Blake's 7 to return...
28 July 2003, 03:32 PM
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Long story - but was once staying at the same hotel as Paul Darrow. We sat by the fire drinking far too much wine and having a real laugh - he was a thoroughly nice bloke!! (He was doing some stuff on Emmerdale at the time 
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I didn't even realise who he was till half way throuugh the evening when I fixed him with a wobbly dunken gaze and declared:
"I know who you are now - you were horrid!"
Great if it comes back - but I bet they upgrade the scenery....
They apparently had to do just about all their own stunts - which apparently led to some very near misses!
)I didn't even realise who he was till half way throuugh the evening when I fixed him with a wobbly dunken gaze and declared:
"I know who you are now - you were horrid!"
Great if it comes back - but I bet they upgrade the scenery....
They apparently had to do just about all their own stunts - which apparently led to some very near misses!
28 July 2003, 03:48 PM
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Its on one of the satellite channels at the moment (the original).
Its really not as good as you might remember - and why they kept finding the same quarry on every planet is beyond me
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Its really not as good as you might remember - and why they kept finding the same quarry on every planet is beyond me
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28 July 2003, 04:01 PM
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I met the guy out of Blake's 7 at a Sci Fi fair at the NEC. He was sitting waiting for someone to talk to him, and he caught me looking at him. So he says:
"I bet you don't remember me do you?"
"Yes I do - you were in Blake's 7" I replied.
"Ah I'm surprised you're old enough - did you like it?"
"No", I said, laughing "Too confusing!"
Fair play to him - he laughed too, and just said "Well at least you're honest!"
"I bet you don't remember me do you?"
"Yes I do - you were in Blake's 7" I replied.
"Ah I'm surprised you're old enough - did you like it?"
"No", I said, laughing "Too confusing!"
Fair play to him - he laughed too, and just said "Well at least you're honest!"
28 July 2003, 04:11 PM
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Agree 100% with Witchfinder, it is no just the (not so) special effects.
Great show and ahead of it's time, recon it was first shown in 1978, saw it first time around and was hooked.
[Edited by Paul Habgood - 7/28/2003 4:13:50 PM]
Great show and ahead of it's time, recon it was first shown in 1978, saw it first time around and was hooked.
[Edited by Paul Habgood - 7/28/2003 4:13:50 PM]
29 July 2003, 09:16 AM
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Avon: "I'm not expendible, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going!"
Vila: "I've got this shocking pain right behind the eyes."
Avon: "Have you considered amputation?"
Blake: "Does it support intelligent life?"
Avon: "Does the Liberator?"
Avon: "Shut up Tarrent"
Tarrnet: "Did you says something Avo..."
Avon: "Yes, I said shut up, I apologise for not realising you are deaf."
Avon: "Tarrant, I assume you have no tedious scruples about cheating and lying?"
Tarrant: "None at all."
Avon: "Oh good."
Vila: "I've got this shocking pain right behind the eyes."
Avon: "Have you considered amputation?"
Blake: "Does it support intelligent life?"
Avon: "Does the Liberator?"
Avon: "Shut up Tarrent"
Tarrnet: "Did you says something Avo..."
Avon: "Yes, I said shut up, I apologise for not realising you are deaf."
Avon: "Tarrant, I assume you have no tedious scruples about cheating and lying?"
Tarrant: "None at all."
Avon: "Oh good."
29 July 2003, 09:29 AM
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Avon was my fave character, had the best lines, outfits and gave the evilest looks. Paul Darrow did a great job in this role and ‘made’ Blakes 7 for me.
29 July 2003, 09:35 AM
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He proved that the 'title' character doesn't have to be in the series to make the series. Although it was "Blakes" 7, Avon was, for most of the first 2-3 series, the main or second-to-main characters, and then came into his own once Blake left. Shame the Scorpion was cr@p compared to the Liberator.
29 July 2003, 09:38 AM
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Shame the Scorpion was cr@p compared to the Liberator.
29 July 2003, 09:41 AM
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<anorak on>
Wasn't it The Scorpio, not Scorpion???
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Pinkeye - thanks for the one-liners, LOL
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B7 links
http://www.blakes7.com/
http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/
http://www.blakes7.org/webring/
http://www.cultv.co.uk/blakes7.htm
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[Edited by Paul Habgood - 7/29/2003 9:49:30 AM]
Wasn't it The Scorpio, not Scorpion???
<anorak off>
Pinkeye - thanks for the one-liners, LOL
<anorak back on>
B7 links
http://www.blakes7.com/
http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/
http://www.blakes7.org/webring/
http://www.cultv.co.uk/blakes7.htm
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[Edited by Paul Habgood - 7/29/2003 9:49:30 AM]
29 July 2003, 09:50 AM
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If youre really sad like me, you can get up and watch it before Dr Who on UK Gold at about 6 o clock,
I got up a few times to watch the Doctor and his sexy assistant, and caught the tail end of Blakes Seven a few times.
I got up a few times to watch the Doctor and his sexy assistant, and caught the tail end of Blakes Seven a few times.
29 July 2003, 09:51 AM
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Now you mention it, I think it was the Scorpio. It still looked like a polished turd next to the Liberator.
And plus, the series was not about the Liberator, it was a bout the crew fighting the injustice of the evil almost-communist 'federation' (oh, how Roddenberry must have got a kick out of that one).
A mate lent me the whole series 6 years ago, and I sat and watched the whole lot in a week - pure nostalgia.
ps. don't forget to look at my Battlestar Galactica topic
And plus, the series was not about the Liberator, it was a bout the crew fighting the injustice of the evil almost-communist 'federation' (oh, how Roddenberry must have got a kick out of that one).
A mate lent me the whole series 6 years ago, and I sat and watched the whole lot in a week - pure nostalgia.
ps. don't forget to look at my Battlestar Galactica topic
29 July 2003, 09:57 AM
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Saw your BG topic, i quite enjoyed it first time around but found it hard going, very American and always a happy ending. Look forward to a 'new look' version mind. FYI a mates at schools cousin was the little boy with the robot dog (Boxy), cannot remember the name of the kid though, he came over one year on holiday in about '79 on holiday which was cool.
Agreed B7 was not just about the ship and certainly not the SFX It had great characters and script, was well directed and is top Si-Fi drama
29 July 2003, 02:01 PM
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Also, the teleport 'sound' sounded exactly like the spring in my old dishwasher door.
Always enjoyed the original, and the re-run MANY years ago on UK Gold.
Always enjoyed the original, and the re-run MANY years ago on UK Gold.
29 July 2003, 05:47 PM
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"the teleport 'sound' sounded exactly like the spring in my old dishwasher door"
Being the BBC sound effects Dep't it probably was just that, Not knocking it theyu pionerred a lot of the modern stuff and with little or no budget just good old ingenuity.
"the teleport 'sound' sounded exactly like the spring in my old dishwasher door"
Being the BBC sound effects Dep't it probably was just that, Not knocking it theyu pionerred a lot of the modern stuff and with little or no budget just good old ingenuity.
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