Sapphire & Steel - Season 1 - Eps 3: Assignment I: Escape through a Crack in Time (3)
Sapphire and Steel investigate the upstairs hallway after Rob sees a pair of ghostly soldiers on the landing. Unbeknownst to them, a living pool of light has escaped from Helen's room and now lies in wait in a portrait at the top of the stairs. Sapphire walks right into the trap and disappears from the house. Only faintly able to communicate with Steel and Rob, Sapphire tells them she is stuck in a freezing cottage with the sensation that something sinister is there with her. Steel and Rob discover that Sapphire is trapped in the portrait and must work quickly to avoid losing her.
About Sapphire & Steel
Title: Sapphire & Steel
First Air Date: 1979-07-10
Last Air Date: 1982-08-31
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.4/10 (from 23 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 7
Total Episodes: 34
Network: ITV1
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. Hammond who conceived the programme under the working title The Time Menders, after a stay in an allegedly haunted castle. Hammond also wrote all the stories except for the fifth, which was co-written by Don Houghton and Anthony Read. In 2004, Sapphire and Steel returned in a series of audio dramas starring David Warner and Susannah Harker.
Cast
David McCallum
Steel
Joanna Lumley
Sapphire
