Do we think that this is because it is night, and that it might be a bit less bleak by daylight? Maybe even some grass?

Do we think that this is because it is night, and that it might be a bit less bleak by daylight? Maybe even some grass?

Bracelets. So whoever built the Liberator must have arms, or something like them.

Buddleia?

Buddleia?

Or necks, or tentacles, or just very thin bodies? But we find later that they are actor-shaped aliens.

They only release the prisoners once they’ve taken off. What happens if something goes wrong with the release mechanism??

Possibly. They seem to grow anywhere. Out of cracks in the footpath in some places (central London).

They only release the prisoners once they’ve taken off. What happens if something goes wrong with the release mechanism??

I once rented a house with a largish buddleia growing out of the garden wall. It eventually brought the wall down in a storm.

They only release the prisoners once they’ve taken off. What happens if something goes wrong with the release mechanism??

Who cares? Prisoners have been delivered. Job done.

They make the next lot of prisoners clear away the bodies?

How can Blake be a 'deserter'?

As I have said before, I like this impressive proactive Gan. Such a shame we lost him. Perhaps his limiter began to malfunction long before the others knew about it, and he was in pain all the time?

As I have said before, I like this impressive proactive Gan. Such a shame we lost him. Perhaps his limiter began to malfunction long before the others knew about it, and he was in pain all the time?

Cygnus is the system's star. Alpha is its primary planet, Jenna, Blake could not have landed on the surface of Cygnus.

No buddleia, but that plant next to Blake looks like lady's bedstraw.

Cygnus is the system's star. Alpha is its primary planet, Jenna, Blake could not have landed on the surface of Cygnus.

Blake, like the Minbari, never tells anyone the whole truth. And he's starting early.

Blake, like the Minbari, never tells anyone the whole truth. And he's starting early.

Everyone else around him is a convicted criminal. He's innocent, so he's being careful.

Very. He doesn't consider anyone else significant enough to confide in. My way or the highway. Like many a TV evangelist.

If there is only one habitable planet, it would not be unreasonable to refer to it by the name of the star. And in any case, Cygnus is a constellation, with many stars. Cygnus Alpha should be the brightest star, Deneb - but I think Blakes 7 fanlore decides that this can't be a planet orbiting Deneb, as it is too far from Earth.

It would have to be a more recently discovered system as Deneb, like most bright stars, has a medieval Arabic name. This planet seems to be intentionally isolated from others.

Although Avon is also being less than candid. I think we know that at this point he has already killed someone - as has Jenna, who asks the question.

Yes, I was googling it. Deneb is from the Arabic word for tail - but the Arabs thought the tail of a hen, whereas to us it's a swan. It was at one point called Rosamund in German, and also the parson's nose.

This planet might be orbiting another star in Cygnus - perhaps Cygnus Alpha because the first colony in Cygnus?