Blakes 7

[hagbard_celine]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blakes_7

This TV sci-fi sries was on a long time ago and its special effects were less than totally mind-blowing. But this series had a message for sci-fi: If you have a good plot, characters and script you don't need fancy special effects. Consequently if you have a crap script, characters and storyline then high-budget SFX won't save you; "Independance Day" springs to mind! This series was also incredibly meaningful and relevent to conspiracy "theorists" like us. I've done a complete episode-by-episode analysis of "Blakes 7" and I've spotted topical themes in nearly every single one:

SERIES ONE

Episode 1 "The way back": Public surveillance cameras (very first shot!), mind-control drugs administered to drinking water, manipulation of the media and justice system.

Episode 2 "Space Fall": torture and abuse of detainees, alien civilizations.

Episode 3 "Cygnus Alpha": (I love this one!) Designer religions to create mental slavery, manipulation by psychosomatic illnesses (see AIDS etc)

Episode 4 "Time Squad": Chemtrails, ESP, cryogenic technology, electronic mind-control implants (verichip etc).

Episode 5 "The Web": Genetic engineering, extreme general and social hyperDarwinism, external control of the human body, thought projection.

Episode 6 "Seek-Locate and Destroy": Methods of military mind-control.

Episode 7 "Mission to Destiny" (This one is like an Agatha Christie detective story!) Free Energy.

Episode 8 "Duel": Extradimensional beings controlling this 3D/linear time plain, alteration of the human body into a living robot. (See David Icke's report of his meeting with a CIA scientist who'd had his body manipulated to need a drug. In B7, there is a creature called a "Mutoid", a former human who's been adapted into a mindless zombie, dependant on injected blood serum.)

Episode 9 "Project Avalon": Slavery of indigenous peoples, biological warfare, staged military action and fake victories (see 9/11)

Episode 10 "Breakdown": Corruption in the medical profession (see books by Ghislaine Lanctot).

Episode 11 "Bounty": (This is one of the best episodes, and the most relevant to today) Political manipulation strategies, problem-reaction-solution, the use of native puppet leaders.

Episode 12 "Deliverance": Origins of the human race, lost civilizations.

Episode 13 "Orac": Artificial intelligence, artificial body parts, secret science.

SERIES TWO

Episode 14 "Redemption": Chaos Theory vs prediction.

Episode 15 "Shadow": (This is one of the most significant!) Illegal drugs being used to enslave the populus, the Illuminati operating through organized crime as well as the police; both sides of the law being run by the same people. Extradimensional entities and energy.

Episode 16 "Weapon": Secret military technology, Artificial life, armed forces used as "cannon fodder".

Episode 17 "Horizon": Indigenous people being used as slaves as in "Project Avalon", the Illuminati using puppet leaders who are native to their charges and unaware of the higher powers they are serving.

Episode 18 "Pressure Point": Diversionary tactics and drawing fire away from the true source of power, as in the NWO making it look like America is the centre of global control when it's not.

Episode 19 "Trial": An entire world as a single ecosystem, the Gaia Principle. Rigged official trials and hearings.

Episode 20 "Killer": Biological warfare.

Episode 21 "Hostage": (No relevant themes)

Episode 22 "Countdown": Mutually assured destructive Doomsday weapons used to quell rebellion.

Episode 23 "Voice From The Past": Mind control long range transmission, the govt infiltration of supposedly impartial institutions that are supposed to make the govt accountable to the people like the legal and political system.

Episode 24 "Gambit": Hiding high-level information in unlikely places (see "The DaVinci Code" and "Holy Blood and the Holy Grail")

Episode 25 "The Keeper": (Same themes as Episode 24)

Episode 26 "Star One": The destruction of knowledge leading to Illuminati secrets.

SERIES 3

Episode 27 "Aftermath": The question of whether peace can, or should, be maintained by the deterrence of ultra-destructive weapons.

Episode 28 "Powerplay": The right to live as you choose versus the idea that what the elite consider best for you should be enforced. Human slaughterhouses where organs are harvested for donor surgery (see "Coma" by Robin Cook).

Episode 29 "Volcano": Does passivism work?

Episode 30 "Dawn of the Gods": Mythology and even children's stories contain hidden meaning.

