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  1. 12 hours ago, unapologetic pedant said:

    Not previously acquainted with any of these latest three. I'm always interested in the original broadcast timeslot. Which day and whether early or late evening. Gives a sense of the place the programme occupied, what it was trying to accomplish and whom it was aimed at.

    Re watching old TV series DVDs -

    Had a brief buying spree around a decade ago. One Amazon recommendation led to another, etc. Eclectic childhood mix of fondly-remembered, half-remembered, dimly-remembered productions.

    With each purchase, unwittingly found myself settled into a routine of one episode per day at roughly the same time. Of course in most cases the erstwhile order would have been weekly not daily. Nonetheless I felt no appetite for second helpings and certainly not tempted to binge-watch the whole lot.

    Which begs the question, were these series consciously devised for consumption in small doses with gaps in between? Or did growing up in the analogue era condition our minds to appreciate the value of delayed gratification? 

    Moonbase 3 episode 1

    Star Cops episode 1

    I can recommend these three if you want well written classic drama. Star Cops was as good as sabotaged by the BBC. In 1987 when the beeb were attempting to cancel Dr Who they had a low opinion of Sci Fi and Star Cops had a ridiculous transmission time of 8.30 to 9.25 on BBC 2. So any viewers watching it would have had to leave the 8pm offering on BBC1 or ITV and miss the first half of the 9pm offering. Not surprisingly it didn't get good viewing figures. But it was always well regarded and recently full cast audio adventures with the original cast have been produced.

    Both Star Cops and Moonbase 3 were produced by Dr Who production team. So Star Cops feels like 80's Who and Moonbase 3 like 70's Who.

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  2. THE MAN IN ROOM 17

    Just a quick word about this series , I'm still in the process of watching this for the first time.

    Found this series by luck really.
    Amazon sent me an email recommending this.
    Three series of spy stories,crime stories, with an unusual twist. The protagonists Oldenshaw and Dimmock never leave a room in Scotland Yard, the aforementioned room 17. Every scene of our two heroes is in this room. However these are powerful guys. The chief of the Met.London Police has to politely knock on the door to gain admittance. Oldenshaw and Dimmock can pick up one of the numerous phones they have and give orders to agents all over the world. They're like chess masters moving pawns around. Obviously it would be dull to just have the whole show in room 17, actually only about 20 minutes of the 50 have them on screen, the rest is the agent of the week being instructed and guided by Oldenshaw and Dimmock. The plots are often complex, mostly actually set abroad, the sort of plots you'd get in any ITC series, but everything guided by these 40 somethings in London who spend a large amount of time arguing while working out schemes to topple dictators, steal valuable papers, snare crooks etc.
    Three series made , 1 and 3 with Richard Vernon and Michael Aldridge ,series 2 with Denholm Elliott playing Imlac Defraits replacing Dimmock as Aldridge was taken ill.
    Plenty of top British talent playing either the agent in the field of the week or one of the villains.

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    Oldenshaw  and Dimmock plot how to topple villains without leaving room 17.
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    Anthony Hopkins made an appearance.
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    Series 3 the pair moved out of Scotland Yard and were operating out of a university office, I've actually not got round to seeing this series yet, but I believe it's a similar format to first two series.
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    Nice review of the series;
    Review from WordPress.com

    The Man in Room 17 (1965-1966) inverts the locked-room mystery in a clever way: it’s not the crime that occurs in the locked room, it’s the detection. It’s about two criminologists (why, one wonders, is the title of the series singular rather than plural?) whose skills are so rarefied and irreplaceable that they remain sequestered inside a chamber deep in the confines of the British government apparatus. On paper it sounds a bit like the American series Checkmate (1960-1962), which was created by a prominent British novelist, Eric Ambler, and had some vague pretensions toward emulating brainy literary whodunits. But Checkmate saddled its plummy British sleuth (Sebastian Cabot) with a pair of dullard underlings who spent most episodes getting conked on the head. The Man in Room 17 comes closer to fulfilling the rigor of its premise. Even when the crimes are routine, the dialogue is allusive and witty, and the intellectual vanity of the heroes is something no American series could conceive. Oldenshaw (Richard Vernon) and Dimmock (Michael Aldridge) – the first stuffy and acerbic, the other intense and arrogant – not only never get their hands dirty, they seem to revel in the cushiness of their surroundings. The two men evince no masculine vanity, no aspirations to physical courage. The only other regular character, portly, easily-flustered Sir Geoffrey (Willoughby Goddard), isn’t the bulldog one might expect, but an ineffectual liaison to the higher-ups in the government. He’s less of a boss than a glorified manservant.
    Sir Geoffrey somewhat reluctantly takes a case to the supersleuths in the opening scene of the first episode, which is cannily designed to emphasize the secrecy and exclusivity surrounding Room 17. After that, the series largely avoids showing any of the bureaucratic tissue connecting Oldenshaw and Dimmock to the legal system. The show’s creator, Robin Chapman, isn’t interested in the mythology around Room 17 (which would be an irresistable temptation if the show were remade today), but in the limits imposed by the claustrophobic premise. Like the corpulent Nero Wolfe, these puppetmasters can’t operate without tentacles in the outside world. The easy way out would have been to assign them a regular legman, but instead the Room 17 gents recruit a different proxy for each operation – often through blackmail, trickery, or some other dubiously ethical machination. In one episode, their operative is discovered and killed by the bad guy. Dimmock and Oldenshaw react with shock and anger but not remorse. The episode “The Bequest” finds the fellows at their most mischievous and sinister. An American is advised to buy a chemical formula known to be fraudulent, and Room 17 finds this hilarious. Later Oldenshaw has the option to rescue an imprisoned operative but declines. “We always disavow our agents,” he shrugs.

    The idea of the top-secret crimefighter’s lair isn’t unique – think of the Batcave, or the kid-lit characters the Three Investigators, whose hideaway is a mobile home deep inside a junkyard, accessible only by secret passage. Room 17 is an irresistable hangout, by stuffy bow-tied genius standards. There are no windows and one foreboding metal door, but also some comfy leather couches and a "Go" board. (The fellows play regularly, and "Go" pieces inspired the opening title graphics. I guess the idea was that chess was child’s play for these brainiacs.) A pleasure of visiting Room 17 today is trying to puzzle out how its occupants acquired and analyzed data back in the analog era. Somehow, via daily newspaper deliveries and just a handful of file cabinets and reference books (the prop budget was sparse, apparently), all the world’s knowledge is at their fingertips.
     
