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Taken from: Blake's 7 Episode Synopsis
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Fall-Winter 1981
Producer: Vere Lorrimer
Script Editor: Chris
Boucher
40 Rescue
Airdate:28-Sep-81
Time:49:50
Author:Chris
Boucher
Director:Mary
Ridge
Dorian, owner of
the spaceship Scorpio, rescues the crew from Terminal. He tries to enlist
the help of Orac to build a teleport mechanism for Scorpio and attempts
to kill the crew.
[Intro Scorpio (and
Slave) & Soolin. Death of Cally.]
41 Power
Airdate:5-Oct-81
Time:49:56
Author:Ben
Steed
Director:Mary
Ridge
The Scorpio, rendered
inaccessible by an elaborate security system, is stolen by a native of
the planet who seeks to escape. Avon completes the Scorpio teleport system
with the help of Orac.
42 Traitor
Airdate:12-Oct-81
Time:49:20
Author:Robert
Holmes
Director:David
Sullivan Proudfoot.
The planet Helotrix
is falling easily to attack from a new Federation pacification drug, as
are many other star systems. Tarrant and Dayna teleport down to the surface
to investigate. Servalan, deposed of her presidency in the Federation,
is back under the alias Commissioner Sleer.
43 Stardrive
Airdate:19-Oct-81
Time:49:01
Author:James
Follett
Director:David
Sullivan Proudfoot
After attempts to
match the course of an asteroid for cover result in collision with the
asteroid and severe damage to Scorpio's engines, the crew search for an
experimental stardrive developed by an ex-Federation designer who is now
working for a terrorist group. One of Avon's more vicious episodes.
44 Animals
Airdate:26-Oct-81
Time:50:00
Author:Allen
Prior
Director:Mary
Ridge
Dayna meets an old
friend, Justin, to seek help with synthesizing an antidote to the Federation
pacification drug. Servalan learns of Scorpio's visit to Justin's planet
and of the genetic research he is performing there.
45 Headhunter
Airdate:2-Nov-81
Time:49:31
Author:Roger
Parkes
Director:Mary
Ridge
The crew rescue a
protege of Ensor's who instead turns out to be his android creation seeking
to unite with Orac. Orac verbally slams Avon near the end of the episode.
Lynda Bellingham
as Vena
46 Assassin
Airdate:9-Nov-81
Time:49:30
Author:Rod
Beacham
Director:David
Sullivan Proudfoot
Servalan hires an
assassin to kill the crew by luring them to a trap set aboard the assassin's
ship.
Richard Hurndall
as Nebrox
47 Games
Airdate:16-Nov-81
Time:49:28
Author:Bill
Lyons
Director:Vivienne
Cozens
The scientist Belkov
has stripped a planet of a valuable crystalline substance and tries to
double cross both Servalan and the Scorpio crew in an attempt to escape
with the private stash he has collected. He is aided by his computer, an
amalgamation of a standard Federation computer and a pleasure planet gaming
machine. The only episode where Scorpio fires its weaponry.
48 Sand
Airdate:23-Nov-81
Time:48:51
Author:Tanith
Lee
Director:Vivienne
Cozens
Servalan investigates
a planet which contains an unknown substance of potential usefulness whose
investigation team mysteriously died. The crew learn of Servalan's trip
and decide to investigate for themselves. Interesting scenes between Tarrant
and Servalan.
49 Gold
Airdate:30-Nov-81
Time:48:30
Author:Colin
Davis
Director:Brian
Lighthill
A plan to steal a
shipment of atomically converted gold being transported from the planet
Xeroc aboard a domestic passenger ship winds up turning into a major loss
for the crew. Note the aluminum pie plates which comprise the interior
of the passenger ship's cargo hold, and the plastic-covered Xerox machine
which Avon inspects for the ship's records.
50 Orbit
Airdate:7-Dec-81
Time:48:36
Author:Robert
Holmes
Director:Brian
Lighthill
The scientist Egrorian
offers Avon a powerful weapon, the Tachyon Funnel, in exchange for Orac.
Servalan, who is behind the transfer, prepares a plan to double-cross Avon
that would give her both the Tachyon Funnel and Orac. Avon nearly murders
Vila -- an important episode for Avon's character, for this reason.
51 Warlord
Airdate:14-Dec-81
Time:49:08
Author:Simon
Masters
Director:Viktors
Ritelis
Avon tries to form
an alliance to produce an anti-pacification drug by negotiating with the
leaders of three warring star systems. The Xenon base is sabotaged by explosives
and a deadly virus. Tarrant falls in love with the daughter of the saboteur.
52 Blake
Airdate:21-Dec-81
Time:49:39
Author:Chris
Boucher
Director:Mary
Ridge
After Orac traces
Blake's trail to the planet Gauda Prime, Avon and crew travel there, leaving
the destroyed Xenon base behind. Scorpio is attacked on approach to the
planet and crash lands on the surface of Gauda Prime. Avon and crew travel
in search of Blake, and discover that he may have sold out to the Federation.
Another important episode for Avon and the series.
[Destruction of Scorpio
(and Slave). Death of Blake and possibly remainder of crew.]
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