Episode 31 "The Harvest of Kairos": (No apparent theme, but it does use a model of an Apollo spacecraft like "Capricorn One"

Episode 32 "City at The edge of The World": Ideas about the suppression of goddess figures and femininity in favour of a totally male pantheon.

Episode 33 "Children of Auron": Biological warfare, test-tube birth, telepathy.

Episode 34 "Rumours of Death": Double agents and infiltration by the Illuminati.

Episode 35 "Sarcophagus" (No apparent theme, but this is probably my favorite episode)

Episode 36 "Ultraworld": Psychic vampires

Episode 37 "Moloch": The name speaks for itself! A parasitic creature ruling in secret and demanding sacrifice.

Episode 38 "Death Watch": virtual reality, political manipulation, problem-reaction-solution etc.

Episode 39 "Terminal": Artificial life.

SERIES 4

Episode 40 "Rescue": Psychic vampires and hyperD energy shortcuts.

Episode 41 "Power": Sexual discrimination and segregation used as a method of genocide and population control.

Episode 42 "Traitor": This is a good one! Mind-control drugs added to air and drinking water created by a scientist working against his will because he has been "patched" (See David Icke)

Episode 43 "Stardrive": No relevant theme.

Episode 44 "Animals": Genetic engineering, secret science, suggestive hypnotism, MKUltra etc.

Episode 45 "Headhunter": Secret development of cyborgs.

Episode 46 "Assassin": No relevant theme.

Episode 47 "Games": See "Horizon" and "Project Avalon" etc.

Episode 48 "Sand": HyperDarwinism and sexual conformism.

Episode 49 "Gold": No relevant theme, but it guest stars one of the funniest men who ever lived: Roy Kinnear.

Episode 50 "Orbit": Secret science

Episode 51 "Warlord": Biological warfare + mind control drugs in drinking water and air.

Episode 52 "Blake": Illuminati infiltration of outwardly innocent organization.

[john white]

Terry Nation (who earlier created the daleks around a Nazism/Eugenics theme) knew the score. Blake's 7 rocked, and still does. Rumour has it J Michael Strazinski of Babylon 5 fame (vorlons/shadows god like alien opposames) is rumoured to be in talks with the BEEB about a revival

[cheeb]

you beat me to it john white

i was going to ask if it was written by Terry Nation

It passed me by a bit and went way over my head

My Doctor was John P ertwee ,

My monster was the cybermen and yes i remember hiding behind the setee
on a sat nite waiting for the dr who music to start

right after the final scores
dickie davies ,kendo nagasiki big daddy etc

nostalgia aint what it used to be . eh lol

[john white]

you beat me to it john white

i was going to ask if it was written by Terry Nation

It passed me by a bit and went way over my head

My Doctor was John P ertwee ,

My monster was the cybermen and yes i remember hiding behind the setee
on a sat nite waiting for the dr who music to start

right after the final scores
dickie davies ,kendo nagasiki big daddy etc

nostalgia aint what it used to be . eh lol

Oh I'm a Tom Baker child myself: and Hagbard beat the both of us too it Cheeb :)

[cheeb]

do yuo think they will ressurect the master then ,he was well scary ,and there is a person who uses his face over on the illusions forum ,albie i think ,who seems to be well respected there

i might coime over theres a darker sense of humour there

although the format is not so pleasing on the eyes

[john white]

do yuo think they will ressurect the master then ,he was well scary ,and there is a person who uses his face over on the illusions forum ,albie i think ,who seems to be well respected there

i might coime over theres a darker sense of humour there

although the format is not so pleasing on the eyes

Rumours abound as to the true identity of "mr Saxon", who the doctor will be facing at the end of the current series 3

Illusions is exactly that: whatever you percieve it to be. Though it does in fact have several selectable board styles so you can customise your experiance...

As for Albie, well hes respected but seemingly rarely agreed with

Anyway, I'm not here to pimp! (LOL)

[eternal_spirit]

Blake 7 used to bore me so much i had to leave the room and go do something less boring instead that captain had a face like he had a wet turd under his nose.

[eternal_spirit]

sorry lol

[john white]

Blake 7 used to bore me so much i had to leave the room and go do something less boring instead that captain had a face like he had a wet turd under his nose.

Perhpas your subconscious was protecting your innocence from the themes the programme exposed? And come on, the theme music rocked!