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    The bulk of The Man in Room 17’s cases involve espionage of one sort or another, which is probably a shame; it dates the show within a certain skein of Cold War paranoia, and attaches it as a sort of also-ran to the sixties spy craze. It offers an occasional frisson of the fanciful glamour of Bond, but lands closer to the grit of Le Carré. In the best of the first year’s segments, “Hello, Lazarus,” the men suspect that an industrialist has faked his own death in a plane crash, and set out to lure the fugitive into revealing himself. The script by Chapman and Gerald Wilson emphasizes the extent to which Room 17 operates without a mandate – Sir Geoffrey and his superiors do not share the men’s view that their quarry is still alive, and yet Oldenshaw and Dimmock brush that off and set to work anyway. The glee that Dimmock takes in manipulating the world bond market to solve a relatively inconsequential crime, and his not-terribly-sheepish concession that this represents a self-indulgent folly, are very funny. The writers permit the audience to consider that their protagonists may be ridiculous or even dangerous. Another standout 1965 entry, “The Seat of Power,” has a startling last-act twist, in which the men realize that the true target of an enemy’s up-to-that-point routine espionage operation is them: the whole scheme was designed as bait to flush them out of hiding, and it almost works. If the series were in color, you could see just how pale Dimmock and Oldenshaw turn when the caper suddenly acquires the life-or-death stakes that their isolation was designed to prevent. Though it is primarily procedural and apolitical, what is most intriguing about The Man in Room 17 is that Deep State subtext. It is, in the most literal way imaginable, about how the world is largely run by nondescript men in three-piece suits, invisible to most of us and subject to no one’s oversight.
     
     

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  3. The phone rings, Otto picks it up.
    Otto " Oscar?"
    H " Otto "
    Otto " Hanna I am here "
    H " listen Otto I'm very worried about Oscar, he called me, where is he?"
    Catweazle shouts into phone,
    C " where is Touchwood?"
    H " he's with you then?"
    Otto ( to Catweazle) " will you go away"
    H " what was that Otto"
    Catweazle tries to grab receiver,
    Otto " will you go away"
    H (angry) " oh very well then" ( slams down phone).
    Otto " no Hanna not you!"

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    Otto " she's hung up, now listen, I am Otto Habbleman my brother is Oscar Habbleman, who are you"
    C " I am Catweazle "
    Otto " Catweazle?"
    C " aye, now where is Touchwood?"
    Otto " let's not start that business again "
    Phone rings, Otto grabs it,
    Otto " Oscar ?...where are you"
    Osc " didn't Hanna tell you, I'm at King's Farthing. Now listen Otto whatever you do stay where you are"
    Oscar turns to Charles,
    Osc " I must go immediately "
    LC " of course "
    CD " Professor Habbleman don't forget this",( handing over specimen box).
    Osc " my dear boy how can I ever thank you "
    LC " I'm so glad he's been of help"
    Osc " help?...today we have made natural history "
    Oscar leaves, Lord Collingford and Cedric exchange weary glances.

    At Oscar's, Otto points to picture of toad on lab wall.
    Otto " beautiful animals, so you see Mr Catweazle you have nothing to worry about, your wonderful toad will be perfectly safe with us. It is after all our field"
    C " thy field?"
    Otto " yes, we are experts "
    On a table books are stacked high, Otto grabs one and shows Catweazle cover.
    Otto " you see, ' Toads For The Layman ' by Otto and Oscar Habbleman "

     

    Geoffrey Bayldon and John Ringham in Catweazle (1970)
    Geoffrey Bayldon in Catweazle (1970)

    On the bottom of the front cover is a green logo, a scorpion.
    C " the sign of the scorpion "
    Otto " that's right, scorpion books, take one, take several if you wish"
    Catweazle takes book, looks in awe at scorpion logo.
    C ( holding book aloft) " O mighty scorpion, thou that will help me fly, bring back my minion".
    Oscar enters lab, Catweazle sees both of them he looks anguished, fearful.
    Otto " at last, I can't take much more, you know this man?"
    C " thou art bewitched "
    Otto " he has been here for ages and will not go away "
    C " shempamparash "
    Otto " see what I mean"
    Osc "and what can I do for you this time my friend "
    C " I fear thee not, thou or thy shadow , where is Touchwood "
    Otto " please Mr Catweazle be reasonable, I don't understand I really don't "
    Osc " ah....Touchwood.....your toad "
    C " aye"
    Osc " that is what he is worried about Otto. There is no need to worry he is quite safe."

    John Ringham in Catweazle (1970)
    Geoffrey Bayldon in Catweazle (1970)
    Geoffrey Bayldon in Catweazle (1970)

    C " thou lie, thou double headed double dealer"
    Osc " please calm down "
    Otto " yes let us all calm down a little bit"
    Osc " look Mr Catweazle I shall show you"
    Oscar opens specimen box,
    Otto " but Oscar the box is empty"
    Catweazle smiles, quietly saying to himself,
    C " I thank thee Owlface "
    The two Habblemans stare at each other dumbfounded.

    At Duck Halt in the waiting room of the disused railway station.
    CD " it was easy, he was on the phone most of the time, so I just put Touchwood in my pocket "
    C " truly Owlface thou art my brother "
    CD " is he going to be alright"
    C " by Hecate, I hope so"
    Catweazle looks into Wellington boot, Touchwood is inside out of sight.
    C " thou shall have woodlice, I will find them for thee. Maybe a beetle or a worm, wouldst thou have a worm? Or an earwig"
    Touchwood crawls out of the boot, looking well, a shiny green moist skin.
    C " he has shed his skin!"
    CD " so that's what was wrong with him "
    C ( smiling)" a new skin, and a new toad. And look Touchwood a new sign"
    Catweazle holds up book for Touchwood to see, gives him another smile and a lovely wink.

