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Re: Which Episode? Help!

Awwwwww. Luke! You beat me to the answer! I wanted to be the one to tell Luke that it was "Mind Over Mayhem". Oh well.

Re: Which Episode? Help!

Luke done good on his own, Headache. We should be so very proud of him. Great job Luke!

Re: Re: Which Episode? Help!

Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to say thanx for the replies to my post,even though I found the answer anyway. I couldnt have done it without this wonderful website and the depth of the info.

I was probably around 11yrs old when that episode originally aired and havent seen it since, I see that its widely regarded as one of the weakest episodes but at that age the robot from one of the old B Movie sci-fi films seemed very appealling.

But I got hooked, because how of such a small detail could lead to a criminals demise.

Really enjoying sharing memories and info about my favourite tv detective, and thanx again for makin feel so welcome.

Bye for now.

Luke

Re: Which Episode? Help!

That scuffmark on the door has always bugged me. It's just that the episode's director makes such an absolutely clear point of that scuffmark on the door as it's actually being made. The camera really focuses on it right there and then. To me it seems that the viewer shouldn't be being told so "up front" about that scuffmark. It's the sort of thing that we should have been told about later in the episode. Then, on repeat viewing, we would look out for it and when it happens, we would say, "Oh yeah, he does scuff up the door when he carries the body through!" The exact same thing holds true of the murderer smoking the cigar in the murderee's living room!

Of course, at the time it was made, the director/producers probably didn't think that viewers would be viewing it hundreds more times each!