Blakes 7 - Terminal - 1 of 6

[PaulT1967]

Sorry...last comment should read : Many Blake's 7 episodes have something that the Star Wars movies never had - depth of characterisation, true acting ability, and great scripts. They treat the viewer as someone who has some intelligence and perception, and that's refreshing especially these days. It has just the right mix of drama, repartee, and humour. If only they'd kept the original Travis to act in Series 2, and (sorry to say) scrapped Series 4 altogether.

[PaulT1967]

Many Blake's 7 episodes have something that the Star Wars "movies" never had - depth of characterisation, true acting ability, and great scripts. They treat the viewer as someone who has some intelligent and perception, and I like that especially these days. It has just the right mix of drama, repartee, and humour. I think it would have been an absolutely classic science fiction series if they'd kept the original Travis to act in Series 2, and (sorry to say) just scrapped Series 4 altogether.

[bivanski]

i remember that i cryed when this series ware finished with death of blake:DDD

[MrSnorreke]

I loved it when i was kid. These episodes were very popular in ex Yugoslavia at the beginning of 80's (1981).

[temporal3x]

I'm a dude....and I want to have Paul Darrow's babies!! Orac!!

[RosBrady]

where's Soolin?

[Marcus1916]

@RosBrady Soolin only appears in the last season set after this. The actress who portrayed her was planning on leaving had the show not been cancelled at the end of the season 4.

[landmind666]

i miss the days when they had this on pbs right before doctor who. now to watch bbc programing i have to have cable or satalite and pay out the butt

[ion010101]

@landmind666 bbc programming these days targets the Vicky Pollard audience.

[bisbald69]

the greatest eps on tv,if it was not so then the bbc would have play it to death likes there sopes

[elektrosoundwave]

Thank God PBS broadcasted this Stateside in the late 1980's. I was 9 when this aired in South Carolina and hearing Zen say "I have failed you" tore my heart out. Awesome show that does NOT need a remake, imo. It does need a proper DVD release however.

[rojblake82]

I think if this episode had ended Blake's 7 for good we the fans, would have never learnt if what arch enemy Servalan told Avon about Blake dying from his wounds o the planet Jevron were true or not. It is a common assumption Servalan was lying but there are possibilities, that the Blake clone from weapon in series two could have been the Blake that died on Jevron. I don't think I can buy the theories the Blake in Blake, was a clone like the two seen in weapon I suppose anything is possible.

[rojblake82]

I personally think this episode was very sad , particularly as fans like myself learnt that the Blake Avon encountered on Terminal was an illusion and not the real thing at all. I know that many fans have specualated the Blake, clone from series two's episode weapon could have been the Blake who according to arch-enemy Servalan said died on the planet Jevron from serious wounds. It has been often believed Servalan was lying, but nobody can really say, it could have been a Blake clone on jevron.

[Bazzmann44]

mooie serie uit de 70's, ik keek er altijd na.

[prudence00]

You know they could just fly Over or Below the fluid.

[jlmww]

@prudence00

Oh, you realist, you!

[prudence00]

@jlmww

Actually I'm an international liberal. Mostly.

[jlmww]

@prudence00

Calling you a realist wasn't at all political. I was just making a slight joke about you being realistic about their flying around the fluid, which - realistically - they could have done but which - plotwise - they couldn't have done.

[Scum71succer]

@prudence00 bah liberal's abusing the word for freedom for political ends............the epifany of wrong.

[prudence00]

@Scum71succer

So it's fine for political theorists to use the word 'realist' even if they aren't necessarily any more realistic than liberals? Or for American Republicans and Democrats to use the two aforementioned words even though both parties tend to use the same tactics to get elected?

[Scum71succer]

@prudence00 gawd no I hate them to.

[jlmww]

@Scum71succer

Personally, I hate people to use loaded words like "freedom." It's like the word "love": everyone is in favour of it, but they conveniently ignore the fact that they're all using slightly or grossly different definitions of it.

And to pedantically score some cheap points at your expense, the word is spelled "epiphany," but I think the word you were after was "epitome," meaning the highest or best example.

[Scum71succer]

@jlmww gawd and a spelling nazi aswel lol jeez your a easy mark.

[jlmww]

@Scum71succer

"spelling Nazi" Oh, I think I understand your objection to what you call "liberals" a bit better now: You're ignorant, and you hate anyone who reminds you of it.

[agamemnon419]

Please release Blake's 7 in Region 1 format !!!

[Randkor]

Oh yes... remember me, little child with eyes wide opened :))

[randomdave30]

Cally was gorgeous

[jlmww]

I remember watching it on a Dallas television station in the mid 80s.

[979708]

Any Amercians out there who have seen, or even know of, Blake's 7?

When did it reach your screens?

It came to Australia in early 1979.

[kokopingo]

Cooooooooooooooool... Thanks for the upload. Sure brought back my old memories :=)

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[UFOBevy]

I am gutted.. the remake :(

[nickmctrick]

Sadly, never heard of this. Didn't Terry Nation do some Dr.Who as well?

