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Sapphire & Steel
"The Lighthouse" Part 1
Audio drama
Big Finish Productions
Written by Nigel Fairs
Directed by John Ainsworth
August 2005 |
A time storm strikes an old lighthouse.
Notes from the Sapphire & Steel chronology
When Sapphire tells Steel the man she saw briefly in the
lighthouse was wearing clothing of synthetics dating no later
than 1972, Steel says that was 32 years ago, placing the
"current day" scenes of this episode in 2004.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this episode
Suzy Phillips
Nicholas Phillips
Adrian
Sapphire
Steel
Nicholas' father (unnamed)
Nicholas' mother (unnamed, mentioned only)
the woman
young Nicholas (identity revealed in
"The Lighthouse" Part 2)
old Nicholas (identity revealed in
"The Lighthouse" Part 2)
Didja Notice?
The song playing in the background at 4:28 in the episode
appears to be an original composition for the episode. I
have been unable to identify it. Same with the song at
24:03.
In 1972, Adrian says the incident when Nicholas and his
father had their fight occurred the night Kennedy died, "9
years ago". U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated
on November 22, 1963.
Adrian also mentions a WWII Japanese soldier who gave
himself up "last week" in the pacific. He is referring to
Shoichi Yokoi (1915-1997), a sergeant in the Imperial
Japanese Army who was found in the jungles of Guam and
finally surrendered himself on January 24, 1972. This
would place the 1972 events of this episode around the
beginning of February.
A number of Sapphire and Steel's assignments involve
children. In this episode, Steel mutters, "Children. Why
is it always children?" Sapphire responds, "They're
less aware of time, Steel. Less frightened of it. They have
less reason to fight it."
Memorable Dialog
it's always calm in the eye of a storm.mp3
why is it always children?.mp3
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