List of Blake's 7 episodes

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The British science fiction television series Blake's 7 ran for four series, often labelled "A" to "D" for reference.

Contents 1 Series one 2 Series two 3 Series three 4 Series four 5 After the fourth series 6 See also

[edit] Series one

BBC1, Mondays, mostly 7:15 p.m., January 2 to March 27, 1978, Producer: David Maloney

Title	Episode	First aired	Writer	Director
The Way Back	A1	2 January 1978	Terry Nation	Michael E. Briant
(Before the series starts, Roj Blake had been a resistance leader against the totalitarian Federation who had murdered his family. Instead of killing Blake as a martyr, they had erased his past and reprogrammed him into a content citizen.) Led outside the city dome by fellow resistance members, Blake attends an illegal meeting to protest the unpopular government policies where he is told of his past. While Blake hides, a federation security squad arrives and efficiently shoots down everybody at the meeting with their standard issue paraguns. Blake sees this and it re-awakes his suppressed memories. When the government finds out his memory has returned, he is arrested on trumped-up charges of child molestation and sentenced to the prison colony on Cygnus Alpha. While in a transit cell aboard the transport ship London, he meets the thief Vila Restal, and the smuggler pilot Jenna Stannis.
Robert Beatty (as Bran Foster), Michael Halsey (as Tel Varon), Pippa Steel (as Maja Varon), Jeremy Wilkin (as Dev Tarrant), Robert James (as Ven Glynd), Gillian Bailey (as Ravella), Alan Butler (as Richie), Susan Field (as Alta Morag), Peter Williams (as Dr. Havant), Margaret John (as Arbiter), Rodney Figaro (as Clerk of Court), Nigel Lambert (as Computer operator), Garry McDermott (as Guard)
Space Fall	A2	9 January 1978	Terry Nation	Pennant Roberts
Blake is introduced to Kerr Avon who nearly got away with five million credits from the Federation banking system. Knowing he has a good pilot and now a computer expert, Blake devises a plan to hijack the London. When the London enters a battle between alien ships, Blake unleashes his mutiny plan but fails to take over. Later, the London comes upon an abandoned alien vessel and the first officer, Sub-Commander Raiker, persuades the captain to capture it. Losing some of his men to alien traps, Raiker decides to send Blake and his cohorts in, giving them another opportunity for escape. First appearance of Olag Gan.
Glyn Owen (as Leylan), Leslie Schofield (as Raiker), Norman Tipton (as Artix), Tom Kelly (as Nova), David Hayward (as Teague), Brett Forrest (as Krell), Michael McKenzie (as Dainer), Bill Weston (as Garton)
Cygnus Alpha	A3	16 January 1978	Terry Nation	Vere Lorrimer
Blake, Jenna, and Avon commandeer the alien ship and discover the mind-reading control computer Zen who renames the ship the Liberator after drawing the word from Jenna's thoughts. Exploring the ship, they find a wealth of advanced technology including a fully-functional teleportation system and an armoury of weapons. In the meantime, Blake chases after the London, following to Cygnus Alpha, to rescue the other prisoners, Vila and Gan from the religious cult that runs the prison.
Brian Blessed (as Vargas), Pamela Salem (as Kara), Glyn Owen (as Leylan), Norman Tipton (as Artix), Robert Russell (as Laran), Peter Childs (as Arco), David Ryall (as Selman)
Time Squad	A4	23 January 1978	Terry Nation	Pennant Roberts
Blake decides to destroy a Federation communications complex at Saurian Major as his first major hit against his enemies. Along the way, a distress call leads the Liberator to an escape pod with cryogenically frozen beings aboard. Arriving at the Saurian complex, Blake teleports down with Avon and Villa and searches for other resistance fighters to help him take out the installation. They meet the Auron woman Cally whom Blake must convince to help him. Back on the Liberator, Gan and Jenna have to deal with the thawed beings who turn out to be dangerous killers.
Tony Smart, Mark McBride, Frank Henson (as The Aliens)
The Web	A5	30 January 1978	Terry Nation	Michael E. Briant
Under psychic control, Cally plants a bomb aboard the Liberator and Blake and Avon work to disable it. In the meantime, the ship becomes caught in a cloud of strange web strands surrounding a planet and cannot escape. Teleporting down to the planet, Blake discovers a group of people known as "The Lost" who offer a means to escape the web but require energy cells from the Liberator. Blake agrees but discovers The Lost are using the energy to destroy another race of creatures known as Decimas whom The Lost have genetically engineered. Not wanting to be party to genocide, Blake must stop them, and save his ship.
Richard Beale (as Saymon), Ania Marson (as Geela), Miles Fothergill (as Novara), Deep Roy, Marcus Powell, Gilda Cohen, Ismet Hassam, Molly Tweedley, Willie Sheara (as Decimas)
Seek-Locate-Destroy	A6	6 February 1978	Terry Nation	Vere Lorrimer
Blake and his team sneak into a Federation base and steal a decryption cypher. During their escape, Cally is injured and left for dead. Elsewhere, Federation Supreme Commander Servalan has placed Space Commander Travis in charge of eliminating Blake as news of Blake's exploits have begun to spread. Travis, who Blake had left scarred during the original fight to capture him, (losing both an eye and an arm - the latter replaced with a cybernetic limb), takes personal pleasure in accepting the assignment. When Cally is later found alive by Travis, he uses her as bait to force Blake's surrender.
