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* IronicEcho: Avon would repeat Cally's "a man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken" in the episode "Rescue" [[spoiler:after Cally and most of her race had been killed.]]
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* IronicEcho: Avon would repeat Cally's "a man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken" in the episode "Rescue" [[spoiler:after Cally and most of her race Season 4, by which time it had been killed.]]become HarsherInHindsight.
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* SelfDisposingVillain: Played with; Sara rips off her teleport bracelet, and is killed because Blake rigged a BoobyTrap on the entry hatch so both ships were destroyed.
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* SelfDisposingVillain: Played with; Sara rips off her bracelet just before they teleport bracelet, and over to the Liberator. She is then killed because Blake rigged a BoobyTrap on the entry hatch so both ships the Ortega and the ship picking Sara up were destroyed.
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* DissonantSerenity: Even after being exposed as the killer, with nowhere to run to on a spaceship, Sara is calm and confident. Avon realises that means another spacecraft is coming to pick them up, which is why she set the controls so they'd fly in circles.
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* DissonantSerenity: Even after being exposed as the killer, killer with nowhere to run to on a spaceship, Sara is calm and confident. Avon realises that means another spacecraft is coming to pick them her up, which is why she set the controls so they'd fly in circles.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Sonheim appears to have murdered Mandrian after being caught committing sabotage, but Avon points out there's no sign of the cutting tool used to commit the sabotage.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: [[NeverTheObviousSuspect Sonheim appears to have murdered Mandrian Mandrian]] after being caught committing sabotage, but Avon points out there's no sign of the cutting tool used to commit the sabotage.
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* NeverTheObviousSuspect
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** How does Liberator gets back through the meteorite storm for a BigDamnHeroes without the force field and low on power?
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** How does Liberator gets get back through the meteorite storm in time for a BigDamnHeroes through a meteorite storm without power for the force field and low on power? forcewall?
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* HilariousInHindsight: The Ortega is a [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Galaxy-class cruiser piloted by a captain suffering from hair loss]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: The Ortega is a [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Galaxy-class cruiser vessel piloted by a captain suffering from hair loss]].
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* GoodIsNotNice: Blake booby-traps the airlock hatch, destroying the vessel coming to pick up Sara (and her as well). One doubts he had much sympathy for anyone willing to let an entire planet choke under fungus for their own greed.
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* GoodIsNotNice: GoodIsNotNice:
** Blake booby-traps the airlock hatch, destroying the vessel coming to pick up Sara (and her as well). One doubts he had much sympathy for anyone willing to let an entire planet choke under fungus for their owngreed.greed.
** Avon shows that he WouldHitAGirl (and enjoy it too).
** Blake booby-traps the airlock hatch, destroying the vessel coming to pick up Sara (and her as well). One doubts he had much sympathy for anyone willing to let an entire planet choke under fungus for their own
** Avon shows that he WouldHitAGirl (and enjoy it too).
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** Avon and Cally hand over their weapons to Blake before he leaves, presumably so the murderer can't steal them. The problem is there are already firearms on board the ship -- Sara uses one and Cally uses another for the PlayingPossum scene.
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** Avon and Cally hand over their weapons to Blake before he leaves, presumably so the murderer they can't steal be jumped and have their guns taken off them. The problem is there are already firearms on board the ship -- Sara uses one and Cally uses another for the PlayingPossum scene.
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** The episode switches conspicuously between film and video.
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** The episode switches conspicuously between film and video.video within the Ortega set.
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** Dr Kendall sends Sara to get the box with the neurotope, giving her a chance to remove it from the box. Which meant that he never put it back in the safe that only he could open.
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* PlotHole: How does Liberator gets back through the meteorite storm so quickly without the force field and low on power?
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* PlotHole: PlotHole:
** Dr Kendall sends Sara to get the neurotope, giving her a chance to remove it from the box. Yet he'd earlier stated that he was the only one who had the key and combination to the safe.
