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Assignment I

(1979)

Overview

Escape Through A Crack in Time None of the stories had on-screen titles, or any official titles assigned by the writers. The Region 1 Complete Series DVD release gives the titles "Escape Through a Crack in Time", "The Railway Station", "The Creature's Revenge", "The Man Without a Face", "Dr. McDee Must Die" and "The Trap", respectively. These titles have often been cited as having been created by science fiction magazine Time Screen

Cast

David McCallum as Steel
David McCallum

as Steel

Joanna Lumley as Sapphire
Joanna Lumley

as Sapphire

Episodes

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July 10, 1979

On an ordinary evening, a mother and father sing nursery rhymes to their daughter Helen before bed. Their teenage son R…

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July 12, 1979

Sapphire and Steel determine that Helen's bedroom is the location of a time break caused by the recitation of nursery r…

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July 17, 1979

Sapphire and Steel investigate the upstairs hallway after Rob sees a pair of ghostly soldiers on the landing. Unbeknown…

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July 19, 1979

Steel's drastic measures to save Sapphire and trap the pool of light prove effective, if extremely dangerous. Sapphire …

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July 24, 1979

The time break strengthens after a nursery rhyme hidden in a book becomes stuck in Helen's head. Sapphire burns the nur…

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July 26, 1979

Lured by a vision of his father, Rob walks into a trap in the basement. A pool of light has taken him back in time to t…