From: kat@werple.apana.org.au (Kathryn Andersen)
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Subject: Blake's 7 Episode Guide (long)
Keywords: Blake's 7
Date: 11 Oct 92 23:34:57 GMT
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There was a request in rec.arts.drwho for an episode listing
of Blake's 7, so I told the requester I would post one here
when I found my copy, so I have, so here it is.
Some of the plot summaries are more spoilerish than others.

Kathryn Andersen
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Leylan: I hope Mister Raiker has made it clear to you
	that you can refuse to do this.
 Blake: Oh yes.  He's also made it clear that summary execution
	is one of our options.  We chose the other.
						(Blake's 7: Space Fall [A2])
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                   The BLAKE'S 7 Abbreviated Programme Guide
 
                         Compiled by James J. Poltrone
                Additions and corrections by Kathryn J. Andersen
 
 
 
                            Format of guide entries:
 
Story #|Series story #) Title
         Original air date, Running length, Writer, Director
         Brief plot summary (2-4 lines).
         [Changes to regular crew]
         <Notable appearances (mostly of interest to Doctor Who fans)>
 
 
 
                                   BLAKE'S 7
 
                         Series created by Terry Nation
 
 
                                      CAST
 
        Roj Blake                           Gareth Thomas (1-26,39,52)
        Jenna Stannis                       Sally Knyvette (1-26)
        Kerr Avon                           Paul Darrow (2-52)
        Cally                               Jan Chappell (4-39)
        Vila Restal                         Michael Keating (1-52)
        Olag Gan                            David Jackson (2-18)
        Del Tarrant                         Steven Pacey (27-52)
        Dayna Mellanby                      Josette Simon (27-52)
        Soolin                              Glynis Barber (40-52)
        Zen of the Liberator (voice)        Peter Tuddenham (3-39)
        Orac (voice)                          "       "     (13-52)
        Slave of Scorpio (voice)              "       "     (40-52)
        Servalan                            Jacqueline Pearce (6-51)
        Travis                              Stephen Greif (6-13),
                                            Brian Croucher (14-26)
 

 
                 SERIES A (First Season -- Winter-Spring 1978)

         Producer: David Maloney            Script Editor: Chris Boucher
 
 1 | A1) The Way Back
         2-Jan-78       0:47    Terry Nation    Michael E. Briant
        Federation resistance leader Roj Blake learns that his memories
        have been selectively tampered with by the Federation, and is
        now being accused of crimes he did not commit.
        [intro. Blake, Jenna, & Vila]
 2 | A2) Space Fall
         9-Jan-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Pennant Roberts
        The Federation prison ship London encounters the abandoned
        Liberator, which Blake, Avon and Jenna manage to steal.
        [intro. Avon, Gan, & Zen(Liberator)]
 3 | A3) Cygnus Alpha
        16-Jan-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Vere Lorrimer
        Blake tries to rescue the rest of the prisoners from the
        prison colony on Cygnus Alpha, and from the clutches of
        the high priest Vargas.
                <Brian Blessed as Vargas>
 4 | A4) Time Squad
        23-Jan-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Pennant Roberts
        A ship whose crew had been put in suspended animation is picked
        up by the Liberator, while Blake attempts to destroy the Federation
        Communication base on Saurian Major.
        [intro. Cally]
 5 | A5) The Web
        30-Jan-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Michael E. Briant
        The Liberator runs into a web created by psionic means;
        the crew meets the race of genetically-engineered Decimas.
 6 | A6) Seek--Locate--Destroy
         6-Feb-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Vere Lorrimer
        The crew steals a Federation deciphering unit, only to leave
        Cally behind.  Travis finds her alive and holds her hostage.
        [intro. Servalan & Travis]
 7 | A7) Mission to Destiny
        13-Feb-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Pennant Roberts
        Someone aboard the Ortega, en route to its home planet Destiny,
        is killing the crew members one by one.
                <John Leeson as Pasco>
 8 | A8) Duel
        20-Feb-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Douglas Camfield
        Through the intervention of Sinofar and Giroc, the last survivors
        of an ancient war-torn race, Blake and Travis go one-on-one,
        to the death, on a forest planet.
 9 | A9) Project Avalon
        27-Feb-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Michael E. Briant
        Another freedom-fighter, Avalon, is held hostage by Travis,
        in a plot to take the Liberator undamaged.
                <Glynis Barber as a Mutoid>
10 | A10) Breakdown
         6-Mar-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Vere Lorrimer
        Gan's limiter malfunctions, and the crew go to space station
        KX-72 to have it repaired, at the risk of being discovered.
11 | A11) Bounty
        13-Mar-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Pennant Roberts
        Blake and Cally try to rescue Sarkoff, the President of Lindor,
        from Federation machinations, while the rest of the crew
        encounter a group of smugglers who are extremely interested
        in the bounty offered by the Federation for the Liberator
        and its crew...
12 | A12) Deliverance
        20-Mar-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Michael E. Briant
        When investigating a crash on Cephlon, Jenna is captured by
        savages.  While Avon, Vila and Gan stay down to search for her,
        Blake and Cally are forced to start for the planet Aristos by
        the survivor they rescued.
        [intro. Orac]
13 | A13) Orac
        27-Mar-78       0:47    Terry Nation    Vere Lorrimer
        Avon, Vila, Gan and Jenna are suffering from radiation
        sickness contracted by their prolonged stay on Cephlon.
        "We are rushing with medical supplies to save a man's life,
        in the hope that he will have medical supplies to save ours." (Avon)
        [Orac predicts destruction of Liberator]
 