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  4. Back at King's Farthing,
    Osc " just imagine it, an extinct species, I don't know if I told you but I have measured the femur"
    LC " er..yes.. here's your drink"
    Osc ( holding wine glass) " cheers, can I phone Otto now?"
    LC " yes of course please do"
    Oscar goes to window sill where phone is.
    Charles gives Cedric a withering look.
    LC " what the hell is all this about Cedric "
    CD " erm...toads"
    Hanna receives phone call at the country house.
    H " is that you Otto"
    Osc " no no it's Oscar. Can I speak to Otto"
    H " isn't he with you"
    Osc " if he was I wouldn't be ringing him up would I Hanna"
    H " but he went to see you"
    Osc " no no I'm coming to see him "
    H " he should be there by now"
    Osc " perhaps, but I am not there Hanna"
    Oscar puts phone down,
    Osc " my sister in law, no good on the phone"
    LC " I see"
    Osc " perhaps I should ring my home, but why is Otto there?"
     
     
    At Oscar's the phone rings, Catweazle alone in the lab, recognizes it is a " telling bone" , he encountered it on his first journey to 1970( series1). This is an old fashioned ' retro ' phone.
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    C " a trumpet telling bone...stop thy noise"
    He knocks the receiver off with a swipe of his hand, then replaces it.
    At King's Farthing,
    Osc " he hung up, on my own phone he hung up".
    at Oscar's house
    Oscar rings again, Catweazle answers phone and holds mouthpiece about a foot away from mouth.
    C " O great spirit of the telling bone where is my familiar?"
    Otto returns and gawps perplexed at Catweazle.
    C " I charge thee telling bone, lead me to him"
    at King's Farthing
    Osc " I can hardly hear you Otto I will dial again " He hangs up and redials.

     

    Geoffrey Bayldon and John Ringham in Catweazle (1970)
    Hana Maria Pravda in Catweazle (1970)

    at Oscar's
    Otto tries to grab receiver off Catweazle.
    Otto " give it to me"
    C " nay I will speak to the spirits "
    The two of them wrestle for receiver.
    at King's Farthing
    Oscar gets an engaged signal.
    Osc " now it's engaged!! He hangs up on me, not once, or twice but three times, now he is talking to someone else"
    Lord Collingford doesn't know what to say.
    LC " erm..oh dear"

    at Oscar's
    Otto has got receiver.
    Otto " hello, hello..( replaces receiver)..what do you think you're doing?"
    C ( shouts) " where is Touchwood!"
    Otto " who is Touchwood?"
    C " my familiar I brought him to thee"
    Otto " I keep telling you I've never seen you before"
    C " THOU HAS THOU HAS!!
    Otto " let us not lose our patience. Are you working for my brother?"
    C " thou has said I am your brother "
    Otto " no no, I am not your brother "
    C " so be it, I am not thy brother either"
    Otto( smiling) " ah wait a moment I think I understand. You have mixed us up"
    C " mixed up?"
    Otto " yes, don't you see , there are two of us"
    C " aye that is so"
    Otto " no, not me and you, but me and him"

  5. Cedric and Oscar arrive at King's Farthing and enter hallway. Lord Collingford doesn't exactly look overjoyed at seeing this eccentric German absent minded professor.
    Osc " Lord Collingford what a pleasure to see you again"
    LC " Professor Habbleman what are you up to"
    Osc ( points to box)" he has found it, such a clever little boy"
    LC " what is it?"
    CD " just a toad"
    Osc " just a toad!! He is so modest your Ceedric "
    LC " Cedric "
    Osc " this is THE toad"
    LC "is it really, I didn't think Cedric was interested in that sort of thing"
    Lord Collingford peeks inside box, Touchwood heard croaking, Habbleman closes box.
    Osc " I'm going to show it to Otto, he will go crazy"
    LC " er.....will he?"
    Being polite Charles offers Oscar a drink, hoping he'll say no.
    LC " that must mean you have not time to stay for a drink"
    Osc " why not, why not, you're very kind"
    LC " oh...good, what about your brother "
    Osc " may I telephone him"
    LC " yes of course "
    The two of them go into drawing room, Cedric moves towards specimen box, but in comes an agitated Oscar , forgotten it again, he picks it up.
    Osc " dummkopf"
    Moray Watson is Lord Collingford ( Charles).

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    Catweazle is at Oscar's, on his hands and knees crawling around,
    C " Touchwood, Touchwood, come my pretty boy (whistles)"
    He sees glass case with toad in it.
    C " ah..Touchwood...( crestfallen) nay thou are not Touchwood . Where art thou"
    Otto comes in , the identical twin, looks more dapper and smartly suited than his scruffy looking brother.
    Otto " Oscar....who are you?"
    C " has thou forgotten I am Catweazle "
    Otto " I'm sorry I do not think I've had the pleasure "
    C " I bought thee Touchwood "
    Otto " Touchwood?..er my brother?"
    C " aye"
    Otto " where is he?"
    C "I cannot find him"
    Otto " perhaps he is upstairs "
    C " thou will make him well again?"
    Otto " why what is wrong with him?"
    C " thou does not know!!"
    Otto " he was full of beans a little while ago "
    C " full of beans?"
    Otto " yes, he was bubbling over "
    C ( anguished) " bubbling over !! Then he is doomed "
    Geoffrey Bayldon and John Ringham in Catweazle (1970)
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    Otto " what are you saying, what are you trying to tell me...( looking worried)...Oscar ...Oscar. ( running upstairs)...Oscar."
  6. Inside Oscar is viewing Touchwood under a magnifying glass, with the toad on the worktop. Catweazle peers through glass to see a huge vision of his toad.
    C " ahh..what has thou done"
    He grabs glass off Professor Habbleman and looks through it, Oscar grabs it back.
    Osc " do you mind"

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    Osc " you say he will not eat"
    CD " that's right, what's wrong with him?"
    Osc " patience my boy patience "
    More studying under magnifying glass, then Oscar puts both hands up to his head excitedly.
    Osc " no! It cannot be, it cannot be"

    John Ringham in Catweazle (1970)
    Geoffrey Bayldon, John Ringham, and Gary Warren in Catweazle (1970)

