No connection is made between him and Steven Pacey's character when the latter joins the series. Roj Blake is a fictional character from the British science fiction television series Blake's 7, played by Gareth Thomas (who replayed his role as Blake in Big Finish Productions audio stories) (in the B7 audio series, Blake is played by Derek Riddell).[4]. She was very intelligent, in keeping with her grade rating, and seemed to enjoy baiting Avon and Vila. Cally (played by Jan Chappell) was the only alien amongst the original crew, a native of the planet Auron. He sometimes engages in playful, and sometimes more serious, bantering with Cally, Dayna and Soolin. Zen would simply make computer noises in place of speaking when overridden by The System. They share a common cynicism and focus on material success as demonstrated in "Gambit". | It was originally programmed to respond only to Dorian's voice print, but Orac was later able to remove this so the computer responded to anyone who addressed it. Tarrant has brief romantic involvements with Servalan and Zeeona. as Blake came back for him. He was declared insane and had an implant placed in his brain that made it impossible for him to kill. Cally and Avon quite often went on missions together and shared a knack for delivering quick-witted replies to each other's statements, which would somewhat indicate a growing affection for each other. Vila considers reciprocating but is put off by the morbid streak in Korell's nature. The setting was further expanded in the audio series Kaldor City. They were later dumped in a river and then hauled out of their watery graves by troopers to be cremated, effectively destroying all evidence of the shootout on Gauda Prime. Captured once again, the authorities hatched a plan to discredit him by framing him for child molesting and having him sentenced to life on the prison planet Cygnus Alpha. In the episodes "Time Squad" and "Breakdown", Zen refused to help the crew carry out actions it believed endangered the ship, and even though it could not control the Teleport, it disabled the system by causing a circuit burnout. However, in Tony Attwood's non-canonical novel Afterlife, he simply passes out from his wounds (although he is later killed by wild animals on Terminal). He also asked Avon to use the Liberator to hold off the invasion fleet until the Federation arrived. Avon's first name is usually given as 'Kerr', with a double r. However, it is occasionally spelled 'Ker'; in Darrow's noncanonical novel Avon: A Terrible Aspect, this is explained as a short form of his full name 'Kerguelen', roughly meaning "desolation". Glynis Barber stated in a 2006 interview that she would not have returned for a fifth series of the TV series had one been made. She is principally concerned with organising efforts to destroy Blake and crush resistance to the Federation's rule. In "Space Fall", Vila suggests killing Avon, anticipating that Avon would scheme to have other prisoners thrown out of an airlock. Blake's body was to be sold to Servalan along with Avon and the rest of the Scorpio crew. In this special episode, Eric and Ian return to do an audio commentary on the very popular City At The ... Blakes 7 In Character – Episode 100 Wrap-Up. Vila is often lazy and cowardly, preferring to evade danger. With her father and sister dead, Dayna joined the Liberator crew and resumed her father's fight against the Federation. A tie-in to the BBC's Blake's 7 series, published by World Distributors on license from the BBC. Home; TV; Blake’s 7 series 4 episode 13 – Blake; News Blake’s 7 series 4 episode 13 – Blake. She had learnt her trade at a young age after her parents were murdered by hired mercenaries on Gauda Prime. Slave was a unique system installed by Dorian, possibly making use of work by Ensor. Jenna: (Sally Knyvette) Crime: smuggling. It operated a defence system against intruders that would use images of loved ones to draw them to their deaths. Zen was capable of flying the Liberator on its own, with the notable exception of being unable to operate the teleport controls. During the show, a romantic attraction was often teased between Avon and Cally. Company Credits Dayna, like the rest of the Scorpio crew was gunned down but by the Federation officer Arlen during the final shoot-out on Gauda Prime and not the Federation troopers. In the prequel release The Early Years: Escape Velocity, the original crew are revealed to have been kidnapped humans (in the Pilot's case from a Federation world) who have had their memories erased and their skills put to work operating the ship by The System (a super computer group mind). She is quickly revealed to be a cold, calculating, ruthless sociopath who is not above using her sex appeal and charm to get what she wants. Due to Dorian's rather strange sense of humour, Slave was programmed with an exaggeratedly obsequious and subservient personality, habitually addressing the crew as "Master" or "Mistress". Amidst the commotion of the attack, Travis seizes the opportunity to escape his death sentence, and absconds to Servalan's office. Peter Tuddenham (television series and BBC Radio). When Blake finally found Star One — the genuine control nexus — he discovered that Travis had betrayed humanity to the Andromedans. He was loyal and selfless in his devotion to Blake's cause, and his raw physical strength was a