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S2 E4 GODFREY OF BASINGSTOKE The ghost of Godfrey of Basingstoke turns up, a knight from the Crusades, after Matt tossed a ring down a well and disturbed Godfrey's spirit, and he recognises The White Lady, " my Aylesbury duckling". Good episode, Iain Cuthbertson is always class, here as the hapless Godfrey, a knight from the Crusades who recognises The White Lady as his wife. No wonder she looks distraught, having him boring her for eternity with his tales of daring do. Matt here is a bit nasty to The White Lady for no real reason, other than he thinks she's lied about not being able to leave Motley. " I absolutely refuse to be Matilda of Aylesbury, property of that buffoon" Luckily Matt's wandering around the grounds reveals a twist, but him dropping a ring down the well started it all off, so he saving the situation nicely concludes the story.

S2 E3 WHERE ARE YOU, WHITE FEATHER ? Emily Tiffin a powerful medium turns up at Motley Hall after her car crashes into a tree just outside, and Gudgin comes to her rescue . She can see all the ghosts and wants to free them from their earthly existence. What the ghosts want is irrelevant to her. Not a pleasant woman , who has a Red Indian called White Feather as her spirit guide, played by Tenniel Evans, Major Daley in Carnival of Monsters. Bodkin foolishly agrees to take White Feather's place until sunset so he can go off to happy hunting ground, enraging Emily Tiffin who now takes Bodkin away with her. Can the ghosts get him back? Good teamwork needed to make their plan succeed. Gudgin initially thinking Emily must be nuts to believe Motley is populated by spirits, is convinced by the end. Sir George's attitude to White Feather is expected from a man of his era, a bit racist , calling him a painted savage, but White Feather does save the day, so respect is shown at the end. A serious situation in this episode, so not outrageously funny but entertaining.

S4 E3. Traitor The Federation is expanding once again at an alarming rate, and with the annex of the most recent world Helotrix, Avon decides to go there to find out how the Federation is doing it. He sends Dayna and Tarrant down to spy, and they soon come across a resistance group led by a man named Hunda. It is soon discovered that the Federation is using a swift acting pacification drug, Pylene-50, and the operation is being led by a new security commissioner named Sleer. With Hunda's help, Tarrant and Dayna make contact with Leitz, a Federation officer who has been leaking information to the resistance. Leitz reveals where the drug is being made and a possible antidote, and Tarrant decides to put a stop to it despite Avon's orders not to get involved. However, Leitz is not a traitor after all, but acting under Sleer's orders to set up an ambush. When the trap is sprung, Tarrant and Dayna finally catch a glimpse of the mysterious Commissioner Sleer – who is revealed to be Servalan. Episode Quotes Soolin: [Discussing Vila] He doesn't have much time for Tarrant does he? Avon: Ah, well. Tarrant is brave, young, handsome. There are three good reasons for anyone not to like him. Soolin: [Discussing Orac] I thought he was keeping unusually silent. Avon: Probably sulking. One of the almost human things about Orac is that it does not like to work. Vila: Well, that's it. With those ships out there we can't wait. Soolin: They might not be looking for us. Vila: Are you crazy? You said yourself that was a search formation. Soolin: They haven't picked up Tarrant, so why'd they assume a ship's out here? Avon: Just a minute. Orac: that message from Space Centre - how was it relayed here? Orac: Through Terminal Four-Zero-Six. Avon: The terminal on Helotrix. Orac: Of course, Avon. That is the nearest terminal to our position. Avon: That's it. They must have intercepted the transmission. Soolin: Computer logic, the nearest terminal. Vila: So Orac's thick - we all know that. Let's move! Servalan: What do you want, Leitz? Leitz: [as he embraces her from behind, his face in her hair] The presidency. Servalan: Anything is possible. Leitz: After all, somebody has to take Practor's place. You could use your influence, I'm sure. And of course you'd know that your secret would be safe with me - Servalan. Servalan: I'm sure it would. But I don't submit - to blackmail. Leitz: There's always a first time. And it's better than being executed. [Servalan turns to face Leitz as they embrace and begin kissing] Leitz: After all, how many people have you killed to conceal your secret? [As they kiss, Servalan produces a small crystalline energy weapon and holds it near the back of Leitz's neck] Servalan: You mean now? [Servalan kisses Leitz one final time before pressing the weapon against his neck, killing him] Servalan: Twenty-six. So far.

