Fatal Extraction is the twelfth Christmas special episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses, first screened on 25 December 1993. Only Fools and Horses was a long-running British television sit-com, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC. Seven series were broadcast between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003. ... For other men with this name, see John Sullivan (disambiguation). ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Christmas is a Christian holiday held on December 25 which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest public broadcasting corporation in the world. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Only Fools and Horses was a long-running British television sit-com, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC. Seven series were broadcast between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Overview

Peckham is in the midst of rioting, and Del Boy, after dumping his yuppy image, has been drinking and spending late nights at the One-Eleven Club gambling. Raquel is not pleased about it, since she hardly sees him now. Del has also picked up a sore tooth. Derek Edward Trotter, or Del Boy, as he is more commonly known, is the lead character in the hugely popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. ...

Meanwhile, Rodney and Cassandra's marriage has been going so well that they have decided to try to have a baby. Rodney Charlton Trotter (b. ...

At Sid's cafe, Del talks about the time he first met Marlene at a betting shop in Lewisham Grove.

Rodney catches Del gambling at the One-Eleven Club one night, and Del explains that he is striking a deal with Ronnie Nelson to get hold of some Russian ex-military Camcorders to make ends meet over Christmas. Boycie also shows up to say that he too first met Marlene in the betting shop. The Trotter brothers gamble all the way through the night until eight o' clock in the morning.

Later that afternoon at the market, Del and Rodney are flogging very awful-looking skiing gear, until Cassandra calls Rodney back to their flat.

Rodney gets the suprise of his life when he finds Raquel and Damien at his flat. Raquel explains that she's finally had enough of Del treating her like garbage, so Raquel and Damien are staying at Rodney's place until Del apologizes.

The next day, Rodney forces Del to go to the dentist. Del tries to talk his way out of it, but Rodney orders him to go right in there and sort that bad tooth out! The dentist is able to remove the bad tooth from Del's mouth and Del, thinking that he can back to his single ways after Raquel left him, foolishly arranges a date with an attractive receptionist named Beverly.

That night at Nelson Mandela House, the Russian Camcorders have arrived, but their tapes don't fit in British VCR's. Del, dressed in his Gordon Gekko outfit, tells Rodney about his date with Beverly. Rodney and Albert believe that Del is making a big mistake, and talk him out of his date. Del leaves a message on Beverly's answering machine that their date's cancelled. Albert Gladstone Trotter (1920-1999) was a character in the popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. ...

Later, back at his flat, Rodney tells Cassandra about the time Del beat up his father, Reg, in order to protect himself and Rodney. Rodney and Cassandra try cuddling up, but they find that Damien has walked in, all because Rodney did not lock the door.

The next night at the Nag's Head, Rodney tries to get some of the regular to help Save the Whales, but Albert tells them about the time a whale fell in love with a submarine. Del enters, and Rodney berates him for not phoning Raquel and apologizing to her. With the message finally gotten through to his brain, Del finally phones Raquel and promises her that he'll stop drinking and gambling. Raquel, not wanting to spoil her future husband's fun, tells him that he can still go down to the Nag's Head, as long as it's not every night. Del agrees to just go down there at weekends, and he'll bring Raquel with him just to socialize. And when Del promises to pick up both Raquel and Damien tomorrow night, Raquel says "I love you Trotter." and everything is set. Del celebrates with champagne, and also spies Beverly in the background.

Del walks home drunk, and decides to sing One Voice Singing In The Darkness, which wakes up the whole neighborhood! Rodney comes on over to Trotter Towers, and Del goes down to the restarted riot to sell some of the ski gear.

The next morning at the market, while getting the Russian VCR's, Del spots Beverly again, and becomes very frightened.

That night, Del picks up Raquel and Damien in the Capri Ghia, and they return home to see the riot. Del honks his horn, and the rioters and the police clear the way for him.

The following day, Del comes home from work just see Beverly in his flat, because she wants Damien's high chair for her grandson, who is also named Damien.

Really losing it, Del rushes over to the Nag's Head to tell Rodney that Beverly is stalking him, because she's an ex-psychiatric hospital patient. Rodney does not believe him, but Del tells Rodney to deliver the high chair to Beverly.

Later, Del finally decides to confront Beverly and tell her to leave him and his family alone! Beverly admits that she thought Del was stalking her. She also says that she works at the psychiatric hospital as a receptionist. No longer worried, Del promises to leave Beverly alone.

Christmas Night at Trotter Towers, and the entire family is having a blast...at least until Raquel plugs in Del's new answering machine (which Raquel accquired from Beverly in return for the high chair) only to hear Del's message about his cancelled date to Beverly. Del returns to the lounge, only to get hit by ornaments thrown by Raquel. Meanwhile outside by the new Christmas tree, a group of carol singers sing Silent Night, and Beverly looks up at the Trotters' flat with a smile.

Episode cast

David Jason in A Touch of Frost. ... Nicholas Lyndhurst (born April 21, 1961 in Emsworth, Hampshire) is an English actor. ... Buster Merryfield in Only Fools and Horses Buster Merryfield (November 27, 1920 - June 23 1999) was a British actor who became a national institution after joining the hit BBC comedy Only Fools and Horses in 1984, as the sea faring Albert Trotter, affectionately known as Uncle Albert. ... Tessa Peake-Jones (born 9 May 1957 in Hammersmith, London, England) is a British actress. ... Gwyneth Strong (born December 2, 1959 in London) is a British actrees. ... Roger Lloyd Pack (born February 8, 1944) is a British actor. ... John Challis (born August 16, 1942 in Bristol, England) is a British actor best known for his role as Aubrey Boycie Boyce in the long-running comedy show Only Fools and Horses. ... Kenneth MacDonald (b. ... Paul Barber (born 1952) is a black British actor, best known for playing Denzil in Only Fools and Horses and Horse in The Full Monty. ... Roy Heather is an English actor. ... Pato Banton (born Patrick Murray) is a reggae singer and toaster from Birmingham, England. ... Derek Martin (Born 11 April 1933) is a soap opera actor who is best known for his role as Charlie Slater in the British soap opera EastEnders. ...

Trivia

• After this episode, the cast of Only Fools and Horses took a three-year break before returning in the 1996 Christmas trilogy.

Errors

• Denzil told Del, Mike, Boycie, and Trigger about how he had been split up from his wife, Corrine, for seven years (which would've placed the divorce in 1986 since this episode took place in 1993), yet in Danger UXD (which took place in 1989), Denzil was still together with his wife. Between those two episodes, the gap is less than seven years.
• After Del sings to restart the riot and Rodney arrives at Nelson Mandela House, when Albert says he's not going to the window because a brick might come through, Rodney tells him that they're on the 12th floor. But at the end of A Royal Flush when Rodney was yelling at Del, the floor number on top of the lift said 13th floor.

1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Fatal Extraction at bbc.co.uk