On the other hand, perhaps it was a case of "poopy nose"? :p

[eternal_spirit]

Perhpas your subconscious was protecting your innocence from the themes the programme exposed? And come on, the theme music rocked!

On the other hand, perhaps it was a case of "poopy nose"? :p


LOL I was a bit to young to remember much about it. Tom Baker doctor who and the robotic dog K9 was more my scene, always wanted a Tardis to time travel, used to get confused about where they were inside the tardis because it was so big inside and small on the outside. great concept.

[hagbard_celine]

Perhpas your subconscious was protecting your innocence from the themes the programme exposed? And come on, the theme music rocked!

On the other hand, perhaps it was a case of "poopy nose"? :p

It was somewhat dystopian. People say it was the "British Star Trek", but that's not true. Star Trek couldn't be more different; it painted an optimistic Utopian view of the future. the Earth is a political paradise and the only hostility comes from the aliens encountered. The crew of the Enterprise are a cosmoplitan mix: women and men in virtually equal numbers. Not only do they have an alien from the planet Vulcan in the crew, but a Japanese, a Scot, a Russian and a Swahili woman. The uniforms are egalitarian with only small visible emblems of rank.

Blakes 7 is very different. The NWO-type govt is not even just the world any more; it's expanded its influence out into space, just as Werner von Braun said the Nazis should. The crew of the Liberator are very uncooperative and dysfuctional (which makes them far more interesting!) and Avon is a cad worthy of the Federation itself! (which is probably why he had so many female fans!)

[kerravon]

Thanks for the Illumanti-themed Episode guide. I watched the first episode a few years ago (I had seen it previously, but this was before I was aware of the Illuminati) and was blown away by how much of the content was Illuminati based. Don't forget this was 30 years ago, and many of the topics discussed are very relevant today to their agenda.

[auron]

H mm, you got me interested now! I'll have a look around for a torrent, and find the episodes you are talking about. :)

[hagbard_celine]

Thanks for the Illumanti-themed Episode guide. I watched the first episode a few years ago (I had seen it previously, but this was before I was aware of the Illuminati) and was blown away by how much of the content was Illuminati based. Don't forget this was 30 years ago, and many of the topics discussed are very relevant today to their agenda.

There's actually very little that the programme doesn't cover! With prophesy it predicts many aspects that were not an issue at the time, but are today.

The most awful thing about it is that prospect that the Illuminati might not confine their agenda to this one planet, but take it out into the rest of the universe!

[kerravon]

Another interesting thing I learned the other day that had not occured to me before, is that the name "Blake" means "Black and White" (ie. Masonic)

http://www.20000-names.com/color_names.htm

[john white]

Another interesting thing I learned the other day that had not occured to me before, is that the name "Blake" means "Black and White" (ie. Masonic)

http://www.20000-names.com/color_names.htm

Now that is interesting! Was Terry Nation a Mason?

[hagbard_celine]

Another interesting thing I learned the other day that had not occured to me before, is that the name "Blake" means "Black and White" (ie. Masonic)

http://www.20000-names.com/color_names.htm

The nomenclature of "Blakes 7" is always interesting. There was the man Dorian in the episode "Rescue" who is kept young and uncorrupted by a "special room" that serves as the picture did in Oscar Wilde's story "The Picture of Dorian Grey".

Avon is a Celtic word that means "river" and Vila means "full of life". Orac sounds a bit like "Aur" which both Welsh and Latin for "gold". Zen could mean the Japanese Buddhist school; at the time the series came out the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance" was a bestseller.

[2013]

H mm, you got me interested now! I'll have a look around for a torrent, and find the episodes you are talking about. :)
Dont forget to check this episode :D
Episode 33 "Children of Auron": Biological warfare, test-tube birth, telepathy.
:eek:

[2013]

There's actually very little that the programme doesn't cover! With prophesy it predicts many aspects that were not an issue at the time, but are today.

The most awful thing about it is that prospect that the Illuminati might not confine their agenda to this one planet, but take it out into the rest of the universe!