Peter Miles (as Rontane), John Bryans (as Bercol), Peter Craze (as Prell), Ian Oliver (as Rai), Ian Cullen (as Escon), Astley Jones (as Eldon)
Mission to Destiny	A7	13 February 1978	Terry Nation	Pennant Roberts
The Liberator comes upon a freighter Ortega doing uncontrolled circles in space. Boarding the vessel, the crew is found unconscious and the ship's control systems deliberately smashed. Another crew member is discovered to be murdered. When the survivors awaken, their leader Dr. Kendall explains they were on important mission to bring the valuable energy substance "neutrotope" to the planet Destiny to halt fungal contamination in the food supply. Blake decides to help get the neutrotope to Destiny with the Liberator, leaving behind Avon and Cally to repair the Ortega and search for clues behind the murder and sabotage.
Barry Jackson (as Kendall), Beth Morris (as Sara), Stephen Tate (as Mandrian), Nigel Humphreys (as Sonheim), John Leeson (as Pasco), Kate Coleridge (as Levett), Carl Forgione (as Grovane), Brian Capron (as Rafford), Stuart Fell (as Dortmunn)
Duel	A8	20 February 1978	Terry Nation	Douglas Camfield
Space Commander Travis and his three Federation warships have tracked the Liberator to an uncharted planet where Blake, Jenna and Gan are investigating the surface. After the three explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, they hurriedly return to the Liberator as Travis closes in to attack. With the Liberator low on energy reserves, Blake decides not to run and face his enemy head-on. Suddenly a powerful being, Sinofar, who is intolerant of war, cripples the ships and sends Blake and Jenna back to the planet where they are forced to fight Travis and his "mutoid" pilot in mortal combat. The being wants them to duel and show them the meaning of death.
Isla Blair (as Sinofar), Patsy Smart (as Giroc), Carol Royle (as Mutoid)
Project Avalon	A9	27 February 1978	Terry Nation	Michael E. Briant
Space Commander Travis has captured a resistance leader named Avalon and holds her hostage on a frigid planet. Avalon had called Blake earlier to take her to a newly constructed resistance base, and now Blake is determined to rescue her. After pulling off the rescue, Blake discovers he has saved an android clone of Avalon and it is programmed to kill him.
Julia Vidler (as Avalon), David Bailie (as Chevner), Glynis Barber (as Mutoid), John Rolfe (as Terloc), John Baker (as Scientist), David Sterne, Mark Holmes (as Guards)
Breakdown	A10	6 March 1978	Terry Nation	Vere Lorrimer
A "limiter" implant in Gan's brain malfunctions and he threatens the lives of the crew. He is captured and sedated and Blake rushes to get him to the neural facility XK-72 which takes the Liberator through a dangerous gravity vortex. The suicidal manoeuvre causes the argumentative Avon to declare that he is quitting Blake's team for good. Arriving at the medical facility, Avon tries to negotiate with the staff for sanctuary, but soon discovers that someone has already called in the Federation and gun ships are on the way.
Julian Glover (as Kayn), Christian Roberts (as Renor), Ian Thompson (as Farren)
Bounty	A11	13 March 1978	Terry Nation	Pennant Roberts
Blake locates President Sarkoff, the deposed leader of the planet Lindor, which is on the verge of civil war. If war breaks out, the Federation will send in "peacekeeping" forces and easily annex it. Blake urges the president to take back his leadership. Meanwhile, the Liberator answers a distress call from another ship, but it turns out to be a notorious bounty hunter, Tarvin, a former colleague of Jenna, who hijacks the Liberator and tries to cash in on the 13 million credit reward on the crew's heads. Note: Sarkoff's residence is the Waterloo Tower in Quex Park, Birchington, Kent.
T.P. McKenna (as Sarkoff), Carinthia West (as Tyce), Marc Zuber (as Tarvin), Mark York (as Cheney), Derrick Branche (as Amagon guard)
Deliverance	A12	20 March 1978	Terry Nation	Michael E. Briant David Maloney (uncredited)
The crew witness a ship explode and crash on the planet Cephlon. Blake and Cally remain aboard while the rest of the team teleport down to find the survivors and bring them back to the ship. In the process, Jenna is abducted by the planet's Neanderthal-like natives and Avon, Vila and Gan search for her. Back on Liberator, a single survivor is brought aboard who forces Blake to take him to the planet Aristo, explaining that he was taking medical supplies to his father, Ensor. Ensor is discovered to be the creator of a device called "Orac", which is something the Federation wants very badly. Back on Cephelon, Avon, Villa and Gan discover an ancient stasis capsule ship Deliverance and a mysterious woman, Meegat who tells Avon that he has a "destiny" in helping launch the ship into space.
Tony Caunter (as Ensor), Suzan Farmer (as Meegat), James Lister (as Maryatt)
Orac	A13	27 March 1978	Terry Nation	Vere Lorrimer
En route to Aristo, Avon, Villa, Gan and Jenna suffer from radiation exposure they received on Cephelon and require serum to survive. Blake delivers the medical supplies to Ensor's father only to find Servalan and Travis waiting in ambush. Blake eventually procures the serum for his crew and gets his hands on the mysterious "Orac", an advanced computer that gives Blake a daunting prediction of the future — the destruction of the Liberator.
Derek Farr (as Ensor), James Muir, Paul Kidd (as Phibians)

