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Assignment V
August 11, 1981

Assignment V

Dr McDee Must Die

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

01. Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (1)

A wealthy business man holds a party in a 1930s period reconstruction for his guests, but all is not what it seems. Sapphire and Steel invite themselves to investigate.

25min
August 11, 1981

02. Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (2)

A game of hide and seek is played before dinner but one of the guests will be murdered, there is something evil hiding in one of the guests but which one?

24min
August 12, 1981

03. Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (3)

The party guests begin to realise that they are trapped, but their memories are beginning to fail and confusion is taking over. Then there is another death. But is there really?

23min
August 18, 1981

04. Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (4)

Two of the party guests are dead. Who will be next? This is no traditional murder mystery, and Sapphire and Steel cannot agree on who would have a motive to commit this crime.

25min
August 19, 1981

05. Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (5)

Lord Arthur Mullrine organises a party to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary since his business partnership began with the late Dr George McDee.

25min
August 25, 1981

06. Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (6)

Lord Arthur Mullrine organises a party to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary since his business partnership began with the late Dr George McDee.

25min
August 26, 1981