Apparently this episode was brought forward to cover a gap due to Pip & Jane Baker's "Death Squad" script falling through. If it had stayed as the eighth episode, the intergalactic drive reference would be closer to the final episode. Not that there's anything else in the other episodes to hint at reactions to an external threat.

If they lived in caves, did they get monopasium poisoning?

Apparently this episode was brought forward to cover a gap due to Pip & Jane Baker's "Death Squad" script falling through. If it had stayed as the eighth episode, the intergalactic drive reference would be closer to the final episode. Not that there's anything else in the other episodes to hint at reactions to an external threat.

I wish we had actually met Pora.

We're all the Pora for missing out.

They be good for storing oars on.

They be good for storing oars on.

We're all the Pora for missing out.

Then when they couldn't find it, they could go around saying "Where is oar-rack?"

That's a continuity blip, but there are one or two others, espeically the reference to them being on the adrenaline and soma for ages when Vila has just before been introduced to it. I still like this episode a lot because it's always pertinent. Anyone who thinks we've been "post-colonial" the last few decades is an idiot.

Not exactly banana lounges.

If it were actually after Pressure Point, that seems to make Avon's decision to leave rather different.

ORAC: we have enough concentrated food to last for 1000 years. But you can’t heat any of it in the oven because you’re wearing all the aluminium foil.

I sooooo want Selma's dress.

ORAC: we have enough concentrated food to last for 1000 years. But you can’t heat any of it in the oven because you’re wearing all the aluminium foil.

The blue one, presumably, not the one she's wearing in the mines?

Clearly. I'm not even certain what they're wearing in the mines: body stockings with shell-beaded strips.

And a lot of macrame.

Wow, it must be warm. Roxy (the cat) has just left her sunny cat tower and found a cool spot on the floor.

I wish we'd seen more planets that had similar administrative set-ups, even if not referred to explicitly; where we able to see that the same uniforms in use, maybe indicating another layer of Federation involvement, not just the military.

Don't be fooled. This is only Fake Summer. We get that a lot in April these days. A couple of weeks ago it was snowing. And could again.

Don't be fooled. This is only Fake Summer. We get that a lot in April these days. A couple of weeks ago it was snowing. And could again.

Oh yes, I know. And it might rain all July, even if it is warmer. All the more reason to enjoy it while we have it.

Well, wasn't that convenient! So the Feds on Horizon never got round to warning High Command about the barrier?

Ah yes, July, the season of continuous drizzle. Not too much, just enough to spoil anything you wanted to do outdoors.

A couple of weeks ago, it snowing in the nearby mountains HERE!

Yes, but it's supposed to be winter for you, isn't it?