Hi Tyce!
Starting now...

PS Still blown away by ABBA Voyage! On the plane back from Israel last week, I found myself sitting with a family (2 youngish blokes beside me, parents + another son in front) who were on their way to England for 4 days, just to see ABBA and a bit of London

Hi Travisina. So nice to have you with us.

Awesome. It was impressive wasn't it. Quite out of this world.

Are we counting how many times Avon gets knocked unconscious in this ep? It's a bit early for a drinking game, but do have a cup of coffee to hand.
So far: unconscious by unknown assailant, lying on straw.

It's lovely to be here - so rare to have a Saturday morning at home!

Hello everyone, sorry I'm late. Problems with the internet. Gunn Sar is just questioning Avon.

'You smell like a man'. Cue Avon fangirls fainting.

Hi Anne!
LOL. I have a sneaky soft spot for Gun-Sar. He's all bluster, but a softy underneath. And such gorgeous hair!

Noticed few more new members here yet they don't seem to join in here ,do they know bout this discussion forum?

Possibly the most extraordinary thing I've ever seen (no exaggeration).

Hi, Anne. How's your term going? Are you better?

Yes I think people think I'm exaggerating when I say how amazing it was but I never am. Between ABBA music and production genius and George Lucus company ILM it really is something else.

Obsidian said hello. She's been away for 3 weeks and just got home. She's very tired and will join us next week.

That's Avon knocked unconscious twice, by my reckoning.

Feeling better now, although I was still testing positive yesterday. Beginning to get fed up with this.

Obsidian said hello. She's been away for 3 weeks and just got home. She's very tired and will join us next week.

After seeing the end of the Liberator & seeing Scorpio blast onto the scene I grown a liking to it & SLAVE

That's Avon knocked unconscious twice, by my reckoning.

Glad you're feeling better, shame that you are still testing positive.

Glad you're feeling better, shame that you are still testing positive.

Obsidian said hello. She's been away for 3 weeks and just got home. She's very tired and will join us next week.

Juat in case anyone doesn't know about TT's drinking game (see the UK rewatches), here it is:

Before we go any further, it’s time to introduce the Season Derek drinking game:

Here’s the number of sips/swigs per each of these:
Avon is knocked unconscious 1
A scientist dies (per scientist) 5
A member of the main cast wears the same costume as last week (per costume) 2
There’s the sequence (or part of the sequence) of Scorpio landing / taking off at Xenon Base 3
Vila drinks something red (per scene) 10
Tarrant falls in love 5
Soolin shoots someone (per person) 5
Slave says “sorry” (each mention) 1
Each mention of “Sleer” 2
Avon laughs manically and/or smiles inappropriately 5
There’s a downbeat ending in sharp contrast to the jangly end theme 10
The final shot of the episode includes Paul Darrow 3
A member of the main cast is killed or stunned (per cast member) 1 bottle of wine / 1 can of beer

I rather like Scorpio - a plain workhorse of a ship, nothing fancy.

Urk, the dreaded Covid - sorry you've got it, Anne. I had it at the beginning of August. Weird thing was that I tested negative for the first couple of days and thought I just had a really bad cold/cough. On the 5th day - when I was already starting to feel better - I tested positive. Go figure.

Well all I'll be off & been great as always, see you all next Saturday night.
Cheers one & all.
Stay safe.

Juat in case anyone doesn't know about TT's drinking game (see the UK rewatches), here it is:

Before we go any further, it’s time to introduce the Season Derek drinking game:

Here’s the number of sips/swigs per each of these:
Avon is knocked unconscious 1
A scientist dies (per scientist) 5
A member of the main cast wears the same costume as last week (per costume) 2
There’s the sequence (or part of the sequence) of Scorpio landing / taking off at Xenon Base 3
Vila drinks something red (per scene) 10
Tarrant falls in love 5
Soolin shoots someone (per person) 5
Slave says “sorry” (each mention) 1
Each mention of “Sleer” 2
Avon laughs manically and/or smiles inappropriately 5
There’s a downbeat ending in sharp contrast to the jangly end theme 10
The final shot of the episode includes Paul Darrow 3
A member of the main cast is killed or stunned (per cast member) 1 bottle of wine / 1 can of beer

It was a sensible production decision. Nothing could be as magnificent as Liberator, so instead of trying to recreate or better it, they went for a plain, basic ship, in need of lots of upgrades (teleport, stardrive etc) - which also provided plot devices for several episodes.

Well all I'll be off & been great as always, see you all next Saturday night.
Cheers one & all.
Stay safe.