    At Otto's, Otto rings Oscar hoping for better luck this time.
    At Oscar's phone rings,
    Osc " hello"
    Otto " hello Oscar "
    Osc " Otto just a minute "
    Oscar rushes back to study Touchwood leaving Otto puzzled.
    Otto ( phone)" Oscar ? Oscar?... hello, hello..." (hangs up)
    Oscar runs back excitedly to phone.
    Osc ( phone)" Otto, I have a very wonderful thing to tell you...Otto..Otto...he hung up, then why did he ring?"
    Oscar grabs large, very old book, and says , while patting book a few Latin words, the title of the book.
    Osc "de ratione ranarum rubetarum "
    Catweazle thinks it's some magic incantation and replies with,
    C " Shempamparash "
    Osc " indeed so, published in 1637, in 1637!"
    He hands book open to Cedric.
    Osc " hold it open please Ceedric "
    CD " Cedric "
    Osc (Checking book, then toad, then book)" yes ....yes...no doubt at all. How long have you had this toad?"
    C " 900..."
    Cedric promptly interjects,
    CD " quite a long time haven't you"
    C " aye..900 years "
    Osc " yes, it must be or even longer. Tell me where did you find him?"
    C " in the great forest "
    Osc " forest...can you take me there"
    C " nay"
    Osc " but you must, to find the others "
    CD " others.....is it infectious "
    Osc " this toad is extinct like the dinosaur, look at the length of the femur. Impossible but true, a new toad, a new species, this is a red letter in my life. My brother will go crazy, together we will fly to Heidelberg "
    C " can thou fly, have thou the 13 signs"
    Oscar puts Touchwood in an opaque specimen box.
    Osc " we will address the zoological conference. Such a discovery how can I thank you."
    Catweazle alarmed as the lid of box is shut with Touchwood inside it.
    C " Touchwood !!"
    Osc " do not worry my friend, my brother and I will take good care of him. Him ! I must phone him"
    CD " but..Professor Habbleman "
    Osc " no please, everything is wonderful "

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    Oscar puts his coat on,
    Osc " I will drop you off on the way to Otto's".
    Catweazle slyly moves to the specimen box but Cedric pushes him gently away and whispers,
    Cd " I'll get Touchwood after you've gone"
    Catweazle nods and reluctantly leaves.
    Oscar on phone,
    Osc " Otto?...well get him Hanna get him...( under his breath)..stupid woman "
    Otto ( phone)" hello"
    Osc " Otto is that you, Otto I have found a toad extinct like the dinosaur"
    Otto " please do not pull the leg Oscar"
    Osc " no, but it's true I have examined it, it's the most exciting day of my life . Think what it'll mean Otto"
    Otto " this is wonderful Oscar, I'm coming round"
    Osc " of course "
    Otto " see you"
    Osc " see you too"
    Cedric is about to open specimen box but Oscar is too quick and comes back into lab.
    Osc " where is your friend?"
    CD " he had to go"
    Osc " strange man, very strange "
    They leave lab, 5 seconds later Oscar returns to pick up specimen box he forgot.
    Osc ( to himself) " dummpkof "
    After they've gone Catweazle comes back in via back entrance .
    C " Touchwood?...where art thou?
    But of Touchwood there is no sign of course.
  7. Oscar Habbleman picks up phone, in a country house outside of Elderford the call is received. A woman in her 50's picks up phone.
    H " hello"
    Osc " Hanna, I want to speak to Otto"
    H " just a minute Oscar I'll call him.....(shouts)...Otto "
    Otto comes out of room to hallway to phone, classical music is blaring out.
    Otto " I'm not deaf Hanna there's no need to shout."
    Otto Habbleman is an identical twin to Oscar.
    Otto ( phone) " who is that please?"
    Osc " Oscar...listen Otto"
    Otto " just a minute Oscar, Hanna please turn the radio down "
    The music is still loud.
    Osc " we cannot be sure"
    Otto " what did you say Oscar?"
    Osc " I said we cannot be sure"
    Otto " what about?"
    Osc " I can't hear you Otto"
    Otto " just a minute Oscar....Hanna turn the radio off please"
    Oscar has had enough,
    Osc " I'll ring again" , (putting phone down)
    The radio is now off at Otto's,
    Otto " that's better, Oscar...are you there?"
    Hanna, Otto's wife comes to phone.
    H " is it alright?"
    Otto " alright..? See what you have done, he's hung up on me"
    John Ringham is Otto and Hana-Marie Pravda is Hanna.

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    Cedric and Catweazle arrive at Oscar's ,
    CD " don't forget if he asks you who you are, you're a visitor from overseas "
    C " I swear by adamcos"
    CD " let me do the talking okay"
    C ( curtly) " okay...okay"
    Cedric rings doorbell, Oscar opens door, he is immediately fixated on Catweazle.
    Osc " oh...Ceedric how are you"
    CD " it's Cedric, I'm fine thanks "
    Osc " and your father"( looking at Catweazle)
    CD " no he's...oh I see he's fine as well thanks "
    Osc " and who are you?"
    C " Catw......a visitor from overseas "
    Osc " why are you carrying that boot?"
    C " it's Touchwood "
    CD " he's ill"
    Osc " is he?"
    Cd " yes he wouldn't eat his blue bottle this morning "
    Osc " well ...er I don't think your friend should "
    C ( offering boot to Oscar)" it's all I have"
    Osc " I don't want it, I have a pair "
    Cd " it's a toad "
    Osc " a toad! Where?"
    CD " in the boot"
    All three peer into the boot.
    Osc " I don't see anything "
    CD " perhaps he's round the bend...in the toe"
    Osc ( looking)" oh yes, I see him, what is wrong with him?"
    CD " we don't know that is why we've come to you"
    Osc " very wise of you, then you're acquainted with my work?"
    CD " oh er..yes of course"
    Osc " strange, no one else is, you better come in (viewing Catweazle suspiciously)
    both of you "
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  8. S2 E8 - THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT

    In Duck Halt the disused railway station that is his home Catweazle is upset. His toad Touchwood is unwell. The animal's skin is an off colour, and dry , Catweazle places toad on his palm saying,
    C " oh sickness rise up, fly away , hide behind the moon, go from Touchwood. Ammo Ablammo salmy Dalmy Adonay."
    Catweazle is clearly upset,
    C " nothing works, I will not leave thee, I will not fly without thee. Thy skin is like parchment, but fear not thou shall be strong again "
    Cedric enters,
    Cd " morning Catweazle"
    C " Touchwood is sick, magic cannot cure him"
    Cd " what's wrong with him?"
    C " see, his skin, he will not eat his blue bottle"
    CD " gosh, he must be ill"
    C " mayhap he is bewitched "
    CD " don't be silly, he's just a bit off colour that's all"
    C " aye he hath a yellow look "
    CD " maybe it's jaundice , I wish I knew more about toads "
    C " I could find him leeches"
    CD " don't be silly he might eat them"
    C " what is a magician without his familiar, how will I find the sign of the scorpion, how will I fly. Without Touchwood I am lost"
    CD " don't be silly he'll be fine, you talk as if he's had it"
    C " had what?"
    CD " could take him to a vet I suppose, wait a minute, there's a zoologist in Elderford...now what's his name...er..ah Professor Habbleman"
    Geoffrey Bayldon is Catweazle, Gary Warren is Cedric.

