The Great Blake's 7 Transcript Project

The Great Blake's 7 Transcript Project (or "The Great B7 Transcript Project") was completed by fans from Lysator in 1992 and 1993. Earlier transcripts of some episodes had been done by Micky D.Micky D. 'B7' Lysator 11 November 1992 (downloaded from Lysator archive)
It was an ongoing project and took several years. There were many comments on the mailing list regarding the difficultiies in spelling, how to transcribe, and who was doing what script. As one might expect, the keeping track of who was doing what was a bit like herding cats.
The project had several leaders: some of them were Michelle D. and Susan Beth (others?).
The transcripts were used for personal enjoyment, but also as a recruiting tool for Lysator. "I agree that it's a good idea to post the transcripts once to rec.arts.sf.tv and advertise the existence of the mailing list and FTP archive there." Betsy R, Jan 25, 1993 Lysator 
In the end, the transcripts were posted to the Lysator archives and can be read here: main page for all four seasons.
 
==Some Anecdotes==
* "Since only three people indicated to me that they felt strongly about including the speed chess moves in the transcript of "Gambit" (still being proofed), I feel better about not including the moves in the body of the transcript, since they have been analyzed in depth elsewhere. I have considered adding the moves (as transcribed in Susan Adair's messages) as an appendix, although this deviates from the usual transcript format. Any strong opinions, pro or con? Let me know." Kay T, February 17, 1993 Lysator 
* "I have been uable to get the transcripts into my friend's UNIC account to send them to proofreaders. We thought we did it once, but Claudia only got Kermit timing out. It seems to be a problem of Kermit and our telecommunications software rather than UNIX. We've tried a number of suggestions, but nothing seems to work, and Jody does not have a lot of time to play around with it. I can't do anything with my account but send and recieve mail. I do have a lot of transcripts, and would like to make them available. Therefore, I will mail them on disk to someone who can send them to the ftp site. As an inducement, I will include ORACS EGO, a bmp file for Windows wallpaper made by my husband. I can send 5.25 or 3.5 disk, high density or not. I will proofread the transcripts as carefully as possible, or the poster could do that if they wished. I hope to finish Hostage this next week and mail the disk or disks on next Monday." Susan A, February 23, 1993 Lysator
*"If someone could tell me the style the transcipt is to be produced in, I will volunteer to transcribe episode 44, Animals." David S., February 24, 1993 Lysator 
* "Now that ALL the episodes have been spoken for, the asterisks don't really convey any useful information and might just as well be eliminated so that the "+" markers stand out more clearly. Or, if Micky wants to chart progress towards completion of the next stage, why not change their meaning to "now being proofed"? Come to think of it, more and more of the transcribers should be finishing up their episodes in the coming weeks and looking for people free to take on the job of proofreading. How about a third marker to indicate "in need of a proofreader" if a backlog develops?" Susan B, March 21, 1993 Lysator 
==A Peek Into the How-To==
==References==
Category:Blake's 7
Category:1992 Fanworks
Category:1993 Fanworks