During a total eclipse of the sun, an astronomer is bludgeoned to death by a meteor, and an astrologer claims to have predicted each subsequent murder.During a total eclipse of the sun, an astronomer is bludgeoned to death by a meteor, and an astrologer claims to have predicted each subsequent murder.During a total eclipse of the sun, an astronomer is bludgeoned to death by a meteor, and an astrologer claims to have predicted each subsequent murder.
Paul Blackwell
- Eclipse Observer
- (uncredited)
Chris Cowlin
- CID Officer
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Moonstone disc displayed in the museum is a replica of a real bronze age artifact: the "Nebra sky disc" (Himmelsscheibe von Nebra), found 1999 near Nebra, Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. The description given by Catrina is spot on: dated around 1600 BC, and probably used to harmonize the moon and the sun year (354 vs. 365 days).
- GoofsWhen D.I. Barnaby asks amateur astronomer George Dormer where he was the previous night when a murder was committed, he replies that he was watching a transit of Venus. This occurs when Venus crosses the disc of the sun, and it would be impossible to see such an event at night.
- Quotes
DCI John Barnaby: With all your powers of divination, perhaps you can tell me who did this.
Mags Dormer: No. No, I foretell the future, Inspector. The past, and all its mysteries, is your department.
- Alternate versionsThis is S15E4 on FreeVee streaming in 2024.
- ConnectionsReferences Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
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A total eclipse
This is one of those Midsomer Murders that is a little hard to follow because one's attention tends to wander.
It's a total eclipse of the sun, and Jeremy Harper and other astronomers watch it outside. Harper is found dead by head trauma from a meteorite.
The police in the form of Barnaby and Jones are brought in. Harper had fought with Laurence Janson, who headed the university observatory and planned to extend it onto Moonstone Ridge, the place where they watched the eclipse. Also, his wife Catrina is involved with Janson, though Harper doesn't know that.
The local astrologer, Mags Dorner, had told Jeremy that disaster was coming. She informs Barnaby that Moonstone Ridge has been cursed since Catrina Harper's sister Mary died there years earlier.
Then there are other murders. Meanwhile the newspaper is playing it up, and Mags, who works for the paper, is in her glory.
Mags runs around showing people their charts. Barnaby, however, is convinced that she's hiding something. He's determined to find out what it is.
Astrology can be fun but this episode made it kind of boring. Plus the episode seemed to mix astrology, astronomy, and psychics together. Barnaby and Jones are becoming more cohesive as a team, which is nice.
It's a total eclipse of the sun, and Jeremy Harper and other astronomers watch it outside. Harper is found dead by head trauma from a meteorite.
The police in the form of Barnaby and Jones are brought in. Harper had fought with Laurence Janson, who headed the university observatory and planned to extend it onto Moonstone Ridge, the place where they watched the eclipse. Also, his wife Catrina is involved with Janson, though Harper doesn't know that.
The local astrologer, Mags Dorner, had told Jeremy that disaster was coming. She informs Barnaby that Moonstone Ridge has been cursed since Catrina Harper's sister Mary died there years earlier.
Then there are other murders. Meanwhile the newspaper is playing it up, and Mags, who works for the paper, is in her glory.
Mags runs around showing people their charts. Barnaby, however, is convinced that she's hiding something. He's determined to find out what it is.
Astrology can be fun but this episode made it kind of boring. Plus the episode seemed to mix astrology, astronomy, and psychics together. Barnaby and Jones are becoming more cohesive as a team, which is nice.
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- Sep 16, 2016
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