S4 E2. Power With Dorian dead and Soolin missing, the rest of the crew find themselves trapped in the underground base with the only means of escape, the freighter Scorpio, locked behind an impenetrable security door that Vila cannot open. Matters are complicated further when Vila discovers a "nuclear compression bomb" planted by Dorian and the timer is counting down. If triggered, the bomb will create a short-lived black hole large enough to destroy the base. Meanwhile, on the surface of the planet, Avon is captured by the Hommicks, a native tribe of men who are in the midst of a gender war with the nearly extinct female tribe called the Seska who possess telekinetic powers enhanced by a rare dynamon crystal. Eventually, the last two Seska help disable the bomb, but once the door is opened, one Seska, Pella, tries to take the Scorpio for herself, killing the other in the process. Avon, with help from Orac, uses the dead Seska's crystal to complete Dorian's teleporter and manages to kill the last Seska. Afterward, Soolin come out of hiding and agrees to join Avon's group. Episode Quotes Pella: You must be very clever. Vila: That's what I keep telling everyone. They even believed me in CF One. Pella: CF One? Vila: A sort of academy, when I was a boy. They chose me as technical advisor for the escape. Pella: Escape? From an academy? Vila: Perhaps academy was the wrong word. 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: [turning to face 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. Gunn Sar: Pick a weapon. Avon: I'll have a neutron blaster. Gunn Sar: No neutron blasters. Avon: In that case I'll have a glove. Vila: Have you ever seen a nuclear compression charge go off? Everything gets sucked in. It's like a mini black hole. Looks good...from a distance. [Avon aims his gun at Pella's head] Pella: That always was the easy answer for the man - the Hommik! Avon: If you didn't want the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question. Avon: [musing to himself] It's a problem, isn't it? You can have war between races, war between cultures, war between planets. But once you have war between the sexes, you eventually run out of people. Slave: It is beyond my humble capacity to offer an opinion, Master. Avon: [smiling] Oh, that's very good. You may turn out to be my kind of computer after all.

Back at Motley, SP "" B " he's changed his tune again " WL " something is wrong I can sense it" Outside, G " bamboozled by that ghastly ghoul" M " what now Sir George?" G " we've suffered a setback that's all. We'll return to HQ regroup and plan another sortie..come on" Matt reappears in Motley, Sir George breathing the air joyfully, enjoying this experience before returning to Motley, he may never get out again. Matt tells others what happened, M " there was no gold, no jewels, just another message telling us what fools we are" WL " where's Sir George?" Outside Sir George disappears but reappears not in Motley but still outside at the wall of the house, he can't get in. He tries again and fails. He stops, thinks, was it the rage he was feeling before he disappeared from Motley that got him out? He recreates that rage, G ( jumping up and down)"LET ME IN I WANT TO GET IN" He vanishes and reappears inside, he is still seething as Sir Peveril continues to laugh. G " WHERE ARE YOU YOU OLD DEVIL COME OUT AND FIGHT" Sir George leaps onto the table and accidentally kicks the clay bust hurting his foot. G " owww! ( more laughs from Peveril) how dare you laugh at me" Sir George picks up bust and hurls it onto floor. SP " NO NO !!Nooooo!" The bust smashes and amid the broken clay pieces is the treasure. M " look!..the gold is safe now I am dead it's secret locked within my head " On the floor, are jewels, gold, precious stones. G " of course " F " the cunning old fox " WL " we can save Motley " Matt looks out of window, M " Gudgin is here" Matt vanishes and reappears outside, Gudgin and Mr Sands get out of a truck , ready to replace the lead tiles. Inside Motley, G " put the treasure on the table, Gudgin is bound to see it there " WL " but I can tell him about it" G " no better write him a note , we don't want to scare the beggar off, he ran away last time he saw you " The treasure is laid out on the table with a note written by the White Lady. G " you know I don't know what Gudgin would do without us" Matt returns, M " Sir George what's insurance ? is it money...Gudgin said..." G " insurance! why didn't I think of that ,Motley is bound to be insured " B " you mean he didn't need the treasure " G " no, never did it was all for nothing " M" they're coming in" G " quick hide the treasure " The ghosts between them scoop up the valuables and all run into a priest hole in the wall that Bodkin opened up which only the ghosts know about. WL " we can save it all for a rainy day , oh one more thing" The White Lady runs out of hidey hole and picks up letter to Gudgin that she wrote tears it up into tiny pieces and throws them into the air, and dashes back to join the others in the priest hole.....just as Gudgin enters....and sees tiny bits of paper fluttering in the air falling to the floor...the ghosts are around...again. Gudgin " oh no not again " THE END

G " wait a minute I seem to remember an ivy covered shed nearby " B " Matt, an ivy covered shed " M " I'll find it" Matt vanishes and reappears outside the house. Looks around for a minute then runs off into the overgrown huge gardens. The others in the house staring out of the window. G " no the fools' going the wrong way " B " are you sure Sir George " G " cause I'm sure, DAMN IT why can't he see he's going wrong, COME BACK MAN COME BACK" B " keep calm Sir George he can't hear you" G ( ranting)." CALM! CALM!" George rages , jumps up and down and slowly vanishes. And for the first time since his demise he is outside Motley. G " good lord..I'm out.." Sir George walks slowly disbelieving, touching the foliage as he walks in the grounds, then sees Matt. In the house the others are astonished. F " how did he do it?" WL " I wish I knew" B " so do I, but I tell you what, we've got twice as much chance now of finding the treasure, haven't we Sir Peveril " SP " AARRGGHH..OOHH" B " yes..exactly" George meets up with Matt, G " don't like to tell you but you're going the wrong way....it's over here " M " but..but..you're out of Motley " G " yes I thought you needed some assistance " M " are the others....." G " no they haven't mastered it yet....forward" Matt points to far wall of grounds, M " look Sir George, ivy covered shed " G " aha!" They see monument. G " look, a cat" The memorial is a square stone construction with a stone cat at its centre. George reads the inscription. G " in memory of Tibbs" M " anything else?" G " yes...her little tongue will never wag to let the cat out of the bag" Meanwhile in Motley there are now two disturbed spirits, Sir Peveril and now Tibby, the ghost of the cat too! SP " AAARRRGHHH " Cat " ....mmmmeeeeooww.." F " my god what's that?" B " caterwauling " Matt and Sir George continue investigating monument. Matt raps on stonework on one side of monument. M " it sounds hollow" G " but how does it open" Matt examines the four stone pillars, one of them is a bit loose, he turns it , and at ground level a little hatch opens. M " Sir George look" G " aha!" Sir George bends down and puts hand into opening and pulls out a jewellery box. He opens it, it's empty except for a note. G (reading)" to all greedy fools, my gold is gone now I am dead, it's secret locked within my head" M " we've been led by the nose like a brace of donkeys " Sir George tosses the box away and heads sullenly back to the house.

