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45th Anniversary rewatch - D2 Power
trevor travis
The episode: Derek Two – Power (Carry On Space Rent-A-Tribe)
The date: Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
The time: 7.45pm UK time

A reminder of 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 2 (per costume)
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

Back to the episode, in which a certain blonde lady gunslinger disappears for the opening 45 minutes. Where could she be? A big clue is that I’ve found a long, lost document that reveals the original working title of this episode was “Power Shower”, but after the directive that Season Derek episodes all needed to be a single word (to fit on the graphics), the second half of that title was lost and discarded and only found by me on a scrap of paper found in the underground room under Xenon Base. Therefore, we can confirm the theory in the Maximum Power book that a certain blonde lady gunslinger spends those 45 minutes having a lengthy, hot, steamy, sexy shower involving plenty of soap and… (STEADY!).

Anyway, back to other events in this episode – Avon keeps on getting knocked unconscious (perhaps sustaining brain damage) and Vila contemplates a life living on nuts and berries, while there’s a somewhat subversive Battle Of The Sexes going on, as we learn never to judge a book by its cover.

Episode in a word: Moobs.
Character to cheer: Gunn Sar is wonderfully played by Dicken Ashworth and behind all the bluster and those Moobs, he turns out to be a great, big softie, who loves his wife and does needlework.
Character to boo: On the other hand, Pella turns out to be a thoroughly nasty piece of work who kills own her friend.
Is Soolin looking lovely this week: See above (BTW the answer is yes!).
Recognisable Face: Juliet Hammond-Hill (Pella) also turned up in an episode of “Only Fools And Horses” a couple of years later in 1983, in which she played an attractive art collector. The character is almost exactly the same as Pella in that we’re supposed to be taken in by her beauty, only for her to turn out to be up to no good.
Best exchange: GUNN SAR: “What's the tally of challenges?” CATO: “Twenty-five dead and one missing, sir.” GUNN SAR: “Oh, come on, Cato. Don't quibble. Marquin fell backwards off the cliff.” CATO: “Yes, sir.” GUNN SAR: “So he's dead. Like, you can't say someone's missing as such. Not when they've taken a dive into a bottomless gorge.” CATO: “No sir.” GUNN SAR: “So, it's twenty-six dead.” CATO: “The council ruled it was twenty-five, sir, and one missing.” GUNN SAR: [to Avon] “Twenty-five men lie dead who tried to stand against me. And one, if he's not still falling, is no more than a greasy spot on the rocks, right?” AVON: “Impressive.” GUNN SAR: “You killed two men.” AVON: “If I'd known we were keeping score, I would have brought more ammunition.”

Blake's 7 will return in... “Carry On Trooper Orac.”
Vote Og.
 
Brad
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Pella: Remember, when he gets here, we say, Hail,
Avon, Thane of Xenon, who shall be king hereafter.

Kate: But... this is S4, this isn't Macbeth.

Pella: Isn't it, though? Isn't it?

Kate: Okay.... so... when shall we three meet again???

Pella: That's the spirit.

Edited by Brad on 04-10-2023 13:37

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Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
Hugbot
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(Based on a comment by Angry Angel, if I remember correctly...)
 
littlesue
Just getting ready. Tea, biccies, the rest of those choccie things shaped like Pringles.

I presume TT is lurking by the shower room?
Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold!
Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!!


Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf

Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo
 
Lurena
Good evening everybody!
*No, I am not. I am not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going.*
 
OneSparePart

littlesue wrote: ↑

Just getting ready. Tea, biccies, the rest of those choccie things shaped like Pringles.

I presume TT is lurking by the shower room?

Lurking? He'll be having a good soak!
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
littlesue
Yay Lurena
Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold!
Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!!


Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf

Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo
 
OneSparePart
Oh yeah, evening all, btw
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Paula
Hello all.
Resist the Host




 
littlesue

OneSparePart wrote: ↑

littlesue wrote: ↑

Just getting ready. Tea, biccies, the rest of those choccie things shaped like Pringles.

I presume TT is lurking by the shower room?

Lurking? He'll be having a good soak!


But he assures me that he is a gentleman
Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold!
Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!!


Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf

Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo
 
M1795537OCVirn
Hello everyone! Hope you're having a good week.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Paula

littlesue wrote: ↑

OneSparePart wrote: ↑

littlesue wrote: ↑

Just getting ready. Tea, biccies, the rest of those choccie things shaped like Pringles.

I presume TT is lurking by the shower room?

Lurking? He'll be having a good soak!


But he assures me that he is a gentleman


Someone has to hold her towel. With his eyes closed.
Resist the Host




 
OneSparePart

littlesue wrote: ↑

OneSparePart wrote: ↑

littlesue wrote: ↑

Just getting ready. Tea, biccies, the rest of those choccie things shaped like Pringles.

I presume TT is lurking by the shower room?

Lurking? He'll be having a good soak!


But he assures me that he is a gentleman

TT? You're having a giraffe, aintcha? Pfft
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Brad
A door Vila can't open. Surely this is science fiction.

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Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
Lurena
Started!
Ah Scorpio!
*No, I am not. I am not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going.*
 
OracVZen
Hi littleSue,Paula,onesparepart lurena
Aldi’s salted caramel black tea and 2 digestive biscuits
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
[img]https://postimg.cc/gallery/yVLnSLW/[img]
 
Brad
Avon battling the Irongrond clan. Say hello to Sara Jane and watch out for the Sontoran.

