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Native to Zonda, described by Zen as species Alpha 7/5, "a xerophyte of the
genus Corla", which Avon took to mean "a cactus!". They were collected to
near-extinction, prized for their partial telepathy and ability to move.
They also provided the raw material for the addictive drug shadow. Moon
Discs avoided direct sunlight, and kept in the shadows, hence the name of the
drug. The Federation, under the guise of the Terra Nostra, harvested Moon
Discs on Zonda, supplying them with shade. Some if not all of these
plantations were destroyed by Blake in one of Liberator's rare uses of
its surface strike capability. Whether this rendered the species truly
extinct is unclear: Blake said that it "won't hurt [the President] much, but
it'll sting a bit", but this is rather vague. Avon suggested that Moon Discs
in the plantations were collected from deep desert. The plantations were
protected by the President's personal security force.
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A patient admitted to the Central Clinic on Earth on the same day as the three children Blake supposedly assaulted.
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Worked for Justice Department on Earth, and was prosecuting counsel at
Blake's trial. Unlike Varon, standing for the defence, she was well aware of
the way the evidence against Blake had been manufactured, being the one who
had suggested doing so in the first place.
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| Federation officer under Servalan's command after the Intergalactic War. His rank was never specified. She offered to make him her Supreme Commander if he succeeded in taking Liberator. Mori and his men landed on Obsidian, killed Milus and Natin on Servalan's command, took Dayna and Tarrant prisoner (he was refrained from killing them by Bershar), and then teleported aboard the Liberator. Cally was taken back to Obsidian as a hostage, along with Orac,and held prisoner on the edge of the volcano. |  |
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Mori died when the blast from a grenade thrown by Dayna hurled him into the
active volcano's crater.
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When Avon returned to the Liberator after the Intergalactic War, Zen informed him that Jenna was on a neutral cargo ship headed towards Morphenniel. No more was heard of Jenna until Blake told Tarrant of her death on Gauda Prime.
Nickname for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). That force was founded in 1873 AD as the North-West Mounted Police, to bring the authority of the new Dominion of Canada to the latter's newly acquired North-West Territories. The NWMP was given the 'Royal' prefix in 1904 by King Edward VII; and, in February 1920, it absorbed the Dominion Police, then responsible for policing in eastern Canada, was renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and became Canada's national police force.
On Earth in the twentieth century, the 'Mounties' became the one of the most distinctive Canadian institutions, recognisable due to their ceremonial uniform, particularly the red jacket and wide, flat-brimmed Stetson hat. The red jacket, based on the standard British military pattern, was used to differentiate the NWMP from the blue US military uniforms of that period.
It appears from Orbit that this distinctive red jacket ensured the continuing survival of the 'Mountie' nickname. In the episode, Vila speculated that using the Tachyon Funnel against the Federation, they could have 'whatever we want'. Among the things he wanted were a bodyguard of 'a thousand handpicked virgins in red fur uniforms', whom he would call 'Vila's Royal Mounties'.
See also this link to the RCMP's official website:
Father of Ro, who ruled Horizon before Ro was installed as the Federation's puppet. Possibly trained by the Federation's Colonial Service, Movo proved recalcitrant and was personally killed by the Kommissar. Ro believed he had died in an accident, but Cally telepathically told him the truth whilst under interrogation. She had obtained this information from Orac.
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Genius in the field of cybernetics, taught at an early age by Ensor. This
tuition instilled the driven pace at which Muller conducted his work for the
robot development cartel on Pharos. He created an android remarkable for its
kind, which could influence circuitry over a distance, was "as powerful as
Orac" (according to Avon) but had the capacity to enslave all of humanity.
Restraining circuits were needed and built, but the android killed Muller
before they were fitted, ripping off its creator's head to pose as Muller.
By some means unspecified, the android was able to effect facial movement and
speech in the head.
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See also ANDROIDS.
Music was heard in a few episodes.
In The Way Back the suppressent-dosed citizens of the dome city on Earth tottered through the corridors to the sound of quiet background muzak. The duty officer at the Public Records Computer was seen listening to something rather livelier, but unheard since he was wearing headphones and a pair of tinted spectacles that might have been video accompaniment of some sort (glasses like these were also worn by Gan in The Web, Servalan in Project Avalon, and Cally in Deliverance).
In Cygnus Alpha monastic-style chanting was heard as Blake entered the church. A gong was sounded prior to the planned sacrifice of Gan.
In Bounty President Sarkoff played two (very scratchy) 20th Century records, Singing The Blues by Tommy Steele and Blow The Wind Southerly by Kathleen Ferrier.
In Deliverance Cally appeared to enjoy listening to something which can only be described as tasteless: she was wearing a pair of tinted spectacles as noted above.
In The Keeper a lyre-like instrument was played, as were drums.
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In Sarcophagus both Dayna and her menial predecessor played an
electronic lyre-like instrument. Dayna also sang a short song, possibly of
her own composition, as follows: I left my world to wander in this endless
midnight sky, For space is just a starry night where no suns ever rise. No other suggestion of her interest in music appeared in any other episode.
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It's great to be free;In Games a Mecronian religious ritual was accompanied by monastic-style chanting.
It's great to be free;
It's great to be free from the law....
It's great to be free,
And we all agree...
We're not going back any more.
In Gold there is continual background muzak on board the Space Princess.
When Blake investigated the mining plant on Asteroid P-K118, Vila suggested that mutants might be present down there. Servalan later transmitted a signal on "pre-revised cyphers" saying: "Behold the mutants shall wither". The destination of this transmission was unspecified.