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* HilariousInHindsight: People considered this series as ITV's answer to ''Doctor Who'' at the time. 24 years after it ended, the series creator, Peter J. Hammond wrote [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E5SmallWorlds two]] [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E10FromOutOfTheRain episodes]] of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', a Doctor Who spin-off.

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* HilariousInHindsight: People considered this series as ITV's answer to ''Doctor Who'' at the time. 24 years after it ended, the series creator, Peter J. Hammond wrote [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E5SmallWorlds two]] [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E10FromOutOfTheRain episodes]] of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', a Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' spin-off.
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* HilariousInHindsight: People considered this series as ITV's answer to ''Doctor Who'' at the time. 24 years after it ended, the series's creator, Peter J. Hammond wrote [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E5SmallWorlds two]] [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E10FromOutOfTheRain episodes]] of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', a Doctor Who spin-off.

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* HilariousInHindsight: People considered this series as ITV's answer to ''Doctor Who'' at the time. 24 years after it ended, the series's series creator, Peter J. Hammond wrote [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E5SmallWorlds two]] [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E10FromOutOfTheRain episodes]] of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', a Doctor Who spin-off.
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* HilariousInHindsight: People considered this series as ITV's answer to ''Doctor Who'' at the time. 24 years after it ended, the series's creator, Peter J. Hammond wrote [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E5SmallWorlds two]] [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E10FromOutOfTheRain episodes]] of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', a Doctor Who spin-off.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Johnny Jack from "Assignment Six" is played by Creator/ChristopherFairbank, who would later be best known for playing Moxey in ''Series/AufWiedersehenPet''.

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* ParanoiaFuel: Any sufficiently-large assemblage of old objects can potentially summon an EldritchAbomination to destabilise the universe. Beware of museums... (An alternative interpretation of Assignments One, Three, and Five is that it's old-fashioned ''lifestyles'' or attempts to re-enact the past that cause problems, rather than simply collections, although this is not true of Assignment Four.)
** Don't have a photograph taken. Ever.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Too many to list; even the expensive and difficult effects look cheap.

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* ParanoiaFuel: Any sufficiently-large sufficiently large assemblage of old objects can potentially summon an EldritchAbomination to destabilise the universe. Beware of museums... (An alternative interpretation of Assignments One, Three, and Five is that it's old-fashioned ''lifestyles'' or attempts to re-enact the past that cause problems, rather than simply collections, although this is not true of Assignment Four.)
%% ** Don't have a photograph taken. Ever.
%% * SpecialEffectsFailure: Too many to list; even the expensive and difficult effects look cheap.



* TearJerker:
** The ending of Assignment 2.
** [[spoiler: The death of Dr. [=McDee=]]] in Assignment 5.
* TheWoobie: Mr. Tully in Assignment 2.

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%% ** The ending of Assignment 2.
%% ** [[spoiler: The death of Dr. [=McDee=]]] in Assignment 5.
%% * TheWoobie: Mr. Tully in Assignment 2.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The main theme by Cyril Ornadel is impressively spooky.

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* EpilepticTrees: Fans have been known to speculate at length about the S&S/''Series/DoctorWho'' connection. [[WildMassGuessing Are Sapphire and Steel Temporal Intervention Agents]]?

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Fans have been known to speculate at length about the S&S/''Series/DoctorWho'' connection. [[WildMassGuessing Are Sapphire and Steel Temporal Intervention Agents]]?



* NightmareFuel: Deservedly has its own [[NightmareFuel/SapphireAndSteel page]].
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* StarTrekMovieCurse: Assignments Two, Four, and Six are generally regarded as being better than Assignments One, Three, and Five.
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* TearJerker:
** The ending of Assignment 2.
** [[spoiler: The death of Dr. [=McDee=]]] in Assignment 5.
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* NightmareRetardant: Assignment 3 has a cliffhanger where Steel is attacked by... a pillow.

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* HarsherInHindsight: The present-day ubiquity of cameras, ''especially'' in London, makes Steel's admonition to never have another photo taken a '''lot''' more difficult for Liz to comply with.

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* HarsherInHindsight: The present-day ubiquity of cameras, ''especially'' in London, UsefulNotes/{{London}}, makes Steel's admonition to never have another photo taken a '''lot''' more difficult for Liz to comply with.



* TheWoobie: Mr Tully in Adventure 2.

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* TheWoobie: Mr Mr. Tully in Adventure 2.Assignment 2.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The present-day ubiquity of cameras, ''especially'' in London, makes Steel's admonition to never have another photo taken a '''lot''' more difficult for anyone to comply with.

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* HarsherInHindsight: The present-day ubiquity of cameras, ''especially'' in London, makes Steel's admonition to never have another photo taken a '''lot''' more difficult for anyone Liz to comply with.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The present-day ubiquity of cameras, ''especially'' in London, makes Steel's admonition to never have another photo taken a '''lot''' more difficult for anyone to comply with.


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** Don't have a photograph taken. Ever.
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** Fan speculation about the ''other'' Elements, particularly ones that were mentioned only in passing and/or during the title sequence, could fill several chemistry textbooks.



* TheWoobie: Mr Tully in Adventure 2.

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* TheWoobie: Mr Tully in Adventure 2.
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* ParanoiaFuel: Any sufficiently-large assemblage of old objects can potentially summon an EldritchAbomination to destabilise the universe. Beware of museums... (An alternative interpretation of Assignments One, Three, and Five is that it's old-fashioned ''lifestyles'' or attempts to re-enact the past that cause problems, rather than simply collections, although this is not true of Assignment Four.)
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* NightmareFuel: Deservedly has its own [[NightmareFuel/SapphireAndSteel page]].
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* TooGoodToLast: For many fans, it was. Especially after one cruel series finale that was both a CliffHanger ''and'' [[spoiler: a DownerEnding.]]
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* TooGoodToLast: For many fans, it was. Especially after one cruel series finale that was both a CliffHanger ''and'' a DownerEnding.

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* TooGoodToLast: For many fans, it was. Especially after one cruel series finale that was both a CliffHanger ''and'' [[spoiler: a DownerEnding. DownerEnding.]]

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