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i.postimg.cc/VkSr4fwS/Fu-Z0Mn2.png
Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
Lurena

OracVZen wrote: ↑

Hi littleSue,Paula,onesparepart lurena
Aldi’s salted caramel black tea and 2 digestive biscuits

Hoi hoi !
*No, I am not. I am not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going.*
 
OracVZen
Hi M179,Brad
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
[img]https://postimg.cc/gallery/yVLnSLW/[img]
 
OneSparePart
They're always so nice to Vila....leave them. Find a nice quiet planet
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
OracVZen

Brad wrote: ↑

A door Vila can't open. Surely this is science fiction.

Not scared enough
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
[img]https://postimg.cc/gallery/yVLnSLW/[img]
 
Lurena

Brad wrote: ↑

A door Vila can't open. Surely this is science fiction.

Seems out of character to me!
*No, I am not. I am not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going.*
 
Brad
Avon; one conk on the head this episode.

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i.postimg.cc/VkSr4fwS/Fu-Z0Mn2.png
Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
OracVZen

Lurena wrote: ↑

OracVZen wrote: ↑

Hi littleSue,Paula,onesparepart lurena
Aldi’s salted caramel black tea and 2 digestive biscuits

Hoi hoi !

Grin
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
[img]https://postimg.cc/gallery/yVLnSLW/[img]
 
OneSparePart

OracVZen wrote: ↑

Hi littleSue,Paula,onesparepart lurena
Aldi’s salted caramel black tea and 2 digestive biscuits

Salted caramel tea?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
OracVZen

Brad wrote: ↑

Avon; one conk on the head this episode.

Watched it yesterday has 3 I think
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
[img]https://postimg.cc/gallery/yVLnSLW/[img]
 
littlesue

OracVZen wrote: ↑

Hi littleSue,Paula,onesparepart lurena
Aldi’s salted caramel black tea and 2 digestive biscuits


Hi OVZ, hope you're feeling better?
Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold!
Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!!


Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf

Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo
 
AnneArthur
Hi everyone. Settling down with my sherry, and Avon is being attacked by Hommiks, while the others are trying to open the silo door.
 
Lurena
Yuck, my Internet is unstable says a pop up message.
*No, I am not. I am not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going.*
 
OracVZen

OneSparePart wrote: ↑

OracVZen wrote: ↑

Hi littleSue,Paula,onesparepart lurena
Aldi’s salted caramel black tea and 2 digestive biscuits

Salted caramel tea?

Yes they got 3 black teas
Salted caramel,got it
Digestive,got it
Jaffa cake,not got
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
[img]https://postimg.cc/gallery/yVLnSLW/[img]
 
littlesue
Oh Buddlia (?)
Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold!
Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!!


Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf

Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo
 
OracVZen

littlesue wrote: ↑

OracVZen wrote: ↑

Hi littleSue,Paula,onesparepart lurena
Aldi’s salted caramel black tea and 2 digestive biscuits


Hi OVZ, hope you're feeling better?

Hi littleSue so so,but always feel better with you lot lol
How about you?
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
[img]https://postimg.cc/gallery/yVLnSLW/[img]
 
OracVZen

AnneArthur wrote: ↑

Hi everyone. Settling down with my sherry, and Avon is being attacked by Hommiks, while the others are trying to open the silo door.

Hi AA
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
[img]https://postimg.cc/gallery/yVLnSLW/[img]
 
littlesue

OracVZen wrote: ↑

littlesue wrote: ↑

OracVZen wrote: ↑

Hi littleSue,Paula,onesparepart lurena
Aldi’s salted caramel black tea and 2 digestive biscuits


Hi OVZ, hope you're feeling better?

Hi littleSue so so,but always feel better with you lot lol
How about you?


Still a bit tired every now and then.
Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold!
Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!!


Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf

Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo
 
OracVZen
I do like the shield maiden look on his misses,mmm lol
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
[img]https://postimg.cc/gallery/yVLnSLW/[img]
 
AnneArthur
Hi, OracVZen
 
OracVZen

littlesue wrote: ↑

OracVZen wrote: ↑

littlesue wrote: ↑

OracVZen wrote: ↑

Hi littleSue,Paula,onesparepart lurena
Aldi’s salted caramel black tea and 2 digestive biscuits


Hi OVZ, hope you're feeling better?

Hi littleSue so so,but always feel better with you lot lol
How about you?


Still a bit tired every now and then.

Sending hugs
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
[img]https://postimg.cc/gallery/yVLnSLW/[img]
 
littlesue

OracVZen wrote: ↑

littlesue wrote: ↑

OracVZen wrote: ↑

littlesue wrote: ↑

OracVZen wrote: ↑

Hi littleSue,Paula,onesparepart lurena
Aldi’s salted caramel black tea and 2 digestive biscuits


Hi OVZ, hope you're feeling better?

Hi littleSue so so,but always feel better with you lot lol
How about you?


Still a bit tired every now and then.

Sending hugs


Thank you
Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold!
Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!!


Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf

Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo
 
M1795537OCVirn
And next week Servalan will claim the same number of kills. Coincidence?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OracVZen
Pella,has a secret army, I get my coat
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
[img]https://postimg.cc/gallery/yVLnSLW/[img]
 
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