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Sapphire & Steel
"Second Sight" Part 1
Audio drama
Big Finish Productions
Written and directed by Nigel Fairs
April 2008 |
A new Sapphire and Steel have been assigned.
Notes from the Sapphire & Steel chronology
This episode takes place not long after the events of
"The Mystery
of the Missing Hour" Part 3. In
"Second Sight" Part 2, the date is revealed to be March 13,
2008.
Didja Know?
In the "Second Sight" storyline, Sapphire and Steel have seemingly
been replaced by new individuals using the same names. The new
individuals speak with what seem to be Australian accents instead of
British and the pair seem to have transposed personalities, with
Sapphire being impatient, stern, and often rude and Steel being more
kind-hearted; but they each seem to have the same individual
abilities. New voice actors also play the parts: Anna Skellern as
Sapphire and Blair McDonough as Steel.
The mystery of this new pair is resolved in
"Second Sight" Part 4, connected to the state we last
saw the original pair at the end of
"The Mystery of
the Missing Hour" Part 3, trapped on an audio CD that had just
run out its play-time.
This four-part storyline features a new version of the classic
Sapphire & Steel theme and opening
monologue, represented by the altered Sapphire and Steel depicted in
the episode,
perhaps also an altered organization which sends them on their
missions. Listen:
altered opening theme
Characters appearing or mentioned in this episode
Mary Cleg (last name revealed in
"Second Sight" Part 3)
Mrs. G (mentioned only)
Bernice
(mentioned only)
Norman
(mentioned only)
Pollyanna "Polly" Elizabeth Blake
David "Davey"
Henry Hawkins (full name revealed in "Second Sight" Part 2)
Richard
(mentioned only, deceased)
Samuel
(mentioned only, deceased)
Sapphire
Steel
Mary's baby (unnamed, mentioned only)
the Pearsons
(mentioned only)
Annie
(mentioned only)
Didja Notice?
At the beginning of the episode, Mary mentions that the
first thing she did was "Dyson the house", though she goes
on to say, "Of course, in those days, it was a Hoover." This
refers to
Dyson Ltd., a British company making household
technology products such as vacuum cleaners, and
Hoover,
an exclusively vacuum cleaner company.
Mary mentions
Woman's Hour. This is a radio magazine program
broadcast on BBC Radio.
Mary says that she lives on Cranberry Road, but the town
name is not mentioned. See the final entry in this study
below for a possibility of which town this is.
Mary apparently enjoys lapsang souchong. This is a
variety of Chinese black tea.
Polly hums the tune of the lullaby "Rock-a-bye Baby" as she
looks for the missing Davey in her house.
Sapphire and Steel find a newspaper on the kitchen table in
Polly's house. It is dated March 14, 1987. Sapphire comments
it is 21 years old, placing this episode in approximately
March 2008, a year or more after the events of
"The
Mystery of the Missing Hour" Part 3, where the original
Sapphire and Steel were left trapped on an audio CD. In
"Second Sight" Part 2, the date is revealed to be March 13,
2008.
Polly tells Steel he sounds Australian and asks if he's from
there. He says he's not, but might have been there once or
twice.
Polly comments that her boyfriend, Davey, sometimes called
her Polly Pocket.
Polly Pocket is a line of toy dolls that originated in
England.
After hearing the story of Davey's disappearance, Steel
tells Polly they should go "have a Captain Cook at your
mate's bedroom". "Have a Captain Cook" is Australian slang
for "have a look."
Steel finds a CD of Davey's labeled
"Whiter Methist". Polly explains it's the name of a pop
group. This appears to be a fictitious band.
Another CD is The Tomorrow People, which
Polly calls "sci-fi rubbish". The Tomorrow People
was a British children's science-fiction television series.
The CD found here is likely meant to be a volume of the
audio series that continued on from the TV series, produced
by Big Finish Productions, many of which were written by
Nigel Fairs, author of our current
Sapphire & Steel adventure.
At Polly's house, Sapphire remarks one of the audio plays
was recorded in
Manchester "not far from here". This may also indicate
that where Mary lived on
Cranberry Road is the road by that name in
Partington, a town within Greater Manchester.
Memorable Dialog
clean underpants.mp3
there are creatures.mp3
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