 
 
                 SERIES B (Second Season -- Winter-Spring 1979)

         Producer: David Maloney            Script Editor: Chris Boucher
 
14 | B1) Redemption 
         9-Jan-79       0:50    Terry Nation    Vere Lorrimer
        The original owners of the Liberator try to get their craft
        back.
        [Destruction of Liberator type ship]
15 | B2) Shadow
        16-Jan-79       0:50    Chris Boucher   Jonathan Wright Miller
        Blake decides to enlist the aid of the Terra Nostra, the organised
        criminals of the Federation.  And something strange is happening
        to Orac.
16 | B3) Weapon
        23-Jan-79       0:51    Chris Boucher   George Spenton-Foster
        Blake goes after a new Federation weapon - unaware that his moves
        have been predicted by a psycho-strategist.
17 | B4) Horizon
        30-Jan-79       0:50    Allan Prior     Jonathan Wright Miller
        Why is the Federation interested in the planet Horizon?  Blake
        and Jenna investigate, Vila follows, and soon only Avon is left.
18 | B5) Pressure Point
         6-Feb-79       0:49    Terry Nation    George Spenton-Foster
        Central Control is the nerve centre of the Federation.  Many
        rebels have tried and failed to destroy it, but they did not
        have Blake's resources.  But all is not as it seems.
        [Gan dies]
19 | B6) Trial
        13-Feb-79       0:51    Chris Boucher   Derek Martinus 
        Travis is put on trial for his "overzealousness" in the line of
        duty.  Blake is feeling guilty about Gan's death, and goes off
        to an uninhabited planet to think.
20 | B7) Killer
        20-Feb-79       0:51    Robert Holmes   Vere Lorrimer 
        While Avon and Vila attempt to steal a T-P crystal from
        Fosforon (with the help of Tynus, an old "friend" of Avon's),
        Blake and Cally worry about a 700-year-old ship which has
        been picked up. Their worries are confirmed when a plague
        breaks out on the planet.
21 | B8) Hostage
        27-Feb-79       0:51    Allan Prior     Vere Lorrimer 
        Travis, with a crew of Crimos (sociopaths), holds Blake's
        cousin Inga hostage on Exbar.
22 | B9) Countdown
         6-Mar-79       0:51    Terry Nation    Vere Lorrimer 
        Searching for the real location of Central Control, the Liberator
        goes to Albian, to find Space Major Provine, who may know something.
        Unfortunately, they arrive in the middle of a revolution.
23 | B10) Voice From The Past
        13-Mar-79       0:49    Roger Parkes    George Spenton-Foster
        Blake's conditioning is coming back to haunt him.
24 | B11) Gambit
        20-Mar-79       0:52    Robert Holmes   George Spenton-Foster
        Blake, Jenna & Cally search for the cyber-surgeon Docholli (who
        is said to know the location of Star One) on Freedom City, not
        knowing that Travis has already found him, and Servalan is looking
        for both Travis and Docholli.  Avon and Vila invest their time...
                <John Leeson as Toise>
25 | B12) The Keeper
        27-Mar-79       0:51    Allan Prior     Derek Martinus 
        Travis, Servalan and the Liberator hightail it off to Goth, to find
        the brain-print of the last man who really did know the location
        of Star One.
26 | B13) Star One 
         3-Apr-79       0:48    Chris Boucher   David Maloney
        Star One at last!  But Travis is not the only enemy they must try to
        stop.  There are worse things than the Federation...
        [Federation computer destroyed.  Travis dies]
        [Departure of Blake and Jenna]
 
