleport, need a crystal, going to get one from the big gang of savages or at least their territory) or what he suspects (the Seska are trying to steal the spaceship and have deliberately misdirected Dorian's efforts at a teleport into another direction). He's playing his cards close to his chest and instructs Orac to give the most roundabout answers as part of delaying them (and keeping them out of danger?).

I actually see it as BSteed saying, rather clumsily, that men and women can't manage to run a society without each other.

I also like the idea that Dorian was getting help with the teleport. It fits in with the idea that he used the talents of others to develop what he had (e.g. Slave being described as 'sophisticated' and mention of a visit to Ensor; the clipguns being remarkable and his girlfriend happens to be a top gunslinger). It also explains why he'd failed for so long.

That's a good observation, Obsidian. I have wondered if Avon's "charming way with women" line was written by ben Steed or Chris Boucher, but I imagine Avon's conclusion about running out of people was Steed's. He may well have been making a plea for more harmoney between men and women.

For me 'Power' is a bit boring because it repeats so much that we've seen before: seems it's only there to get us from dead sea monsters back to 'civilisation'. It does do that, but for me it's a waste of an episode, because their escape from Xenon could have been done in a few choice lines, really, without having to invent an implausible war of the sexes.

Is Dorian one of the most consequential characters in the B7 universe from during its run? The captain of The London, the man who invented Orac, Dorian...

Is Dorian one of the most consequential characters in the B7 universe from during its run? The captain of The London, the man who invented Orac, Dorian...

Kate says the Seska had been working on the teleport for generations. I wonder if that was all with Dorian, and whether there'd always been a plan by the top Seskas to produce a tele-ergotron, or if that only happened when Pella got to power.

Sorry, dodgyville, I don't get what you mean. Did you mean to say Ensor at the start?

Kate says the Seska had been working on the teleport for generations. I wonder if that was all with Dorian, and whether there'd always been a plan by the top Seskas to produce a tele-ergotron, or if that only happened when Pella got to power.

I just mean that Dorian has a massive impact on the direction Avon and the gang take that I never really noticed. Maybe even a bigger impact than Ensor or the Captain of the London.

I just mean that Dorian has a massive impact on the direction Avon and the gang take that I never really noticed. Maybe even a bigger impact than Ensor or the Captain of the London.

Anyway, lovely to rewatch with you all. Next week, insha'allah!