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    In Professor Oscar Habbleman's house in the nearby Elderford , the professor is at a typewriter, reading out what he has just typed. He has a strong German accent.
    Oscar " therefore we must assume that this species may have been extinct for some time past "
    The main living room of his house is more like a laboratory. Glass cases with toads in them, toad pictures on the wall, a bunsen burner alight with a glass flask on top of it with bluish liquid bubbling away.

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    Geoffrey Bayldon and Gary Warren in Catweazle (1970)

    Nearby Cedric and Catweazle walk down the road, Catweazle in a trilby and raincoat, an attempt by Cedric to make Catweazle look normal. Catweazle starts to cross road, until Cedric pulls him back.
    CD " hey look both ways"
    Catweazle looks straight ahead then behind him.
    CD " no look right left and right again "
    C " what sayest thou?"
    CD " like this, you do what I do, right left and now right again. Now cross"
    Catweazle crosses fingers.
    CD " no the road you idiot "
    Catweazle bends down and makes the sign of the cross on the road.
    CD " oh no..come on "
    They cross Catweazle carrying Wellington boot with Touchwood inside it.
    John Ringham is Oscar Habbleman.

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  9. 5. CASTOR AND POLLUX

    While Caulder explores the possibility of participating in a joint expedition to Jupiter the Russians, an accident during a routine docking manoeuvre with a satellite leaves a shuttle with Tom Hill on board tumbling out into deep space. Caulder mounts a rescue mission but must convince the Russians to help him.

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    6. VIEW OF A DEAD  PLANET 


    Controversy surrounds the Arctic Sun Project, a plan to detonate a hydrogen bomb above the Arctic Circle to melt the icecaps and open up new land for development. When the project is initiated, all contact with Earth is lost as it becomes enveloped in a strange mist. The inhabitants of the Moon colonies struggle to come to terms with the possibility that Earth has been destroyed and they are all that's left of humanity.

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    THE END

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  10. 3. ACHILLES HEEL.

    While Caulder is pressured to deliver results from Moonbase 3's research programme under threat of budget cuts, the CORA radio astronomy project is thrown into disarray by a series of accidents. As the situation develops it becomes apparent that one of the three CORA scientists – Adam Blaney , Bill Knight and Kate Weyman  are suffering from a mental breakdown and is sabotaging the project.

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    4. OUTSIDERS 

     

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    Faced with an inspection ahead of potential budget cuts, Caulder's hopes of demonstrating that the Moonbase 3 research programme is worthwhile lie with two brilliant, but erratic, researchers, Stephen Partness and Peter Conway  both of whom are showing evidence of cracking under the strain.

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  11. MOONBASE 3

     

    1973 BBC 6 part mini series, a scientific research base on the moon faces scientific and exploration puzzles.
     
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    1. DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL

     

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    Astronaut Harry Sanders suffers a mental breakdown while piloting a shuttle from the Moon back to Earth, causing an accident that kills him and his passenger, Moonbase 3 director Tony Ransome (Michael Lees). Under political pressure to close the Moonbase following the deaths, the Director-General of the European space programme appoints David Caulder to take over as Director of Moonbase 3 and investigate the accident.

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    2. BEHEMOTH

    When two seismologists mysteriously vanish in the Mare Frigoris region, Caulder bans all travel into the area, a decision that upsets Dr Heinz Laubenthal (Peter Miles) who is conducting research in the area but won't reveal what he is working on. Some time later, Laubenthal is killed in an explosion in his laboratory. Investigations reveal that the lab walls were breached from the outside and strange tracks are found leading from the lab in the direction of the Mare Frigoris. As rumours of space monsters begin to disrupt life on the moonbases, Caulder leads a team into Mare Frigoris in search of the truth.

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  12. 7. A DOUBLE LIFE
    Embryos are stolen from a refrigeration unit on Moonbase, they belong to Arab leader Chamsia Asadi, a ruthless woman desperate to have children. The DNA evidence leads to James Bannnerman being the thief, unfortunately he is a concert pianist and was performing at the Albert Hall when the theft occurred. So a mystery, how can Bannerman be in two places at once? He is kidnapped by Asadi's thugs and threatened with hand mutilation unless he returns the embryos.

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    8. OTHER PEOPLE'S SECRETS
    Nathan wants his staff to undergo psychiatric vetting, an exercise to reassure visitors to Moonbase. Star Cops officers are pretty furious with Nathan, especially as the psychiatrist is Dr Parr , a tactless rude nosey woman, and an ex wife of Colin Devis , Star Cop. Geoffrey Bayldon ,Catweazle (see photo) appears as Woolfhart, an aging official depressed and seemingly in need of counselling. Chaos ensues as a section of the base decompress as a vandal who really needs Dr Parr 's help is wrecking the place.
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    9. LITTLE GREEN MEN AND OTHER MARTIANS
    Final episode, as journalists come to the moon to investigate an amazing discovery on Mars. A Mayan sculpture found buried on Mars. Did ancient Martians visit Earth and take back with them Mayan culture. Is this some elaborate hoax , if so why have both pilots who brought the sculpture to the Moon died in suspicious circumstances. Nathan is off to Mars himself to extend the Star Cops influence. When he gets on board the Mars bound ship, which has the sculpture on it hidden in the hold....BANG!!! It blows up ...all dead. A Mayan curse ? A Martian plot or something else?
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    THE END
  13. 18 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

    another dentist visit and another £70 lighter - he wants to see me again in 3 months - its a tale - will be cancelling my next appointment - too expensive at Mydentist 

    I honestly urge you not to do that. I made a similar decision years ago and regret it. My teeth deteriorated and I eventually went back. In April I'll be having the fourth extraction in 6 months. Any more and I'll be having trouble chewing. Your teeth are invaluable look after them.

