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  • Ensemble Dark Horse: Despite the fact that only under a minute of footage of the villainous duo of Oak and Quill survives, the chilling scene of them attacking Maggie Harris has cemented them as two of the most iconic villains in the show's history. Their creator, Victor Pemberton, seems to have agreed: he actually tried to pitch a spin-off with them as the leads.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: The pulsebeat sound that haunts the underwater facility may have sounded alien and frightening upon the series' release, but modern audiences will be hard pressed to think that there isn't someone blasting club music in another part of the base, as it sounds like the muffled steady beat of a techno song. Maybe Skrillex was the real villain all along!
  • Nightmare Fuel: Even though only around 4 minutes of footage survives and the rest exists as telesnaps + audio, this story still manages to be absolutely terrifying, the aforementioned Oak and Quill especially. There's a reason it's one of the stories that people want back the most.
  • Padding: The first few episodes move slowly, with a lot of repetitive scenes of Hobson arguing with the other scientists about whether to investigate the strange heartbeat sound and other phenomena caused by the seaweed. It doesn't really get going until Robson flips out and leaves Harris in charge.
  • Signature Scene: Perhaps helped by being one of the few surviving clips, the scene where Oak and Quill attack Maggie Harris with gas is the most famous scene in this serial, and one of the most famous clips to survive from any missing episode.

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