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--- In [hidden email], Charles and Lorraine <airtime25@c...>
wrote:
> One of my favorite moments was when the doctor (Schroeder I believe)
> offers cigarettes to shado members. I remember thinking that was
odd years
> ago. Between the alcohol consumption and the cigarettes, shado was a
> medical disaster!

Yes, that was "Computer Affair", I always get a chuckle out of
that scene with the wafts of smoke filling the room, almost like
Shroeder and Bradley are trying to out-draw each other.
I think a few coughs inserted into the script would have been
appropriate here. Obviously Shroeder is a Doctor of Psychology
rather than a Doctor of Medicine.

Ed Straker smokes but does not drink, Alec Freeman drinks,smokes
and drinks, are there any members of SHADO who drink only?
I think Henderson would be a big drinker, but if he has a bar
in his office, it would probably be concealed to hide it from
Alec Freeman.The almost constant bad mood of Henderson could
be caused by a permanent hangover.

Oddly there is no cigarette dispenser or bar in the SHADO
computer room, or on Moonbase, so it looks like it's up to those
higher up to get plastered.

Just as well "The Long Sleep" was the last episode,would Ed Straker
be expected to graduate to pot,then you could have "Mindbender II".

Kevin.