Assignment Five has it’s detractors. It’s one which, oddly, doesn’t entirely fit in with the rest of the series. As we have seen with the other Assignments, they are all set “today” with an outside force opening a door to a previous era to allow someone or something to come through. In this one, the [...]
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Assignment Four
One of the things I noticed when I started writing these posts was that, although Sapphire and Steel were popular shows with my friends and that I watched every episode avidly, some of the season were less memorable than others. Possibly this is because Assignments One, Two and Six were so powerful that they overshadowed [...]
Assignment Three
This is the most maligned episode of the series. I believe that any failings are not down to the actual episode itself, but are down to the limitations of the technology at the time. We can see this is any number of science fiction series from the era. As with, arguably, the whole concept behind [...]
Assignment Two
I suspect that this episode is the more famous of the series (possibly even more so than the final episode). Whenever I recall any of the series, it is this one that comes to mind most readily. First broadcast in July 1979, this is one of the more chilling episodes in the entire run. As [...]
Assignment One
For the uninitiated, Sapphire and Steel was a short lived UK television series which ran from July 1979 to July 1982. There were only 6 seasons of the series in total and it is a great cult classic. For an overview of the shows and the ideas around them, please see the first post in [...]
Sapphire and Steel – UK TV Series
All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic, heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and Steel. Sapphire and Steel have been assigned. These words opened every episode of the series. Sapphire and Steel aired [...]