[edit] Series two

BBC1, Tuesdays, mostly 7:20 p.m., January 9 to April 3, 1979, Producer: David Maloney

Title	Episode	First aired	Writer	Director
Redemption	B1	9 January 1979	Terry Nation	Vere Lorrimer
Blake becomes obsessed with Orac's prediction of the destruction of the Liberator, however there are more pressing matters when the ship comes under attack by its alien creators, "The System", who want their property back. After fleeing, Liberator's control systems shut down and Blake heads to engineering to fix the problem but is attacked by a "living" wire cable with a mind of its own. Meanwhile, Liberator is remote piloted to The System's space station and the crew are taken prisoner. With Orac's help, the crew escapes The System who sends out another attack ship which looks exactly like the Liberator and Blake now wonders which Liberator Orac had predicted seeing destroyed.
Sheila Ruskin (as Alta One), Harriet Philpin (as Alta Two), Roy Evans (as Slave)
Shadow	B2	16 January 1979	Chris Boucher	Jonathan Wright Miller
The crew arrives at Space City where Blake seeks contact with the criminal organization Terra Nostra as possible resistance allies, but their leader Largo may have loyalty to the enemy. Meanwhile, an alien entity takes possession of Orac through his dimensional logic circuits and disrupts Cally's empathic powers driving her to madness. Blake and his crew then rush to the desert planet Zonda to seek out the heavily guarded source of the drug known as "Shadow" which is the basis of Terra Nostra's power and the only help for Cally.
Karl Howman (as Bek), Adrienne Burgess (as Hanna), Derek Smith (as Largo), Archie Tew (as Enforcer), Vernon Dobtcheff (as Chairman)
Weapon	B3	23 January 1979	Chris Boucher	George Spenton-Foster
The Federation is in pursuit of a dreadful weapon called the IMIPAK, (Induced Molecular Instability Projector and Key), which marks an unaware target that the firer can kill later as they choose. It's designer, a defector named Coser is on the run and Servalan hires a "psycho-strategist" named Carnell to profile Coser and determine where he's hiding. In her scheme to get her hands on IMIPAK, Servalan plots a set up using a living clone of Blake, who Coser trusts, to steal it for her. Once in possession of it, she marks Blake, Avon, and Gan and now their only hope is to outrun the IMIPAK's million mile triggering signal. Note: This episode introduces Brian Croucher as the recast of Travis.
John Bennett (as Coser), Candace Glendenning (as Rashel), Scott Fredericks (as Carnell), Kathleen Byron (as Clonemaster Fen), Graham Simpson (as Officer)
Horizon	B4	30 January 1979	Allan Prior	Jonathan Wright Miller
At the edge of the galaxy, Liberator nearly collides with a Federation freighter. Blake is curious to know why the ship is so far from home and decides to follow it to a mysterious planet called Horizon. Teleporting down, Blake and Jenna discover a secret mining operation and are captured for interrogation. Gan and Vila go down to find them but are captured as well. All are forced to work in a dangerous mine while Blake tries to urge Ro, the planet's leader, that the Federation is manipulating him and enslaving his people. Meanwhile Avon considers taking the Liberator and leaving them all behind, but Cally won't hear of it and goes down to find the others. Avon asks Orac what his chances are of surviving against the Federation alone.
Darien Angadi (as Ro), William Squire (as Kommissar), Souad Faress (as Selma), Brian Miller (as Assistant Kommissar), Paul Haley (as Chief guard)
Pressure Point	B5	6 February 1979	Terry Nation	George Spenton-Foster
Blake decides to strike a major blow to the Federation by going to Earth and destroying "Control", the main computer nerve center for the entire government. Blake hopes the act will allow the resistance groups led by a former Federation officer, Kasabi, to launch an all-out attack against the Federation command. Blake's plan gets under way, but the Federation has a trap waiting for him. Gan is killed in this episode.
Jane Sherwin (as Kasabi), Yolande Palfrey (as Veron), Alan Halley (as Arle), Martin Connor (as Berg), Sue Bishop (as Mutoid)
Trial	B6	13 February 1979	Chris Boucher	Derek Martinus
Servalan must answer to the mishandling of the Blake affair and she tries to have Travis eliminated by setting him up on charges of mass murder before he can testify against her. Elsewhere, distraught over losing his friend Gan, Blake goes to an uninhabited planet to "think". Believing Blake as ran out on them, Avon tries to persuade the others to abandon him once and for all. Down on the planet, Blake encounters a creature called Zil who warns that he will be "absorbed" by "the Host". In space, Zen detects unusual tectonic movement on the planet while Orac determines the entire planet is a living entity which feeds on its surface lifeforms and the crew must rescue Blake from certain death. Afterwards, Blake sends a clear message to the Federation that he has not given up by launching a bold assault against Servalan's headquarters. During the confusion, Travis, who has been found guilty and sentenced to death, forces Servalan to help him escape.
John Savident (as Samor), John Bryans (as Bercol), Peter Miles (as Rontane), Victoria Fairbrother (as Thania), Claire Lewis (as Zil), Kevin Lloyd (as Par), Graham Sinclair (as Lye), Colin Dunn (as Guard commander)
Killer	B7	20 February 1979	Robert Holmes	Vere Lorrimer
On the planet Fosforon, Avon and Vila sneak into Q-Base, a Federation com-station, looking for a crystal needed to decrypt new Federation pulse-codes. In space, Zen detects a 700 year-old Earth vessel on approach to the station and Cally senses something "malignant" aboard. Blake anonymously warns the station of the ship despite objections from Jenna that he is helping the enemy. On the planet, Avon finds Tynus, a former associate who he threatens to blackmail lest he help Avon steal the crystal. Tynus arranges for a diversion that will allow Avon to slip past security, but it may be a ruse. Meanwhile, the base tows the derelict back to the planet whereupon Blake teleports down to warn them in person, but he is too late as the base unwittingly releases a swift-killing alien virus.
