1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ultraworld.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:It's called [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Ultraworld]]. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Show of hands for reversing course?]]]] |
3 | [[AC:Written by Trevor Hoyle.\ |
4 | Directed by Vere Lorrimer.\ |
5 | Airdate: 10 March 1980.]] |
6 | |
7 | The Liberator encounters an artificial planet that turns out to be a vast computer system. When Cally teleports across to it without explanation the crew have to rescue her. |
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9 | !!This episode has the following tropes: |
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11 | * AesopAmnesia: You'd think after the last episode the crew would keep well away from any mysterious alien structures floating in space. |
12 | * AliensMadeThemDoIt: For some reason the Ultra's have little knowledge of human mating procedures, and insist that Dayna and Tarrant demonstrate for them. |
13 | * AManIsAlwaysEager: Averted. While the Ultras [[AliensMadeThemDoIt try and make them do it]], Tarrant is noticeably more reluctant than Dayna, and doesn't start playing along until [[ShipTease she practically jumps him]] (albeit as part of a FakeOutMakeout). |
14 | * BackhandedCompliment: Avon to Vila. "Orac is saying that a logical, rational intelligence is no match for yours." |
15 | * BodyHorror: |
16 | ** The Ultras have external veins running over their bodies. |
17 | ** As the Core collapses, the final Ultra's [[FacialHorror face starts to disintegrate]]. |
18 | * BrainUploading: Happens to Cally and Avon, with their [[HumanResources bodies due to be absorbed into the Core]]. Fortunately Dayna and Tarrant are able to rescue them and retrieve their memory cylinders, though at the last minute Tarrant worries he might have [[FreakyFridayFlip accidentally loaded them into the wrong bodies]]. |
19 | * ButIWouldReallyEnjoyIt: During their FakeOutMakeOut, Dayna has to tell Tarrant to go ahead and kiss her. "I can't be that repulsive." |
20 | * ButtMonkey: The episode goes out of its way to present Vila as a [[IdiotBall frivolous moron]]. |
21 | * CallBack: Dayna deploys the same type of wheeled drone bomb that she used in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E6CityAtTheEdgeOfTheWorld City at the Edge of the World]]". And she still isn't carrying a pouch for it! |
22 | * ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: The line is delivered verbatim when Vila is alone on the ''Liberator'' and aliens start sending MindControl waves onto the ship. |
23 | * ConveyorBeltODoom: An unconscious Cally is strapped onto a conveyor belt to be assimilated into the giant brain running Ultraworld. She is saved at the last minute, the other characters having to contend with zombie-like baddies, who switch the machine back on each time they switch it off -- cue lots of fake fighting..... |
24 | * CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Avon really wants to check out the artificial planet; the others less so. They compromise on orbiting at what they assume is a safe distance. |
25 | * CutPhoneLines: The teleport bracelets get smashed. |
26 | * DefeatEqualsExplosion: Or in this case -- brain rupture, then explosion. |
27 | * DesignatedVictim: Cally has her mind taken over by aliens [[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E9Sarcophagus twice in a row!]] |
28 | * DidTheEarthMoveForYouToo |
29 | -->'''Tarrant:''' How was that, darling? More comfortable? |
30 | -->'''Dayna:''' Oh ''yes'', much better! Thank you, darling. |
31 | -->''(Throws a microgrenade. Ultra monitoring room shakes from an explosion)'' |
32 | -->'''Ultra:''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Is that the bonding ceremony?]] |
33 | * DontExplainTheJoke: Orac keeps doing this to Vila's horror. |
34 | * EmptyShell: The Menials |
35 | * EternalEnglish: Vila's puns reference parking meters and tin tacks, which apparently still exist in the future under those names. |
36 | * ExactEavesdropping: Tarrant overhears what the Ultras are really planning. |
37 | * FacePalm: Vila does a double face-palm when [[NotNowKiddo Orac is more interested in riddles]] than the Core trying to brainwash him. |
38 | * HyperspaceArsenal: Dayna doesn't have a pouch to hold the drone-bomb she uses to rescue Tarrant. Though justified with the microgrenade she has [[HiddenWeapons hidden in her mouth]]. |
39 | * HypocriticalHumour |
40 | -->'''Tarrant:''' I still don't see why [Cally] went down. It doesn't make sense. |
41 | -->'''Dayna:''' That's what ''we're'' doing. |
42 | * IllTimedSneeze: Dayna sneezes causing a Menial to turn to face her... [[EmptyShell only to do nothing]], even when she waves her hand in front of his face. |
43 | * InsideAComputerSystem: The entire planet is a computer-brain and its support system. |