Yes the late 60's and 70's tv programmes had so much information i nthem , i have posted on this at length before where they more enlightened times or just seeding these ideas into the public domain ,as they seem like a bad b movie villian to always give the plot of the master plan away .I t is interesting to go over the old tv shows to see exactly what the agenda is .As i posted on another thread terry nation also did the survivors adn it is being remade for the bbc so should be interesting to watch when its made .I will have to look out for blakes seven now and try and watch the entire series like i did with survivors courtesy of online dvd rental service .I need to find my old c.s.e art work from school my mu m kept it ithink , i did a painting set on the moon with domed cities and a war between space nazis and good guys being fought in ships i nthe space above ? for want of a better description , that was in 1979.

[hagbard_celine]

Dont forget to check this episode :D
Episode 33 "Children of Auron": Biological warfare, test-tube birth, telepathy.
:eek:


You can get the entire series on DVD with outtakes and special features. I've not got series 4 yet, but it's on my list!:)

[hagbard_celine]

Yes the late 60's and 70's tv programmes had so much information i nthem , i have posted on this at length before where they more enlightened times or just seeding these ideas into the public domain ,as they seem like a bad b movie villian to always give the plot of the master plan away .I t is interesting to go over the old tv shows to see exactly what the agenda is .As i posted on another thread terry nation also did the survivors adn it is being remade for the bbc so should be interesting to watch when its made .I will have to look out for blakes seven now and try and watch the entire series like i did with survivors courtesy of online dvd rental service .I need to find my old c.s.e art work from school my mu m kept it ithink , i did a painting set on the moon with domed cities and a war between space nazis and good guys being fought in ships i nthe space above ? for want of a better description , that was in 1979.

Terry Nation was behind the scenes of Doctor Who in the 70's too. I wonder how much he knew.;)

Another interesting 70's series that I'd like to see again is The Omega Factor which is about mind control conspiracies. Wikipedia compares it to the X-Files I was a very young child when it was on, but I remember a scene where this bloke's waling down a street and the streetlamps are going off one at a time. He gets into a phone box and sees these terrifying hallucinations coming at him, including a pair of evil eyes!

[2013]

The Omega Factor - The Complete Series [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: James Hazeldine, Louise Jameson, John Carlisle, George Gallaccio, Eric Davidson: Film & TV@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W4PWCWW7L.@@AMEPARAM@@51W4PWCWW7L
Here you go omega factor i had them out on rental early last year from amazon butthey where well worn copies and wouldnt play a few episodes in my pc dvd player so couldnt watch all.Just checked loacl library they have series 4 of blakes 7 but non of the others ! Have a look thru amazon lists of 70's sci-fi tv onwards some good series i watched timeslip still remember that from my very early childhood .I ahve children of the stones on dvd excellent series Happy Day.Set in milbury but filmed in 70's avebury :D

[hagbard_celine]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Omega-Factor-Complete-James-Hazeldine/dp/B0009UCET6/ref=pd_sim_d_h_?ie=UTF8&qid=1199893072&sr=1-1
Here you go omega factor i had them out on rental early last year from amazon butthey where well worn copies and wouldnt play a few episodes in my pc dvd player so couldnt watch all.Just checked loacl library they have series 4 of blakes 7 but non of the others ! Have a look thru amazon lists of 70's sci-fi tv onwards some good series i watched timeslip still remember that from my very early childhood .I ahve children of the stones on dvd excellent series Happy Day.Set in milbury but filmed in 70's avebury :D


Ta, 2013. I'll have to see this again.

[cheeney1]

Ta, 2013. I'll have to see this again.

The Best Thing About Blakes 7 Was The Very Last Episode When They All Got Shot............. No More Blake 7 Yaayyyyyyyy

[hagbard_celine]

The Best Thing About Blakes 7 Was The Very Last Episode When They All Got Shot............. No More Blake 7 Yaayyyyyyyy


Well it's not to everyone's taste.:rolleyes:

I couldn't believe the ending! My mum cried and we all sat in stunned silence. "Is that it?" my dad asked.

Why didn't they produce another series instrad of clearing the scedules for crap like M.K.Enders!?

[zero1]

Blake's 7 is my favourite TV show ever, it totally rocked. Easily, IMO, the greatest Sci-fi programme of all time, and it's themes and characterisations have been forever aped by numerous copyists since.

The Terran Federation, Blake's enemy and a fascist Totalitarian dictatorship on a galactic scale, is the ideal analogy for what the Big Boys envision for the NWO's near-future development.

Long-term, Inter-dimensional coporations running a multi-level Reality like a giant business operation.