great asset. He is passionately opposed to the Federation's injustice and corruption, and prepared to accept loss of life in pursuit of its destruction. Later, Travis eschews cosmetic surgery, and replaces his amputated left arm with a cybernetic one equipped with an energy weapon called a Laseron Destroyer. BIG FINISH: THE WORLDS OF BLAKE'S 7 CLONE MASTERS, TERRA NOSTRA AND BAYBAN THE BUTCHER Following the 2-volume full cast audio drama Avalon, Big Finish have announced three exciting new full cast audio drama box sets and tie-in audio novels: The Clone Masters, The Terra Nostra and Bayban the Butcher.Original cast members returning to their roles include Michael Keating, Sally … When a chemical poison was dropped on the rebels, she was the only survivor and was determined to make a suicide attack on the base until she met and joined with Blake. Zen did not display these characteristics from season two, possibly due to being re-programmed by Orac in the episode "Redemption". … There is a phenomena that is particularly well-documented among rabid B7 fans, and that is the appearance of B7 "avatars" in professionally published fiction. Servalan, in a gambit to have herself cloned, deliberately infected Auron with a disease to which she alone had the cure. | (PROSE: Cold Fusion) In a parallel universe, actors from Blake's 7 were hypnotised by Beep the Meep. Arguably, the events in "Star One" represented his ultimate triumph as the Federation won a Pyrrhic victory in the intergalactic war that severely reduced their power. When she was a free trader, for example, she refused to run drugs. Slasher Smile: More and more, the more insane he becomes. Blake and Travis meet for the final time at Star One, a secret base and supercomputer of crucial importance to the Federation's control of its planets. She was also more ethical than the other crew. Cally was the only member of the original seven who was not a convicted criminal. Official Sites The computer ultimately murders all the crew except the Pilot in cold blood, in an attempt to eradicate the ship of what it considers malfunctioning crew components. Apparently having taken the Pilot's final advice, Zen then resists attempts by The System to bring it back under System control. Vila later participates in a prisoner mutiny aboard the transport ship London. In the series finale, Avon and crew rediscover Blake, who appears to be working as a Federation bounty hunter. [6], In 1998 and 1999, Angela Bruce played Dayna in the BBC radio plays The Sevenfold Crown and The Syndeton Experiment.[7]. In his several encounters with Blake, Travis eventually captures a resistance leader called Avalon, and indirectly causes the death of one of Blake's crewmen, Olag Gan. A child of the colonies, Avon possesses genius-level intelligence, and is an aloof and sardonic computer expert found guilty of an attempt to embezzle five hundred million credits from the Terran Federation banking system. Beyond the series a number of licensed works have portrayed some of the Scorpio crew having survived the finale. Travis shoots Blake on sight, but is unaware that he has not mortally wounded him. First seen in the second episode, "Space Fall", as a prisoner aboard the London, a cargo vessel transporting a group of convicted criminals to the penal colony on the planet Cygnus Alpha, he assists Blake in his attempted mutiny on the journey, using his skills to take over the ship's computer. She was captured by the Federation and sentenced to be transported to the prison colony on Cygnus Alpha. When the Scorpio crew wouldn't fit, they were dumped in a river and only Blake's body was stored. In addition, I have thrown in a handful of tables, desks, lamps and other things that showcase how bloomin’ stylish Blake’s 7 was, and how the BBC props store contained a wealth of magnificent design artefacts. film cameraman / film camera (7 episodes, 1979) Paul Godfrey ... film cameraman (1 episode, 1979) Bob Baxter ... senior camera operator (1 episode, 1980) Anthony Mayne ... film camera (1 episode, 1980) … While his idealism is central to this conflict, it also affords Avon some tactical advantages. Josette Simon Dayna Mellanby 14 Episodes (1980-1981) Gareth Thomas Roj Blake 13 Episodes (1978-1979) Steven Pacey Del Tarrant 8 Episodes (1980-1981) Jacqueline Pearce Servalan 3 Episodes. Artforum3art1.jpg [10], During the production of "Orbit", while Avon looks for Vila to throw from the airlock, Keating was filmed hiding, shaking and in tears. In spite of its many production limitations, one thing Blake’s 7 always had going for it were its characters.Sure, the acting might not have been Bafta worthy, but the crew of the Liberator were a far cry from the bland action figures sci-fi telly usually chucked at us. When Tarrant and Dayna joined the crew, their voice prints were added. In the episode, Zen finally reveals itself to have been more self-aware and "human" than previously thought, apologising for its failure to repair the Liberator, its last words being "I have failed you. Tarrant, the pilot, crash-landed on the planet. It was constructed by "The System" ("Redemption"), which also installed a series of over-rides to take external control of the ship if necessary. Tarrant is intelligent, cunning and worldly, but can also be arrogant and impulsive. Zen's history, like that of the Liberator itself, is unknown prior