Black female, white male, interracial sci-fi scenario

[billrokra]

Surprisingly, this one comes from the UK 1970s/1980s sci-fi series Blake's 7.

Two characters, Tarrant (white male) and Dayna (black female) are on a planet which turns out to be a giant computer. They are abducted by three operators of the planet/computer, called Ultras - bald men with blue, veiny skin and blue, veiny uniforms.

The computer possesses enormous knowledge of the universe which it obtains by absorbing different lifeforms. One area of knowledge which it lacks is the "human bonding ceremony". The Ultras wish to observe this to rectify this knowledge gap. Dayna and Tarrant refuse, outraged. The Ultras offer a deal - they will consider releasing them both, and their two companions who are hostage elsewhere, if they comply. Tarrant refuses but Dayna accepts. She tells Tarrant to kiss her. A camera appears from the ceiling. As Dayna pulls Tarrant down onto a bed, the camera, and the Ultras, observe them.

This is all done very tamely in the episode - the characters keep their clothes on, this being early evening viewing. However, having two of the main characters blackmailed into engaging in interracial sex while being filmed and examined by three voyeurs is quite a risqué plot turn for a mainstream sci-fi series at the time.

It may serve as inspiration to others.

 

[Carnevil9]

.......bald men with blue, veiny skin and blue, veiny uniforms......

I haven't seen the production in question, but given your description, these characters sound like they are supposed to represent huge throbbing erect penises!!

 

[sirhugs]

I haven't seen the production in question, but given your description, these characters sound like they are supposed to represent huge throbbing erect penises!!

as long as they don't spurt out their ears when excited.

 

[LupusDei]

Just a thought to ramp up the stakes and the horror, and address an obvious plot hole

Let's say Tarrant refuse to have sex for camera because he has a girlfriend, Alice. Learning what, the computer helpfully explains that Alice, being a member of the stranded crew, is already destructively scanned along some others, and that's how it learned about human intimacy in the first place, but struggles to interpret the data without material observations. It promises to recreate Kelly if Tarrant demonstrates on Dayna why having her body is so important for him.

Then, satisfied with the new data, it prints two or three copies of Alice saying it's at almost no additional expense for it (probably it routinely creates new operators in bathes of three).