M " well what does it say" WL " my secret is safe from all my foes for Tibbs is the only one who knows " M " who's Tibbs?" G " no idea, not much of a clue either " B " not much like Sir Peveril either" F ( studying bust) " oh it is " B " I meant him telling anyone " F " telling anyone what" B " where the treasure was, I mean Tibbs would have dug it up right away" G " perhaps he or she did" WL " no it says the secret is safe because of Tibbs knowing " B " wasn't his wife" WL " why not" B " because he didn't have one" M " perhaps it was a friend he could trust" B " didn't have one of them either , like a hermit wasn't he F@nny" F " who?" B " Sir Peveril you great pudding " F " yes yes,no friends at all, all rather miserable in those days wasn't it Bodders " G " gone all quiet hasn't it" M " could it have been one of the servants?" B " don't be daft he wouldn't have told a servant anything. He hardly even spoke to them , he used to write them little notes, pushed them under the door." F " I don't remember that " B " notes telling them what he wanted to eat, what to get for his cat" F " oh yes his cat, awful flee ridden thing . I never used to understand why he was so fond of that thing , you know it was the only thing he ever talked to...I mean a parrot I'd understand " WL " what did you say?" F " the cat was the only thing he talked to " WL " what was its name" F " erm....Tibby" G ( blowing his top) " TIBBY!! TIBBY!! you know Francis I wonder sometimes how you can be so....so..nevermind " Francis looks down sheepishly, F " oh.....sorry " WL " no wonder the hiding place is still safe if he only told his cat" G " so much for your clues madam" SP " ...hahaha..." B " I think I preferred the howling " F " he doted on that moggy, remember how he built a memorial to it " B " gloriana I'd forgotten about that " WL " a memorial to Tibbs?" G " it's gone quiet again" B " it has" G " where was this catafalque?" F " eh" WL " Tibbs memorial " B " it's somewhere in the grounds " G " I remember a little square memorial in the grounds when I was a boy. The gardeners used to sharpen their billhooks on it" M " that sounds just the place to hide the treasure " SP ( scream) " AARRGGHH..." B " hit the nail on the head have we you old blubberer " G " by George I think we have" WL " it's in the monument " B " but where is the monument " G " in the garden......oh wait..my father had it moved" WL " where to?" G " I don't know, I was away at school at the time " B "he didn't get rid of it altogether Sir George?" G " no it's in the ground somewhere I'm sure of it...or was...I can't remember where " WL " you must Sir George the future of Motley is in your hands" G " DON'T BE SO DRAMATIC..I'm doing my best".

In the hall the groans can still be heard as they all troop in. M " oh no he's followed us up here" B ( shouts) " stop your cacophony " WL " perhaps it knows " B " what about " WL " the roof" B " no that ain't it, I think one of these things we've found belongs to him and he wants us to put it back " More moans, a bit lighter in tone ,a sort of aaahhhh. F " I think you've hit it Bodders" G " yes but which one?" Francis holds up a violin . F " is this what you want?" Silence, B " how about this?" Bodkin holding cricket bat, G " THAT'S MINE!" WL " or this", holding painting. M" or this", holding bust. Louder moans and a AARRGGHH cry. WL " yes that " G " better get rid of it, wouldn't have got much for it anyway, ugly old thing " B " no wait, let me have another look at that " Bodkin places bust on table. More groans, WL " oh do be quiet " B " I do know him, so do you F@nny " F " do I?" B " yeah, a very good likeness it is too. Don't you remember we haunted him once" F " we've haunted lots of people Bodders, can't expect a fellow to remember them all" B " but you wouldn't forget this one, the miser of Motley, Sir Peveril Uproar" F " of course you're right Bodders " B " don't you remember how he sat counting his fortune, holding his jewels up to the light, chuckling away to himself " F " and he buried the lot before he died. The rotten old hawkerbite." The White Lady motions for them all to get into a huddle and she whispers, WL " if we ask him nicely do you think he'd tell us where he's buried it?" G " I doubt that " B " he wouldn't tell anyone " F " try the old skinflint " B " Sir Peveril " Moans now heard over by the stairs. B " gets about doesn't he......sorry we've moved your bust, but we're going to put it back. We need your help on another matter..some thieves have taken the lead off the roof and it'll take a tidy sum to repair it...so...er." G(shouts ) "WELL ASK HIM!!" B " and we thought if you could see your way clear to tell us where you buried your lovely money" Sir Peveril " " AAARRRGHHH.....!! B " I told you he'd go berserk " G "DON'T YOU CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO MOTLEY?" F " the place could collapse for all he'd care" WL " Sir Peveril do be reasonable, we don't want it , it's no use to us...but your money.." SP " oooohhhh...AARRGGHH " B " see..money money money it's all he cared about " M " if he won't tell us maybe we could find it for ourselves " G " where do we start?" F " there's absolutely nothing to go on" B ( shouts towards stairs) " tight fisted old stump" WL " don't antagonize him" B " it's no good to you anymore, can't you see that " M " it must be somewhere " SP " ooww...ooww...oooo." WL " how long do you think he'll go on with that awful noise" B " until we put that thing back " Sir George motions Matt to return bust to cellar. WL " hang on, wait a minute, look an inscription at the base of it" G " Sir Peveril Uproar I expect " The White Lady studies bust closely. WL " no it has more words than that, ( whispers) it could be a clue to where the treasure is buried " SP " no..no.....!!" G " AH HA!...it is"