[jlmww]

@nickmctrick

Not enough people ever saw this series. Fortunately, the PBS station in Dallas showed them all years ago.

Terry Nation started his career as a comedy writer, but then he wrote a series of scripts for DR WHO -- creating the Daleks. Later he created two science fiction series of his own, BLAKES 7 and THE SURVIVORS, which I've never seen.

[979708]

@jlmww Quite right . No Terry Nation, no Daleks!

Where would DW be without Mr. Nation inventing what turned out to be the Doctor's most famous and greatest adversaries?

[mwiffen37]

one of my favorite shows when i was a lad!!!

[strade100]

My favourite episode. Saw this as a kid was well gutted when the 'Liberator' was destroyed. One of the coolest looking space craft ever!

[KaitainCPS]

@strade100

And so sad that Zen's final words are: "I have failed you..."

[mofolee]

Love Blakes 7!!!

[SlimTwisted]

why shows like this never got US DVD treatment is truly anybody's guess

[SuzanneCromie]

I never missed an episode of Blakes 7. Its is the best thing to come out of Great Britain. Back in my Uni days, I use to make up any excuse to watch Blake's 7 rather than go out. Well done BBC and cast.

Blakes 7 is still worthy watching today, in same vain as Hogans Heroes, whose humour is still funny 40 years on

Suzanne Australia

[TuneInTurnonWakeup]

Do you mean you would rather make up any fabricated excuse to stay in other than: "Sorry, I'm watching Blake's Seven"? Were you embarassed?

[SuzanneCromie]

Yes, would make up excuse to watch Blakes 7 and not go out

[jlmww]

I share your feeling. I used to do the same thing with Star Trek: The Next Generation.

[viclotte]

Fab! I 'm not crazy.... none of my lot can remember this.. It was one of my favorites.. Ha Ha.. now who's lost it. :0)

[jlmww]

I'm glad I could help.

After all, I have a great many I'm-right-and-the-rest-of-the-­world-is-wrong moments myself.

[laurabuck]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who appreciated Blakes 7.

[jlmww]

Evidently not. These clips I put up get many more comments than I'd expected.

[laurabuck]

Thanks for putting them up!

[sixstanger00]

I've created an indepth quiz for us diehard Blakes 7 fans. Message me and I'll give you the link. Won't let me put the link in a comment.

[jlmww]

Ooooo. I'm intimidated by "in-depth" quizzes, but I'll give it a go.

[queenredspecial]

I just can't get used to the 'new' folks. :-(

[AlbinoCaterpillar]

This was meant to be the finale until someone at the Beep wanted a fourth series.

[wildone106]

ran for four series between 1978 and 1981..loved it back then. Avon rocks and the dialogue was often very witty/clever

[doctorw2]

without the character Avon this show would not have lasted two sesons. i love blakes 7 and always will but, Avon was the main supporting character of the show.

[blairmonster]

@doctorw2 Sure but there has to be other charactors to work from eh?

[doctorw2]

@blairmonster oh of course but, they all pale in comparison to avon.

[MrShakin]

@doctorw2 Agreed - Avon realy did make this interesting.

Blake provided the original storyline at least, but Avon (and the rest) provided the interesting stuff.

I loved B7, but the story got a bit tiring eventually just backwards and forwards with Servalan.

Shame they killed it off with such a really poor last episode.

[bernusdellus]

@doctorw2 AND servalan!!!

[Davidjanes1]

@doctorw2 Avon Lives on as a voice over on Jack FM radio Oxford

[mistofoles]

WTF is the guy with the curly hair supposed to be wearing?? He looks like an extra from Peter Pan!

[marky2112]

Was the game a foreshadow of the plot?

[gefan3]

Were I to have, say, $40-80 million lying around I'd seriously consider recreating the series with a bit more disciplined writing and contemporary technology.

I've always wondered what such a dark, misanthropic future would look like with a decent budget.

[thedukeofantioch]

its always a beautifull spaceship.

[pacbizkit]

god blakes 7 takes me bak. used 2 watch it video wen i was a kid. think i myt b the only 20 year old out there who watches it lol

[sixstanger00]

Oops that was supposed to read, HOW COME....

[sixstanger00]

How there isn't any wholesome sci-fi like this anymore?

[Crazydog7]

Wholesome?  You mean wholesome like the Series final where the whole cast was whipped out?

[helmethead72]

I cried like a baby when Zen perished at the end after apologising for failing the crew.great series,even after 30 years

[jazzx251]

A classic episode of British sci-fi.

I think this is actually better than "Blake" which was the final episode.

[KaitainCPS]

@jazzx251

This was originally written on the assumption that it MIGHT be the final episode. Only later did the Beeb decide to commission a fourth series. (The day this was broadcast, in fact.)

It probably would have been better if this WERE the last episode. The fourth series had a few good eps, but it was a bit of a mess, and the characters didn't seem to have any real motivation.

[0rommel0]

Thank you so much for uploading this!

[xxZaharoulaxx]

Blake's 7 Forever !