Paul Daneman (as Dr. Bellfriar), Ronald Lacey (as Tynus), Colin Farrell (as Gambril), Colin Higgins (as Tak), Morris Barry (as Wiler), Michael Gaunt (as Bax)
Hostage	B8	27 February 1979	Allan Prior	Vere Lorrimer
The Federation sends out twenty pursuit ships to hunt Blake down and destroy him, however Liberator barely withstands the assault and manages to get away. Blake then receives a message from his nemesis Travis, who has escaped the Federation and captured Blake's cousin Inga who he holds hostage on the planet Exbar until Blake comes to talk with him. Travis makes the peculiar request to join up with Blake's crew since Servalan has made him a wanted criminal. Blake doesn't trust the situation and believes it all to be a vengeful ruse.
John Abineri (as Ushton), Judy Buxton (as Inga), Kevin Stoney (as Joban), James Coyle (as Molok), Andrew Robertson (as Space Commander), Judith Porter (as Mutoid)
Countdown	B9	6 March 1979	Terry Nation	Vere Lorrimer
Blake arrives at the planet Albion to capture Space Major Provine who is supposed to know the secret location of the moved Federation Control. Provine however, has triggered an inescapable radiation bomb in response to a planetary rebellion against Federation rule. Avon, with the help of a mercenary acquaintance of his, Del Grant, rush to disable the bomb which is hidden in a bunker somewhere at one of the frigid poles. Grant however, still holds a grudge against Avon for the death of his sister Anna, and they must put the issue aside if they are to stop the bomb in time. Meanwhile, Blake learns Provine is still alive, but doesn't realize he's disguised as a resistance solder and trying to make his way to an escape ship.
Tom Chadbon (as Del Grant), Paul Shelley (as Provine), James Kerry (as Cauder), Lindy Alexander (as Ralli), Robert Arnold (as Selson), Geoffrey Snell (as Tronos), Sidney Kean (as Vetnor), Nigel Gregory (as Arrian)
Voice from the Past	B10	13 March 1979	Roger Parkes	George Spenton-Foster
Blake suffers nightmares of the memory conditioning the Federation performed on him five years before. On course to Del-10, Blake makes a sudden unexplained course change to PK 118, a mining asteroid. Avon and the rest believe that someone is trying to manipulate Blake's mind and have him restrained, but Blake tricks Vila into believing that the others are plotting against him. Once free, Blake teleports to PK 118 where meets a resistance group led by former Arbiter General Ven Glynd — a man who originally convicted Blake at his trial, but claims he has defected. Glynd along with two other revolutionaries, Shevon and LeGrand, claim they have enough legal evidence to non-violently overthrow the Federation and request transport to a political meeting on planet Atlay. Avon and the others however, only smell a trap waiting for them.
Richard Bebb (as Ven Glynd), Frieda Knorr (as Governor Le Grand), Martin Read (as Nagu)
Gambit	B11	20 March 1979	Robert Holmes	George Spenton-Foster
Blake's team arrives at Freedom City, (one of the last places not under Federation control), to find a cyber-surgeon named Docholli, one of the few people who may know the secret location of Star One — the real control center of the Federation. Blake, Jenna and Cally look for the surgeon, while Avon and Vila used a "miniaturized" Orac to cheat in the casino and win large amounts of money. Travis and Servalan both lurk in the shadows to eliminate Blake as well as each other.
Denis Carey (as Docholli), Aubrey Woods (as Krantor), Harry Jones (as Jarriere), Nicolette Roeg (as Chenie), John Leeson (as Toise), Sylvia Coleridge (as Croupier), Deep Roy (as Klute), Paul Grist (as Cevedic), Michael Halsey (as Zee)
The Keeper	B12	27 March 1979	Allan Prior	Derek Martinus
With clues left by Docholli, Blake heads to the planet Goth to find a "brain-print" of a man named Lurgen who knew the secret location of Star One and stored it inside an amulet worn by a royal leader called "The Keeper". While in transit, Avon suggests taking over Star One rather than destroy it, then they will then have complete control over the Federation, but Blake refuses to ever wield such power. After Blake, Jenna and Vila teleport down to Goth, Zen detects a ship in orbit that Avon is certain belongs to Travis and destroys it. Travis however, is already on the planet with Servalan to intercept the brain-print before Blake does.
Bruce Purchase (as Gola), Shaun Curry (as Rod), Freda Jackson (as Tara), Cengiz Saner (as Fool), Arthur Hewlett (as Old man), Ron Tarr (as Patrol leader)
Star One	B13	3 April 1979	Chris Boucher	David Maloney (uncredited)
With the location of Star One finally revealed, Blake is determined to finish his mission and destroy the control facility that keeps the Federation functioning. Again, Avon urges him to reconsider destroying it but Blake refuses. Meanwhile, Servalan deals with a series of catastrophes throughout several Federation worlds — the only theory is that someone is tampering with Star One. Upon arriving at Star One, Blake discovers that it has been taken over by Andromedan aliens in human guise who are posing as technicians and disrupting the systems. The aliens think Blake is Travis and await his deactivation of the Star One's defences that will allow their 600-ship invasion force in to attack the Federation. When Travis arrives, he wounds Blake and deactivates the defences, but then is killed by Avon. Jenna then alerts the Federation of the invasion force and all return to Liberator where Avon takes charge and makes a stand against the invaders.
Jenny Twigge (as Lurena), John Bown (as Durkim), David Webb (as Stot), Gareth Armstrong (as Parton), Paul Toothill (as Marcol), Michael Mayard (as Leeth)

