A tradition of experimental film existed by 1981, but it was still obscure and, well, experimental. But film and television are almost entirely narrative media. Lyric poetry, contrasted with the narrative form of epic poetry, is a poetry based on the expression of emotions. Typically when we use the word “poetic” we really mean “lyrical,” that is, essentially working according to a non-narrative structure. I used the word poetic, but there’s an obvious oddity to this term when applied to television. If E-Space is to be understood as negative space and the normal N-Space as positive then what of the zero point between the universes? What would that be like?īut from this start exploring the more or less scientific concept the story opens up onto a more eccentric vista. But here finally we have the idea explored as more than a mere plot hook (although there is something to be contemplated in the idea that Alzarius is actively the inversion of Gallifrey). The CVE is essentially a wormhole, E-Space as basic a parallel universe as they come. The thematic “reworking past eras” trilogy of Meglos, The Leisure Hive, and State of Decay and the three science fairy tales at the end of the season are far tighter trilogies than three stories into which the idea of a miniature external universe with negative coordinates was shoehorned in.
On one level is the frame that has been holding the last three stories together – the so-called “E-Space Trilogy.” In truth these trilogy linkings are less useful than we might hope. In this regard it is the biggest test case of the Bidmead approach – a poetic setting extrapolated from science. A story structured with overt poetry, where thematic associations link the very fabric of the world together as much as scientific reason. While the noblest Roman strikes off on her own, finally ridding herself of her own chains, forged less out of dwarf star alloy than out of red and burgundy wool. Mechanized suits of armor stalk the halls as noble lion men fight to regain their freedom. While on television there is a castle with a ruined feast hanging in an empty void on the edge of the universe. The first DeLorean is made in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, of interest to fans of lesser time travel narratives, and in one of the great “fuck yous” of international politics Iran releases its American hostages minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated to replace Jimmy Carter.
Ulster Defence Association gunmen shoot and wound former MP Bernadette Devlin McAliske. In real news, the Salvadoran Civil War starts to get ugly as the FMLN launches a major offensive against the US-backed military government, which, over 1980, murdered nearly 12,000 people, upping it to 16,000 unarmed civilians in 1981. One week later John Lennon takes number one with the posthumous rerelease of “Imagine,” one of three number one hits he had that week along with “Happy XMas/War is Over,” “(Just Like) Starting Over,” and, later on, “Woman.” ABBA, The Police, Adam & The Ants, Queen, and Phil Collins also chart.
Winifred’s School Choir is at number one with “There’s No One Quite Like Grandma,” which is unfortunate.
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