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Assignment II

(1979)

Overview

The Railway Station 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 31, 1979

For their new assignment, Sapphire and Steel arrive at an abandoned railway station haunted by supernatural figures. Pa…

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August 2, 1979

Sapphire and Steel discover the ghost is a young World War I soldier who died in battle. They begin to suspect the rail…

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August 7, 1979

After Sapphire narrowly saves Steel from meeting the same fate as the doomed fighter pilot, Steel becomes determined to…

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August 9, 1979

Steel continues to taunt the ghost of the solider but pauses when he finds Sapphire and Tully unconscious. A hallway in…

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October 30, 1979

With Sapphire as a medium, Tully and Steel are able to communicate with the ghost of a woman who was once the soldier's…

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November 1, 1979

With Sapphire unconscious, Steel is unnerved by the appearance of her ghost on the railway platform with the other spir…

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November 6, 1979

Sapphire and Steel awake to find they have been shunted forward in time twelve days. In that time, the darkness has gon…

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November 8, 1979

Sapphire succeeds in making contact with the darkness at a great personal risk. Steel negotiates with it by promising a…