[edit] Series three

BBC1, Mondays, mostly 7:15 p.m., January 7 to March 31, 1980, Producer: David Maloney

Title	Episode	First aired	Writer	Director
Aftermath	C1	7 January 1980	Terry Nation	Vere Lorrimer
Star One has been destroyed, the Federation is in shambles, and the Liberator is severely damaged. The crew abandon ship as Zen has cut life-support and initiated self-repairs. Avon escapes with Orac and crash lands on the planet Sarran. He is quickly attacked by the barbarian-like natives, but is soon saved by a woman named Dayna Mellanby. The two also find the equally stranded Servalan and Dayna takes them to meet her father Hal and sister Chel (an adopted native). Servalan takes the opportunity to flirtatiously sway Avon into working to rebuild the Federation where they could rule together, but Avon rejects her proposal. Avon eventually makes contact with Zen and learns everyone from the ship are missing. Servalan kills Hal and makes off with Orac who is the only one who can operate the teleporter once Liberator returns. Avon hunts her down and get Orac back and leaves her stranded alone. Once back on Liberator, Avon and Dayna meet a Federation Captain who claims the ship as his own.
Cy Grant (as Hal Mellanby), Alan Lake (as Chel), Sally Harrison (as Lauren), Richard Franklin, Michael Melia (as Troopers)
Powerplay	C2	14 January 1980	Terry Nation	David Maloney
Aboard Liberator, Dayna and Avon are captured by Federation soldiers led by Captain Del Tarrant who forces Avon to give them control of Zen. The two manage to slip away and Avon later learns from Zen that the other Liberator crew are accounted for, but at different locations and Zen is trying to get to them. Soon, two of Tarrant's guards are found murdered and Avon learns Tarrant is the killer. Tarrant reveals he is really a wanted resistance agent posing as a Federation officer. He then helps Avon take back the Liberator. Elsewhere, Vila is badly injured and stranded on the planet Chenga where local natives help nurse his wounds until a group of hunters called "Hitechs" capture him and take him back to their base. Cally, aboard a Chengan rescue ship, is taken there as well along with Servalan. Servalan brokers a deal with the Chengans to let her go. Vila and Cally however, are unknowingly taken for organ harvesting.
Michael Sheard (as Klegg), John Hollis (as Lom), Primi Townsend (as Zee), Julia Vidler (as Barr), Michael Crane (as Mall), Doyne Bird (as Harmon), Catherine Chase (as Nurse), Helen Blatch (as Receptionist)
Volcano	C3	21 January 1980	Allan Prior	Desmond McCarthy
Avon seeks out a base of operations on the volcanic planet Obsidian and Dayna and Tarrant teleport down to contact the pacifist inhabitants. However, the unkindly people refuse to help and one betrays them by contacting a remnant Federation battle group commanded by none other than Servalan herself. Servalan devises an elaborate plan to capture the Liberator in orbit above the planet with a sneak attack. Meanwhile, Federation soldiers teleport aboard with bracelets stolen from Tarrant and Dayna. They try to take over the ship, but Avon secretly orders Zen to attack the battle group as they close in for capture. The soldiers flee back to the planet but steal Orac and kidnap Cally in the process. Meanwhile, Tarrant tries to convince the pacifists to help them or else face slavery under Federation control, but their leader Hower has a secret plan to avoid capture.
Michael Gough (as Hower), Malcolm Bullivant (as Bershar), Ben Howard (as Mori), Alan Bowerman (as Battle fleet commander), Judy Matheson (as Mutoid), Russell Denton (as Milus)
Dawn of the Gods	C4	28 January 1980	James Follett	Desmond McCarthy
Curious as to what lies beyond a black hole, Orac takes control of the Liberator and sends the ship into it. Certain they will be killed, the crew tries to stop Orac until the Liberator suddenly stops in a dark void. There, Cally's mind is contacted by a mythical being named Thaarn. Vila goes outside to investigate and finds the ship has landed among a graveyard of other spaceships. He is soon attacked by a machine which Orac says feeds specifically on Herculanium alloy of which much of Liberator's hull is comprised. The rest of the crew head out discovering they are in fact on an artificial planet called Crandor and they are soon taken prisoner by a man called the Caliph and set to work as slaves. Meanwhile, Cally is taken before the mysterious Thaarn who wishes to share rule of the universe with her.
Sam Dastor (as The Caliph), Marcus Powell (as Thaarn), Terry Scully (as Groff)
The Harvest of Kairos	C5	4 February 1980	Ben Steed	Gerald Blake
Servalan once again tries to ambush and take the Liberator, but Tarrant senses her tactics and manages to get away. Speaking out against Servalan's incompetence is Jarvik, a subordinate construction worker, who believes "as a man", he has better intuition for hunting down Tarrant. Servalan lets him try. Meanwhile, Tarrant decides to raid a Federation freighter carrying valuable Kairopan crystal, but he heads right into Jarvik's trap and the Liberator is captured. Most impressed, Servalan gives Jarvik command of the Liberator, but he turns it down wanting only a chance to kill Tarrant man-to-man whom he has had dealings with in the past. With the Liberator crew stranded on Kairos, Avon soon finds an ancient and barely functional space module that offers the only chance at escape. However, they must first get past Jarvik and a hive of giant bugs that feed on the Kairopan.
Andrew Burt (as Jarvik), Frank Gatliff (as Dastor), Anthony Gardner (as Shad), Sam Davies (as Carlon), Charles Jamieson (as Guard)
City at the Edge of the World	C6	11 February 1980	Chris Boucher	Vere Lorrimer
Arriving at the planet Keezam, Tarrant sends Vila down to secure crystals needed for Liberator's weapons. Vila however, is captured by a notorious outlaw named "Bayban the Butcher" and his accomplice Kerril. Vila is taken to the ruins of an ancient city where Bayban forces Vila to open an impenetrable door a local native named Norl says "leads from this world to the next", but Bayban believes it leads to a vast treasure. Realizing they've been duped, the other crew teleport down to search for Vila. Vila gets the door open and he and Kerill step though only to be sent to a utopian world via an advanced matter transporter. There they learn they system was built so the inhabitants of Keezam could colonize a new world and an "intuitive" man (Vila) was destined to lead the way.
