Blake's 7 - 3x02 - Powerplay
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Blake's 7. Full Episodes and Seasons in playlists on YouTube - http://bit.ly/Blakes7Movies Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for broadcast on BBC1. Four 13-episode series of Blake's 7 were broadcast between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also created the Daleks for Doctor Who. The script editor was Chris Boucher. The series was inspired by a range of fictional media including Passage to Marseilles, The Dirty Dozen, Robin Hood, Brave New World, Star Trek, classic Westerns and real-world political conflicts in South America and Israel. The series is set in a future age of interstellar travel and follows the exploits of a group of renegades and convicted criminals. Gareth Thomas played the eponymous character Roj Blake, a political dissident who is arrested, tried and convicted on false charges, and then deported from Earth to a prison planet. He and two fellow prisoners, treated as expendable, are sent to board and investigate an abandoned alien spacecraft. They get the ship working, commandeer it, rescue two more prisoners, and are joined by an alien guerrilla with telepathic abilities. In their attempts to stay ahead of their enemies and inspire others to rebel, they encounter a wide variety of cultures on different planets, and are forced to confront human and alien threats. The group conducts a campaign against the totalitarian Terran Federation until an intergalactic war occurs. Blake disappears and Kerr Avon then leads the group. When their spacecraft is destroyed and one group member dies, they commandeer an inferior craft and a base on a distant planet, from which they continue their campaign. In the final episode Avon finds Blake and, suspecting him of betraying the group, kills him. The group is then shot by Federation guards, who surround Avon in the final scene. Blake's 7 was popular from its first broadcast, watched by approximately 10 million people in the UK and shown in 25 other countries. Although many tropes of space opera are present, such as spaceships, robots, galactic empires and aliens, its budget was inadequate for its interstellar narrative. It remains well regarded for its strong characterisation, ambiguous morality and pessimistic tone. Critical responses to the programme have been polarised; reviewers praised its dystopian themes and "enormous sense of fun", and broadcaster Clive James described it as "classically awful". A limited range of Blake's 7 merchandise was issued. Books, magazines and annuals were published. The BBC released music and sound effects from the series, and several companies made Blake's 7 toys and models. Four video compilations were released between 1985 and 1990, and the entire series was released on videocassette starting in 1991 and re-released in 1997. It was subsequently released as four DVD boxed sets between 2003 and 2006. The BBC produced two audio dramas in 1998 and 1999 that feature some original cast members, and were broadcast on Radio 4. Although proposals for live-action and animated remakes have not been realised, Blake's 7 has been revived with two series of official audio dramas, a comedic short film, a series of fan-made audio plays, and a proposed series of official novels.
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Caly in leather pants looks quite kinky.
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Out of character for Avon to accept Tarrant - an admitted space pirate - so easily as a member of the crew and give him control of Zen. Necessary for the plot, I suppose!
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I met Jacqueline Pearce in Glasgow on Saturday; ; lovely lady
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Vila is such an idiot.
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What a great episode!
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Section Leader Kleeg was inspiration for Pink Floyd song?
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best episode yet .... and blake wasn't in it ...... what a coincidence :)
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fab old school fun
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So watched again on the anniversary of my last comment....what if its true tissue type,blood type, who knows what a nightmare indeed!
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The bald guy and the big beirded one have an Incas or any american ancient civilization fashion
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The federation troops are wearing star-one logo's on their uniforms. Why does a top secret base have an official logo? If you question the logic then the magic goes away.
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Avon for PM.
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Fat man in funny hat heal vila.
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Number of actors (besides the regular cast) in this episode that also appeared in "Doctor Who" - 5
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at 43m15s Zen says "inboard sensors registering movement in the teleport section". How many problems could have been avoided or eliminated if they had used inboard sensors in previous episodes?! :) Love the show anyway though. Mostly Avon!
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"This one is Vila. I should really introduce him now. He's at his best when he is unconscious." —The fact that Vila has no opportunity to respond makes this even better.
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There's nothing as ominous as a serenely pleasant and generous alien who's always eager to help for no apparent reward in Blake's 7.
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Villa found some freunds
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"There were only two I should've been able to kill them both.
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I started watching this series just a few days ago from the us. Though it's from the late 70's and a British tv series I have to say that I actually find this interesting to watch:)
Thanks for the upload!
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