to its first appearance. Actor Michael Keating described the character as "...a survivor", doing what was necessary to stay alive and not caring as much about the ideals of Blake or the ambitions of Avon. Paul Darrow purchased the rights to the show and was originally part of the early 2000s project which would have been called Blake's 7: A Legacy Reborn. Marooned on the arid desert world of Virn, Tarrant and his enemy must confront each other, and the past, whilst trying to solve the mystery of a lost Federation expedition. Zen was the master computer aboard the Liberator (formerly Deep Space Vehicle 2), the highly advanced spacecraft used by Blake and the others initially to escape from and then attack the Federation. In the B7 audio series, Vila is played by Dean Harris; however, Michael Keating returned to the role for the story When Vila Met Gan. to be a highlight of the series{. The 1984 non canon tie-in novel Afterlife, told how both Avon and Vila survived the shoot-out on Gauda Prime and, after some time traveling with Korell, Avon's former jailor on Gauda Prime, eventually wound up on a new ship (captained by Avon's sister, Tor Avon, just as tyrannical as Servalan) which was christened Blake's 7. By the end of the first series, his group had grown with the addition of the telepathic alien Cally and the super-computer Orac. By the time Dayna, Tarrent and Soolin arrive, Blake is gone, so they are hardly 'his' 7. Psychotic Smirk. I ...". They clearly respect each other's skills and work together effectively ("Killer"). Zen also had some crude telepathic ability. Ultimately, however, Travis fails too egregiously for Servalan, who required of him not only the downfall of the resistance movement, but calculated assistance in her manoeuvring for total galactic ascendancy. On the other hand, it occasionally made her susceptible to being taken over by telepathic influence ("The Web", "Shadow", "Sarcophagus"). There were elements of The Dirty Dozen in the origins of Blake’s ragtag crew, the majority of whom were escaped convicts and reluctant heroes, just like the tumbledown cast of Robert Aldrich’s 1967 film. A slightly more bitter note is shown in the episode "Children of Auron"; when Cally reveals why she has never returned to her homeworld, she quite pointedly snaps, "Why do you imagine I've never gone back...affection for him?" Avon quickly became the show's breakout character owing to his darker nature, unclear motives, and sardonic wit. In Paul Darrow's non-canon Lucifer book series, Orac is later retrieved by Avon and used to find ways to stay alive and find ways to fight The Quartet. Fan theories persist that this may have been the Blake clone seen in the second-series episode "Weapon" but Blake's actions and the fact that he knew about Jenna do not support this. The fate of the Blake clone is unknown and it was mentioned in the episode "Children of Auron" that the Clonemasters had been destroyed. He couldn't". Avon has been living in exile; even though he has no ship or shipmates to help him, he has his own plans and agendas for survival. Slave is later played by Peter Tuddenham in The Sevenfold Crown and The Syndeton Experiment for BBC Radio plays. It also had access to more sophisticated analysis equipment, as demonstrated in its frantic attempts to find a solution to the corrosive space particles in "Terminal". In Tony Attwood's non-canonical novel Afterlife, she is shot dead by Korell, Avon's former jailor and his and Vila's crewmate - herself a would-be dictator. Tarrant is a skilled pilot, trained at the Federation Space Academy, who steals a pursuit ship and begins running contraband in the outer planets and getting involved in wars. With Blake, there was Avon, Vila, Jenna, Gan and Cally. | He was the first member of the crew to die and the crew, especially Blake, were devastated by the loss. The DSV2 is then recovered by The System and in the meantime the computer has christened itself "Zen" and the ship the Liberator. It was in his contract for that episode. She left her home world to help the resistance fighters on Saurian Major and was subsequently exiled by her isolationist people. He is also heroic and idealistic, however; when the Liberator is being pulled into a black hole, he stops Avon from abandoning the ship on the idea that "we all go together." Along with rest of the Scorpio crew, Vila is gunned down during the final shoot-out on Gauda Prime. Blake’s 7—The TV Series Blake’s 7 was a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC and created by Terry Nation, which aired back in 1978. Blake began to focus on destroying the Federation's Control centre, the computers controlling climate and commerce for hundreds of worlds—a scheme that Avon and Cally thought to be morally ambiguous because of the thousands of innocent lives it would cost. Soolin also appeared in The Sevenfold Crown and The Syndeton Experiment for BBC Radio plays, and was portrayed by Paula Wilcox. Dorian later makes a new key for it, identical to its predecessor. In the first episode of the series, "The Way Back", Blake was approached by members of a new resistance organisation preparing to strike against the Federation once more. She clearly had some involvement with resistance groups as she had once met the resistance fighter Avalon. Vila admires Blake, but possibly his closest friend is Gan, whose honesty he trusts. Tarrant's brother, Deeta, is killed by an android in the Teal-Vandor Convention. It could also form a temporary telepathic link with new crew - taking the name "Liberator" from Jenna's mind, for example. In any event, the clone had been depicted as a character with different motivation from that of the real Blake, with one of his prime characteristics being a regard for the Clonemasters' philosophy regarding the sanctity of life. Learning how to be proficient with a gun, she tracked down the killers and avenged her parents' deaths. His brother and sister were sent to a distant planet but executed on arrival. During this time, Dayna's adopted sister was killed by the Sarans. 