The only place I'd come across Neame before this in a TV program was in a BBC drama called Colditz, about the prison camp. It was all very long ago, of course, but I remember him as being excellent. Very much a stage actor, though.

This episode was another that was a complete revelation to me, after being used to Star Trek. I still wasn't used to sci fi shows that actually cared about season long arcs and emotional continuity. Wonderful stuff.

And I agree entirely; I really like Sinclair as a character, and his storyline.

I'm glad someone does. I don't know what JMS's original idea was, having never read what he said, and I admire the way he managed to work so well around the cast change (I believe the producers insisted on it), but I'll always regret that we didn't get the story as JMS had envisaged it.