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                    The BLAKE'S 7 Abbreviated Programme Guide
                          Compiled by James J. Poltrone
                         ([e-mail])
                         ([e-mail])
                          Version 3 by Michael Portuesi
                             ([e-mail])

                            *Guide revision history*

    Version 1 : Original release (8/17/87)
        Missing episode running times for series C and D.
        Plot summaries rough and/or incomplete.
        Additions or corrections solicited.
    Version 2 : Re-release (3/7/87)
        Small spelling corrections made.
        Plot summaries filled in (except for series D).
        Approximate episode running times for series C and
        D added.
    Version 3: Update (1/9/89)
        Plot summaries for series D added.
        Formatting and minor corrections made.
        Minor additions to existing plot summaries.


                            *Format of guide entries*

Story #) *Title*
    Original air date, Running length, Writer, Director
    Brief plot summary (2-3 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                 Stephen Pacey           (27-52)
    Dayna Mellanby              Josette Simon           (27-52)
    Soolin                      Glynis Barber           (40-52)
    Zen of Liberator (voice)  Peter Tuddenham         (3-39)
    Orac (voice)                Peter Tuddenham         (13-52)
    Slave of Scorpio (voice)  Peter Tuddenham         (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) *The Way Back*
         2-Jan-78       0:47    Terry Nation    Michael E. Briant
    Former Federation resistance leader Roj Blake learns that his memories have
    been selectively tampered with by the Federation, and is being accused of
    crimes he did not commit.
    *intro. Blake, Jenna, & Vila*

 2) *Space Fall*
         9-Jan-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Pennant Roberts
    Blake's attempt to seize control aboard the Federation prison ship London
    meets with failure.  The London encounters the abandoned Liberator,
    which Blake and Jenna manage to take control over after Zen kills several
    members of the London crew.
    *intro. Avon, Gan, & Zen (Liberator)*

 3) *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) *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) *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.  Blake learns of the attempt at
    genocide being waged against the Decimas by the creator of the Web.

 6) *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 as a trap for Blake.
    *intro. Servalan & Travis*

 7) *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) *Duel*
        20-Feb-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Douglas Camfield
    The Liberator, low on power, engages three Federation ships in combat.
    Before the battle reaches its conclusion, the goddess Sinofar suspends the
    battle and sets Blake and Travis in a one-on-one death battle on a forest
    planet.

 9) *Project Avalon*
        27-Feb-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Michael E. Briant
    Another freedom-fighter, Avalon, is held hostage by Travis in a Federation
    detention cell, and is recovered by Blake's crew.  Travis devises a plan to
    destroy Blake and his crew using Avalon.
    Glynis Barber as a Mutoid

10) *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.  The neurosurgeon notifies the
    Federation and delays surgery long enough for Federation forces to arrive.

11) *Bounty*
        13-Mar-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Pennant Roberts
    The crew land on the planet Lindor, where a deposed leader has been held in
    exile.  Blake and Cally ask him to return to his people.  Meanwhile, a ship
    in distress is helped by the Liberator, only to encounter a group of
    bounty hunters who seek to turn Blake and the Liberator over to the
    Federation.

12) *Deliverance*
        20-Mar-78       0:52    Terry Nation    Michael E. Briant
    The Liberator crew brings back the survivor of a ship that blew up while
    delivering some medical supplies to Ensor, the father of the survivor.
    Jenna is captured on the planet, while the survivor of the destroyed ship
    forces Blake to leave the planet by holding Cally at gunpoint.  On the
    planet, Avon is considered a god by a priestess leading her people there.

13) *Orac*
        27-Mar-78       0:47    Terry Nation    Vere Lorrimer
    The Liberator crew fly to Aristo to deliver the supplies to Ensor, in
    exchange for radiation drugs and the computer Orac, which Ensor gives to
    Blake before he dies.  Orac predicts the destruction of the Liberator.
    *intro. Orac*


                *SERIES B (Second Season -- Winter-Spring 1979)*
         Producer: David Maloney            Script Editor: Chris Boucher

14) *Redemption *
         9-Jan-79       0:50    Terry Nation    Vere Lorrimer
    The crew encounter the original owners of the Liberator, who knock out its
    defense systems in an attempt to try to get their craft back.  A sister ship
    (DSV-1), in pursuit, is destroyed by Orac.

