New Sapphire and Steel
Sapphire and Steel will return later this year, though only on audio CDs. They will now be played by Susannah Harker and David Warner!
shareThe new adventures are set before the TV ones...so we won't get to find out how they escaped from the cafe in space.
shareActually its definately set after the series. Several mentions are made that it is 2004 ('the present'). There are also some subtle lines that indicate they know about the trap from the final episode.
In fact, their entire first lines together seem to dodge around the edges of the final episode.
Sapphire enters the train car where Steel finds himself sitting.
"Hello Steel. It's been a long time."
and later, after she reveals that each car of the train exists in its own time:
Steel: And outside the train? What time is it there?
Sapphire: No place. No time.
Steel: A trap!
Sapphire: No, I don't think so.
There are even a couple tongue in cheek references made by Gold to their imprisonment. Such as when he escapes from the book prison, he wryly emerges say "And so, with a mighty leap, our hero..." referencing the famous lines about serial heroes escaping death traps. Or later when he explains to Sapphire how he escaped "It was rather fun, actually. Does this happen to you often?"
Gold, by the way, steals the show as a cold, dangerous, smug, and vaguely untrustworthy agent.