Anyway, Blake's 7, if it does make a return, should pick up after Gauda Prime, where the last episode "Blake" took place, and feature a new bunch of young heroic freedom fighters.

It would be most welcome.

[ohforf]

Blakes 7 maybe a bit too dark for today's pop culture teeny bop TV. Bit too dark for the mainstream. Shame though as I loved the series.

[blade_runner]

I loved Blakes 7 and the Liberator has to be the best looking space ship of them all...! :cool:


http://www.povplace.com/gallery/SciFi%20-%20Blakes%207/12.jpg

http://www.sdc.org/~ragan/Liberator.jpg

[homebrew1973]

Love that show, especially seeing Jenna :p Got all of it on DVD and will have to spend a few days going through them soon. It was certainly prophetic in many respects. And, if memory serves me correctly, I had a very good model of the ship as a 3d object for rendering programs in the early 90s when I had an Amiga, but back then I couldn`t afford extra memory or a hard drive (remember how much such things cost then :eek:) so couldn`t render it :( Does anyone have such objects as it`d be nice to create animations and stills like that.

[cheeney1]

Well it's not to everyone's taste.:rolleyes:

I couldn't believe the ending! My mum cried and we all sat in stunned silence. "Is that it?" my dad asked.

Why didn't they produce another series instrad of clearing the scedules for crap like M.K.Enders!?

I Read Somewhere Paul Darrow (Who Played AVon)Wanted to Make A 2 hr Special Of Blake 7
Set 25 years into the Future After The Episode Blake

It Might Have Screened in England But Didn,t Screen Here In Nz:):):):):)

[cheeney1]

Well it's not to everyone's taste.:rolleyes:

I couldn't believe the ending! My mum cried and we all sat in stunned silence. "Is that it?" my dad asked.

Why didn't they produce another series instrad of clearing the scedules for crap like M.K.Enders!?

Avon Didn't Die, The Series Was Really Big Here From Memory
I Was About 7 Or 8 When It screen Here

And If You Know, Why Was Gareth Thomas ( Blake) Written Out Of The Series.....

AND All so On A Different Series Red Dwarf Is One Of The Funniest programmes to come out of england 10/10:):):):)

[hagbard_celine]

Avon Didn't Die, The Series Was Really Big Here From Memory
I Was About 7 Or 8 When It screen Here

And If You Know, Why Was Gareth Thomas ( Blake) Written Out Of The Series.....

AND All so On A Different Series Red Dwarf Is One Of The Funniest programmes to come out of england 10/10:):):):)

I love Red Dwarf.:D:cool:

Did Avon die? That was the big question. We see him standing over the dead bodies of the others, then the credits roill and we hear gunfire. I wondered if this was meant to be a cliff-hanger for the next series, but there was no next bloody series!

[hagbard_celine]

I loved Blakes 7 and the Liberator has to be the best looking space ship of them all...! :cool:


http://www.povplace.com/gallery/SciFi%20-%20Blakes%207/12.jpg

http://www.sdc.org/~ragan/Liberator.jpg

I used to have a toy one when I was a kid!:D

If you buy the DVD of series three then you get a small toy Liberator with it. It could be limited addition, but it's worth a try getting one now.

[hagbard_celine]

Love that show, especially seeing Jenna :p Got all of it on DVD and will have to spend a few days going through them soon. It was certainly prophetic in many respects. And, if memory serves me correctly, I had a very good model of the ship as a 3d object for rendering programs in the early 90s when I had an Amiga, but back then I couldn`t afford extra memory or a hard drive (remember how much such things cost then :eek:) so couldn`t render it :( Does anyone have such objects as it`d be nice to create animations and stills like that.


I do somewhere. I lost the toy I had as a kid, but when i bought the series 3 DVD last year it came with a little model Liberator. i'll see if I can find it for you.

[hagbard_celine]

I Read Somewhere Paul Darrow (Who Played AVon)Wanted to Make A 2 hr Special Of Blake 7
Set 25 years into the Future After The Episode Blake

It Might Have Screened in England But Didn,t Screen Here In Nz:):):):):)

Unfortunately it's not been made as far as I know.