In the cellar they are looking through stuff dumped here, it does seem to be rubbish. G " good heavens " F " what's that Sir George?" G ( holding bat) " my old cricket bat F@nny, played for the Gentlemen you know, 1858, rain stopped play" M " Sir George look" Matt has found a large chest containing papers ,documents. G " letters, lawsuits, accounts, nothing of value there" Bodkin holds up an old birdcage. B " Sir George remember Lady Agatha's parrot " G " yes, drank stout " B " did it" G " fool! Lady Agatha....parrot drank gin" Matt has found something , M " what's this?" It's a clay bust, a head of a man, quite miserable looking. B " don't know " F " miserable looking cove ain't he" B " who's that Sir George?" G " nobody I know " Suddenly a groan is heard. B ( to White Lady) " was that you?" WL " certainly not" B " someone moaned" WL " when anyone moans you always think it's me" B " you don't know you're doing it half the time, it's like biting your fingernails " WL " I never bit my fingernails in my life, and haven't started since" More groans and moans are heard, something or someone is in the cellar with them. Sean Flanagan is Matt. G " hello we've disturbed something " B " who's there....stand and reveal yourself " More moans, a man's voice, a deep sad moan. G " now look old boy, there's absolutely no need to feel shy, we're all in the same boat ain't we" WL " quite " G " nothing to be ashamed about, so do put in an appearance there's a good chap " More groans and moans, F" I don't like the sound of it " B " no neither do I " WL " it's very rude to be heard and not seen " G ( military tone) " now pay attention, I don't know how many years you've been down here, but I am the ghost of General Sir George Uproar KC MG and I expect respect especially from unspecified spectres " More groans, WL " well I'm not staying here to be howled at" F " a plague on you ,you insolent mongrel " M " stop your noise" G " very well, as he won't listen to reason we'll take all that we have found and return to the great hall......forward everyone " They all march out behind Sir George.

On the roof Matt unobserved watches Gudgin the realtor, with another man. S " that's nearly 200 square feet they've taken, lead fetches a good price even today. They did Chiselham church the other week and got away with two lorry loads " G " how long before I can have your estimate Mr Sands ?" S " shouldn't take long" G " any idea how much?" S " well Mr Gudgin you won't see much change out of 2000 pounds " Peter Sallis is Gudgin, Johnny Allan is Sands. The ghosts sit around the long table in the great hall. G " he'll never be able to afford that " The White Lady dramatically stands and wails as is her style. WL " whoa...whoa..." Sheila Steafel is the White Lady. B " stop moaning that ain't going to help " G " with the lead off the roof Motley is at the mercy of the elements, the rain will pour in, the ceiling will come down, and before we know it grass will grow through the floor " M " can't we do anything " F " er..mow it" G ( shouts) " MOW IT!!" B " it's money Gudgin needs and we ain't got a farthing " M " ain't there anything in the house we could sell" B " don't be daft son the place is empty " M " what about the cellar, there's a lot of stuff down there " G " nothing but rubbish " M " how d'you know, there might be something valuable " G " because if there had been Gudgin would have found it by now " Bodkin looks hopeful, B " hang on, no he wouldn't have, because he never goes down there, afraid he'll see something ( points to White Lady)" G " by George you're right" They all get up to go downstairs, except Francis. F" I know why don't we take a look" Francis looks up , they've all gone, Francis isn't the brightest of fellows. Nicholas Le Provost is Francis

