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Sapphire & Steel
"Cruel Immortality" Part 4
Audio drama
Big Finish Productions
Written by Nigel Fairs
Directed by Lisa Bowerman
January 2007 |
Mrs. P has one final trick up her sleeve.
Notes from the Sapphire & Steel chronology
This story takes place in "current day", probably 2007, but the
retirement home in which it takes place is stuck in 1949. April
14, 1949 is the major date of the story, though a revelation
later in the story later says that time stopped at the
retirement home on December 31, 1949...515 years ago.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this episode
Stanley
Enid
Victoria
Harold
matron
Steel
Sapphire (Mrs. P)
Beastie
female carer (unnamed)
male carer (unnamed)
Sprag (mentioned only, deceased)
Dickenson
(mentioned only, deceased)
Kershel
(mentioned only, deceased)
Cowell
(mentioned only, deceased)
Ruby
Didja Notice?
At about 5:00, Enid and Stanley quote a stanza from a poem.
It is from
the 1859 poem "Tithonus" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which is
also the source of this storyline's title "Cruel
Immortality".
The Transient seems to feed on the suffering of the immortal
residents of the retirement home, saying, "Oh, the
delicious, endless agony of it."
In some strange way, Sapphire was able to
use the song she'd written to bring Ruby back from her
banishment at the end of
"Water Like a Stone"
Part 4 and then Ruby herself was able to free Sapphire
and Steel from the retirement home. Afterwards, Ruby
chastises Steel for his lack of understanding of music,
saying, "It binds the thread of time together, you
know...and occasionally realities as well."
The full lyrics of Sapphire's song are below. I'm
not sure of the lyrics in the fourth stanza, first sentence
though; they were difficult to make out and don't quite make
sense.
What's the matter, Fido? Give the dog a bone. Stick it in
the kennel, he'll come home.
What's the matter, fate, shining while I was locked away?
You just gave me time to find a way to strike.
What's the matter, matron? Give the dog a bone. Stick it in
the kennel, he'll come home.
A fort in the rum but not trouble find list. The
twenty-first century's hard to resist.
Sapphire, Steel, and Ruby, looking for a bone. Now we're in
the kennel, we'll come home. |
The poem spoken in the voice of "Mrs. P" at the end of the
episode is the final stanza
of
"Tithonus".
Memorable Dialog
the horror of immortality.mp3
whatever happened to your imagination?.mp3
the delicious endless agony of it.mp3
interesting lyrics.mp3
the finer details of music.mp3
have I been gone long?.mp3
a good time to have friends on your side.mp3
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