[hagbard_celine]

Who was it who said they fancied Servalan. Loads of boys did in those days. I didn't, but I was a bit young to be into girls back then! She is a fantastic villain though. Totally despicable, but deep and complex with it. Her dresses were amazing, inspired no doubt by the contemporary punk era and Abba. One of the DVD's has a featurette where the show's costume designer is interviewed.

[zero1]

Who was it who said they fancied Servalan. Loads of boys did in those days. I didn't, but I was a bit young to be into girls back then! She is a fantastic villain though. Totally despicable, but deep and complex with it. Her dresses were amazing, inspired no doubt by the contemporary punk era and Abba. One of the DVD's has a featurette where the show's costume designer is interviewed.

Servalan was dead sexy, for sure.

Y'know, Avon's mistrust and final killing of Blake serves for me as a sort of metaphor for the implosion of the Conspiracy Theory "community" that I foresee in the future.

We are ineffective outsiders so long as we disagree, and as the noble and necessary rebellion in Blake's 7 failed and was crushed, so shall the anti-NWO crowd, perhaps sadly.

Just an observation.

[homebrew1973]

I do somewhere. I lost the toy I had as a kid, but when i bought the series 3 DVD last year it came with a little model Liberator. i'll see if I can find it for you.

After a quick look on google I`ve found one at http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/164374 but NO WAY am I paying that kind of money :eek:

Who`d have thought though that the article on this forum was at the top of google`s list though..

[hagbard_celine]

Servalan was dead sexy, for sure.

Y'know, Avon's mistrust and final killing of Blake serves for me as a sort of metaphor for the implosion of the Conspiracy Theory "community" that I foresee in the future.

We are ineffective outsiders so long as we disagree, and as the noble and necessary rebellion in Blake's 7 failed and was crushed, so shall the anti-NWO crowd, perhaps sadly.

Just an observation.


I hope it won't come to that. I actually wonder if a happy ending would have worked for this series. i know it will for ours though!:)

[zero1]

I hope it won't come to that. I actually wonder if a happy ending would have worked for this series. i know it will for ours though!:)

Hope you're right. :)

[cheeney1]

I love Red Dwarf.:D:cool:

Did Avon die? That was the big question. We see him standing over the dead bodies of the others, then the credits roill and we hear gunfire. I wondered if this was meant to be a cliff-hanger for the next series, but there was no next bloody series!

Avon Shot Blake Because He Thought Blake Turned Them All Into The Federation

And A Big Mistake Was Getting Rid Of The Liberator, And I Pray They Don't Americanise The Programme Like Other Classic Tv Series From England:):):):):)

[hagbard_celine]

Avon Shot Blake Because He Thought Blake Turned Them All Into The Federation

And A Big Mistake Was Getting Rid Of The Liberator, And I Pray They Don't Americanise The Programme Like Other Classic Tv Series From England:):):):):)

I remember when the Liberator was destroyed in "Terminal". It was very poignant because Zen says "I'm sorry. I've failed you." It was the first time he'd refered to himself. He never once said "I" before. The Scorpio wasn't half as cool as the Liberator. The fourth series was OK, but really it went downhill a bit during it.

[cheeney1]

I remember when the Liberator was destroyed in "Terminal". It was very poignant because Zen says "I'm sorry. I've failed you." It was the first time he'd refered to himself. He never once said "I" before. The Scorpio wasn't half as cool as the Liberator. The fourth series was OK, but really it went downhill a bit during it.

I Have Just Finished Watching The Last Episode Of Blakes 7
It Looked To me That The Series Could Be Carried On With That Cliff Hanger... The Only Person Who Died Was Blake ........

Notice When All The Others Were Shot No Blood...............:)

[hagbard_celine]

I Have Just Finished Watching The Last Episode Of Blakes 7
It Looked To me That The Series Could Be Carried On With That Cliff Hanger... The Only Person Who Died Was Blake ........

Notice When All The Others Were Shot No Blood...............:)

Yeah, those laser guns were very clean. Sometimes you'd get a little puff of flame around the wasteline and others nothing at all.

[tb303]

If you've got a rapidshare account, you can grab all 4 series here:

http://everythingrapidsharetv.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html

[zero1]

If you've got a rapidshare account, you can grab all 4 series here:

http://everythingrapidsharetv.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html

Nice. Good to see the B7 thread resurrected. The show remains as poignant given modern day NWO shenanigans as ever...The Terran Federation is a future that is looking more and more likely every day, to me.