S2 E2 SIR PEVERIL'S HOARD ( in depth) The White Lady appears in the hallway, no one is about but she notices the front door is open, she disappears. The ghosts can move at will disappearing and reappearing at will . Up in the attic, Sir George and Francis are sitting on wooden crates playing cards. G " hammering you say?" F " yes, kept we awake half the night " G " hammering not drumming " F " no why?" G " the ghostly drummer " F " have we got one?" G " supposed to have " F " on the roof?" The White Lady appears, WL " have you seen Gudgin " G" no" WL " well the front door is open and he is nowhere to be seen " Bodkin and Matt suddenly appear. B " we know where he is " WL " where?" Both Matt and Bodkin look up. Sir George and Francis stand up in respect. G " how ghastly " F " poor old Gudgin " M " no not dead, on the roof" F " what's he doing up there?" G " inspecting it of course, the beggar is jolly thorough " M " he was up there yesterday with that soldier " G " soldier?" B " you mean that policeman went up there with him" Bodkin recognizes a policeman despite dying in the Elizabethan age, experience of haunting the place for centuries. Sir George is looking worried, Matt a Georgian stable lad asks, M " what's wrong Sir George?" G " police on the roof with Gudgin, banging and hammering in the night.." F " something is awry" G " don't like the sound of it, if only we could get out of the house " B " Matt can" G " yes, but can you ( points up)?" M " easy" G " very well" Sir George a military man always gives orders military style when he can. G " stand to attention..now..upward..go" Matt concentrates then floats upwards through the ceiling and onto roof. Freddy Jones is Sir George, Arthur English is Bodkin.

SERIES 2 S2 E1 THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT The ghosts feel very sullen as christmas has come round again and they are stuck in Motley in perpetuity alone. Suddenly some force returns them in time to over a century earlier. Still in Motley at christmas time but when Sir George was a boy and his parents were getting ready for Xmas celebrations. The ghosts witness these past events, see the Xmas tree being brought in by servants , but an evil spirit seems to have invaded Motley. Sir George's parents bicker at each other as they are manipulated by this spirit. The young ten year old George comes downstairs in the middle of the night to look at the presents under the tree and encounters Sir George, his older self now a ghost. Sir George reassures his young self about the glorious future he'll have in the military and not to worry about his quarrelling parents. Bodkin realises that the evil invading spirit only entered once the tree was brought into the house. The spirit of a young boy who died falling out the tree haunts the tree and is causing mayhem in the house. Bodkin persuades the spirit to depart and enjoy the freedom he has now his spirit had been released from the tree when it was cut down. The mysterious force propels the ghosts back to present day Motley. This is such a nice episode it doesn't really matter that exactly how the ghosts relive the past is not fully explained. A left over psychic energy of events in the house drag the spirits back, perhaps the trapped poltergeist is responsible. Whatever it's great seeing the young George talk to his older self, and Sir George realising that his childhood memories of his Xmas encounter with a strange old man was in fact a meeting with himself. Lynette Davies was good too , stupidly I didn't at first realise she played both Sir George 's mother and the last surviving Uproar we saw at the start. A charming tale.

I'm also old, the only use of the word casting I know other than in connection with actors is in fishing. Press and hold the button on the back of the reel to disengage the spooled line. Raise your casting arm until your hand is in front of your face, then sweep the rod forward quickly. Release the button as the rod reaches your eye level to propel your lure towards the water. Hope this helps.

SERIES 4 S4 E1. Rescue With the Liberator destroyed, the crew are stranded on the mysterious planet Terminal. The only means of escape lies in Servalan's ship, which she has booby-trapped. Cally is killed in the explosion, the detonation also destroys the underground base and begins triggering chain reactions through the entire planet. Soon, a ship called Scorpio arrives, piloted by a salvage operator named Dorian. With moments before the whole planet explodes, Avon and Tarrant force Dorian at gunpoint to get them off-world. Dorian takes them back to his elaborate underground base on the planet Xenon, where they meet his partner Soolin. Once settled in, Dorian sabotages the team's weapons and then reveals his plans for Orac to help build a working teleport system for his ship. He also holds another dark secret: an immortal connection to a life-draining entity that lurks in the caverns below his base, to which he intends to sacrifice the Liberator crew. Episode Quotes Dayna: Don't you ever get tired of being right? Avon: Only with the rest of you being wrong. Tarrant: Vila rescued me? Avon: You were injured trying to rescue Cally. He rescued you. Suddenly I am hip deep in heroes. Avon: Stay here. Vila: You wouldn't like to leave the gun? Avon: That's right, I wouldn't. Dorian: The name's Dorian. And in case you hadn't noticed, I just saved your friends' lives. Avon: You know what they say: no good deed goes unpunished. Tarrant: [as the surface of the planet Terminal is being rocked by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions] All pilot systems are green. Count is two minutes and running. Better strap down tight, I haven't lifted these into orbit too often. Dayna: How often? Tarrant: ...once. Vila: When was that? Tarrant: ...in about one minute and forty five seconds. Avon: If we last that long. Dayna: Cheer up, Vila. You've got a lot of very bright associates too. Vila: Oh yeah? Name six. Avon: [pointing his gun at an unconscious Dorian] Wake up now or sleep for good, the choice is yours. Dorian: You're going to kill me anyway. Sooner or later. Avon: You would prefer it sooner? Dorian: Everything has its price, Avon. You have to decide whether you want to pay it or not. That's all. Vila: Well, I don't believe in paying. Dorian: You mean you're here by choice? Avon: He who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken. Cally once told me that that was a saying amongst her people. Dorian: Cally? Avon: Cally was murdered. So were most of her people. [Dorian has found Orac to be uncooperative] Dorian: Who designed it? Avon: His name was Ensor. Dorian: I should have known. He was never a gracious man. Orac reflects his personality. Avon: Orac was the culmination of his life's work. [Avon removes Orac's key] He bequeathed it to an associate of mine who bequeathed it to me. Vila: [Drinking a glass of Dorian's wine] You know, Avon may be right about getting out of here. There's something very suspicious about a man who keeps his booze under lock and key. Vila: I'm going to give up drinking, you know. It'll be pink asteroids next.

