Writer Ian Briggs wrote a very good opener. At times in the second episode, he managed to mesh Hammer House of Horror with Dennis Potter.
It has Janet Henfrey, she was a Potter regular such as a stern schoolteacher in The Singing Detective. Here she scolds Jean and Phyllis for staying out late and of course they are interested in boys. Burgeoning sexuality manifests itself as the girls are possessed when they swim in the waters at Maiden Point as a mist passes by.
As for Millington, he wants the decoding machine to be stolen. The Soviet Union are only temporary allies. He looks beyond the war. The machine has a poison which will be emitted when decrypts the word LOVE.
It is also an episode about faith. Reverend Wainwright is losing his and that places him at risk from the now vampiric Jean and Phyllis.
Then there are the inscriptions that Judson manages to solve assisted inadvertently by Ace.
There is certainly a lot going on. The script is utilised well by director Nicholas Mallett. Nicholas Parsons impresses once again as Wainwright. No mean feat given some of the actors involved.
It has Janet Henfrey, she was a Potter regular such as a stern schoolteacher in The Singing Detective. Here she scolds Jean and Phyllis for staying out late and of course they are interested in boys. Burgeoning sexuality manifests itself as the girls are possessed when they swim in the waters at Maiden Point as a mist passes by.
As for Millington, he wants the decoding machine to be stolen. The Soviet Union are only temporary allies. He looks beyond the war. The machine has a poison which will be emitted when decrypts the word LOVE.
It is also an episode about faith. Reverend Wainwright is losing his and that places him at risk from the now vampiric Jean and Phyllis.
Then there are the inscriptions that Judson manages to solve assisted inadvertently by Ace.
There is certainly a lot going on. The script is utilised well by director Nicholas Mallett. Nicholas Parsons impresses once again as Wainwright. No mean feat given some of the actors involved.