Of course, if you listen to these over and over you recognise one of the two pilots and the offscreen viscast director are Max and Vinni.

Hello everyone. Glad to hear that the website is sorted, even if only temporarily, Obsidian.

I've now got my boiler sorted, although that is likely to be temporary too - the engineer says that I will need to get a new one when it goes again, which will probably be in a year or two. Still, I have central heating and hot water for now - although it's such a warm autumn that I haven't needed heating yet. Most unusual - I can remember needing the heating in mornings from the end of August.

It's where he keeps his salt.

Hi AA. Good to see you slipping in there. Everything well with you?

As with the time when Michael Keating is traffic controller.

Hello everyone. Glad to hear that the website is sorted, even if only temporarily, Obsidian.

I've now got my boiler sorted, although that is likely to be temporary too - the engineer says that I will need to get a new one when it goes again, which will probably be in a year or two. Still, I have central heating and hot water for now - although it's such a warm autumn that I haven't needed heating yet. Most unusual - I can remember needing the heating in mornings from the end of August.

Tarrant, Cally, and Dayna's costumes are excellent in this. Avon's outfit is pretty good but for the black pudding storage.

I'm OK, thanks. And you?

Tarrant, Cally, and Dayna's costumes are excellent in this. Avon's outfit is pretty good but for the black pudding storage.

'Black pudding storage' - that's a very good description. It does rather spoil it.

It's really bizarre when they use the main cast to do it. Peter Tuddenham does a PA announcement in Traitor.

What were they thinking??!

You could have some of our heat. Everything is flowering at once. We'll be in drought and fires in no time.

Post-post-post-post modern matador.

We've already had that - well, heat by our standards, anyway. The flowers in my wall pots are all dead already - worn out by a hot summer. Usually one or two hang on into late autumn.

Ours will be on their last legs in no time having rushed to flower.

Does that make Servalan the bull?

When that happens here (which is hardly ever) we tend not to have a good harvest, since nothig had time to be fertilized before they were too far gone.

A good description, but I really love the outfit, and all the costumes in this episode. Rocky Knickers was inspired going with the matador theme.

Servie is looking pleased with herself. She's getting her own way whatever happens and been snogged too. Tick, tick, tick.

I tend to swing back and forth on it. It doesn't seem like something Avon would choose from the wardrobe room, but it looks okay apart from the big shoulder pieces. We see Avon sitting down later (during the discussion with Max) and we see his boots have enormous soles. They look like something KISS would wear, and Avon looks really stiff in them, as though he can't sit properly because the elevated soles would force his knees up too high. Overall, it doesn't quite come together.

Though, now I reflect on it, both the shoulders and heels give him more stature. Possibly what he wants when going to a planet on a war footing to confront his sick friend, or anyone else he runs across. Like trying to make yourself look bigger if you meet a bear.

I tend to swing back and forth on it. It doesn't seem like something Avon would choose from the wardrobe room, but it looks okay apart from the big shoulder pieces. We see Avon sitting down later (during the discussion with Max) and we see his boots have enormous soles. They look like something KISS would wear, and Avon looks really stiff in them, as though he can't sit properly because the elevated soles would force his knees up too high. Overall, it doesn't quite come together.

Though, now I reflect on it, both the shoulders and heels give him more stature. Possibly what he wants when going to a planet on a war footing to confront his sick friend, or anyone else he runs across. Like trying to make yourself look bigger if you meet a bear.

I like Boucher's whole cynicism in this respect; exploring how people are sent to die for politicians.

If he's taller than usual in this ep, Servalan must have been standing on a box for that snog.

Also that the idea isn't that great. If you lose, you just start a real war. "Real war, not children's games like all this." In a serious situation - which they'd all have to be - there's no guarantee the decision would be adhered to.

I tend to swing back and forth on it. It doesn't seem like something Avon would choose from the wardrobe room, but it looks okay apart from the big shoulder pieces. We see Avon sitting down later (during the discussion with Max) and we see his boots have enormous soles. They look like something KISS would wear, and Avon looks really stiff in them, as though he can't sit properly because the elevated soles would force his knees up too high. Overall, it doesn't quite come together.

Though, now I reflect on it, both the shoulders and heels give him more stature. Possibly what he wants when going to a planet on a war footing to confront his sick friend, or anyone else he runs across. Like trying to make yourself look bigger if you meet a bear.

Also that the idea isn't that great. If you lose, you just start a real war. "Real war, not children's games like all this." In a serious situation - which they'd all have to be - there's no guarantee the decision would be adhered to.

I thought the implication was that there'd only be a real war if someone was caught cheating.

Which rather suggests that the wars are all rather petty border disputes, probably involving the same few planets which are rather resigned to changing hands every few years, Berwick-upon-Tweed style.

That's right, but I can't see it working in real life.

But the difference this time is that Servalan has seen a chance here, given the state of the Federation. She's doing some empire building.

The costumes they run around in are a little outlandish. "Conceal yourself anywhere, use stealth, but wear these bright silver suits."

Servalan is on top of her political game here.