S1 E7 The Pogmore Experiment Last episode of series 1. Gudgin, the estate agent turns to Professor Pogmore , an expert in ghost destruction, to rid Motley of its spooks. Gudgin begins to regret this move as the ghosts one by one disappear. This is a masterpiece of writing from Richard Carpenter, series creator and Catweazle creator too. Pogmore's psychic wave pattern phenomena to explain ghosts is ingenious and quite persuasive. Ghosts are just hallucinations of what deep down we want to believe generated by latent psychic energy plays on our readiness to enjoy the ghostly characters of the show because we would like them to be real. Neil McCarthy is excellent as Pogmore, and Gudgin finally admits to himself that Motley is haunted by genuine departed spirits. As Pogmore's machine was designed to disperse electro magnetic psychic waves, and it did disperse the ghosts temporarily at least, one can question whether the ghosts are indeed just in our imagination or real. Well, in the show they're real, but imaginary beyond that of course. Brilliant stuff.

S1 E6 Double Trouble A seance organised by the ghosts themselves, to contact an ancestor ,leads to trouble. The appearance of a mischievous doppelganger. A second Matt appears intent on causing trouble by playing the ghosts off against each other.

S1 E4 Bad Lord William And The British Banana Company Gudgin has finally sold Motley Hall to The British Banana Company, but their agent has accidentally released Bad Lord William, surely one of the worst of the Uproar Clan ghosts by removing a sword hidden in the wall of the Main Hall. William is a braggart and tries to take over Motley. Francis finds Sir George's hidden brandy, and challenges Bad William to a duel. S1 E5 Perfidia Blackart Rides Again It's just been discovered that Motley Hall is 400 years old, so to commemorate this, the ghosts decide to hold a Masque. But when Bodkin tries to write it, the pages of the history book that might finally identify the mysterious White Lady have disappeared! Was she somebody so horrible that she doesn't want it to be found out and her deep dark secret revealed? This is nice story with a very poignant ending. The white Lady finds out who she is when a history book about Motley is found. Perfidia Blackart an infamous figure in the history of Motley and The White Lady are one,or are they? Francis comes over as having a caring side, and Sheila Steafel excels in 'her' episode.

S1 E3 Box Of Tricks The ghosts find several cardboard boxes in the main hall, left by a gang of thieves. The boxes contain tv sets , which leads to much puzzlement as they've never seen television before. A policeman, unbeknown to himself psychic, finds the sets and can see Sir George, and puts two and two together and makes five. Funny scene when the ghosts watch horse racing on TV then accidently switch over to a cooking show which infuriates Sir George. " Madam we don't care about Angel cake, bring the horses back!"

S1 E2 Old Gory "Old Gory" is a Motley Hall Ghost who appears faithfully every 5 years and can be seen by everyone, living people and ghosts alike. Unfortunately this year, his scheduled appearance is likely to be seen by a ghost hunter and his very perceptive wife who are staking out Motley Hall. The appearance of Old Gory to the Ghost Hunters would be disastrous for the resident ghosts by exposing them and threatening their happy home.

THE GHOSTS OF MOTLEY HALL - created by Catweazle writer Richard Carpenter S1 E1 The Last Uproar There has always been an Uproar at Motley Hall, until now. The last Uproar, Sir Humphrey, has died leaving caretaker Gudgin facing two scheming men who are plotting to steal Motley Hall out from under him. But Motley Hall is inhabited by a group of ghosts. Sir George Uproar a Victorian military type who is the de facto leader. His grandfather, but bodily younger as he died young, Francis, Bodkin an Elizabethan jester, Matt the stable boy and The White Lady, a medieval probable aristocrat. Probably because she has no memory of her former life. It's up to the ghosts to figure out a way to save Motley Hall from the scheming businessmen and save their way of life (death)!

