Episode 12
Deliverance
By Terry Nation
A small space craft loses control over the planet Cephlon, the two man crew escape from the craft in life pods and crash land on the surface. The Liberator detects the pods and the crew mount a rescue mission. Unfortunately one of the men is dead. The other, Ensor, is badly injured.
On returning to the Liberator they find out Jenna is still on the surface of Cephlon so the crew mount another mission to find her and bring her back.
Meanwhile they find out Ensor is carrying power cells that his father, on the planet Aristo, needs to stay alive, as well as a message from the Federation - They are willing to pay one hundred million credits for something called Orac.
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Aside from the main story arc of discovering the wherabouts of Orac, Deliverance has some great comedy moments on the planet Cephlon where the beautiful Meegat waits for Deliverance and assumes Avon is the lord she has been waiting for.
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Vila suggests as Meegat kneels at Avon's feet.
"Probably." quips Avon in his deadpan way.
Paul Darrow and Susan Farmer are excellent in this story as Avon and Meegat, with Darrow clearly having fun in his newly acquired status of lordship.
Tony Caunter guest stars in this episode as Ensor, Caunter is probably best known to todays viewers for playing Roy Evans in Eastenders for nine years.
Yet another strong episode with three stories playing out in the fifty minute running time - Helping the injured Ensor, rescuing Jenna from the tribe of savages and the launching and deliverance of Meegat's rocket ship.
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