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UK Rewatch - D2 Power Shower
trevor travis
The episode: Derek Two – Power (Carry On Space Rent-A-Tribe)
The date: Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
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.
 
Lorna
I wont be joining you for this one as it my garden club tonight. So enjoy!
I look behind me, what do I see? A pair of golden wings seem to be attached to me.
 
OracVZen

Lorna wrote:

I wont be joining you for this one as it my garden club tonight. So enjoy!


Hi Lorna, that's a shame.
But enjoy your gardening club.
OVZ
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
littlesue
Just getting ready.
Big mug of Yorkshire tea, biccies (Nice), and my Salted Caramel Pringle shaped choccie things from Lidl. Maybe I should get shares......
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
 
Brad
Sorry no Shakespeare quote today as the thread wasn't up in time.

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Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
OracVZen

littlesue wrote:

Just getting ready.
Big mug of Yorkshire tea, biccies (Nice), and my Salted Caramel Pringle shaped choccie things from Lidl. Maybe I should get shares......


Hi littleSue, no salted chocolate caramel thins sob
Assam tea, I think it’s everyone buying them up on here (my own fault for introducing them to you lot)
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
OracVZen

Brad wrote:

Sorry no Shakespeare quote today as the thread wasn't up in time.


Hi Brad, maybe
To Be or not to be, that is the question.
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
littlesue

OracVZen wrote:

littlesue wrote:

Just getting ready.
Big mug of Yorkshire tea, biccies (Nice), and my Salted Caramel Pringle shaped choccie things from Lidl. Maybe I should get shares......


Hi littleSue, no salted chocolate caramel thins sob
Assam tea, I think it’s everyone buying them up on here (my own fault for introducing them to you lot)


I buy two packs now....just in case....
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
 
Paula
Hello all.
Resist the Host




 
Brad
Oh, good lord, a Ben Steed episode. Get ready for some mild misogyny.

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i.imgur.com/FuZ0Mn2.png
Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
OracVZen

littlesue wrote:

OracVZen wrote:

littlesue wrote:

Just getting ready.
Big mug of Yorkshire tea, biccies (Nice), and my Salted Caramel Pringle shaped choccie things from Lidl. Maybe I should get shares......


Hi littleSue, no salted chocolate caramel thins sob
Assam tea, I think it’s everyone buying them up on here (my own fault for introducing them to you lot)


I buy two packs now....just in case....


I did 3 weeks ago lol
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
OracVZen


Hello Paula (waves)
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
littlesue

OracVZen wrote:

Brad wrote:

Sorry no Shakespeare quote today as the thread wasn't up in time.


Hi Brad, maybe
To Be or not to be, that is the question.


Friends, Romans, Countrymen...lend me your ears....um, that's it
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
Good evening rebels. I trust you are all well? Perhaps you could retro-fit the Shakespeare, Brad. Always appreciated.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OracVZen

littlesue wrote:

OracVZen wrote:

Brad wrote:

Sorry no Shakespeare quote today as the thread wasn't up in time.


Hi Brad, maybe
To Be or not to be, that is the question.


Friends, Romans, Countrymen...lend me your ears....um, that's it


To be as in B for Blake’s 7
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
OracVZen

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Good evening rebels. I trust you are all well? Perhaps you could retro-fit the Shakespeare, Brad. Always appreciated.


Evening M179
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
OneSparePart
Hello everyone.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
OracVZen
Started
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
Brad
don't bring a crossbow to a blaster fight, at least until the blaster is out of ammo.

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i.imgur.com/FuZ0Mn2.png
Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
Paula

OracVZen wrote:



Hello Paula (waves)


Hiya
Resist the Host




 
OracVZen


Hiya onesparepart
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
OracVZen

Brad wrote:

don't bring a crossbow to a blaster fight, at least until the blaster is out of ammo.


Runs out of arrows
Edited by OracVZen on 08-10-2024 18:48
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
Brad
Another concussion for Avon.

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i.imgur.com/FuZ0Mn2.png
Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
OracVZen
Orac is a git in this
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
OracVZen

Brad wrote:

Another concussion for Avon.


Had more KOs the Mike Tyson
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
Brad
Tarrant: Problem?
Dayna: Something's happened to Avon
Tarrant: So, no problem, then?

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i.imgur.com/FuZ0Mn2.png
Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
OneSparePart

OracVZen wrote:

Orac is a git in this

He's a git in every episode.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
M1795537OCVirn
Now it'a Avon trying to use buddleia for cover.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Brad
Tarrant: Orac, what was the last thing Avon said?
Orac: Ouch!

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i.imgur.com/FuZ0Mn2.png
Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
OracVZen

OneSparePart wrote:

OracVZen wrote:

Orac is a git in this

He's a git in every episode.


True
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
littlesue

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Now it'a Avon trying to use buddleia for cover.


I've got loads in my garden he can use for cover.....
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
Soolin nowhere on the base, er yes she was just hiding, obviously didn’t search very well.
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
OneSparePart
Why do they like hairy goth type humanoid aliens on B7?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
OracVZen

Brad wrote:

Tarrant: Orac, what was the last thing Avon said?
Orac: Ouch!


Great
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
M1795537OCVirn
The Seska look cold!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
M1795537OCVirn

OneSparePart wrote:

Why do they like hairy goth type humanoid aliens on B7?


Already have the costumes.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Paula

OneSparePart wrote:

Why do they like hairy goth type humanoid aliens on B7?


Easy to do?
Resist the Host




 
OracVZen

OneSparePart wrote:

Why do they like hairy goth type humanoid aliens on B7?


To show the complete opposites of technology modern vs primitive
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
M1795537OCVirn
Gunn-Sar is the best thing in this whole episode.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OracVZen
Pela evil,all for herself
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy
 
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