#Alex Rider background props

[akilah12902]

Oh goddamn it, props department.

So maybe it could be April in the context of this season specifically: The first episode mentioned half-term (so let's go on holiday in Cornwall), which would happen around mid-February, and according to a friend it could easily take up to six weeks for Ed Pleasance to be moved to long term care.

Did season 1 take place in 2020? Because it also REALLY does not seem like a whole year has passed (Alex talking about his PTSD hallucinations to Dr. Lambert does NOT seem like a conversation they would be having a whole goddang YEAR into therapy, and if he hasn't had any contact with MI6 post end of S1, it can't be that he only just started with her recently, because how did MI6 recommend her—), and given the setting in spring in season 1 and the mention of end of term dance (and end of spring term is around Easter, which is usually IN APRIL), unless there's been a whole year between seasons (which again really doesn't feel like it's that long) then it would not be possible to have all the events of season 1 and season 2 during this time period.

Was Alex supposed to be 14 in season 1 (if for some reason it had been a year)? He just. Does not look 14. Although this does potentially fit with one point where a teacher gestures after Tom while saying the year 10s (ages 14-15) are in charge of the dance, as opposed to my original assumption that he was 16.

MAYBE they just backdated this to Ian's death, that would at least put things in a vaguely correct place, though that makes Alex 15 during these seasons (maybe he's just 15).

Anyway s2 is kinda a lot worse with where the heck it is in time guys

[akilah12902]

Also in staring too long at props, here we have several nationalities for the other kids at Point Blanc!

The British passport is confirmed to be for Alex's cover identity (it gets opened), and given Kyra's parents are mentioned to be in Singapore I think we can conclusively call her Singaporean.

James is probably the Australian passport (the one with the text that only says "passport" and the kangaroo and emu on the coat of arms), and we have a passport from Jordan (likely Arresh), an American passport (can't be Parker! He "went home", so the passport went with him—making this likely Sasha's), and one underneath the Australian passport which I would hazard a guess is Laura's. (Which suggests she's not necessarily a French citizen, since she wouldn't have needed it to travel within the country? Possibly it's another mild prop error, possibly they asked for it as ID.)

[akilah12902]

I spent so long squinting at this I figured I would share it with everyone. This prop is for Alex's cover identity at Point Blanc as Alex Friend, but there are some inconsistencies between the prop and the answers Alex gives as/for Alex Friend when he's being quizzed in Episode 3. For example, he gives Alex Friend's birthday as December 8th to Mrs. Jones, who confirms that is correct for his cover (as opposed to the April 8th birthday here), and he tells Fiona Friend he was born in Monaco (when the prop here says he was born in London). I have included some bad phone photos of these below the cut.

Overall though, still a pretty neat bit of background, useful in some ways (I am willing to believe the birth year is accurate, for example, setting show!Alex firmly two years older than book!Alex, going by this show coming out in 2020)

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POINT BLANC STUDENT OVERVIEW

PROFILE ID

//PBSA-3211AF-LON-UK

NAME

//ALEXANDER BORIS DE PFEFFER FRIEND

DATE OF BIRTH

08/04/2004

PLACE OF BIRTH

//LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

EYE COLOR

BLUE / GREEN

HEIGHT

5ft 10inch

WEIGHT

69 kg

PLANNER

MONDAY - INTRODUCTION & BRIEFING

TUESDAY - SELF ASSESSMENT & PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

WEDNESDAY - DR BAXTER - OPENING THE MIND

THURSDAY - DR GREIF - CLIMATE & DEPLETION OF RAW MATERIALS

FRIDAY - POPULATION GROWTH IMPACT & WORD ASSOCIATION

SATURDAY - BUSINESS STRATEGY

SUNDAY - DR GREIF - POLARIZATION OF SOCIETY

OVERSEERS

Dr. GREIF

E. STELLENBOSCH

Dr. BAXTER