** How does Liberator gets back through the meteorite stormso quickly for a BigDamnHeroes without the force field and low on power?
** Dr Kendall sends Sara to get the neurotope, giving her a chance to remove it from the box. Yet he'd earlier stated that he was the only one who had the key and combination to the safe.
** How does Liberator gets back through the meteorite storm
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* YouLookFamiliar: John Leeson, who plays Pasco in this story, later appeared as Toise in "Gambit", though he is better known as the voice of K9 in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
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* YouLookFamiliar: YouLookFamiliar:
** John Leeson, who plays Pasco in this story, later appeared as Toise in "Gambit", though he is better known as the voice of K9 in''Series/DoctorWho''.''Series/DoctorWho''.
** And of course stuntman Stuart Fell falls again (as Dortmunn, the corpse that rolls off a shelf).
** John Leeson, who plays Pasco in this story, later appeared as Toise in "Gambit", though he is better known as the voice of K9 in
** And of course stuntman Stuart Fell falls again (as Dortmunn, the corpse that rolls off a shelf).
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** The episode switches conspicuously between film and video.
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* {{Blooper}}
** You can hear the knob on the ventilator break off and bounce on the floor when Blake shuts it.
** The Liberator wobbles through space again.
** You can hear the knob on the ventilator break off and bounce on the floor when Blake shuts it.
** The Liberator wobbles through space again.
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* ThanksForTheMammary: Paul Darrow (Avon) grabbing hold of Beth Morris (Sara). Maybe that's why she elbows him in the gut?
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* ThanksForTheMammary: Paul Darrow (Avon) grabbing hold of Beth Morris (Sara). Maybe that's why she elbows him in the gut?groin?
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* HypocriticalHumor
-->'''Dr Kendall:''' Yes, it's enough to tempt anyone. There are men who would betray their companions for a lot less.
-->'''Avon:''' [Appearing in doorway] What a very cynical thought, Doctor.
-->'''Dr Kendall:''' Yes, it's enough to tempt anyone. There are men who would betray their companions for a lot less.
-->'''Avon:''' [Appearing in doorway] What a very cynical thought, Doctor.
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** Avon and Cally hand over their weapons to Blake before he leaves. The problem is there are already weapons on board the ship -- Sara uses one and Cally uses another for the PlayingPossum scene.
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** Avon and Cally hand over their weapons to Blake before he leaves. leaves, presumably so the murderer can't steal them. The problem is there are already weapons firearms on board the ship -- Sara uses one and Cally uses another for the PlayingPossum scene.
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* InVinoVeritas: While passing out from the knockout gas, Cally just says one word telepathically. "Alone..."
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* PlotHole: How does Liberator gets back through the meteorite storm so quickly without the force field and low on power?
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* AsteroidThicket: The Liberator encounters a meteor shower too large to fly around without wasting valuable time.
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* AsteroidThicket: The Liberator encounters a meteor shower [[ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale too large to fly around around]] without wasting valuable time.time. As usual the meteors are clustered together and bounce off the Liberator's hull like hail off a tin roof.
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* AsteroidThicketAsteroidThicket: The Liberator encounters a meteor shower too large to fly around without wasting valuable time.
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* ChallengeSeeker
-->'''Avon:''' Personally, I don't care if their whole planet turns into a mushroom. I shall stay because I don't like an unsolved mystery.
-->'''Avon:''' Personally, I don't care if their whole planet turns into a mushroom. I shall stay because I don't like an unsolved mystery.
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The Liberator encounters a space freighter flying in circles with its pilot murdered, the controls sabotaged, and the crew unconscious from knockout gas. While the Liberator races to deliver the freighter's valuable cargo, Avon and Cally stay on board the freighter to help with repairs. Of course, the murderer is also on board...
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The Liberator encounters a space freighter flying in circles with its pilot murdered, the controls sabotaged, and the crew unconscious from knockout gas. While the Liberator races to deliver the freighter's valuable cargo, Avon and Cally stay on board the freighter to help with repairs. Of course, the murderer is also on board...repairs...and solve a murder.
