Posted by Christian J. <memorymetropolis@aon.at> on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Ed-Bishop-reads-Stupid-White-Men-excerpts-tp1498312p1498330.html

> Well, our time allotted to discuss the UFO episode THE DALOTEK
> AFFAIR has come and gone, so it's time to move onto our next
> episode -- A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES. Any comments on this
> episode? (hopefully so, since it's widely regarded as one
> of the best of the series!)
>
> Marc

...and it is, Marc :-)
Well, I did my homework the last time (April 2001) therefore I
haven't to go through the episode again and can give my impressions
(edited) so quick :-)

A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES (in German it's called DER FREMDE, that
means "The Alien" or "The Stranger"): the first ep I ever saw in my
life. And only the last quarter of it and in black and white and on a
small telly - but I loved it! (And still do. 8-)) God, was it
sinister!

* After Straker and his son watched the shooting and throw down an
object, both have the same kind of smiling. And look again when they
drove in the car and smile to each other. Obviously Barnaby Shaw was
a good choice for playing Strakers son :-)

* BTW: Ed as loving father is great (I bet on it that some ladies on
this list will agree :-))

* The radar screen shows two lines going incessantly from the upper
right to the lower left - what's the use of this?

* When Straker arrives at the hospital you can see how uncomfortable
it is to get out of a car with these gull wing doors: Straker has to
bend over deeply. (And if you watch closely you can see the pole on
the left which holds the wing door open.)

* When the UFO has crash-landed in the sea there are some shots from
IDENTIFIED to be seen (the red boiling water e.g.).

* The scenes with the Alien and the old blind Lady are the ones which
I like the most. That's e.g. what I like so much on the series.
Just wonderful! 8-))

* Oops! Just a moment! Why are there so much lamps switched-on in an
house of a BLIND woman? To make it more comfortable for possible
visitors? Like the Alien is? :-)

* When Mary beseech Ed to don't let Johnny down this time, this
part of the scene was cut in the german version.

* This is one of the eps were you can see a diver near Skydiver for
scale comparisons - and one can see that Skydiver must be pretty
small.

* I wonder if this is the only transporter with mobiles available to
SHADO. There should be a lot of them stationed all over the world
(therefore at least one in England too), otherwise they would be not
very effective.

* SID tells that the "second UFO is re-sighted". How did he know that
this is the one from before?

* Have you seen this? The UFO is able to shot a simple person far
away from the sky! What a shot! On the other hand we see them missing
bigger targets from a closer range (like in CAT WITH THEN LIVES, when
they attack Moonbase - and missed it! And again! And again...). Maybe
the best shooter of the Aliens was killed in AQOP? 8-

* The complete tragic ending of this ep is cut in the german version!
Instead we can see Straker driving to the hospital and hear a voice-
over from the Doctor who tells Straker that the medicine has arrived
in time (!), which becomes confusing when you watch the german
version of MINDBENDER (TOEDLICHE TRAEUME). So if you can, avoid the
german version!

* The last shot in the german version is the sleeping Johnny. This
scene was cut in from the middle of the episode.

So long!
Christian