Joyce reported on the appearance of the RoD camera script on eBay...

Meanwhile, you may remember that some of us bought the ordinary script from Chris Boucher, and he then got in a bit of a state because he decided it didn't have a missing scene never broadcast as he'd claimed. But on closer examination, we discovered there were about 16 lines of Grenlee and Forres which don't appear in the final version, so we closed a deal with him after all.

I'm not saying this is totally new to fandom - a couple of us had a vague feeling we'd heard of such a fragment before, so it may well be in circulation. But I certainly hadn't seen it , so presume plenty of others won't have either.

It follows on from the (present) end of the first Grenlee and Forres scene. That now goes from FORRES: May I never leave this spot. GRENLEE: That can be arranged, Section Leader. to Avon and Vila discussing arrangements for taking Shrinker down to the cave.

In this, F and G continue: FORRES: Major Grenlee? GRENLEE: Mmm? FORRES: What's the President like? GRENLEE: Her own way mostly, why? FORRES: No I mean what's she like as a person? GRENLEE: She isn't a person. She's a president. FORRES: And a woman. GRENLEE: Idle speculation section leader. FORRES: I wonder what makes her so special though? When you think about it there's thousands of men ready to die for her. GRENLEE: Every man needs something to believe in Forres. There are no exceptions to that. It's a universal rule. FORRES: If you say so, sir. GRENLEE: I do say so. Just be grateful you joined the service and you don't have to worry about what to believe in. It's all laid out for you. FORRES: Oh I am grateful, sir. GRENLEE: I mean it. Some men have to find their own faith. FORRES: Tough. GRENLEE: It can be section leader. There's only one thing more dangerous than a man looking for something to believe in. And that's a man who thinks he's found something.

(Then back to Avon and Vila.)