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Blake's 7 - Shadow / Weapon [VHS]

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Volume 8 of the "Blake's 7" video series contains two more episodes of this beloved British sci-fi series. The special effects are often primitive, but the snappy dialogue and memorable characters make B7 an engrossing epic.

In "Shadow," the first of the 2 episodes on the tape, Blake and the crew of the Liberator travel to Space City, a free space station known as the "Satellite of Sin." Blake attempts to make contact with the notorious interplanetary crime syndicate known as the "Terra Nostra." This episode reveals some more about Vila's backstory, and provides a great opportunity for Cally to show that, in a crisis, she is one tough rebel!

In "Weapon," Blake plans a raid on a Federation weapons development station. But things are complicated by the disappearance of a Federation weapons technician who has created an ingenious new weapon. This episode also introduces a powerful group of individuals known as the Clone Masters. "Weapon" is a bit over the top; the outrageously baroque costumes and weird, stagy sequence involving the Clone Masters seem a bit incongruous with the essential thrust of the plot. Best line: "...on Earth it is considered ill-mannered to kill your friends while committing suicide" (a typically sarcastic Avon to Cally).

Overall, "Shadow" and Weapon" are good installments in the series. If you have enjoyed such sci-fi series as "Babylon 5" and "Farscape" but have not yet seen "Blake's 7," give these, and other volumes in the series, a try.

Vol. 8 of the next thrilling adventures of Blake's 7 entitled
SHADOW and WEAPON

In the episode entitled Shadow
Blake and the others make way for Space city where every kind of vice is at anyone use...for a price including the most addictive drug in the known universe Shadow. Blake knows a crimnal group called the Terra Nostra operate out of space city and seeks thier help in stopping the Federation. What Blake doesn't know is that the Terra Nostra knows he is wanted by the Federation and are willing to give him over so space city doesn't come under control of the Federation. All the while ORAC seems to be controling Cally for its own agenda. Can Blake escape from the clutches of the Terra Nostra get ORAC under control and figure out why the planet Zonda seems to be the key to all these strange events?
In the next episode entitled Weapon
Travis has killed Blake..not really just a very well made clone created by the Clone Masters. Servalan has made a clone of Blake to meet with a weapons maker who has created a weapon called IMIPAK. From what Servalan has fopund out IMIPAK may just be the weapon needed to stop Blake in his tracks. Blake totally unaware that he has been cloned or for that matter what kind of power IMIPAk has that makes even the Federation puzzled. Can Blake find out before its to late?