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* OhCrap: The crew of the Liberator risk their lives traveling through a meteor storm, only to find they've got to go back again when the safe turns out to be empty.
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* YouLookFamiliar: John Leeson, who plays Pasco in this story, later appeared as Toise in "Gambit", though he is better known as the voice of K9 in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
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* YouLookFamiliar: John Leeson, who plays Pasco in this story, later appeared as Toise in "Gambit", though he is better known as the voice of K9 in ''Series/DoctorWho''.''Series/DoctorWho''.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: During the meteor storm the box holding the [[PricelessMingVase neurotope slides off a table and crashes to the floor]]. When Blake opens the box to check that it's undamaged, the box is empty. Meaning it's still back on the Ortega with the murderer.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: During the meteor storm the box holding the [[PricelessMingVase neurotope slides off a table and crashes to the floor]]. When Blake opens the box to check that it's undamaged, the box is empty. Meaning it's still back on the Ortega with the murderer.
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* NuclearCandle: For some reason Cally needs a torch to search a well-lit storeroom. The lack of {{Chiaroscuro}} ruins the shock effect of her stumbling on a corpse there.
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* ItsTheOnlyWay
** With their spaceship crippled, Blake offers to take the neurotope to Destiny on their behalf. They are naturally reluctant to trust a stranger, but their own ship would arrive too late.
** While piloting through the meteor shower, the power starts to fade. Zen gives them a choice between DivertingPower to the drive units or the forcewall. Blake chooses the drive units and charges on through.
** With their spaceship crippled, Blake offers to take the neurotope to Destiny on their behalf. They are naturally reluctant to trust a stranger, but their own ship would arrive too late.
** While piloting through the meteor shower, the power starts to fade. Zen gives them a choice between DivertingPower to the drive units or the forcewall. Blake chooses the drive units and charges on through.
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* {{Greed}}: Avon says from the beginning that this is the motive. Surprisingly he turns out to be right, even though the Federation also would have a plausible reason to steal the neurotope (Destiny has been resisting pressure to join the Federation).
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* {{Greed}}: Avon says from the beginning that this is the motive. Surprisingly he turns out to be right, even though the Federation also would have a plausible reason to steal the neurotope (Destiny has -- Destiny had been resisting pressure to join the Federation).Federation, and had already bankrupted themselves buying it.
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* FakeoutEscape
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* FakeoutEscapeFakeoutEscape: Sara killed Dortmunn, hid his body and fired off a [[EscapePod life rocket]] to make it look like he was the murderer.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: The first victim wrote a DyingClue in [[CouldntFindAPen in his own blood]], the numbers 54124. Avon eventually realises it's not a cryptic clue but an attempt to write the killer's name SARA.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: The first victim wrote a DyingClue in [[CouldntFindAPen in his own blood]], the numbers 54124. Avon eventually realises it's not a cryptic clue but an attempt to write the killer's name name: SARA.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: After fighting for his life with Sara, Avon tells the others, "You better get her out of here, I really rather enjoyed that."
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* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: After a violent struggle with Sara, Avon tells the others, "You better get her out of here, I really rather enjoyed that."
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The Liberator encounters a space freighter flying in circles with its pilot murdered, the controls sabotaged, and the crew unconscious from knockout gas. While the Liberator races to deliver the freighter's valuable cargo, Avon and Cally stay on board the freighter to help with repairs. Of course, the murderer is also on board...
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!!This episode has the following tropes:
* AbsenceOfEvidence: Sonheim appears to have murdered Mandrian after being caught committing sabotage, but Avon points out there's no sign of the cutting tool used to commit the sabotage.
* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: Sonheim.
* BelligerentSexualTension: After fighting for his life with Sara, Avon tells the others, "You better get her out of here, I really rather enjoyed that."
* BottleEpisode: Using the RecycledSet from "Space Fall".