S3 E13. Terminal Without explanation, Avon follows a series of secret messages to the artificial planet Terminal—an experiment, abandoned 411 years previously, to study the accelerated evolution of life on Earth. While en route, the Liberator passes through a strange cloud of fluidic particles that, unbeknownst to the crew, begin to eat through the hull. Arriving at Terminal, Avon, who refuses to divulge what is going on, teleports down alone. Tarrant and Cally quickly follow to see what he is up to. Avon soon comes upon an underground base where he is captured by guards, but he later escapes and finds Blake in a medical recovery room on life support. In orbit, Vila and Dayna deal with the Liberator as the ship begins to fall apart. On the planet, Avon eventually discovers Servalan is behind the messages in an elaborate ruse to get her hands on the Liberator. She agrees to hand over Blake for the Liberator, but does not know the ship is doomed. Episode Quotes Tarrant: How do we approve of something we don't know about? Avon: You could try trusting me. Tarrant: All right, Avon, we'll try trusting you. Just don't expect us to make a habit of it. Tarrant: Oh, come on, Avon. Look, we've been through a lot together. We've always been at risk; we've always taken chances. But we've survived because we worked as a team. So what is it you have to do that makes this so different? Avon: This happens to be my problem. None of you are involved. Dayna: But we are involved. However much you like to pretend you're a loner, you're not really. We depend on each other; I wouldn't be alive now if it wasn't for you, and I'm sure that's true of everybody else. So why not trust us? Vila: Look, you don't have to give reasons. You don't even have to explain. Whatever it is, we'll back you up. Cally: Or, if you want one of your own cold, rational explanations, we can't afford to lose you. Avon (poker-faced): Sentiment breeds weakness. Let it get a hold of you and you are dead. Avon: One last thing. I don't need any of you. I needed the Liberator to bring me here so I had no choice but to bring you along, but this is as far as you go. I don't want you with me, I don't want you following me. Understand this: anyone who does follow me, I'll kill them. (Tarrant and Cally are teleporting down despite Avon's orders) Vila: What're you going to do if he spots you? Tarrant: Duck. Blake: It must have been so dull, having no-one to argue with. Avon: Well now, there were times when your simple-minded certainties might have been refreshing. Blake: Careful, Avon! Your sentiment is showing.

S3 E12. Death- Watch The planets Teal and Vandor are locked in an endless war whose battles are decided periodically by representatives from both worlds fighting to the death in one-on-one combat. Their battleground is a computer-simulated environment on a neutral planet, which is vidcast throughout the galaxy as a popular form of entertainment called Death-Watch. On the Liberator, Vila convinces the others to tune in and watch the latest combat, where Tarrant discovers that one of the fighters is his estranged brother Deeta, a skilled gunman who is fighting on behalf of Teal. When Avon learns that Servalan has been selected as the neutral arbiter, he suspects foul play, and Tarrant tries to warn Deeta. However, Tarrant arrives late; Deeta has already begun the match with his opponent Vinni, who manages to gun him down. Tarrant investigates how Deeta could have been defeated so easily, and Orac determines that Vinni is not a human, but a sophisticated android. To prove this, Tarrant decides to face Vinni in a revenge match over Deeta's death. Episode Quotes Avon: Put it on the main screen. Orac: I must point out that this is a gross misuse and an absurd waste of my capabilities. Avon: Put it on the main screen. Orac: I will do it only under protest. Avon: You can do it any way you like, just so long as you put it on the main screen. Vila: Couldn't you re-design him as something useful, like a drinks dispenser? Or an empty space! I think he'd look really good as an empty space. Vila (on Servalan): Her idea of chivalry is never to shoot a blind man in the back. Dayna (pointedly, given that that's exactly what Servalan did to Dayna's father): That's very true, Vila. Vila: Wonderful. And for my next trick I shall swallow my other foot. Servalan: I don't think of you as an enemy, Avon. I see you as a... future friend. Avon: Tarrant. I presume you have no tedious scruples about cheating and lying. Tarrant: None at all. Avon: (smiles) Oh good.

S3 E11. Moloch The crew of the Liberator has followed Servalan's ship to the edge of known space where it suddenly disappears from view. The crew discover it has slipped behind an invisibility screen that hides a planet called Sardos whose inhabitants have advanced matter replication technology. Tarrant and Vila manage to sneak down to the planet by teleporting aboard an incoming freighter piloted by a drunken crew of fugitives. Meanwhile, Servalan has arrived under the invitation of Section Leader Grose, who plans to replicate Servalan's cruiser into a fleet of warships. This would be good news for Servalan, however she quickly learns Grose has shifted loyalties and now serves a mysterious intelligence called "Moloch" which has its own plans for the control and rebuilding of the Federation. Episode Quotes Vila: I tell you, she's mad! She's finally gone over the top! Well, that's an interesting viewpoint, Vila. Yes, isn't it? Came from talking to myself. Fascinating. And do you have any other theories about... paranoids? (Tarrant threatens Vila at gunpoint) Vila: If it comes down to that, Tarrant, there isn't really a lot of point, is there? Doran: Ahh, my problem was always women. Vila: You like them? Doran: No. (The Liberator is being attacked by three of Servalan's ships) Dayna: Do we fight? Avon: Certainly not, we run.

