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From: vljohnson@watrose.UUCP (Lee Johnson)
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Subject: V:  Some rumblings about the first episode.  (Spoiler!)
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Date: Wed, 31-Oct-84 13:07:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 31 13:07:41 1984
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O.K.  For the most part, I liked it.  Not to say that I agreed with it all.
Why kill Martin off in the first show?  I *liked* Martin.  He seemed to be
the only 'good' Visitor with any solid substance to his character.  The
writers could have had a field day with Martin.    I would rather
have had them kill William off.

Now that Diana's on the loose, and the fleet may be on its way back,
Donovan et. al. are going to need all the help they can get.  It looks
to me like they're back to Square One.

Now, does anyone have any ideas about the failure of the Red Dust toxin?
By rights, Diana and her rescuers should be quite dead.  I'm sure the
reason will be explained to us eventually, but it's nice to theorize.
Here's two of my theories:

	1.  The Red Dust does NOT persist in the ecology, as was previously
		believed.  (The obvious conclusion.)
	2.  The Red Dust was *engineered* to have a limited life span. 
		By whom, you ask?  Why, but none other than our man, Nathan
		Bates.  By controlling the factor that keeps the Visitors
		away, he is in a position to make demands from We The People
		to keep them away.  This fits in quite well with his apparent
		power-hungry nature.

Well, time will tell.

Regards,
Lee Johnson (USENET: vljohnson@watrose)