 
 
                 SERIES C (Third Season -- Winter-Spring 1980)

         Producer: David Maloney            Script Editor: Chris Boucher
 
27 | C1) Aftermath 
         7-Jan-80       0:??    Terry Nation    Vere Lorrimer 
        After holding off the Andromedans until the Federation fleet gets
        there, the Liberator is so badly damaged that the crew must abandon
        ship until the auto-repair can fix it up.  Avon lands on Sarran with
        Orac, where he meets Dayna, and someone else much more familiar...
        [Crew leaves Liberator so it can repair itself.  Intro. Dayna]
                <Richard Franklin as First Trooper>
28 | C2) Powerplay
        14-Jan-80       0:??    Terry Nation    David Maloney
        Avon and Dayna return to the Liberator, only to find it already
        occupied by a squad of Federation troopers!
        [Intro. Tarrant.  Cally & Vila return]
29 | C3) Volcano
        21-Jan-80       0:??    Allen Prior     Desmond McCarthy
        The Liberator crew look for a suitable base - only to find the
        Federation has its eye on the same place.  And the local inhabitants
        don't take this lying down...
                <Michael Gough as Hower>
30 | C4) Dawn Of The Gods
        28-Jan-80       0:??    James Follett   Desmond McCarthy
        An unexpected trip into a "black hole" brings the Liberator crew
        face to face with a legend of Auron.
31 | C5) The Harvest Of Kairos
         4-Feb-80       0:??    Ben Steed       Gerald Blake
        An attempt to steal Kairopan from Kairos turns out to be a trap.
32 | C6) The City At The Edge Of The World
        11-Feb-80       0:??    Chris Boucher   Vere Lorrimer
        A mysterious ancient city on Keezarn holds a treasure - but
        it's not the kind you can take away with you.
                <Colin Baker as Bayban the Butcher>
33 | C7) Children Of Auron           
        19-Feb-80       0:??    Roger Parkes    Andrew Morgan
        A call for help from Auron prompts the Liberator to go in aid.
        But the alien pathogen was part of Servalan's trap.
34 | C8) Rumors Of Death             
        25-Feb-80       0:??    Chris Boucher   Fiona Cumming
        Avon goes to Earth to discover the truth about Anna's death.
        But the answer he finds causes more pain than his ignorance.
35 | C9) Sarcophagus                 
         3-Mar-80       0:??    Tainth Lee      Fiona Cumming
        An alien lifeform takes over Cally and the Liberator.
36 | C10) Ultraworld                  
        10-Mar-80       0:??    Trevor Hoyle    Vere Lorrimer
        The Ultra rove the Universe in search of knowledge.  The Liberator
        is one piece they would like to add to their collection.
37 | C11) Moloch                      
        17-Mar-80       0:??    Ben Steed       Vere Lorrimer
        Following a Federation freighter, the Liberator discovers Sardos,
        a planet of high technology run by its computers - or is it?
38 | C12) Death-Watch                 
        24-Mar-80       0:??    Chris Boucher   Gerald Blake
        The Liberator goes the the Teal-Vandor Convention for R&R, only to
        have to stop a plot of Servalan's.
        [Tarrant's brother, Deeta, appears]
39 | C13) Terminal                    
        31-Mar-80       0:??    Terry Nation    Mary Ridge
        Avon follows mysterious messages to the planet Terminal, suspicious
        that it is a trap.  It is.
        [Destruction of Liberator.  Appearance by Blake.]
 
