When Eve goes back in time (played by Marie Wallace), I tend to think the characters there see her as looking like Erica Fitz (like in Quantum Leap).  

The DS producers probably thought it may have been confusing for the audience to see Erica Fitz playing Danielle Roget in 1795.

In the end credits, I noticed that Mitchell Ryan was always billed first, though without any special title, (or second when JB was on) until he left.  Anthony George was given the same treatment.

It was unusual to see Victoria Winters credited like the regular cast when Betsy Durkin and Carolyn Groves played the role (even though neither of them warranted special billing anyway).

I always thought it so late in the series to give Jonathan Frid special billing.  By the episodes Sci Fi is showing, he is clearly the star of the show.

In the Maggie Kidnapping story, Dr. Woodard refers to Dr. Hoffman as a man.  The intent was to have Hoffman discover Barnabas and Barnabas would eventually kill him (probably after his cure failed).  Burke and Dr. Woodard most likely would have staked Barnabas following that.  Perhaps, due to the appearance of Sarah, they originally intended Barnabas' spirit to reunite with Sarah and be at peace.

There are times where Burke is on to Barnabas (he sees him enter the old house at dawn and not leave, he hears the music box in relation to Maggie telling him about a "soft, tinkling sound" in her mind).  At this point, the Seaview Cottage plot is briefly introduced, which could have been a follow up story after Barnabas is killed.

When they had Grayson Hall cast as Julia Hoffman in place of the male Hoffman, it looks like they were going on as originally planned. When Willie is blamed for Maggie's kidnapping, the story change was probably made and the Seaview plot discarded as well as the death Of Dr. Hoffman (and probably Willie too).

They had to kill off Barnabas' protaganists (Burke and Dr. Woodard) for him to remain on the show.  A total reversal of what they originally intended.

A male Dr. Hoffman would either:

a.) Been an end to the Barnabas story

b.) have Barnabas still kill him and Barnabas would remain on the show...though alone with no one else to help him.  This may have led to the addition of yet another new character for him to play off against

Does anyone know why he stopped doing the voiceovers for actor replacements or the end credit "DS is a Dan Curtis production"?

When Dr. Woodard was replaced with Peter Turgeon...it was a different announcer saying it and after that they used the DS cast members.

Did they have another announcer doing the commercial breaks?

Is is true about Laura, of course Roger doesn't have any idea about it.  Though, one would think he would know who his grandparents were.  Perhaps Edward remarried and his second wife was remembered as the grandmother.

As for Laura, maybe when she is reborn to some unsuspecting couple every thirty years or so, she is a "new" version of Laura Murdoch and not necessarily the same one who lived and "died by fire" before.  That would remove the incestuousness of Roger and Laura's marriage.

Maybe Timothy Gordon could have played Burke after Anthony George left and there would be no plane crash.(I don't know what he looked like back then though).

The writers Pre-1795 and Post Barnabas were Malcolm Mamorstein, Joe Caldwell, and Ron Sproat.  Gordon Russell replaced MM sometime in July 1967 and Sam Hall came on a couple of weeks prior to 1795 and replaced JC.

Russell and Hall may not have liked the direction the show was in and they changed it...its not uncommon on soaps when new writers come on the scene.

I see her life has gotten back to normal after 19 years.  She is driving and attending town functions.  This is the way I like to see Liz as..a woman in control and assertive of things.

Unfortunately, this will not last for very long.....

Joey

She will be in a music store in Manhattan on East 12th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue from 3 to 5 pm today (Saturday).  Unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the store.  She really likes to see DS fans and will sign any of the KLS books, or any book with her picture in it.

Joey