15) *Shadow*
        16-Jan-79       0:50    Chris Boucher   Jonathan Wright Miller
    Blake wants to enlist the aid of the Terra Nostra, an organized crime
    organization, in order to help them against the Federation.

16) *Weapon*
        23-Jan-79       0:51    Chris Boucher   George Spenton-Foster
    Servalan uses clones of Blake in order to get information on a new weapon --
    Imipak -- from one of Blake's friends.

17) *Horizon*
        30-Jan-79       0:50    Allan Prior     Jonathan Wright Miller
    The crew are put to work in a mine on the planet Horizon after teleporting
    down and being captured by Federation guards.  Avon considers leaving the
    planet by himself with Liberator.

18) *Pressure Point*
         6-Feb-79       0:49    Terry Nation    George Spenton-Foster
    The Liberator returns to Earth, and Blake wants to capture Control, in the
    belief that it would cripple the Federation.
    *Gan dies*

19) *Trial*
        13-Feb-79       0:51    Chris Boucher   Derek Martinus
    Travis is put on trial for the deaths of civilians.  Blake goes to a barren
    planet to think about the loss of his fallen comrade.

20) *Killer*
        20-Feb-79       0:51    Robert Holmes   Vere Lorrimer
    The Liberator crew journey to a planet where a friend of Avon's works, in
    order to get TP crystals.  The derelict spaceship K-47 is retrieved, and an
    on-board virus spreads throughout the complex.

21) *Hostage*
        27-Feb-79       0:51    Allan Prior     Vere Lorrimer
    Travis captures Blake's cousin.  He claims to want to join Blake's crew.

22) *Countdown*
         6-Mar-79       0:51    Terry Nation    Vere Lorrimer
    The crew travels to the planet Albian in search of information on the
    location of the Federation computer system.  Avon defuses a bomb with the
    help of Del Grant, who had thought Avon deserted his sister.

23) *Voice From The Past*
        13-Mar-79       0:49    Roger Parkes    George Spenton-Foster
    A "time bomb" planted in Blake's memory has been stimulated, and he goes to
    an asteroid to meet with the legendary Shivar and Governor Le Grand, who
    also wish to overthrow the Federation.

24) *Gambit*
        20-Mar-79       0:52    Robert Holmes   George Spenton-Foster
    The crew search for the only man who knows the location of Star One -- in
    Freedom City.  At the Big Wheel gambling casino, a miniaturized Orac helps
    Avon and Vila win large amounts of money.
    John Leeson as Toise

25) *The Keeper*
        27-Mar-79       0:51    Allan Prior     Derek Martinus
    In their quest for information on the location of Star One, the crew search
    for a member of the royal family of Goth who has an amulet containing a
    brain print.

26) *Star One*
         3-Apr-79       0:48    Chris Boucher   David Maloney
    The crew reach Star One, only to find it is already being overtaken by
    Andromedan forces.  Avon kills Travis.  The Federation computer is
    destroyed.  Blake is seriously hurt.
    *Departure of Blake and Jenna*


*SERIES C (Third Season -- Winter-Spring 1980)*
         Producer: David Maloney            Script Editor: Chris Boucher

27) *Aftermath*
         7-Jan-80      0:50    Terry Nation    Vere Lorrimer
    Severely damaged by combat in the Galactic War, the Liberator disperses
    its crew while it repairs itself.  Avon lands on a planet and is rescued by
    the daughter of a former revolutionary.  Priceless interaction between Avon
    and Servalan.
    *Intro. Dayna*
    Richard Franklin as First Trooper

28) *Powerplay*
        14-Jan-80      0:50    Terry Nation    David Maloney
    Avon and Dayna return to the Liberator, only to find it has been claimed
    by Tarrant.  The rest of the crew are rescued by a medical ship and
    eventually brought back to the Liberator.
    *Intro. Tarrant*

29) *Volcano*
        21-Jan-80      0:50    Allen Prior     Desmond McCarthy
    The crew search for a new home base on the planet Obsidian, whose volcanic
    outburts protect the planet from being overtaken.  Servalan employs an
    elaborate plan to take control of the Liberator.
    Michael Gough as Hower

30) *Dawn Of The Gods*
        28-Jan-80      0:50    James Follett   Desmond McCarthy
    Orac steers Liberator off course to investigate a black hole, and
    Liberator lands on the artificial planet Crador.  The only episode where
    you get to see Liberator parked.