  14. 6. IN WARM BLOOD
    A returning ship the Pluto 5 parks itself in orbit around the Moon. But the crew are all dead, in fact mummified. What happened? Have they brought back a virus. Investigations reveal they all died at the same time, to the second, when the cabin temperature hit 42 degrees.
    The Japanese company owning the Pluto 5 are remarkably unhelpful in trying to discover the truth. The crew was subjected to something that went horribly wrong, something illegal.

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  15. 5. THIS CASE TO BE OPENED IN A MILLION YEARS
    A moonquake causes a rocket launch to go wrong , the vehicle carrying nuclear waste crashes onto the moon, but this was totally predictable, why didn't the launch company abort the mission. Investigations reveal the company's links to Sicily and the Mafia, and with money being paid into Nathan's bank account suspicion ferments that Nathan is turning a blind eye to smuggling. Was it toxic waste in the rocket cargo or something else?

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    4. TRIVIAL GAMES AND PARANOID PURSUITS
    Doctor Harvey Goodman a geneticist has gone missing from the Station The Ronald Reagan, in fact the Americans running the station say they've never heard of him. A cover up is happening but why, and why has a module been removed from the Ronald Reagan and dropped into the sun. Tensions rise as Nathan attempts to install Star Cop officers on the station amid hostilities from the Commander of The Ronald Reagan who is involved in this cover up.

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  17.  

    3. INTELLIGENT LISTENING FOR BEGINNERS
    Disaster in the Channel Tunnel as two trains collide, an explosion at a chemical plant, both incidents preceded by strange poetry appearing on computer screens, " oh rose thou art sick, the invisible worm that turns in the night" Internet terrorists are at work, meantime Nathan has two of his officers exposed as corrupt and have to be fired. But when officer Pal Kenzy gets involved in stopping a hijacking, sacking her is difficult.

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  18.  

    2. CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD
    A supply ship has gone rogue, out of control and heading into deep space, the crew know they're dead with no fuel to correct their course and limited air. But was it an accident or did someone set out to kill them. Meanwhile a new U.S. Station is launched with the Americans warning that to try and pry into its purpose will be viewed as an act of war. On Earth Nathan's fiancee is assassinated, and cleverly these threads link up to reveal British Intelligence at its most ruthless.

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  19.        STAR COPS

    A nine part BBC series created by Chris Boucher, a Dr Who and Blake's 7 writer. Set in 2027 on the Moon mostly and deals with the efforts of the ISPF, International Space Police Force, aka Star Cops, who keep law and order among early moon settlements. The feel of the show is very much to keep everything as realistic as possible, and the show makes some shrewd guesses as to advancement in science and communication. 

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    1. AN INSTINCT FOR MURDER
    Career cop Nathan Spring isn't too chuffed to discover he's on a short list to take over as Commander of Moonbase Star Cops, but his bosses insist he attends interviews and training to represent Britain in an international competition to get the prestigious job. Whilst visiting the space Station The Choral Sea Spring is involved in investigating the death of a politician by suit failure whilst Space walking. A plan is exposed to sabotage Space suits to take the servicing contract away from the Russians. Nathan solves the case and unfortunately for him is therefore offered the job of Commander. A reluctant hero is appointed

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  20. FINAL EPISODE

    17. FALL OUT

    After besting Number 2 at a battle of wills in "Once Upon A Time " at the apparent cost of Number Two's life, Number 6 requests he be taken to see Number One. He is taken by The Supervisor to a large cavernous chamber that includes a British assembly hall with a number of masked delegates, of which the Supervisor joins, and a large metallic cylinder with a mechanical eye, labeled "1". Six is shown to his seat, a large ornate throne, to watch the proceedings.

    An MC acts as The President, and announces Six has passed the "ultimate test" and won the "right to be individual", but there are matters of ceremony involved in the "transfer of ultimate power". The caged area with Number Two's body is brought to the chamber; medical personnel recover the body, resuscitate him, and give Two a make-over. Number Two along with Number 48—a young modishly-dressed man—are presented as two different examples of "revolt" to the assembly. Number 48 refuses to cooperate and drives the assembly to sing a rendition of "Dem Bones" before he is restrained. Number Two reveals he too was abducted to the Village and spits at the mechanical eye in defiance. Both men are taken away.

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    The President then presents Number Six as a third form of revolt, but as "a revolutionary of a different calibre" to be treated with respect. Six is shown his home in London is being prepared for his return, and he is presented with traveller's cheques, a passport, and the keys to his home and car. The President calls on Number Six to lead them as his behavior has been exemplary. Six attempts to address the assembly but their shouting and banging drown him out.

    Six is shown into the metallic cylinder. He passes transparent tubes holding Numbers Two and 48 along with a third, empty tube, each labelled as "Orbit". Climbing a stairway, he finds a robed man in a mask watching surveillance videos of Six. The man has a number 1 on his robe!! Six pulls off the mask to find a gorilla mask underneath, and then under that, a man seemingly identical to Number Six. The robed figure escapes into a hatch above. Six locks the hatch and recognises the cylinder is a rocket. He initiates its countdown, sending the President and Assembly into a panic, and a evacuation of the Village is ordered.

    Alexis Kanner in The Prisoner (1967)
    Alexis Kanner in The Prisoner (1967)
    Alexis Kanner in The Prisoner (1967)

    Six frees Numbers Two and 48, and along with the Butler, they gun down armed guards, making their way to the caged room which is revealed to be on the bed of a Scammell Highwayman low loader. They drive away from the Village as the rocket launches from the abandoned Village. Rover (the security of the Village) deflates and is destroyed (to the accompaniment of "I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)") upon exposure to the flames of the rocket's exhaust.

    The four drive towards London. Nearing the city, Number 48 alights and proceeds to hitch-hike. Just outside Westminster Palace, the truck is stopped by the police. The three abandon it and leave their separate ways. Number Two enters the Palace by the Peers' Entrance, while the Butler escorts Six back to his home, where his Lotus 7 car waits. Six sets off in his car, while the Butler enters Six's home, its door opening in the same manner as the automatic doors in the Village. The episode ends with similar audio cues from the series' opening sequence, with shots of Six driving around London.

