Blake's 7: Aftermath

Series three ushers in a whole new era of sparkly colour. These are my favourite episodes of Blake's 7, when the show has my favourite cast, and everything seems to be at its best. This means that it's not always easy to be objective, but I shall try. Episode one introduces a new character, one that I especially like, as well as very ably setting up a brave new world, both for the Federation and for the crew of the Liberator. Not that the writers are going to do a great deal with it, as they're always a lot better at thinking up good ideas than they are at doing things with them; but I appreciate the ideas nonetheless. I also greatly appreciate the fabulous amount of things that apparently need to explode in order to get it all underway. Seriously, the entire first five minutes of this episode is an endless succession of explosions. They should make more television like that. It's just better.

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