Colin Baker (as Bayban), Carol Hawkins (as Kerril), Valentine Dyall (as Norl), John J. Carney (as Sherm)
Children of Auron	C7	18 February 1980	Roger Parkes	Andrew Morgan
Servalan unleashes a deadly plague upon Cally's home world of Auron in another elaborate scheme to lure the Liberator for capture. Cally receives a psychic distress call from her twin sister, Zelda and the rest of the Liberator crew rush to help stop the deadly disease. At the same time, Servalan wants to use the Aurons' cloning technology to create an entire race in her likeness.
Ric Young (as Ginka), Rio Fanning (as Deral), Sarah Atkinson (as Franton), Jan Chappell (as Zelda), Jack McKenzie (as Patar), Michael Troughton (as Pilot Four Zero), Ronald Leigh-Hunt (as CA One), Beth Harris (as CA Two)
Rumours of Death	C8	25 February 1980	Chris Boucher	Fiona Cumming
On Earth, Avon allows himself to be captured and imprisoned for five days — all in an elaborate scheme to get close to the vicious Federation interrogator named Shrinker whom he believes killed his former lover Anna Grant. When the others come to rescue him, Avon abducts Shrinker who reveals that another agent, Chesku, who under Servalan's orders, infiltrated Avon's criminal network, and may be Anna's real killer. Meanwhile, Servalan's new presidential palace is infiltrated by resistance forces led by Sula, Chesku's wife, who betrays and kills him. When Avon tracks down Servalan and encounters the resistance forces, he learns that a "certain person" may not be as dead as he thought.
Lorna Heilbron (as Sula), John Bryans (as Shrinker), Peter Clay (as Chesku), Donald Douglas (as Grenlee), David Haig (as Forres), David Gilles (as Hob), Philip Bloomfield (as Balon)
Sarcophagus	C9	3 March 1980	Tanith Lee	Fiona Cumming
The Liberator comes across a derelict alien ship and Avon, Vila and Cally teleport over to investigate. They find it contains a corpse and a strange artefact. After accidentally triggering a self-destruct, they hurry back to the Liberator and bring the artefact with them. The device then unleashes a ghostly presence that stalks the ship taking over Cally's mind, damaging Zen and Orac, and draining the power systems. All the while, the rest of the crew experience strange happenings and finally confront the spirit who assumes Cally's likeness. Now they must find a way to destroy the entity before it enslaves them all.
Jan Chappell (as The Alien)
Ultraworld	C10	10 March 1980	Trevor Hoyle	Vere Lorrimer
Cally is drawn to a mysterious artificial planet, and the rest of the crew chase after her. They find the world to be one massive computer that wipes the minds of trespassers and breeds them as slaves. The cowardly Vila, who remained on the Liberator to keep an eye on Orac, may be the other's only hope for freedom.
Peter Richards (as Ultra 1), Stephen Jenn (as Ultra 2), Ian Barritt (as Ultra 3), Ronald Govey (as Relf)
Moloch	C11	17 March 1980	Ben Steed	Vere Lorrimer
The crew of the Liberator has followed Servalan's ship to the edge of known space where it suddenly disappears from view. The crew discover it has slipped behind an invisibility screen that hides a planet, Sardos, whose inhabitants have advanced matter replication technology. Tarrant and Vila manage to sneak down to the planet by teleporting aboard an incoming freighter piloted by a drunken crew of fugitives. Meanwhile, Servalan has arrived under invite of Section Leader Grose who plans to replicate Servalan's cruiser into a fleet or warships. This would be good news for Servalan; however she quickly learns Grose has shifted loyalties and now serves a mysterious computer intelligence called "Moloch" which has it's own plans for the control and rebuilding of the Federation.
John Hartley (as Grose), Mark Sheridan (as Lector), Davyd Harries (as Doran), Sabina Franklyn (as Chesil), Debbi Blythe (as Poola), Deep Roy (as Moloch)
Death-Watch	C12	24 March 1980	Chris Boucher	Gerald Blake
The planets Teal and Vandor are locked in an endless war whose battles are decided periodically by representatives from both worlds fighting to the death in one-on-one combat. Their battleground is a computer simulated environment on a neutral planet which is televised throughout the galaxy as a form of popular entertainment. On the Liberator, Vila convinces the others to tune in and watch the latest combat where Tarrant discovers that one of the fighters is his estranged brother Deeta — a skilled gunman who is fighting on behalf of Teal. When Avon learns that Servalan has been selected as the neutral arbiter, he suspects foul play and Tarrant tries to warn Deeta. Unfortunately, the crew must first uncover just how Servalan has rigged the fight before it's too late.
Steven Pacey (as Deeta Tarrant), Stewart Bevan (as Max), Mark Elliott (as Vinni), Katherine Iddon (as Karla), David Sibley (as Commentator)
Terminal	C13	31 March 1980	Terry Nation	Mary Ridge
Without explanation, Avon follows a series of secret messages to the artificial planet Terminal – an experiment abandoned 400 year ago to study the accelerated evolution of life on Earth. While en route, the Liberator passes through a strange cloud of fluidic particles that, unbeknown to the crew, begin to eat through the hull. Arriving at Terminal, Avon, who refuses to divulge what is going on, teleports down alone. Tarrant and Cally quickly follow to see what he is up to. Avon soon comes upon an underground base where he's captured by guards, but he later escapes and finds Blake in a medical recovery room on life support. In orbit, Vila and Dayna deal with the Liberator as the ship begins to fall apart. On the planet, Avon eventually discovers Servalan is behind the messages in an elaborate ruse to get her hands on the Liberator. She deals to hand over Blake for the Liberator, but doesn't know the ship is doomed. Likewise, Avon is unaware that the Blake he met was only an illusion. Once Servalan's treachery is revealed, it is too late and she forces Liberator's surrender, but before she can celebrate her victory, Liberator explodes and Servalan's fate remains a mystery.
Gareth Thomas (as Roj Blake), Gillian McCutcheon (as Kostos), Richard Clifford (as Toron), Heather Wright (as Reeval), David Healy (as Sphere voice)