1996MWdoor-2.jpg 494 KB. Courageous and powerfully built, Gan, by his own admission, was not terribly bright. Blakes 7 In Character – Audio Commentary 1 by Blakes 7 In Character May 12, 2020, 4:00 am 1 Comment In this special episode, Eric and Ian return to do an audio commentary on the very popular City At The Edge Of The World. Avon reacts badly to the knowledge that Blake has apparently betrayed them all, and responds by shooting Blake. There, Blake discovers that Travis has betrayed the Federation to aliens from the Andromeda Galaxy. Unfortunately, Tarrant informed Avon of what he believed to be Blake's betrayal. Tarrant avenges his death to prevent a war, although he cannot bring himself to shoot the android in the back. Unlike the other more cynical members of the crew, he took things at face value and was not always expecting to be betrayed or double-crossed. In the series finale, Avon revealed that he had earlier discovered that Blake was alive and living as a bounty hunter on the planet Gauda Prime. Blake disappeared during the Andromedan War and Avon assumed leader of the crew. Marina Sirtis was one of the actresses who auditioned for the role of Dayna. Slave was quite capable of directing the Scorpio from planet to planet without human assistance, and it was in fact impossible to land the ship in its hangar on Xenon with the computer off-line. Dorian's companion and lover, she was a skilled gunfighter. Stephen Greif performed the role of Travis in the programme's first series, but declined an offer to return for the second series (but returned to play Travis in the Big Finish Liberator Chronicles audio drama story "Promises" written by Nigel Fairs). Although loyal to Blake, Gan was noticeably outspoken against Blake's plans to ally with Terra Nostra, a drug-dealing organisation. In the audio series by Blakes 7 Productions, Gan is an "Epsilon" rating, an experimental genotype created for strength.[5]. In the aftermath of the Intergalactic War, numerous survivors of the battle crash-landed on Sarran, including Kerr Avon, whom Dayna rescued from the primitive Sarran natives. After the crew were forced to abandon the Liberator temporarily due to being badly damaged in the Intergalactic War, Zen was ordered to take commands only from the voice prints of certain members of the crew. A member of the elite Alpha class, Jenna was a beautiful but cynical smuggler/self-styled "free trader". Del Tarrant is a played by Steven Pacey.[4]. He thinks nothing of placing himself in danger to protect his crew or advance his cause. Includes character pictures, character names, actor names, character profiles etc. In Tony Attwood's non-canonical Afterlife, Ensor is shown to have made a twin of Orac for his own use—called Caro. He is later gunned down during the final shoot-out on Gauda Prime. Keating related this to Boucher, inspiring the latter to write "City at the Edge of the World" in which Vila becomes a hero. Avon did not wait for an explanation and shot Blake dead. Initially as fanatical as Blake in fighting the Federation, she, along with Gan, became the moral "conscience" of the crew, once even questioning Blake whether destroying Star One was worth the "many many (innocent) people" he would kill as a result. Blakes 7 In Character – Avon. At one point during the episode "Horizon", Cally and Avon are the only two humans left on board the Liberator, and Cally pointedly rejects Avon's idea of leaving together whilst leaving the others to their fate. Following this episode, Vila becomes very wary of Avon's motives. While Cally was rather distant and philosophical at first, as the series went on she became more connected to the crew and would display a dry wit on occasion. Home Fiction Articles Art Quiz Quotes Plays Links The Blake's 7 Characters by Nicola Mody ... Blake's goals are simple: to take down the Federation by any means necessary. In the non-canonical sequel novel Afterlife by Tony Attwood, Avon's former gaoler Korell, with whom they are travelling, is attracted to Vila - "I rather like you, and you are a very good thief." Before Travis can retaliate, Kerr Avon knocks him into an energy vortex, killing him. The psychic defence barrier seen in Space Fall, was deactivated when Avon commanded Zen to allow an unrecognised ship to dock, which most likely contained Klegg and his troops. He remains on the London when Blake, Avon and Jenna escape in the Liberator, finally leaving the penal planet Cygnus Alpha with Blake. At the end of this adventure, Servalan and Avon have their final confrontation, with Servalan wanting to know the location of Orac.[3]. The iconic Blake's 7 logo.. 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