 
 
                 SERIES D (Fourth Season -- Fall-Winter 1981)

         Producer: Vere Lorrimer            Script Editor: Chris Boucher
 
40 | D1) Rescue
        28-Sep-81       0:??    Chris Boucher   Mary Ridge
        Cally is killed by the explosions on Terminal.  The rest are rescued
        by Dorian,  to be used in his nefarious schemes...
        [Intro Scorpio (and Slave) & Soolin.  Death of Cally]
41 | D2) Power
         5-Oct-81       0:??    Ben Steed       Mary Ridge
        Dorian haunts even in death - a booby trap that even Vila can't
        undo.  The Seska want the Scorpio even more than do our heros -
        what were they working on with Dorian?
        [Scorpio gets teleport]
42 | D3) Traitor
        12-Oct-81       0:??    Robert Holmes   David Sullivan Proudfoot
        The Federation are making rapid advances - the Scorpio goes to
        investigate on Heliotrix, and meet an old enemy.
        [Servalan is alive, under the name of Sleer]
43 | D4) Stardrive                                
        19-Oct-81       0:??    James Follett   David Sullivan Proudfoot
        The Space Rats seem to have accquired some very fast ships.
        Avon would like to know how.
        [Scorpio gets a very fast Stardrive]
44 | D5) Animals
        26-Oct-81       0:??    Allen Prior     Mary Ridge
        Dayna visits her old tutor, Justin - only to find an old
        enemy there too.
45 | D6) Headhunter
         2-Nov-81       0:??    Roger Parkes    Mary Ridge
        Dr. Muller of the Robot Development Cartel has contacted Avon
        about his new creation.  But like Frankenstein's monster,
        it runs amok.
46 | D7) Assassin
         9-Nov-81       0:??    Rod Beacham     David Sullivan Proudfoot
        Domo on the Ninth is a very eventful time and place; an assassin
        has been ordered by Sleer - the targets: the Scorpio crew.
                <Richard Hurndall as Nebrox>
47 | D8) Games
        16-Nov-81       0:??    Bill Lyons      Vivienne Cozens
        Feldon crystals are well worth stealing.  But Belkov is a
        games master - and this game is double-cross.
48 | D9) Sand
        23-Nov-81       0:??    Tainth Lee      Vivienne Cozens
        What is the valuable substance on Virn?  Why did the Federation
        team sent there all die?  When Commissioner Sleer investigates,
        the Scorpio is not far behind.
49 | D10) Gold
        30-Nov-81       0:??    Colin Davis     Brian Lighthill
        The Space Princess secretly carries gold from Zerok - a difficult
        target, but reachable, when one has a collaborator.  But when
        Keiller turns out to have worked for Servalan, Avon knows
        something fishy is going on.
50 | D11) Orbit
         7-Dec-81       0:??    Robert Holmes   Brian Lighthill
        The Taychon Funnel is the most powerful weapon in the galaxy.
        When Egrorian offers it to Avon in exchange for Orac,  how
        can he refuse?
51 | D12) Warlord
        14-Dec-81       0:??    Simon Masters   Viktors Ritelis
        Avon makes allies in an attempt to strike a heavy blow to the
        Federation.  The most powerful is Zukan, the warlord.
        But is Zukan as sincere as he seems?
52 | D13) Blake 
        21-Dec-81       0:??    Chris Boucher   Mary Ridge
        Orac has traced a line in the pattern of Infinity, and found
        Blake is a bounty-hunter on Gauda Prime.  Off they go, into
        danger, deception, misunderstanding, treachery and death.
        [Destruction of Scorpio.  Death of Blake. Apparent death of
         Dayna, Vila, Soolin, & Tarrant. Avon captured or dead.]
        <David Collings as Deva>
 
 
 
                           Bibliography / References
 
a) Blake's Seven Season Guide, by Barbara E. Warne, _Fantasy Empire_ #7, #8,
        c. 1983 New Media Publishing, Inc.  (Partially reprinted in _Fantasy
        Empire Collector's Edition_ #2, c. 1983 New Media Publishing, Inc.)
b) Blake's 7 Episode Guide for Series One, by Cherry Steffey, _Fantasy
        Empire Limited_ #3, c. 1984 New Media Publishing, Inc.)
c) Terry Nation's BLAKE'S 7:  The Programme Guide, by Tony Attwood,
        c. 1982 Target Books, Ltd.
 
Special thanks to Robert Chao and Henry Chatroop for providing additional
information.

Corrections by Kathryn Andersen derive from her own extensive viewing of
the series, as well as the above references.
 
 
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