Picture If You Will

He played Igg, Haloth, and Maldus in "that old black magic".

Here, he does kind of the same thing. But first Moya's crew has to figure out what is going on: what started out on a humble Christmas ornament shaped spaceship/supermarket run by a "woman" named Kyvan, turns into a nightmare, first for Chiana, then Ka D'argo, then John, and finally for Zhaan. All because of a portrait that keeps on telling a "future of sorts".

This is the one episode where Zotoh Zhaan takes control, and she helms it beautifully. Virginia Hey portrays the "forlorn woman" with Finesse. Is she just pretending to be this way or is she actually literally frightened? We don't know, which is what makes this episode brilliant.

At first we think that she is starting to lose her mind again like she did on Litigara... but this is partially, at least, a ruse.

Considering who the nemesis is in this unexpected episode. When we finally realize who Kyvan actually is.

Chris Hayward was also brilliant in the 1990 film "Tom Selleck Down under", as "Major Ashley-Pitt".

But it is his portrayal of Maldis which gets us every time, will he make an appearance in this episode?

There are certainly some valid elements of pure terror here.