> James and Nat,
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> Thanks for your replies. You're right, James; 'Men
> in Black' was nearly
> _three_ decades later. :)
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> Nat, I'll be interested in reading what you have to
> say about 'The Square
> Triangle'; because I think that the plot is
> excellent, particularly the
> conclusion, which I won't give away. :) I don't rate
> it as high as I could,
> however, because of the guest stars' acting.
>
> I'd certainly urge you to watch 'The Responsibility
> Seat', because it
> encapsulates the SHADO idea of 'realistic'
> leadership, Alec Freeman and
> Paul Foster having to deal with a crisis while
> Straker is away. In terms of
> the Kirk idea of leadership, when 'Star Trek: The
> Next Generation' began,
> the idea was to have Jean-Luc Picard stay on board
> ship, while Will Riker
> would do the heroic stuff on the relevant planet,
> something that didn't
> last long.
>
> I agree that it was a pity there was not more time
> to find out about the
> aliens and what they wanted. It reminded me of the
> series 'Odyssey 5',
> which stopped after one season, at the end of which
> things were starting to
> make sense.
>
> I saw Peter Tuddenham at a convention some years
> ago. He was very nice, and
> gave us all a taste of his computer voice. :)
>
> I know the purple wigs are silly; but I suppose
> they're no more silly than
> horsehair wigs on the heads of some judges. How does
> one try to explain
> that strange Earth custom to an alien? :)
>
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