* ClosedCircle: The investigators and suspects are all trapped on a spacecraft that's flying around in circles until they can get it fixed.
* CrimeAfterCrime: The murderer only intended to knock everyone out and smash the controls, so all the murders were Sara adapting to circumstances.
** Rafford had shut the ventilators on the flight deck, so was unaffected by the knockout gas.
** Dortmunn was killed to provide a fake suspect, but she didn't have the opportunity to get his corpse into the life rocket.
** Mandrian found the homing beacon in her bag, and caught Sara trying to sabotage the ship.
* DeathInTheClouds: Though with a spaceship instead of an airplane.
* DissonantSerenity: Even after being exposed as the killer, with nowhere to run to on a spaceship, Sara is calm and confident. Avon realises that means another spacecraft is coming to pick them up, which is why she set the controls so they'd fly in circles.
* DropTheHammer: The murder weapon.
* FakeoutEscape
* GoodIsNotNice: Blake booby-traps the airlock hatch, destroying the vessel coming to pick up Sara (and her as well). One doubts he had much sympathy for anyone willing to let an entire planet choke under fungus for their own greed.
* {{Greed}}: Avon says from the beginning that this is the motive. Surprisingly he turns out to be right, even though the Federation also would have a plausible reason to steal the neurotope (Destiny has been resisting pressure to join the Federation).
* HiddenInPlainSight: The first victim wrote a DyingClue in [[CouldntFindAPen in his own blood]], the numbers 54124. Avon eventually realises it's not a cryptic clue but an attempt to write the killer's name SARA.
* HilariousInHindsight: The Ortega is a [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Galaxy-class cruiser piloted by a captain suffering from hair loss]].
* IdiotBall:
** Dr Kendall sends Sara to get the box with the neurotope, giving her a chance to remove it from the box. Which meant that he never put it back in the safe that only he could open.
** Everyone leans over to look at Avon writing out the vital clue...and turns their back on the murderer, who has time to [[HyperspaceArsenal get her hands on a bulky]] RayGun.
** Avon and Cally hand over their weapons to Blake before he leaves. The problem is there are already weapons on board the ship -- Sara uses one and Cally uses another for the PlayingPossum scene.
* IronicEcho: Avon would repeat Cally's "a man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken" in the episode "Rescue" [[spoiler:after Cally and most of her race had been killed.]]
* KnockoutGas: Sonovapour
* LudicrousPrecision
-->'''Blake:''' I want everything in the data banks concerning Galaxy Class cruisers.
-->'''Zen:''' Complete data is extensive.
-->'''Blake:''' Good. How long before we're in teleport range?
-->'''Zen:''' That will depend on speed as yet unspecified.
-->'''Blake:''' [smiling at Jenna] Standard by Four?
-->'''Zen:''' Sixteen point one four zero nine zero one minutes.
-->'''Jenna:''' [grinning] Approximately speaking, of course.
-->'''Zen:''' It is estimated that you will require one hundred and twenty eight hours to assimilate all available data on Galaxy Class cruisers.
-->'''Blake:''' [perturbed] Mark Three?
* MoodMotif
* MacGuffin: The neurotope will be used to kill a fungus that is devastating the agricultural planet Destiny. Unfortunately the element it contains is so rare it's one of the most valuable objects in the galaxy.
* NeverTheObviousSuspect
* OhCrap: The crew of the Liberator risk their lives traveling through a meteor storm, only to find they've got to go back again when the safe turns out to be empty.
* OutOfGenreExperience: This episode has nothing to do with Blake's struggle against the Federation. It's a murder mystery InSpace
* PeekABooCorpse: Cally finds two of these!
* PlayingPossum: Sara locks herself on the flight deck until help arrives. She hears screams and gunfire, and smugly opens the door to see her crewmates lying on the floor. Then Avon jumps her, as everyone was just playing dead.
* TheRadioDiesFirst: Someone sabotaged the communication circuits before committing the murder.
