First off, I noticed there was a real push at making this season feel like a western, especially with the horseback action and the macho gun slinging. Sam: Sparks flew in my mind watching this episode. Greg: K9 & Company’s original ‘sexy lady’. Who said this was a niche article? Anyway…
She’s a wonderful character actress - memorable face. Sam: Those interested finding out more about the late Linda Polan, who played a swinger in a Doctor Who spinoff, need go no further than the podcast Doctor Who and the Complete Menagerie (almost). Jenny becomes a bit of a cock-tease in this one, doesn’t she? Some notable guest actors again - John Bennett and Linda Polan… The inimitable Linda Polan as Bet in Sparks. Greg: They’re off to find Alec Campbell, a lonely and irascible Scotchman who has shunned society for sitting on his arse around a campfire, brooding. Sam: Very good! The script needed one too. Was the previous episode title a mis-spelling? Should it have been called ‘The Pacemaker’? I liked Edward Underdown tagging along for the ride, and it’s nice to see him on location and on horseback. Greg: For me, things went from bad to worse with Sparks. This leads us on to the next episode, Sparks - which unfortunately isn’t about the progressive rock band of the time. I couldn’t care less about this plodding 50 minutes of dead air, but the concept of Frank as a sage old bird with a dodgy pacemaker is pretty interesting, and we get a remarkable payoff later.Īt least we also get a turning point here in the series, don’t we? A move from dull federating to the quest of restoring electrical power. Sam: Edward Underdown as a sort of head monk is charismatic, if wasted in this story. Greg: Did you salvage anything? Edward Underdown, for example?
Be more like Hubert if you want some action, Sam. Greg: But I’ll tell you who does get lucky - Hubert! He’s well in there with that older lady when he falls injured after the only moment of drama in a turgid fifty minutes of television. I felt close to complaining to Anne Robinson on Pointless Views. There’s an uncomfortably patronising depiction of Hinduism, too. I just don’t believe the monk-like community, which is the main sticking point. Jenny (Lucy Fleming), Frank (Edward Underdown) and Charles (Denis Lill) in The Peacemaker.
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