[bicycle]

you beat me to it john white

i was going to ask if it was written by Terry Nation

It passed me by a bit and went way over my head

My Doctor was John P ertwee ,

My monster was the cybermen and yes i remember hiding behind the setee
on a sat nite waiting for the dr who music to start

right after the final scores
dickie davies ,kendo nagasiki big daddy etc

nostalgia aint what it used to be . eh lol

Blimey this brings back some memories. Incidently Alex Jones sometimes uses the Dr who tune on his radio show.

[the_sheeple]

servalan introduced me to nail polish :eek:

[redhead]

Fantastic thread for a fantastic show, it was one of my favourite's as a child, only Monkey could come close.

[hagbard_celine]

I loved Monkey!:)

I remember David posted the first episode of Blakes 7 on the headlines once. It's true that that episode is very significant, but so are most of the others. Nearly all of them have a very important Orwellian theme.

[shodan]

sorry if this has already been posted, havn't had time to check thoroughly yet.
(check out the eye in the adverts to the right of the article as well)

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3808838.ece

Blake's 7 set to wobble its way back to television screens
(BBC)
The original cast of Blake’s 7: but can you name them in the correct order? And who was the seventh member of the team? Answers below please...

Adam Sherwin, Media Correspondent
Science fiction fans can celebrate the return of a famous cult hit, after plans to remake the BBC series Blake’s 7 were announced.

The space saga, which ran from 1978 to 1981, was praised for its dark storylines and gained an international following. After years of lobbying, a revival has been prompted by the success of Doctor Who and complex sci-fi series such as Battlestar Galactica.

The new Blake’s 7 will fly on Sky One, after the satellite broadcaster asked the holders of the rights to Terry Nation’s creation to develop a fresh series.

The BBC show followed the exploits of Roj Blake as he led a band of reluctant rebels against the totalitarian Federation, which ruled the galaxy.

[cheeney1]

Good Link Thanks...:) at least we know the won't butcher it , the Yanks The'yd Butcher It & Crap It Out

[lookfar]

Thanks shodster:) I used to love Blake 7 as a kid & be interesting to see it again now after all this time....

[zero1]

That's great news! :cool: Will the story be a continuation from the end of Season 4 and feature new actors/characters, though?

[mido]

They're currently casting for the roles. The stories and characters in the original were good - pity it was a bit before its time though because the scenics and props left a lot to be desired! Apparently a lot of the new scenes will benefit from CG.

[blane777]

Blakes 7 !! one of my earliest memories from TV.Now im showing my age :(

[stealth]

Ah,blake 7 britains answer to star trek i remember it well,hope it will be true to the original.:D

[hagbard_celine]

A remake!?:mad::rolleyes: The Philistines! Why can't they just repeat it?

I bet it will be a tacky and conformist attempt at reproduction! Still I'll give it a go. B7 is my favourite TV show. There's another thread on it here:

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3718&highlight=blakes

[hagbard_celine]

BUMP.

This is why: http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?p=344956&posted=1#post344956

[nessa felagund]

Seemed like a good idea to merge these two threads together :D

sounds like it was a great show--i'll be checking it out :)

[hagbard_celine]

Seemed like a good idea to merge these two threads together :D

sounds like it was a great show--i'll be checking it out :)

It's brilliant! Almost every episode has a vital and powerful theme.:cool:

But watch the originals first; I've a prejudice against remakes, I admit. Why fix something that's not broken?

[them]

Fellow Space Cadets.. for your edification

You have been brainwashed

Blakes7 The Audio, please see 2 min video here >>> here (mms://ir2-c100.narrowstep.tv/mcp?psid=88601454&ref=0&chid=649&pid=1753&vid=70131531&br=256&tid=1&void=73224&fab=0) <<< launching the application will start wmp

Episode One - Rebel (mms://ir2-c100.narrowstep.tv/mcp?psid=88601454&ref=0&chid=649&pid=1753&vid=70131531&br=256&tid=1&void=66353&fab=0)

Link to url if you're to scared to launch the app

http://player26.narrowstep.tv/nsp.aspx?player=SciFi_Channel&idxtab=25192

&#39;Ant Muzak&#39;/Blake&#39;s Junction 7/World of Wrestling - YouTube

B7 (http://www.b7media.com/audio.html)