Ok. After saving to first here then there, here 'tis – the Tyce-Con II poster:

Ok. After saving to first here then there, here 'tis – the Tyce-Con II poster:

It was almost a good plan this time. Well done, Blake. But for a certain OCD Fed officer, and an even cleverer Supreme Commander, you might have won this one.

Exciting - looking forward to joining the zoom!

There is a lot of running about in this episode.

Hello everyone. Late as usual, I'm afraid.

On the matter of technology going backwards, I like to think that at some point a group of undergraduate computer whizzes decimated the government once too often, and that severe restrictions were put on computers as a result.

Jacs steals the scene from the moment she turns up. No longer they kept her and gave her a larger role.

The Hugbot needs a silent stealth mode.

Lovely!

Because they're 'all-action heroes'.

Oh that too many techno-dictators drove everything into the ground in an attack of neo-feudalism and THEN restrictions were put on computers, and on electrickery etc.

The quality of the actors on B7 is top notch - but that scene with Jacs, Peter Miles and John Bryans was through the roof. What a scene.

Ok. After saving to first here then there, here 'tis – the Tyce-Con II poster:

It's Terry Nation. He liked his action. Meanwhile, David Maloney had the task of somehow bringing those action scripts within budget.

It completely changes the scene, doesn't it? It's when the show went from possibly being just a serial to being a full-on series, reminding us of the background to why our heroes are out there in the first place.

I do like the way Blakes 7 uses shabby industrial architecture.

I was a bit sarky about the writing earlier on, but this episode is a triumph. The introduction of Servie and Travis is used to remind us of Blake's conflict, what he is fighting for, and why the bad guys want him gone.

Works for me, I’ll check with Douglas.

Travis is a bit more a stereotypical baddie, down to the black leather, but Steven plays him with such panache.

Douglas said he’s got a couple of things to work around, but he’ll try to make it.

Exactly.

Many thanks Obsidian for posting this. I don’t know why I can’t do it from my phone.

Unfortunately for Uncle Tel's cast of thousands.

Because it's a pain load of application jumps.

Define 'bad guys'!! The Federation brings peace and order, citizens!

David Maloney's interview on the Together Again tapes is a gem. I remember speaking to Judith Smith at Cygnus Alpha 4.0. She said David was a lovely man. She also spoke highly of Chris Boucher, although she said he was completely paranoid. I think you can see that in his writing.

I don’t understand how none of them can count to 6. There’s only 6 of them. It shouldn’t be too hard to realise there’s only 5 back on board the Liberator. They’re all supposed to have a pretty high level of intelligence particularly Blake, Avon and Jenna. So why can’t they count more than the number of fingers on one hand?

Do you want me to sneak in onto the News page?

Hello everyone. Late as usual, I'm afraid.

Hi JD. Glad you made it!