Re: [B7L] Mission to Destiny (was Terry Nation as Writer)

Fiona wrote:

the correct explanation, as presented by Avon, turns out to be actually quite simple.

This is of course one obvious way in which the plot differs from archetypal Poirot closed-system crime (say 'Murder on the Orient Express').

Finally, this theme is pointed up by two quotes,

My favourite quotation was:

AVON: Try greed. It's usually reliable.

Occam's Razor. When faced with a mystery, it's the simple explanation, the one that's staring you in the face, that usually does the trick; the convoluted one is likely to send you running around in circles and concocting danger where there is none.

Indeed. My Occam's Razor tells me that Nation was a sloppy hack writer thinking of his pay cheque... [smile]

Tavia