Zonda wrote:

Hi Drasko.
Thanks so much. I always try to write a bit about the music and sound towards the bottom of each post - I really love the incidental music, and some of the little motifs that pop up from time to time.
And yes, I enjoy the different pronunciation of 'Vila'- it actually reminded me of some of the early scenes with Gan in Space Fall, who is clearly learning the correct way of saying his name!
It's interesting about how you mentioned about comics - growing up I really enjoyed the John Ridgeway drawn comic strips of Colin Baker's Doctor Who - and there is something about the vice of Freedom City that reminds me of some of the landscapes. I might write about that at some point in a future blog.
Hope your daughter had a good day!

Cheers!

Zonda wrote:
I've a couple of posts half finished, which I will return to soon, and I know what I want to be publishing in January 2018 too.

Joe Dredd wrote:


We run an Advent calendar through the forum in December, where charitable souls take turns to kindly post something vaguely B7-y and/or Christmassy/Hanukkah-y. It's all totally voluntary with no obligation on anyone, but I hope you will keep it in mind if you get inspired to write anything around December!

Here's some past examples:

Horizon B7 Club Advent Calendar 2014

Horizon B7 Club Advent Calendar 2015

Horizon B7 Club Advent Calendar 2016

There is something about Croucher’s delivery of lines that sometimes feels slightly laboured, or maybe over pronounced, but I feel this works perfectly with the character.

Speaking of which, Croucher is able to deliver a range of smoothly spoken but menacing lines that hint of his instability – take the climax of ‘Pressure Point’ “You see, it’s the great illusion, Blake. You give substance and credibility to an empty room, and the real thing becomes undetectable, virtually invisible.” It’s his delivery of those last words that is seductively chilling, and a nice contrast from Greif’s more straightforward – but equally effective – nastiness.

If there is one personal element that doesn’t work for me in Croucher’s performance, it is when he has to shout or raise his voice.

Time was clearly a luxury that was seldom afforded Croucher, but he reacted instinctively, rather than duplicating what had gone before. His actions, his decisions, all instinct – nothing more.

It’s interesting to hear Par’s observations about how Travis tried to ensure his men didn’t get killed under his watch. It adds a complexity to his comments in ‘Seek-Locate-Destroy’ about giving a Mutoid priority over a man every time.

Somehow this kind of alien doesn’t feel it should be in Blake’s 7

the introduction to Federation division

Zonda wrote:
I absolutely loved your description of Travis' physicality throughout the episode, I like the observation a lot.

Zonda wrote:
I also love the typical 1970's BBC judo chop to the shoulder as the epitomy of early evening violence.

Joe Dredd wrote:



Thanks Tim. I was half-thinking of a lion stuck in a cage at the zoo, but in retrospect I think a panther padding up and down is a better analogy. Travis II's uniform has a black, sinewy look to it more in keeping with that kind of big cat.



Ha, true!

Travisina wrote:

Excellent blogs again, Tim. Sarcophagus is one of my fave episodes for all the reasons you've mentioned. I even like the space harp - its slightly off-key weirdness fits the ep well, IMO. Tanith Lee really gets the characters, and as a Vila fan, I like the Alien's comment that he has a very high IQ, but plays the fool.

I enjoyed the other blog about scary things. Being of an older generation, the things that scared me were in black and white, but were no less disturbing for being monochrome!

Zonda wrote:

Hi all,

This is an extra blog post, as I was touched by the passing of Dudley Simpson, and I felt that I wanted to write something that celebrates his contribution to Blake's 7.

This is something that had been in my mind for a future blog post, but after putting a bit of extra work over a few late nights I've come up with this little tribute to Dudley.
https://watchingb...-blakes-7/
Bests, Tim

Zonda wrote:

That's so lovely to hear. I have a handful of old Horizon back issues, and I think Colin Davis was one of the ones I have - interviewed in a cafe in Devon I think?

Angry Angel wrote:
I guess you have to be very young to find pre-watershed stuff frightening, I know I hid from the Daleks when I was 3 or 4, but I was 7 by the time B7 started.

Travisina wrote:


When I was very young, I was afraid of the robot in Fireball XL5, especially when steam came out of its head. Gave me a lifelong nervousness of pressure cookers.

There was also Sara Brown and Hoppity - Hoppity was a one-legged doll that did naughty things for which Sarah got blamed (and punished, 1960s style, by being sent to bed without supper). It was so horribly unfair, I found it disturbing and rather upsetting.

Monochrome childhood traumas!