I have so much love for this ep. B7 crazy at its best. (Also a lighter, more S1 feel to this one, I think? With the whole "...coincidentally, an alien threat" and Blake back to being know-it-all Good Guy and everyone being more than a little bit stupid.) There are plot-holes (and stupidity) all over the place, but then I keep losing track of the plot anyway because of
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Yes, outfits! As far as I'm aware, this ep contains the only instance ever of one of the main characters expressing incredulity at an outfit... That's saying something, surely!
Tynus original career choice was clothes designer and when he was posted to Fosforon he decided to take personal charge of the dress code, working from a "nature did it first" principle with the protective clothing…(Oh God, does this explain Avon's outfits? He is used to worse.)
Brilliant! I think I’ll now make this part of my personal fanon :D
The fact that the virus only kills space-faring humans could have had interesting effects if it had become an epidemic Now that I think about it, a selective fast spreading virus that kills quickly makes no sense as the cause of a galactic plague! For one thing, the plague might burn itself out without intervention, given that you need people to be alive to spread a plague far and wide. There will also be a lot of people unaffected and this may make it difficult for the virus to spread from one vulnerable group to another. There will also be plenty of people around to enforce quarantine, communicate a warning to others and try to combat the plague. I doubt a slower spreading virus would do
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I’m quite keen on this episode and I tend to remember it as the one with the great Avon-Vila interaction and the one where Vila looks good in leather trousers
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A very likeable character with a good sense of humour, calm, authoritative and avuncular Oh, "avuncular" is a good (and highly fitting) word! I did not know that one. *adds to vocabulary* Yes, Bellfriar was lovely. He reminds me of several of my favourite teachers and professors at once, all rolled into one.
declaiming about Blake “wading in blood up to his armpits”To be fair, what Avon says is that he doesn't care if that's what it takes ("as long as there is an end to it") ...so at least that's consistent
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This episode is Avon's chance to shine, with his old contacts and technical knowledge. It's therefore a bit of a sod that Tynus is not as malleable as he had wished. After all his work he gets a patronising "well done" from Blake. Urghhhhh.
Another "liking Blake less" episode from me, I am afraid. Explaining to the scientists about turning off air coniitoning was this episode's "give him a slap" moment.
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Me, I could not concentrate at all due to outfits. WTF???
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Brilliant! I think I’ll now make this part of my personal fanon :D
The fact that the virus only kills space-faring humans could have had interesting effects if it had become an epidemic Now that I think about it, a selective fast spreading virus that kills quickly makes no sense as the cause of a galactic plague! For one thing, the plague might burn itself out without intervention, given that you need people to be alive to spread a plague far and wide. There will also be a lot of people unaffected and this may make it difficult for the virus to spread from one vulnerable group to another. There will also be plenty of people around to enforce quarantine, communicate a warning to others and try to combat the plague. I doubt a slower spreading virus would do ( ... )
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I love that the proper scientists have no respect at all for Tynus (He'll be doodling again, is the consensus.)
Tynus seems a tad scared of Avon in person. I wonder who he has seen Avon do over?
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Oh, "avuncular" is a good (and highly fitting) word! I did not know that one. *adds to vocabulary* Yes, Bellfriar was lovely. He reminds me of several of my favourite teachers and professors at once, all rolled into one.
declaiming about Blake “wading in blood up to his armpits”To be fair, what Avon says is that he doesn't care if that's what it takes ("as long as there is an end to it") ...so at least that's consistent ( ... )
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Another "liking Blake less" episode from me, I am afraid. Explaining to the scientists about turning off air coniitoning was this episode's "give him a slap" moment.
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