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I used to HATE Q of P, but I had to watch it several times really carefully in order to do a joint story about it (with An Delendir), and I did change my opinion of it (although the beginning part still grates with that silly music).
That episode really allowed Ed Bishop to display his acting talent.. Boy, that haunted expression in his eyes when he is talking to Mary, and his despair later on. It will never be my favourite episode, but it is not as bad as I used to think it was. (I was viewing it at first, with the same preconceptions as when I watched the series as a teenager!)
Desert Island? No not this episode.. probably 'Kill Straker' instead for me.
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> "A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES" - the reason I love this episode is because there is
> SO MUCH going on!! I like episodes with sub-plots and this has one of the best.
> This would probably be the one I'd take to a desert island with me.
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> Alex
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> Hi,
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> I am sure there will be many able to answer the more technical questions ;-)
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> > did straker's kid live?
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> No. John Straker died.
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> > was straker's child killed in that car accident?
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> Not exactly. He died due the fact that he had extensive injuries as well as a
> major operation without the benefit of any antibiotics. The kid was allergic to
> them all, except for a newly developed one. That's the one Straker attempted
> flying in with that transport called back early from the USA. The same transport
> which Alec deviated to Ireland before it could deliver the antibiotic to London.
> When the drug arrived at long last the kid already had died from infection.
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> > who is in love with who in the show?
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> Gay Ellis and Mark Bradley were a couple.
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> Virginia Lake had a thing going with Craig Collins and when he went missing
> engaged in an affair with Paul Foster. She also flirted heavily once with Alec
> Freeman.
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> Paul Foster had a variety of girlfriends in the series.
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> Ed Straker was married to Mary Straker, then divorced a few years before the
> beginning of the actual timeframe of the series.
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> Jo Frazer tried to cream Straker with her charms, without success.
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> Straker attached himself in a paternal way to Katherine Fraser and wanted to
> take care of the girl. She died however.
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> Paul Roper had a wife for whom he betrayed SHADO.
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> Nina Barry was shown to have a thing going for Straker, just as Ayshea hankered
> a bit after Alec Freeman. Neither ever got to see their puppy love through.
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> Various staff members were married or had girl friends without major impact on
> the series.
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> Cheers,
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> An
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