Blake's 7 - 3x12 - Death Watch
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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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37:28 i would have blown the back of his head off, loud mouth goof.
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10:31 it's a bit like battle royale or the hunger games.
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Good episode; a strong story makes you forget about the low production values. Avon's "Inner tube" epaulettes were most striking.
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One of the better stories and a marked improvement on the last few of season 3. It was great watching the Avon & Servalan interaction and how he used Orac to outwit her latest scheme.
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Jacqueline Pearce was just sensational as Servalan, I watched this when I was about 10 on TV, and I was mesmerised by her. She is such a good actress.
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Good Episode! Servalan is so hot!
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Servalan deserves a good ass raping.
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I haven't seen this one!
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Tarrant's brother is Neil Diamond? Great series nonetheless.
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Duel time :D
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Despite its bitter dramatic sexyness, it is a damn pitty that the this lady who appears firstly in this episode had to last so short, she was so cute and kind, yet cunning, which makes her gain more points in gorgeousness
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The very first entering guy's boots, that bastard who shoot to death that chabby yet gorgous lady, are amazing (and so are the girl's), if only l could get em
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There was a Star Trek episode where wars occurred on computer and casualties lined up at the disintergration chambers.
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Boom microphone in shot at 11:20.
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Unreal Tournament
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Another of those B7 episodes that broke my heart as a a young child. So sad. Felt so sorry for Tarrant. Still do. Amazing how this series has stuck with me, all these years and continues to move me even after many repeated viewings.
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The number of actors in this episode (excluding the main cast) who have also appeared in "Doctor Who" - 3.
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Games without frontiers war without tears.
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Avon and Servalan getting close again ?
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One of the better Blakes 7 episodes. However I wish writer Chris Boucher had given the robot a more sinister name than "Vinnie".
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