Is this the first episode where Servalan wears black?

Well think I'll be off. Grab a hot drink then bed. Great seeing you all as always.
Cheers one & all. See you next week.

It's a month since Forever Avon, and I think I got it more recently. In the past fortnight, I've been to the hairdresser, physiotherapist, hospital (with father in law), two restaurants, regular trips to supermarkets, local shops... could have come from any of those. I still wear a mask, but almost nobody else does

Yes, that's right. A theory was that she switched from white to black in mourning for her babies, but if that was the case she'd still be in white for this ep.

Fascinating - the episode is about a plague and most of what we're talking about are our own illnesses.

That was the big thing I noticed in the UK – hardly anyone wearing masks, whereas it's still reasonably common here in Canberra. We always wear them in shopping centres.

Well think I'll be off. Grab a hot drink then bed. Great seeing you all as always.
Cheers one & all. See you next week.

The UK goverment is trying to pretend that it doesn't exist any more

The UK goverment is trying to pretend that it doesn't exist any more - gets in the way of the really important things, like the threat of unisex toilets.

Ok then, for a change let me say that I'm enjoying Avon's and Cally's 'V' outfits.

And I do so love Gingka.

Avon is right, but he is being very unattractively cold-blooded in this episode. A little sympathy for Cally would not go amiss, I feel.

Ok then, for a change let me say that I'm enjoying Avon's and Cally's 'V' outfits.

And I do so love Gingka.

Revenge for her earlier 'fondness for him' comment?

Gingka is fascinating. One of the very few ethnic minority officers we see in the Federation, and he is complaining about being passed over. I have a theory that the pre-Federation regime practiced ethnic cleansing (explaining the number of planets with black leaders in Warlord - they were all banished from Earth). Since the Federation took over, a few have come back (Hal Mellanby, for example), but the Federation is still very white, and anyone else stands out a mile.

Gets in the way of economic growth, except that people being ill has very obviously got in the way of economic growth. Logic bypass.

Both feel like part of an ongoing quarrel that we are only seeing part of.

Gingka is fascinating. One of the very few ethnic minority officers we see in the Federation, and he is complaining about being passed over. I have a theory that the pre-Federation regime practiced ethnic cleansing (explaining the number of planets with black leaders in Warlord - they were all banished from Earth). Since the Federation took over, a few have come back (Hal Mellanby, for example), but the Federation is still very white, and anyone else stands out a mile.

Going back to the 'illnesses' discussion, I was watching this in bed the other day when I was feeling miserable and I found the masks rather interesting. They seem to be layers of gauze with a rubber thing from the top of a floor mop stuck on the front.

Going back to the 'illnesses' discussion, I was watching this in bed the other day when I was feeling miserable and I found the masks rather interesting. They seem to be layers of gauze with a rubber thing from the top of a floor mop stuck on the front.

That's an interesting theory. Somewhere back there, not sure if S1 or 2, there is at least one black officer wandering around Space Command.

That's an interesting theory. Somewhere back there, not sure if S1 or 2, there is at least one black officer wandering around Space Command.

But Gingka would be passed over anyway because he is such a little s**t.

When I first tried to wear a mask I completely freaked out - in public. Embarrasing isn't the word. I just about managed one of those useless face shields, like Franton's. Mostly I've just stayed home!

When I first tried to wear a mask I completely freaked out - in public. Embarrasing isn't the word. I just about managed one of those useless face shields, like Franton's. Mostly I've just stayed home!

Did it start in 'The Keeper'? They had quite a marital over blasting Travis' ship.

The Federation blows up that university building some time before it gets bulldozed for real.

The Federation blows up that university building some time before it gets bulldozed for real.

At least we had a location visit years ago, while it was still intact! In fact, it was still Leeds Polytechnic at the time, before it was renamed 'University of...'

Perhaps after 'Countdown'? Cally might have had hopes of a relationship, that were dashed by his obviously still having a thing for Anna. That might be behind her anger at his revenge project here.

The racial thing is probably unintentional (although an interesting sideline worth exploring further) and merely reflects the UK population/pool of available actors in the 70's.

I was just about to say that if this is the UEA, I never saw that building when I was there. But that explains it.

But where is the place they are all climbing over - that looks more like a hydroelectric plant or something?

The racial thing is probably unintentional (although an interesting sideline worth exploring further) and merely reflects the UK population/pool of available actors in the 70's.

I was just about to say that if this is the UEA, I never saw that building when I was there. But that explains it.

But where is the place they are all climbing over - that looks more like a hydroelectric plant or something?