* RedHerring: Sondheim is an all too obvious suspect -- creepy, hostile, and gets found near two corpses (in the last case, holding the murder weapon!), and Mandrian, up until he gets killed.
* ScreamingWoman: Sara on 'discovering' Rafford's corpse.
* SelfDisposingVillain: Played with; Sara rips off her teleport bracelet, and is killed because Blake rigged a BoobyTrap on the entry hatch so both ships were destroyed.
* SummationGathering: By Avon in all his hammy glory.
* TheSnarkKnight: Avon gets some great snark off Cally.
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-->'''Cally:''' Remember that Avon and I will be staying. We will regard ourselves as hostages against Blake's return.
-->'''Avon:''' [[SarcasmMode Well thank you Cally, what a clever idea.]]
-->'''Cally:''' [telepathically] Blake will return.
-->'''Avon:''' You can bet your life on it, in fact you've just bet both our lives on it.
**
-->'''Cally:''' My people have a saying, a man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.
-->'''Avon:''' Life expectancy must be fairly short among your people.
**
-->'''Avon:''' Cally thinks that the death of the pilot Rafford was an accident.
-->'''Others:''' An accident?
-->'''Cally:''' A misfortune.
-->'''Avon:''' [smirk] It certainly was for him.
** Even Gan gets in the act.
-->'''Vila:''' Mock if you like, but I can always sense danger.
-->'''Gan:''' Yes, even when there isn't any...
* ThanksForTheMammary: Paul Darrow (Avon) grabbing hold of Beth Morris (Sara). Maybe that's why she elbows him in the gut?
* YouLookFamiliar: John Leeson, who plays Pasco in this story, later appeared as Toise in "Gambit", though he is better known as the voice of K9 in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
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!!This episode has the following tropes:
* AbsenceOfEvidence: Sonheim appears to have murdered Mandrian after being caught committing sabotage, but Avon points out there's no sign of the cutting tool used to commit the sabotage.
* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: Sonheim.
* BelligerentSexualTension: After fighting for his life with Sara, Avon tells the others, "You better get her out of here, I really rather enjoyed that."
* BottleEpisode: Using the RecycledSet from "Space Fall".
* ClosedCircle: The investigators and suspects are all trapped on a spacecraft that's flying around in circles until they can get it fixed.
* CrimeAfterCrime: The murderer only intended to knock everyone out and smash the controls, so all the murders were Sara adapting to circumstances.
** Rafford had shut the ventilators on the flight deck, so was unaffected by the knockout gas.
** Dortmunn was killed to provide a fake suspect, but she didn't have the opportunity to get his corpse into the life rocket.
** Mandrian found the homing beacon in her bag, and caught Sara trying to sabotage the ship.
* DeathInTheClouds: Though with a spaceship instead of an airplane.
* DissonantSerenity: Even after being exposed as the killer, with nowhere to run to on a spaceship, Sara is calm and confident. Avon realises that means another spacecraft is coming to pick them up, which is why she set the controls so they'd fly in circles.
* DropTheHammer: The murder weapon.
* FakeoutEscape
* GoodIsNotNice: Blake booby-traps the airlock hatch, destroying the vessel coming to pick up Sara (and her as well). One doubts he had much sympathy for anyone willing to let an entire planet choke under fungus for their own greed.
* {{Greed}}: Avon says from the beginning that this is the motive. Surprisingly he turns out to be right, even though the Federation also would have a plausible reason to steal the neurotope (Destiny has been resisting pressure to join the Federation).
* HiddenInPlainSight: The first victim wrote a DyingClue in [[CouldntFindAPen in his own blood]], the numbers 54124. Avon eventually realises it's not a cryptic clue but an attempt to write the killer's name SARA.
* HilariousInHindsight: The Ortega is a [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Galaxy-class cruiser piloted by a captain suffering from hair loss]].