[edit] Series four

BBC1, Mondays, mostly 7:15 p.m., September 28 to December 21, 1981, Producer: Vere Lorrimer

Title	Episode	First aired	Writer	Director
Rescue	D1	28 September 1981	Chris Boucher	Mary Ridge
Liberator is destroyed, and the crew are stranded on the mysterious planet Terminal. The only means of escape lies in Servalan's ship which she has conveniently booby trapped along with everything else and Cally is killed in the ensuing explosions. Soon, a ship arrives called Scorpio piloted by a shady salvage operator named Dorian. With moments before the whole planet explodes, Avon and Tarrant force Dorian at gun point to get them off world. Dorian takes them back to his elaborate underground base on the planet Xenon where they meet his partner, Soolin. Once settled in, Dorian sabotages the team's weapons and then reveals his plans for Orac to help build the Scorpio a working teleport system. He also holds another dark secret — a bizarre connection to a life-draining entity that lurks in the caverns below his base. Note: This episode was inspired by Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Geoffrey Burridge (as Dorian), Rob Middleton (as Creature)
Power	D2	5 October 1981	Ben Steed	Mary Ridge
With Dorian eliminated, the rest of the crew find themselves trapped in his underground base with their only means of escape, the freighter Scorpio, locked behind an impenetrable security door that Vila cannot bypass. Matters are complicated further when Vila trips a "nuclear compression bomb" during his attempt and the timer is counting down. If triggered, the bomb will create a short-lived black hole large enough to destroy the base. Meanwhile, on the surface of the planet, Avon is captured by the Hommicks, a native tribe of men who are in the midst of a gender war with the nearly extinct female tribe called the Seska. Avon discovers that the Seska possess telekinetic powers enhanced by the rare dynamon crystal which also may be the key to not only opening the door to Scorpio, but getting Dorian's unfinished teleport system to work.
Dicken Ashworth (as Gunn Sar), Juliet Hammond-Hill (as Pella), Jenny Oulton (as Nina), Alison Glennie (as Kate), Paul Ridley (as Cato), Linda Barr (as Luxia)
Traitor	D3	12 October 1981	Robert Holmes	David Sullivan Proudfoot
The Federation is expanding once again at an alarming rate and with the annex of the most recent world Helotrix, Avon decides to go there to find out how the Federation is doing it. He sends Dayna and Tarrant down to spy but they soon come across a resistance group led by a man named Hunda. It is soon discovered that the Federation is using a swift acting pacification drug and the operation is being led by a new security commissioner named Sleer. With Hunda's help, Tarrant and Dayna make contact with Leitz, a Federation officer who has been leaking information to the resistance. Lietz reveals where the drug is being made and a possible antidote, and Tarrant decides to put a stop to it despite Avon's orders not to get involved. However, Leitz may not be a traitor after all, but acting under Sleer's orders to set up an ambush. When the trap is sprung, Tarrant and Dayna finally catch a glimpse of Sleer — none other than Servalan herself.
Malcolm Stoddard (as Leitz), Christopher Neame (as Colonel Quute), Robert Morris (as Major Hunda), Edgar Wreford (as Forbus), John Quentin (as Practar), Nick Brimble (as General), Neil Dickson (as Avandir), David Quilter (as The Tracer), Cyril Appleton (as Sgt. Hask), George Lee (as Igen)
Stardrive	D4	19 October 1981	James Follett	David Sullivan Proudfoot
The crew tries to sneak into a heavily patrolled system to look for fuel. Knowing Scorpio is too slow, Avon decides to drift alongside an asteroid to avoid detection, but instead collides with it during the risky manoeuvre. While carrying out repair work, the crew witness three Federation ships explode by no apparent cause. Analysing the explosions, it is discovered that the ships were attacked by very fast moving craft. Orac identifies the ships as "space choppers" which utilize an experimental photon drive developed by a maverick scientist named Plaxton. Avon decides to use this drive for Scorpio, but to get one, they have to find Plaxton who is working for the "Space Rats" — a gang of crazed delinquents who reside on the planet Caspar.
Barbara Shelley (as Dr. Plaxton), Damien Thomas (as Atlan), Peter Sands (as Bomber), Leonard Kavanagh (as Napier)
Animals	D5	26 October 1981	Allan Prior	Mary Ridge
Dayna and Tarrant arrive at the planet Bucol II where Dayna tracks down a former colleague of her father's — a genetic scientist named Justin. Once down, she is attacked by strange humanoid beasts until Justin saves her. In orbit, Scorpio comes under attack by Federation ships and Tarrant is forced to abandon Dayna and flee back to base for repairs. Back on Bucol, Dayna tries to convince Justin into helping synthesize an antidote to the Federation's pacification drug, but is appalled by his former work in creating genetic super-soldiers for the Federation, evidence of which are the beasts he created. Meanwhile, Servalan learns about Justin's secret project on Bucol and goes there to investigate. She manages to capture Dayna and brainwashes her into helping capture her friend.
Peter Byrne (as Justin), Kevin Stoney (as Ardus), David Boyce (as Og), Max Harvey (as Borr), William Lindsay (as Captain)
Headhunter	D6	2 November 1981	Roger Parkes	Mary Ridge
Vila and Tarrant arrive at Pharos to pick up Dr. Muller, a brilliant cyberneticist that Avon hopes to recruit to their cause. Once aboard Scorpio, Muller reacts violently to a mysterious box Tarrant brings back with them. Vila manages to subdue Muller, but the next problem is a total loss of power and life support. While the ship is stranded in orbit of Xenon, Tarrant and Vila are rescued by the others, but Muller, who was thought to be unconscious, has disappeared. It is quickly realized Muller, who has sneaked down to the base, is really an unstoppable android who killed his creator and took his decapitated head to trick everyone. The machine now plans to somehow "merge" with Orac, hoping their combined AI powers will make them invincible. The only solution to stop it may be the contents of the strange box – the android's real head.
John Westbrook (as Muller), Lynda Bellingham (as Vena), Nick Joseph (as Android), Douglas Fielding (as Technician), Lesley Nunnerley (as Voice)
Assassin	D7	9 November 1981	Rod Beacham	David Sullivan Proudfoot Vere Lorrimer (uncredited)
The Scorpio crew goes to the slaver planet Domo with information that Servalan has hired a notorious assassin named "Cancer" to eliminate them. Almost nothing is known of this killer, not even what he looks like, but only that he has an infallible record. Avon allows himself to be captured as a slave in hopes of intercepting Servalan first, but he is too late as Cancer has already left the planet. With the help of a slave named Nebrox, Avon escapes and tracks down Cancer's ship where he and Tarrant teleport aboard. They find Cancer with a young slave girl named Piri and manage to subdue him. Now Avon plans to wait believing Servalan will arrive to give the killer his payment, but instead they have fallen for an elaborate trap where no one seems to be who they really are.
