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* [[Alien Invasion]]: By proxy.

* [[Artificial Human]]

* [[Backed By the Pentagon]]: The British army provided a pursuit launch, a helicopter and a military base for various shots.

* [[Backed by the Pentagon]]: The British army provided a pursuit launch, a helicopter and a military base for various shots.

* [[Bald of Evil]]: Intel hatchetman [[Herr Doktor]] Kaufman.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The fire axe installed in the computer room, used by Fleming to destroy the computer. In "Breakthrough" it's the early reference to freak weather conditions.

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* [[Hard Work Montage]]

* [[Hollywood Science]]: Averted as Fred Hoyle is a noted astronomer, best known for his work on the understanding of the creation of the elements through stellar nucleosynthesis, for developing the steady state theory of the universe, and for coining the term "Big Bang". He already had a taste for science fiction, having written a novel ''The Black Cloud'' in 1957.

* [[Interface ~~With~~ a Familiar Face]]: Andromeda looks exactly like a female operator killed earlier by the computer (except she's now [[Blondes Are Evil|blonde]]). The computer used the woman's death to gain all the knowledge it needed to create an [[Artificial Human]].

* [[Interface with a Familiar Face]]: Andromeda looks exactly like a female operator killed earlier by the computer (except she's now [[Blondes Are Evil|blonde]]). The computer used the woman's death to gain all the knowledge it needed to create an [[Artificial Human]].

* [[Is That a Threat]]

* [[Is That a Threat?]]

{{quote| '''Fleming:''' "Becoming quite indispensable, aren't you?"<br />

'''Andromeda:''' "Please be careful what you say."<br />

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* [[Back From the Dead]]: Andromeda apparently drowns after falling into a deep pool at the end of the first serial, but is shown to have survived.

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|Even Bad Bald Men Send Postcards To Their Father]]: Kaufman is allowed to become more human (though never to the extent of doing a [[Heel Face Turn]]); in the first serial he's more of a [[Smug Snake]].

* [[Fun ~~With~~ Foreign Languages]]/[[Bastardly Speech]]: When Kaufman announces that Intel has effectively taken over Azaran, the translator shows his disapproval by talking loudly over him. Also this scene:

* [[Fun with Foreign Languages]]/[[Bastardly Speech]]: When Kaufman announces that Intel has effectively taken over Azaran, the translator shows his disapproval by talking loudly over him. Also this scene:

{{quote| '''Kaufman:''' "The army and all other branches will report directly to the President. The present parliament will not be called back into session. Help will continue to be provided by..."<br />

''(Translator gives long stream of Arabic)''<br />