     
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    Kenneth Griffith in The Prisoner (1967)
     
     
  21. 16. ONCE UPON A TIME
    Number 2 this episode: Leo McKern

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    The Number 2 from the prior episode " The Chimes Of Big Ben" returns to the Village. He calls his superiors and obtains permission to undertake a dangerous technique called "Degree Absolute" in a final attempt to break Number Six and learn why he resigned from his position as an intelligence agent. Number Six is put into a trance state, causing his mind to regress back to his childhood. He is taken to the "Embryo Room", deep below the Green Dome, filled with various props, as well as a caged room that contains living space and a kitchen. He, Number Two, and the Butler are subsequently locked into the room via a timer that will unlock the room after one week.

    Number Two begins to use regressive therapy following Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man, using the various props to enact a series of psychodramas, with Number Two playing the authority figure (e.g., father, headmaster, employer) and Number Six the subject (child, student, employee). Each drama is aimed at trying to make Number Six explain why he resigned. During the first six of these, Number Two finds Number Six has developed an aversion to saying the word "six". Number Two also comes to like and respect Number Six as he learns more about him.

    Roles that Number 2 plays are: 6's Olympic boxing trainer, first employer, and a Judge in each case 2 with varying degrees of firmness interrogates 6 to get the reason why he resigned.

     

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    Leo McKern in The Prisoner (1967)

    On the final day, Number Two enacts the role of military jailer, harshly interrogating Number Six as a prisoner of war. Number Two's efforts seem to have effect as Number Six starts to blather on reasons for resigning, because too many people knew too much, including about Number Two. Number Two becomes agitated, and Number Six continues to call him a fool and an idiot. Suddenly, Number Six starts counting down from "six", and by the time he's reached zero, has regained full control of his mind. Already exhausted from his efforts, Number Two is shocked and collapses. He explains to Number Six that Degree Absolute, a well-known psychiatric technique, has its risks to the one performing the therapy if they have their own psychological problems. Number Six shows his understanding in a brief role reversal (by asking Number Two "Why don't you resign?"), much to Number Two's delighted amusement.

    Number Two recovers and joyfully offers Number Six a tour of the Embryo Room. They end at the door timer, finding only five minutes remain before the room unlocks. Number Two becomes scared and pleads with Number Six to tell him why he resigned. Number Six remains quiet as Number Two goes to the kitchen area and pours them both a glass of wine. Number Six suddenly closes the door to the caged area, locking a panicked Number Two inside. The Butler takes the key from Number Two. Number Two paces the caged area while 6 screams "Die, Six, die!", until the timer runs out. Number Two falls over, apparently dead. The door to the Embryo room opens where the Supervisor waits. He tells Number Six they will need the body and then asks Number Six what he wants. Number Six only replies "Number One", and the Supervisor offers to take him there. He, Number Six, and the Butler depart the room.

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  22. Dotty starts her speech,
    LyC " Mr Mayor, ladies and gentlemen it is indeed an honour for me to unveil this beautiful statue. As you all know Mr Gobbling's reputation is international and we are all proud he is a citizen of Elderford. It is indeed a worthy addition to the existing sculpture and will serve to remind us of the cradle of European civilization "
    Suddenly a loud crash can be heard from behind curtain.
    Dotty pulls cord to open curtains,
    LyC " better known to us all as justice, long may she hold sway"

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    The curtains open , the statue has toppled over, Catweazle standing on plinth holding scales, and of course covered head to toe in plastering powder.

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    Groome behind,
    G " it's him!"
    Gobbling stands,
    Gb " IT'S THE MANIAC I'LL KILL HIM"
    Gobbling runs forward, both he and Groome make a grab at Catweazle.
    The three wrestle on the stage, the curtains and supporting frame collapses, punches thrown, Catweazle wriggles out from under the curtains covering all three of them, and stands and runs off into woods. Gobbling and Groome standing now, pull the curtains off of themselves,
    Gb " WHERE IS THAT LUNATIC?"
    But Catweazle is gone.

    Back at Duck Halt the next day, Catweazle lying on platform of disused station, the balance scales next to him.

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    Cedric is reading from local newspaper.
    Cd ( reads) " mystery man ko's justice, rag students deny all knowledge "
    C " the sign of the balances, my powers grow stronger "
    Cd " Catweazle what am I going to do with you?"
    C " it was thy demon that led me to it"
    Cd " I haven't got a demon "
    C " yes you have in thy demon box"
    Cd " what demon box?"
    Catweazle makes a square pattern with his finger in the air, the square around his head.
    Cd " oh you mean the television set "
    C " nay, thy demon box , if only I had one"
    Cd " you wouldn't get much magic done then would you"
    Cedric reads his paper, Catweazle opens his magic book of spells. Cedric glances over,
    Cd " could you teach me to read that?"
    C ( smiles) " aye..if thy will teach me thy writing"
    Cd " okay, it's about time "
    C ( in awe) " about time?"
    Cd " no I mean....never mind."
    C " I will learn thy magic "
    Cd " and I will learn yours "
    Cedric offers hand, they shake hands.
    Cd " a deal"

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    THE END

  23. Catweazle runs out, Cedric astonished to see him.
    Cd " Catweazle?"
    C " the wizard...the wizard..hide me"
    Cedric opens car boot, Catweazle climbs in.
    Gobbling and Groome run out,
    Gb " where did he go?"
    Cd " who?"
    Gb " WHERE ARE YOU, I'LL TEAR YOU TO PIECES...he's hiding somewhere the old devil"
    Groome angry with plaster all over him.
    G " just wait till her Ladyship hears about this"
    Gb " AARRGGHH the unveiling "
    Cd " you're not going to go like that"
    Gb " oh god no....hang on a minute "
    Gobbling runs back inside.

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    G " these artists are all like this, raving manics the lot of them "
    Cd " hadn't you better remove your coat"
    Groome gingerly removes his muck covered chauffeurs coat.
    G " did you see him?"
    Cd " who ?"
    G " him...him, he must have come this way"
    Cd " no I didn't see anyone "
    Gobbling comes back out, looking slightly better, they all clamber into car.

    On the lawn outside Town Hall, dignitaries are enjoying wine, champagne and food ahead of the unveiling.
    LyC " can't think where they've got to, Charles do you think something dreadful could have happened "
    LC " don't worry Dotty darling, they'll be here "
    The mayor comes up,
    My " we must start in a minute "
    The car arrives,
    LC " there they are"
    My " this way Lady Collingford "
    The mayor guides Dotty to the rostrum for her speech.
    Gobbling gets out of car, and hurries up to gathering on lawn outside Town Hall.
    Cedric reluctant to go,
    G " go on up"
    Cd " do I have to"
    G " yes, now go on"
    Richard Caldicot is the Mayor.

