Is it me, or when Venus goes into Dr McCoy mode talking about the hynoptised tanker pilot, she sounds like she hasn't got a clue what she's yakking on about...

It's not you.

You'd think that someone, somewhere, would have some notion about how to break the trance, especially since the man was now away from the influence.

I got the giggles when Prof. Matic wanted to get out of the building because it was so cold. It's so much warmer up in open space....

When that lumpy little brain said that it was delicate, it wasn't kidding. Just a few moments of cold, and it deflated.