* IdiotBall:
** Dr Kendall sends Sara to get the box with the neurotope, giving her a chance to remove it from the box. Which meant that he never put it back in the safe that only he could open.
** Everyone leans over to look at Avon writing out the vital clue...and turns their back on the murderer, who has time to [[HyperspaceArsenal get her hands on a bulky]] RayGun.
** Avon and Cally hand over their weapons to Blake before he leaves. The problem is there are already weapons on board the ship -- Sara uses one and Cally uses another for the PlayingPossum scene.
* IronicEcho: Avon would repeat Cally's "a man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken" in the episode "Rescue" [[spoiler:after Cally and most of her race had been killed.]]
* KnockoutGas: Sonovapour
* LudicrousPrecision
-->'''Blake:''' I want everything in the data banks concerning Galaxy Class cruisers.
-->'''Zen:''' Complete data is extensive.
-->'''Blake:''' Good. How long before we're in teleport range?
-->'''Zen:''' That will depend on speed as yet unspecified.
-->'''Blake:''' [smiling at Jenna] Standard by Four?
-->'''Zen:''' Sixteen point one four zero nine zero one minutes.
-->'''Jenna:''' [grinning] Approximately speaking, of course.
-->'''Zen:''' It is estimated that you will require one hundred and twenty eight hours to assimilate all available data on Galaxy Class cruisers.
-->'''Blake:''' [perturbed] Mark Three?
* MoodMotif
* MacGuffin: The neurotope will be used to kill a fungus that is devastating the agricultural planet Destiny. Unfortunately the element it contains is so rare it's one of the most valuable objects in the galaxy.
* NeverTheObviousSuspect
* OhCrap: The crew of the Liberator risk their lives traveling through a meteor storm, only to find they've got to go back again when the safe turns out to be empty.
* OutOfGenreExperience: This episode has nothing to do with Blake's struggle against the Federation. It's a murder mystery InSpace
* PeekABooCorpse: Cally finds two of these!
* PlayingPossum: Sara locks herself on the flight deck until help arrives. She hears screams and gunfire, and smugly opens the door to see her crewmates lying on the floor. Then Avon jumps her, as everyone was just playing dead.
* TheRadioDiesFirst: Someone sabotaged the communication circuits before committing the murder.
* RedHerring: Sondheim is an all too obvious suspect -- creepy, hostile, and gets found near two corpses (in the last case, holding the murder weapon!), and Mandrian, up until he gets killed.
* ScreamingWoman: Sara on 'discovering' Rafford's corpse.
* SelfDisposingVillain: Played with; Sara rips off her teleport bracelet, and is killed because Blake rigged a BoobyTrap on the entry hatch so both ships were destroyed.
* SummationGathering: By Avon in all his hammy glory.
* TheSnarkKnight: Avon gets some great snark off Cally.
**
-->'''Cally:''' Remember that Avon and I will be staying. We will regard ourselves as hostages against Blake's return.
-->'''Avon:''' [[SarcasmMode Well thank you Cally, what a clever idea.]]
-->'''Cally:''' [telepathically] Blake will return.
-->'''Avon:''' You can bet your life on it, in fact you've just bet both our lives on it.
**
-->'''Cally:''' My people have a saying, a man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.
-->'''Avon:''' Life expectancy must be fairly short among your people.
**
-->'''Avon:''' Cally thinks that the death of the pilot Rafford was an accident.
-->'''Others:''' An accident?
-->'''Cally:''' A misfortune.
-->'''Avon:''' [smirk] It certainly was for him.
** Even Gan gets in the act.
-->'''Vila:''' Mock if you like, but I can always sense danger.
-->'''Gan:''' Yes, even when there isn't any...
* ThanksForTheMammary: Paul Darrow (Avon) grabbing hold of Beth Morris (Sara). Maybe that's why she elbows him in the gut?
* YouLookFamiliar: John Leeson, who plays Pasco in this story, later appeared as Toise in "Gambit", though he is better known as the voice of K9 in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