S3 E10. Ultraworld The Liberator comes across a mysterious artificial planet that Cally is drawn to and the rest of the crew chase after her; except for Vila who stays behind with Orac. The others find the world to be one massive computer system ran by a group of aliens called the Ultra who wipe the minds of trespassers and turns them into slave "menials", or processes them for food. Cally and Avon are captured and the Ultra who, impressed with the knowledge the two offer, download their minds into storage cells that Tarrant and Dayna try to get back. Meanwhile, the Ultra force the Liberator to land in a hangar and tap into the computer system. Vila is then encouraged by Orac to recite numerous tongue-twisters and nonsense sayings, all the while, Orac feeds the monologues into the Ultraworld computer—a massive brain at the centre of the complex. The riddles overload the brain's logic systems; the brain shuts down, thus allowing the others to make their escape. Episode Quotes Avon: Either it is dead or there is a total radio blackout. I wonder what they have to hide. Dayna: I'm not keen on finding out. Tarrant: This time, neither am I. Avon: Don't you find it interesting? Dayna: You'll be telling us next 'We can learn a lot from whoever built it' Avon: Well we certainly have nothing to teach them unless it's how to remain ignorant. What do you think Cally? Shall we stay and observe or shall we scuttle off with our closed minds intact? Tarrant: Touch of conscience? Avon: More like insanity. You really believe in taking risks, don't you? Tarrant: Calculated ones. Avon: Calculated on what? Your fingers? Avon: Wait a minute. Germanium circuitry is clever stuff, but to the best of my knowledge it cannot think for itself nor can it reproduce its own structure. Ultra 1: You have an astute mind, Avon. Avon: If you say so. Ultra 2: There is another process involved: Nucleoplasmic absorption. Tarrant (sarcastically): Oh, well, that's a relief. I thought it might be something complicated. Ultra 1 (puzzled): The process is extremely complex. Avon: Ignore him. That's what passes for "wit" on board our ship. Dayna (after the aliens have offered them their freedom in exchange for recording the "human bonding ceremony"): Tarrant, I think we should accept the offer. Then we can return to the Liberator. Tarrant: You can't be serious. You don't believe what they say? Dayna: We have to believe if we hope to survive. Kiss me. Tarrant (surprised): What? Dayna: I said, kiss me. (leans closer to Tarrant) Come on. I can't be all that repulsive. (they kiss) Vila: Come out, come out, wherever you are... help... I'm being got at... Avon: Tell me, Orac, how precisely did Vila confuse and distract Ultraworld? Orac: Quite simple. With a series of random and illogical brain impulses. The planet was programmed to assimilate orderly coherent thought patterns. Anything else confused it. Vila: Eh? Avon: You mean Vila spouted nonsense. Vila: I resent that! Avon: Oh, I wouldn't if I were you. Orac is saying that a logical, rational intelligence is no match for yours.

S3 E9. Sarcophagus The Liberator comes across a derelict alien ship and Avon, Vila and Cally teleport over to investigate. They find the ship has only one deck and contains a corpse and a strange artefact. After Cally accidentally triggers a self-destruct, all three hurry back to the Liberator and bring the artefact with them. The device then unleashes a ghostly presence that stalks the ship. It takes over Cally's mind sending her into unconsciousness, then shuts down both Zen and Orac and drains the ship's power systems. All the while the rest of the crew experience strange poltergeist-like happenings and finally confront the spirit, who assumes Cally's likeness. They then look for a means to destroy the entity before it enslaves them all. Episode Quotes Tarrant: Ah, Cally - I've been going over that theory of yours about the teleport bracelets boosting each other. As you're aware, it doesn't make sense. Cally: You have a better one? Tarrant: There was some kind of power source on that alien ship that you were telepathically receptive to. When the teleport failed, you were able to use that source to get yourself out, and to get Avon and Vila out with you. Cally (sarcastically): I seem to be more clever than I thought I was! Tarrant: What I really want to know is why you're being so bashful. (serious) What are you hiding, and why? Avon: Shut up, Tarrant. Tarrant (angrily): Did you say something to-- Avon: I said, shut up. I apologise for not realising you are deaf. Tarrant (to Avon): When you found me on the Liberator, it was quite a blow. And every time you look at me it hits you harder, doesn't it? I'm faster than you and I'm sharper. As far as it goes, I've made a success of my life. But you? The only big thing you ever tried to do you failed at. The greatest computer swindle of all time… but you couldn't quite pull it off, could you? If it hadn't been for Blake you'd be rotting on Cygnus Alpha right now. No, you failed, Avon. But I win. Not just at games. At life. Avon: You also talk too much. Tarrant: Be thankful I'm restricting myself to talk. Avon: Well now, that's fascinating. You mean you can do something else? Tarrant: Avon...do you want to forget I said all that? Avon: It wasn't particularly memorable. Dayna: We need sleep, all of us. Even you need sleep, Tarrant. Tarrant (sarcastically): And tomorrow, everything will look different. Avon: If it does, you can assume you're on the wrong ship. Alien/Cally: I thought you were the clever one. You're a fool, like Tarrant! The pain Tarrant is experiencing ... visualise that pain and much more. You're as close to death as you have ever been. Think about human death, Avon, irrevocable... Avon: I have thought about it, what's keeping you? Alien/Cally: What did you say? Avon: You claim you can kill me. You'd better get on with it. Make me die. There's nothing else you can make me do.