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    The Mayor addresses the audience, Cedric seated next to Gobbling near the back. Charles and Dotty up on stage seated behind the Mayor.
    My " my Lord ladies and gentlemen, as you know we are here today for the unveiling of the statue of ..er...er.."( consulting notes)
    LyC " Phoebe "
    My " yes thank you, Phoebe, the work of John Gobbling who we are proud to welcome here this afternoon "
    Audience clap, Gobbling rises from seat to take applause.
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    Meanwhile Catweazle has clambered out of car boot and is running, keeping low, around the unveiling gathering .
    The Mayor continues, " so it gives me great pleasure to introduce Lady Collingford and ask her to perform the unveiling ceremony"
    Groome standing at the back notices Catweazle crouching down at the edge of the gathering and he sets off silently in pursuit. Catweazle is now at rear of gathering behind the curtains that when opened will reveal the statue, he gasps in awe. The statue is a female, holding a balancing scales, the scales themselves not part of the carving but are real metal scales hooked over the statue's outstretched arms.
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  24. The Collingfords have arrived at the Town Hall, a large building located by the edge of the woods that surround Elderford.

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    The mayor greets them,
    My " Lady Collingford so nice to see you, and Lord Collingford welcome , the big moment has arrived "
    Cd " Dad can I go with Mr Groome to pick up Mr Gobbling?"
    LC " very well Cedric, don't be too long "

    Back at Gobbling's Catweazle picks up something wrapped in newspaper, he unwraps it to reveal a plaster cast hand.
    C " urgh "
    He throws it on floor, Gobbling SHOUTS a lot.
    Gb " YOU GREAT OAF"
    Gobbling picks up hand, now missing a finger,
    Gb " YOU'VE RUINED IT...GET THE STEPS"
    Catweazle puzzled, Gobbling ballistic,
    Gb " THE STEPS "
    Catweazle sees step ladder against wall, he picks it up and walks towards Gobbling.
    Gb " LOOK OUT"
    Catweazle manoeuvres the steps to avoid knocking into a statue, but bashes Gobbling who falls to floor, emptying palette of plaster all over himself.
    C " pardon O mighty one"
    Gb " FOOL"

    Groome and Cedric arrive in the car,
    G " well we're here "
    Cd " yes"
    Groome gets out and walks towards Gobbling's workshop.

    Inside Gobbling is holding bucket of plaster, puts his hand in and takes out a handful of wet plaster.
    Gb " where are you....you maniac I'll fix you"
    Catweazle hiding again, Gobbling sees him and flings plaster, landing on Catweazle's robe.
    C ( looking in horror)" no not stone, not into stone " He runs towards door
    Gobbling takes aim with whole bucket and hurls contents in Catweazle's direction, but misses as Catweazle ducks, the whole lot ends up all over Groome standing in doorway.

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    Gb " who are you?"
    Groome tries to wipe plaster off face.
    G " Groome...come to pick you up "
    Gb " stay there don't move there's a maniac on the loose. ( hands him fresh bucket of plaster) Take this"
    Catweazle backs away from Gobbling, dodges him and runs to door.
    Gb " NOW..LET HIM HAVE IT"
    Groome hurls contents in Catweazle's direction, again he ducks, this time Gobbling gets the lot over him. Catweazle panicking backs into a shelf , shelf collapses , an opened bag of dry plaster powder tips over him.

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  25. The statue that Gobbling is working on is one of a King, statue half painted, a blue robe and yellow crown, Catweazle studies it sadly and whispers to statue.
    C " fear not O King I am sent by a demon to set you free. I will soon release thee."

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    C " Shempamparash "
    Catweazle disappointed as nothing happens,
    C " once more be thy flesh and bone, breathe again and melt the stone"
    Still nothing, he then dances around statue and in a melodic sing song voice repeats spell.
    C " once more be thy flesh and bone breathe again and melt the stone"
    Catweazle in despair, tries something else, Gobbling meanwhile has entered and is standing watching this.
    C " nothing works.....( pointing) galbaze galbat, galdat!!! awake O King"
    Gobbling grabs him by his robe,
    Gb ( shouts) " WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE UP TO!?"

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    Charles and Dotty all dressed ready for the unveiling at the Town Hall , walk to vintage roadster where Groome opens the door for them.
    LyC " I do hope I'm going to be alright, I feel very nervous "
    LC " course you'll be alright Dotty darling"
    Dotty gets in back of car, as Cedric suited up appears.
    LC " ah here's Cedric "
    Cd " do I really have to come?"
    LC " course you do, your mother is making a speech"
    They all get in and the car drives off.
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    Meanwhile at Gobbling's workshop Catweazle is hiding behind wooden boxes scared witless, making hissing noises.
    C " ppsstt...ppsstt. "
    Gb " this is ridiculous, what's the matter with you man come out"
    C " nay you will turn me into stone"
    Gb( shouts) I'LL WHAT!"
    C " the demon told me in the demon box"
    Gb" WHAT ARE YOU BABBLING ABOUT "
    C (points) algar, telgar, tetragram"
    Gb " COME OUT"
    Gobbling grabs him by collar and hauls him to his feet "
    Gb " WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE "
    C ( simpering) " nothing O mighty one"
    Gb " on the scrounge weren't you"
    C " harm me not"
    Gb " shouldn't think you've done a day's work in your life"
    C " I beg...I beg "
    Gb " yes I bet you do, begging is easy isn't it, as long as someone's fool enough to fall for it "
    C " mercy"
    Gb " don't worry I'll give you something only this time you'll have to work for it understand?"
    C " aye"
    Gb " see that broom"
    C " aye O mighty one"
    Gb " get it "
    Catweazle gets broom and brings it to Gobbling.
    Gb" sweep up"
    C " up? "
    Catweazle holds broom above head and makes a sweeping motion.
    Gb " no you idiot, the floor"

    Catweazle starts sweeping floor as Gobbling returns to work, Catweazle moves over to statue of King.
    C " fear not O King I will release thee"
    Gb " when you've swept up you can clean those buckets over there"
    Gobbling goes over to King statue with palette with more plaster on it and continues working on statue.
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