31) *The Harvest Of Kairos*
         4-Feb-80      0:50    Ben Steed       Gerald Blake
    One of Servalan's former subordinates, critical of her inability to catch
    the Liberator, is given an opportunity to catch it.  Kairopan crystals
    harvested from the planet Kairos are taken aboard the Liberator after an
    attack run on the Federation freighter transporting them.

32) *The City At The Edge Of The World*
        11-Feb-80      0:50    Chris Boucher   Vere Lorrimer
    Crystals would be provided for Liberator's systems, in exchange for Vila's
    help in obtaining a treasure on the planet Keezarn.  Vila filds a gateway to
    another world.
    Colin Baker as Bayban the Berzerker
    Valentine Dyall as Norl

33) *Children Of Auron*
        19-Feb-80      0:50    Roger Parkes    Andrew Morgan
    Servalan introduces a plague to the people of Auron, and the crew journey to
    Cally's homeworld to save them.  Servalan uses this plan to get the
    Liberator, and to make clones in her image.

34) *Rumors Of Death*
        25-Feb-80      0:50    Chris Boucher   Fiona Cumming
    Avon wishes to hunt down the person who killed his former girlfriend, Anna
    Grant.  He finds her alive, now working as an agent of the Federation.

35) *Sarcophagus*
         3-Mar-80      0:50    Tanith Lee      Fiona Cumming
    The crew find a drifting ship, whose artifacts have a strange effect on
    Cally.  An alien avoiding death has possessed her, and Avon has to break the
    spell.

36) *Ultraworld*
        10-Mar-80      0:50    Trevor Hoyle    Vere Lorrimer
    The crew go to the planet Ultraworld, only to discover it is a mental
    reprocessing plant.  Vila saves the crew by telling riddles to Orac.

37) *Moloch*
        17-Mar-80      0:50    Ben Steed       Vere Lorrimer
    Tarrant is teleported into a spaceship bound for the invisible planet
    Sardos, which the crew of Liberator discover after nearly crashing into
    it.  Servalan is interested in the technology developed by the inhabitants
    of the planet.

38) *Death-Watch*
        24-Mar-80      0:50    Chris Boucher   Gerald Blake
    The crew visits the Teal and Vandor systems, currently at war with each
    other.  A representative of each system is chosen for a battle.  Tarrant
    kills the warrior who killed his brother.

39) *Terminal*
        31-Mar-80      0:50    Terry Nation    Mary Ridge
    Avon secretly takes over the ship and flies it through a field containing
    enzymes which eat away at the Liberator's hull.  They reach the planetoid
    Terminal, where Avon believes Blake is residing.
    *Appearance by Blake.  Destruction of Liberator (and Zen).*


                 *SERIES D (Fourth Season -- Fall-Winter 1981)*
         Producer: Vere Lorrimer            Script Editor: Chris Boucher

40) *Rescue*
        28-Sep-81      0:50    Chris Boucher   Mary Ridge
    Dorian, owner of the spaceship Scorpio, rescues the crew from Terminal.
    He tries to enlist the help of Orac to build a teleport mechanism for
    Scorpio and attempts to kill the crew.
    *Intro Scorpio (and Slave) & Soolin.  Death of Cally.*

41) *Power*
         5-Oct-81      0:50    Ben Steed       Mary Ridge
    The Scorpio, rendered inaccessible by an elaborate security system, is
    stolen by a native of the planet who seeks to escape.  Avon completes the
    Scorpio teleport system with the help of Orac.

