Joanna returned to our TV screens in 1979 staring alongside David McCallum in the mightily confusing but entertaining sci-fi cult classic Sapphire and Steel.
The concept of the show is a tad baffling, however to put it in a nutshell, Sapphire and Steel are interdimensional operatives, a kind of time detectives to you and me, who are assigned to investigate breakouts of time, which is portrayed as a malevolent force trying to disrupt our present, their past, who knows?
Not much about Sapphire and Steel’s characters or back story is revealed throughout the show’s three year and 34 episode run, leaving you none the wiser to who they actually are. They could be aliens, they could be from the future, or just elements taking human form! We meet some of their fellow operatives throughout the series such as Silver and Jet, however this does little to help explain their origin.
Glamorous and always dressed in blue, Joanna brings an intelligence and warmth to the role of Sapphire, who is an ideal counterbalance to the ruthless coldness of David McCallum’s Steel. Although never expanded on, there is a strong chemistry between them and Sapphire brings out his softer side, hinting at more than a working relationship.