Richard Hurndall (as Nebrox), Caroline Holdaway (as Piri), Betty Marsden (as Verlis), John Wyman (as Cancer), John Attard (as Benos), Adam Blackwood (as Tok), Mark Barratt (as Servalan's captain)
Games	D8	16 November 1981	Bill Lyons	Vivienne Cozens
A man named Belkov, who enjoys sophisticated games of skill, is running a Feldon crystal extraction operation on Mecron II for Servalan. In reality, he's ripping her off and taking a large cut of the rare crystal, which has unlimited energy potential and far more valuable than diamond. Servalan suspects Belkov's treachery and threatens to kill him, but not before learning where he has hid the crystal. In the meantime, Belkov has contacted Avon promising the stolen crystal in exchange for rescuing him. As always, Avon remains suspicious, and rightly so as Belkov is using the rescue plan to instead pin the missing crystal on the Scorpio crew.
Stratford Johns (as Belkov), Rosalind Bailey (as Gambit), David Neal (as Gerren), James Harvey (as Guard)
Sand	D9	23 November 1981	Tanith Lee	Vivienne Cozens
Servalan arrives at the planet Virn – a world covered in strange green sand – to find out what happened to a group of Federation researchers who have gone missing five years ago. They seem to have disappeared soon after uncovering a substance with unique energy potential. The Scorpio crew follow her to the planet, curious to find out what she is up to. When Servalan arrives, her ship is disabled and her associate Investigator Reeve, turns against her. She finds herself alone, until encountering Tarrant who teleported down with Dayna to track her. The two must now survive together in a bunker against the green sand, which seems to have an intelligence, and while a strange energy storm cripples Scorpio preventing them from rescue. Note: During a confrontation, Servalan describes herself to Tarrant as simply a "girl next door". In fact, actors Jacqueline Pearce and Steven Pacey were neighbours.
Stephen Yardley (as Reeve), Daniel Hill (as Chasgo), Jonathan David (as Keller), Peter Craze (as Servalan's assistant), Michael Gaunt (as Computer)
Gold	D10	30 November 1981	Colin Davis	Brian Lighthill
An old acquaintance of Avon named Keiller, informs him of the secret transport of gold from the planet Zirok to the Federation via a passenger liner called the Space Princess. Keiller plans to steal the gold but needs help and offers Avon and the others a cut of the loot. The scheme however, involves getting the gold off Zirok before it is processed into "black gold" — an atomically altered version that is worthless until it converted back into gold via a computer encoded process. Keiller leads the break-in of the Zirok facility, but the team is ambushed as the guards have been tipped off — a set up by Servalan. Avon decides to hijack the next black gold shipment from the Princess itself and sell it back to Servalan, but this move could be part of her elaborate plan to profit enormously.
Roy Kinnear (as Keiller), Anthony Brown (as Doctor), Dinah May (as Woman passenger), Norman Hartley (as Pilot)
Orbit	D11	7 December 1981	Robert Holmes	Brian Lighthill
A renegade scientist named Egrorian summons Avon to the hostile planet Malodar with an offer Avon can't refuse. Avon shuttles down with Vila and meets the scientist and his elderly assistant Pinder. They are given a demonstration of Egrorian's "Tachyon Funnel" — a powerful weapon that can destroy anything in the universe by harnessing the power of super-dense stellar matter — and all Egrorian wants for trade is Orac. Avon reluctantly considers the deal but returns later with Orac where Egrorian then hands over the weapon system. Servalan however, is secretly behind the transfer and while Avon and Vila shuttle back to Scorpio, Egrorian discovers the traded Orac is a fake. Egrorian however has rigged the shuttle to crash in any event and now Avon is faced with jettisoning the weapon as well as Vila in order cut weight and reach escape velocity.
John Savident (as Egrorian), Larry Noble (as Pinder)
Warlord	D12	14 December 1981	Simon Masters	Viktors Ritelis
Avon calls a meeting on Xenon between the five most powerful factions resisting the Federation. One of the members, Zukan, the leader of planet Betafarl, is really under Servalan's influence and has secretly planted bombs to destroy the base and likewise unleash a radioactive virus that can kill any survivors. Once Zukan departs, the bombs go off, but unbeknown to him is his daughter Zeeona — who is Tarrant's lover — had stayed behind on the base. Zukan himself is then double-crossed by Servalan who had planted a bomb on his ship and sent it spinning out of control. On Scorpio, Avon and Soolin rush back to Xenon to save the others but time is running out. Their only hope may be helping Zukan first, who is the only one who knows how to stop the virus. Note: This episode features the last appearance of Servalan.
Roy Boyd (as Zukan), Bobbie Brown (as Zeeona), Dean Harris (as Finn), Simon Merrick (as Boorva), Rick James (as Chalsa), Charles Augins (as Lod), Brian Spink (as Mida)
Blake	D13	21 December 1981	Chris Boucher	Mary Ridge
Afraid that the Federation knows the location of Xenon base, the Scorpio crew destroy what is left of it. Avon now ponders about finding a new leader for their resistance that everyone will support and he believes that person is none other than Blake himself. Orac believes he is alive and has tracked him to the lawless world of Gauda Prime. Arriving there, Scorpio comes under a sneak attack by patrol ships and is forced down. Everyone manages to teleport to safety while Tarrant stays behind to stabilize the ship. Meanwhile, Blake who is indeed alive and posing as bounty hunter, rescues Tarrant from the wreck and brings him back to base. There he learns Tarrant is part of Avon's rebel team and decides to turn him over to the Federation troops that have just arrived. Tarrant manages to get away not realizing that Blake is simply testing his loyalty. Tarrant eventually unites with Avon and the others and confronts Blake. Before Blake can convince Avon he's still on their side, Avon shoots and kills him. Suddenly, a firefight with Federation troops erupts and everyone is gunned down save for Avon who finds himself surrounded. Instead of surrendering, Avon simply smiles and stands over Blake's body. He raises his weapon and the screen goes to final credits with the sound of a hail of gunfire. The fate of Orac is unknown. Note: Among those killed by Avon is a woman technician trying to set off the alarm. She was played by Janet Lees Price, wife of Avon actor Paul Darrow.
Gareth Thomas (as Roj Blake), David Collings (as Deva), Sasha Mitchell (as Arlen), Janet Lees Price (as Klyn)

[edit] After the fourth series

The original creator of the series, together with much fan fiction, including a novel, have found ways to keep one or more of the main characters alive after the events at the end of series four and to continue the story.

[edit] See also

• History of Blake's 7

Blake's 7  v • d • e
Blake's 7 – The Television Series
History of Blake's 7 | List of Blake's 7 episodes | Blake's 7 actors
The Blake's 7 Universe
Terran Federation | Liberator | Scorpio | Planets | Intergalactic War
Roj Blake | Kerr Avon | Vila Restal | Jenna Stannis | Olag Gan | Cally | Zen | Orac | Dayna Mellanby | Del Tarrant | Soolin | Slave | Servalan | Travis