Monthly archives: May 2017

Blake’s 7 – The Early Years from b7media concludes with Escape Velocity which, I’m happy to report, continues with the same strengths as the first half.  To recap – the Liberator has been recaptured by the “System” and is being probed by one of the System’s Avatars (Tracy-Ann Oberman) to discover why the “Shipmind” is […]

Blake’s 7 – The Early Years : 8. Escape Velocity, ...

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We near the end of Blake’s 7 – The Early Years from b7media now with Escape Velocity.  Having already had stories dedicated to Vila, Gan, Travis, Avon, Cally, and Jenna, Escape Velocity centres around, of all characters, Zen (voiced by Alistair Lock).  The story opens shortly after the Blake’s 7 – The […]

Blake’s 7 – The Early Years : 8. Escape Velocity

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Continuing the adventures of Blake’s 7 – The Early Years from b7media, The Trial by Simon Guerrier continues from the previous adventure, The Dust Run, and again features Carrie Dobro as Jenna Stannis and Benedict Cumberbatch as Max Townsend.  The previous adventure ended with Max entering Jenna’s interrogation room to announce that he is […]

Blake’s 7 – The Early Years : 7. The Trial

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Continuing the adventures of Blake’s 7 – The Early Years from b7media, The Dust Run by Simon Guerrier is our first “Jenna” story.  The character didn’t get too big of a role in the original Blake’s 7 – The Audio Adventures trilogy, and so this is a welcome instalment.  In this story, like the original […]

Blake’s 7 – The Early Years : 6. The Dust ...

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Following on from Blood & Earth, the previous adventure in the Blake’s 7 – The Early Years series from b7media, Flag & Flame by Marc Platt is another “Cally” story.  Unlike the previous one and despite what the CD sleeve would have you believe, Flag & Flame doesn’t feature Jan Chappell reprising […]

Blake’s 7 – The Early Years : 5. Flag & ...

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Blood & Earth, written by Ben Aaronovitch, is the fourth adventure in the Blake’s 7 – The Early Years series from b7media.  Like previous adventures in this range, it’s a small-cast adventure featuring a key character from Blake’s 7. Previously, this range has featured Vila and Gan in When Vila […]

Blake’s 7 – The Early Years : 4. Blood & ...

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Eye of the Machine is the third in the b7media audio series Blake’s 7 – The Early Years and forms part of Big Finish‘s A Rebellion Reborn 10-CD box-set. Whereas adventures in the Blake’s 7 – The Audio Adventures range featured a full-cast production of all of the Liberator’s crew, including Travis and Servalan, and had […]

Blake’s 7 – The Early Years : 3. Eye of ...

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Having recently been impressed with Tim Treloar’s 3rd Doctor voice, I took advantage of a recent Big Finish special offer to download Damascus, one of their “Short Trips” range of short stories, which features Treloar narrating a 3rd Doctor adventure. The adventure is told from the perspective of Prime Minister […]

DWST6.08 – Damascus

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Point of No Return is the second in the b7media audio series Blake’s 7 – The Early Years and forms part of Big Finish‘s A Rebellion Reborn 10-CD box-set. Whereas adventures in the Blake’s 7 – The Audio Adventures range featured a full-cast production of all of the Liberator’s crew, including Travis and Servalan, […]

Blake’s 7 – The Early Years : 2. Point of ...

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Blake’s 7 – The Early Years from b7media is a follow-up series of adventures using some of the same cast and writers of their previous series Blake’s 7 – The Audio Adventures, also featuring some of the actors from the original televised Blake’s 7 series.  These adventures were released as […]

Blake’s 7 – The Early Years : 1. When Vila ...

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