42) *Traitor*
        12-Oct-81      0:50    Robert Holmes   David Sullivan Proudfoot
    The planet Helotrix is falling easily to attack using a new Federation
    pacification drug, as are many other star systems.  Tarrant and Dayna
    teleport down to the surface to investigate.  Servalan, deposed of her
    presidency in the Federation, is back under the name Commissioner Sleer.

43) *Stardrive*
        19-Oct-81      0:50    James Follett   David Sullivan Proudfoot
    After attempts to match the course of an asteroid for cover result in
    collision with the asteroid and severe damage to Scorpio's engines, the
    crew search for an experimental stardrive developed by an ex-Federation
    designer who is now working for a terrorist group.

44) *Animals*
        26-Oct-81      0:50    Allen Prior     Mary Ridge
    Dayna meets an old friend, Justin, to seek help with synthesizing an
    antidote to the Federation pacification drug.  Servalan learns of
    Scorpio's visit to Justin's planet and of the genetic research he is
    performing there.

45) *Headhunter*
         2-Nov-81      0:50    Roger Parkes    Mary Ridge
    The crew rescue a protege of Ensor's who instead turns out to be his android
    creation seeking to unite with Orac.

46) *Assassin*
         9-Nov-81      0:50    Rod Beacham     David Sullivan Proudfoot
    Servalan hires an assassin to kill the crew by luring them to a trap set
    aboard the assassin's ship.
    Richard Hurndall as Nebrox

47) *Games*
        16-Nov-81      0:50    Bill Lyons      Vivienne Cozens
    The scientist Belkov has stripped a planet of a valuable crystalline
    substance and tries to double cross both Servalan and the Scorpio crew in
    an attempt to escape with the private stash he has collected.  He is aided
    by his computer, an amalgamation of a standard Federation computer and a
    pleasure planet gaming machine.  The only episode where Scorpio fires its
    weaponry.

48) *Sand*
        23-Nov-81      0:50    Tanith Lee      Vivienne Cozens
    Servalan investigates a planet which contains an unknown substance of
    potential usefulness whose investigation team mysteriously died.  The crew
    learn of Servalan's trip and decide to investigate for themselves.
    Interesting intreraction between Tarrant and Servalan.

49) *Gold*
        30-Nov-81      0:50    Colin Davis     Brian Lighthill
    An plan to steal a shipment of atomically converted gold being transported
    from the planet Xeroc aboard a domestic passenger ship winds up turning into
    a major loss for the crew.  Note the aluminum pie plates which comprise the
    interior of the passenger ship's cargo hold, and the plastic-covered Xerox
    machine which Avon inspects for the ship's records.

50) *Orbit*
         7-Dec-81      0:50    Robert Holmes   Brian Lighthill
    The scientist Egrorian offers Avon a powerful weapon, the Tachyon Funnel, in
    exchange for Orac.  Servalan, who is behind the transfer, prepares a plan to
    double-cross Avon that would give her both the Tachyon Funnel and Orac.
    Avon nearly murders Vila.

51) *Warlord*
        14-Dec-81      0:50    Simon Masters   Viktors Ritelis
    Avon tries to form an alliance to produce an anti-pacification drug by
    negotiating with the leaders of three warring star systems.  The Xenon base
    is sabotaged by explosives and a deadly virus.  Tarrant falls in love with
    the daughter of the saboteur.

52) *Blake *
        21-Dec-81      0:50    Chris Boucher   Mary Ridge
    After Orac traces Blake's trail to the planet Gauda Prime, Avon and crew
    travel there, leaving the destroyed Xenon base behind.  Scorpio is
    attacked on approach to the planet and crash lands on the surface of Gauda
    Prime.  Avon and crew travel in search of Blake, and discover that he may
    have sold out to the Federation.
    *Destruction of Scorpio (and Slave).  Death of Blake and possibly*
    *remainder of crew.*


                           *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
    Tony Attwood.  Published by Target Books, Ltd, 1983.
Special thanks to Robert Chao, Henry Chatroop, Kit Kimes, and Louis Singh for
providing additional information.

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