Blake's 7, a Sci-fi series created by Terry Nation
(known for the Daleks in Doctor Who), ran for four years on BBC 1 from 1978
to 1981. The show aimed to be a grittily
realistic TV answer to Star Wars, only on Doctor Who's
budget. The result is controversially stylized, with bold use of Color
Separation Overlay, bright lighting and big hair. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/tv/blakes7/intro.shtml) In the thirtieth century, a corrupt
galactic federation, with Earth at its center, drugs its billions of
citizens into placid submission. A rebel named Roj
Blake, who once tried to organize a resistance group to overthrow this
regime, was caught and divested of his memories. But Blake's revolutionary
spirit is revived when he witnesses a mass slaughter by police that is
covered up by the federation officials. He escapes exile on board a prison
spaceship and, together with a lovable band of outlaws, takes over a vacant
alien space cruiser of awesome drive capability. Naming their new ship as
"The Liberator", Blake and his group travel the Milky Way to seek
any opportunity to undermine the evil federation. (Summary written by Kevin McCorry) See more Blake’s 7 pictures at http://www.gillweb.com/b7dowloads.htm.
Bfs Entertainment &
Multimedia has released 26 volumes, 2 episodes each in NTSC VHS (U.S. &
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Fabulous Films, Ltd. has released 26 volumes, 2 episodes
each and box sets of each season of the series in PAL VHS. Order now from Amazon.co.uk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/tv/blakes7/
Blake's 7. Classic clips from the
BBC's archives are your plaything with I Love TV
Terry Nation's BBC, science fiction
series Blake's 7: an analysis of the television show with episode guide,
character studies, pictures. Originally
printed in Fantasy Empire in 1984.
http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/
Blake's 7 Fanzines, B7 Filk, B7 Conventions, B7 News, B7 pictures, B7 Fanclubs, B7 data, Zines from
many other fandoms
http://www.gillweb.com/blake7.htm
Leighton's Blake's 7 ORAC Site
http://ms.ha.md.us/~hawks/blake7/
Cast and Characters. Episode
Synopses. Scripts for many of the episodes.
Sound bites from the series. Pictures from the series with
descriptions. Costume Index. Bloopers and Blunders.
The origins of the character's names.
Essential resource for
all fans worldwide.
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