44 | * InsignificantBluePlanet: Earth is unremarkable, though apparently humans are still of interest. |
45 | * TheInternetIsForPorn: Apparently not in the future, as the Ultras know everything about humans except their mating practices. |
46 | * InvisibleAliens: Averted; the Ultras have recorded millions of species. |
47 | * LamePunReaction: The first time Vila tells a riddle, Orac switches itself off in irritation. |
48 | * LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: Vila, presumably because no-one else finds them funny. |
49 | * LeeroyJenkins: Tarrant and Dayna want to rush to Cally's rescue. As they point out, how can you plan when facing an OutsideContextProblem? |
50 | * LuredIntoATrap: With a fake DistressCall from Cally. |
51 | * MechanisticAlienCulture: The Ultra are blue-skinned humanoid creatures either summoned or created by Ultraworld (a living, artificial planet/giant computer centered around an enormous brain) to interact with captured starship crews, whom Ultraworld intends to [[TheAssimilator absorb into its gestalt]]. They walk with a jerky gait and speak in odd, robot-like cadences. The "menials," assimilated humanoid servants, are also examples of this trope: their identity, memories and emotions are recorded on a tube and stored in a library. They behave mechanistically as they toil about, maintaining Ultraworld. |
52 | * MomentKiller: Dayna and Tarrant are snogging when a camera lowers down from the roof. |
53 | -->'''Ultra:''' Has the bonding ceremony begun? |
54 | -->'''Dayna:''' [[SarcasmMode You could say so, but we do better without interruptions.]] ''(pulls Tarrant down onto the bed)'' |
55 | * MyBrainIsBig: The Core is a huge brain at the heart of Ultraworld. |
56 | * MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Cally looks apprehensive the moment she lays eyes on Ultraworld. Then she has a hallucination of a [[NightmareRetardant glitter ball]] and covers her face in horror. |
57 | * NeverSleepAgain: Avon struggles not to fall unconscious so his mind can be wiped, but eventually succumbs. |
58 | * NeverTellMeTheOdds |
59 | -->'''Tarrant:''' It's a calculated risk. |
60 | -->'''Avon:''' [[SarcasmMode Calculated on what -- your fingers?]] |
61 | * NothingUpMySleeve: Lampshaded by Tarrant when Dayna turns out to have a bomb in her ''tooth!'' |
62 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Orac finds it's interested in Vila's riddles after all. |
63 | * OurDoorsAreDifferent: Triangular doors open in the artificial planet to [[MegaMawManeuver admit the Liberator]]. |
64 | * {{Planetville}}: Justified as it's an artificial construction with a single purpose. |
65 | * PsychicStatic: Vila resists the brainwashing with limericks. Orac feeds this nonsense back to the Core as a LogicBomb. |
66 | * RammingAlwaysWorks: The Liberator is held in the capture hold with enormous metal pylons. Our heroes turn the ship against the pylons and maintain thrust until they snap. |
67 | * ResistanceIsFutile |
68 | -->'''Ultra:''' They struggle. They fight against it. But none can resist the power of the Core. |
69 | * RightThroughHisPants: Justified as Dayna and Tarrant are just doing a FakeOutMakeout until they can escape. They'd want to keep their clothes on so they can move quickly, and the Ultras [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove don't seem to understand the 'bonding' anyway]]. |
70 | * SeriesContinuityError: The Ultras say that Avon attempted to embezzle 500 million credits, whereas in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E2SpaceFall Space Fall]]" it was said to be five million. Still, as this information was taken from Cally's memory, perhaps he was boasting? |
71 | * SleightOfTongue: During their FakeOutMakeout, Tarrant helps remove a microgrenade Dayna has hidden in a tooth. She then [[PinPullingTeeth primes it with her teeth]] and throws it over her shoulder after quietly counting down the timer with Tarrant. |
72 | * StompyMooks: The Menials tramp in formation. |
73 | * {{Technobabble}} |
74 | -->'''Ultra 2:''' There is another process involved. Nucleoplasmic absorption. |
75 | -->'''Tarrant:''' Oh, well that’s a relief. I thought it might be something complicated. |
76 | * ThisCannotBe |
77 | ** The Ultras response when the Core starts collapsing. |
78 | ** Avon's response when Vila says he's teaching Orac (about riddles) |
79 | -->'''Avon:''' Vila is teaching Orac? No, it doesn't make sense. |
80 | * ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: After being [[MindControl frozen in place]] the first time he draws a weapon on the Ultras, Tarrant fires the moment he encounters them again. |
81 | * WeakWilled: The Ultras use this exact term to describe Vila, whom they attempt to brainwash so he can hand over the Liberator. |
82 | * WorldOfSnark: "Ignore him. That's what passes for wit on our ship." |
83 | * YouWontFeelAThing |
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