Potato (Blackadder)
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| Blackadder Episode | |
| Potato | |
 Walter "Rather a Wally" Raleigh |
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| Air date | 23/01/1986 |
| Writer(s) | Ben Elton Richard Curtis |
| Director | Mandie Fletcher |
| Guest star(s) | Tom Baker Simon Jones |
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Potato is an episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder.
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[edit] Plot
The return of Sir Walter Raleigh (Simon Jones) and his new discovery, the potato, greatly impresses the Queen. Blackadder, hoping to regain the Queen's favour, declares he is to set out for the dangerous sea around the Cape of Good Hope, expecting only to travel to France, then return several months later and lie about the journey to impress the Queen. His captain Redbeard Rum (Tom Baker) is, however, mad and so they travel far off course and become hopelessly lost and go on a dangerous journey (in which Captain Redbeard is killed) returning two years later to discover the Queen is no longer interested in sailors.
[edit] Significance
Two years pass during this episode.
[edit] Trivia
- Both Simon Jones and Tom Baker are well-known for their roles in British science fiction television series. Jones played Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (as well as the original radio series and LP records), while Baker was the Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who. Incidently, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was written by Douglas Adams, who was also a script editor and writer on Doctor Who.
- It is implied that Blackadder and crew actually reach Australia in their travels, as one of the gifts Edmund bears the Queen is a "stick that comes back" (i.e. a boomerang). Unfortunately the Queen is little impressed -- "when I throw something away, I don't want it to come back!" -- until Percy hits himself in the head with it.
