Blakes' 7: Season Four


Episode Details

Rescue

Stranded on Terminal, both the base and Servalan's ship are booby trapped, and explode, killing Cally, and damaging Orac. A mysterious stranger, Dorian, and his glamourous sidekick, Soolin, arrive on Terminal, seemingly friendly, and rescue the crew of the Liberator. They proceed to Dorian's base on the barren planet Xenon.

But Dorian is not all he seems. He wants Orac to help him perfect his teleport system, and secondly he wants Avon, Vila, Dayna and Tarrant as fodder for his regeneration program deep down in the depths of the Xenon base. For once Vila does the right thing and brings a gun down to help out. After killing Dorian, the enigmatic Soolin decides to join them.

Review by Nick Alex (Nick.Alex@psemail.ps.net)


Power

The crew need to get to Scorpio to get supplies, but can't penetrate the door to the launch hatch. It will only open to Dorian's voice. Worse still, if he doesn't reset the lock every 48 hours, it will trigger an explosion that will destroy the base. Meanwhile Avon is looking for crystals to complete the teleport systems when he is attacked by a bunch of ancient tribesman who are guardians of technology way beyond their comprehension. He inadvertently gets challenged to go into battle in an ancient fighting ritual.

Review by Nick Alex (Nick.Alex@psemail.ps.net)


Traitor

Avon is alarmed at the speed of the Federation's spread across a nearby star system, with apparently little resistance. The reason is a pacification drug called Pylene-50, and the crew decide to go to Helotrix (enmeshed in a civil war) to recover the drug and develop an antidote. However they get more than they bargain for and discover an old adversary, now calling herself Sleer.

Review by Nick Alex (Nick.Alex@psemail.ps.net)


Stardrive

Having got a new ship, a base, and a new teleport system, the rebels now need the engine to give them the edge that the Liberator had in terms of speed. Dayna discovers a mystery explosion, which Orac reveals was caused by a one-man-ship travelling at immense speed. They work out that it belongs to a band of `Hells Angels in Space', and decide to find out if they'll join the Resistance. The inventor of the `Stardrive' Dr. Plaxton (an exile from the Federation) has had enough of life with the Hells Angels, and agrees to help, but Avon ensures she pays a high price.

Review by Nick Alex (Nick.Alex@psemail.ps.net)


Animals

genetic engineering gone wrong...


Headhunter

The one with the headless robot...


Assassin

The crew intercept a mysterious transmission in which Servalan is hiring the services of a professional assassin to dispose of the crew of the Scorpio. Even Avon is depressed since the assassin has never been known to fail in a mission.

Clue: Sweet things share one thing; the ability to make you sick!


Games

The crew become involved in a series of deadly games...


Sand

Tarrant and Servalan are trapped together on a planet covered in semi-intelligent man-eating sand. Unfortunately, they both survive.

Review by Michael Van Hoose (hoose@accessus.net)


Gold

When Keiller, the purser of the cruise ship Space Princess, makes Scorpio's crew a lucrative offer, Avon is loath to refuse. After all, who could resist the temptation to hijack 17 billion in gold, especially if it belongs to Servalan!


Orbit

A scientist who disappeared many years ago offers a revolutionary new device, the tachyon funnel for sale to the highest bidder. Avon and Servelan (aka Commander Slear) are the prime bidders, but what is the dark secret about the technology?


Warlord

Avon tries to construct an alliance against the Federation from amongst the worlds not yet conquered. At first all seems to be going well, until it becomes apparant that one the leaders is a traitor and has released a deadly toxin inside the base.


Blake

Orac becomes convinced that Blake is now on Gouda Prime, Soolin's homeworld. The crew head there but Scorpio is shot down by the planetary defense force and crash lands in a forest. Blake is indeed there, but is he merely the bait in a Federation trap?


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B.King@ee.surrey.ac.uk & D.White@ee.surrey.ac.uk
19th July 1995