Characters appearing or mentioned in this episode

 

Ian Jackson (prison guard)

Stuart Kilsby (dies in this episode)

Barker

Warden Richard Hanmore

Marian Anderson

Farhol (mentioned only, deceased)

Steel

Sapphire

Michael George Kent

Marcus Jackson (mentioned only, deceased)

Nicholas Rusket (mentioned only)

Silver

Hammond

Artis

 

Didja Notice?

 

Jackson tells the warden that the inmates at the prison "are a superstitious lot at the best of times." This line of dialog may have been written with a nod towards the comic book character Batman, who said in his origin story, "Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot. So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts."

 

The story takes place at Blackledge Prison. This appears to be a fictitious institution.

 

Sapphire senses that time is full of contradictions at the prison, with events that don't follow on from another in any way and Steel asks if it's "another time storm". He is referring to events in "The Lighthouse" Part 1.

 

At about 14:20 in the episode, Kent is singing the words of the nursery rhyme "Ding Dong Bell".

 

The warden of the prison tells Sapphire that all sex offenders are kept in a VPU. VPU stands for Vulnerable Prisoner Unit, a wing of a prison in the UK reserved for inmates who would be in danger from other prisoners if left in the general prison population.

 

A prison guard (Hammond) accuses Steel (whom the guard sees as Kent) of trying to act crazy so he'll get shipped off to Broadmoor instead. This is Broadmoor Hospital, a high-security psychiatric hospital in England.

  

Memorable Dialog

 

time isn't simple here.mp3

he could make you feel completely useless.mp3 

 

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