Product Details

• Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Peter Tuddenham, Jan Chappell, Jacqueline Pearce
• Writers: Terry Nation
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Bfs Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302901839
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,288 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Fast moving space adventure set in a time of galactic chaos. The tyrannical Terran Federation is in ruins and the freedom fighter Blake is missing. With many new dangers lying ahead in the aftermath of the intergalactic war, Avon reluctantly finds himself at the helm of a rather depleted spaceship and crew...

Episodes:
The Harvest at Kairos - "Introduce yourself to Zen." "I am Servalan, President and Supreme Commander of the Terran Federation." "Record her voice pattern, Zen. From now on you will respond to her commands..." The unthinkable has happened - Servalan is in control of the Liberator and Avon and the crew are stranded on the planet of Kairos after the harvest...
City at the Edge of the World - Bayban the Butcher (Colin Baker) is the Federation's second most wanted man after Blake - much to his chagrin - and he's holding Vila captive. All Vila has to do is open one door - and step through the gateway into another existence...

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Cold blood Avon and Doctor Who on one tape, wow!, June 16, 2000

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Howard Sampson (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blake's 7, Vol. 16 - Harvest at Kairos / City at the Edge of the World [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"The Harvest of Kairos" with Blake gone from the show finally, the crew realistically tries to get rich by stealing a rare harvest from a planet so dangerous no one has ever survive after a harvest. The ending is not as good as others, but still it is fun to watch the cold blooded Avon and the cool Servalan go at it head to head.

"City at the Edge of the World" is worth the price of the video alone. The crew's loveable thief Vila is threatened by his own crewmate Tarrant to beam down onto the planet Keezarn, where he is used by a crazed villain (wonderfully played by Collin Baker---who later becomes the sixth Doctor Who) to open a deadly vault in a long lost city.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Karios is well plotted and worth rewatching, December 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Blake's 7, Vol. 16 - Harvest at Kairos / City at the Edge of the World [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Harvest on Karios has nice rounded plot and some passable acting, effects are used within the capabilities of the BBC's special efects department and whilst not award winning do not detract from the credibility of the story.

Plot : a valuable harvest is gathered from the planet of Karios for a few weeeks each year, then the planet is evacuated as anybody remaining after the harvest season is over, disappears. The crew of the Liberator find themselves marooned on the planet as harvest season comes to an end...

City, starring Colin Baker (later Dr Who) as the villain is marred by overacting and a less credible plot.

The video is worth purchsing for Karios alone.

5.0 out of 5 stars Adventure and romance, July 20, 2001

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Michael J. Mazza - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blake's 7, Vol. 16 - Harvest at Kairos / City at the Edge of the World [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Volume 16 of the "Blake's 7" video collection contains two more episodes of this excellent British science fiction television series. These episodes continue the saga of the space ship Liberator, whose crew battles the oppressive Federation.

In "The Harvest of Kairos," Tarrant plans to steal the subject of the episode's title: a crystal that grows on the planet Kairos. But his plan leads the crew of the Liberator into conflict with Servalan. This episode features one of the series' all-time best guest performances: Andrew Burt as Jarvik, a former Federation officer who distrusts computers and believes in old-fashioned concepts like honor and courage. This episode features everything you could want in a B7 episode: a thrilling space battle, alien monsters, intrigue, romance, and moral ambiguity.

The second episode on the tape, "City at the Edge of the World," is a marvelous adventure that focuses on Vila, the Liberator's cowardly resident thief. Vila gets involved with the notorious bandit Bayban the Butcher (played with a touch of campy humor by Colin Baker), finds romance with a lovely bandit girl (Carol Hawkins), and even gets to expound his theory of safecracking. This episode features lots of action and humor, and great dialogue. Great line: "He's lost a lot of weight, hasn't he?" (Vila, upon seeing a skeleton). This episode shows why Vila is one of sci-fi's all-time classic characters. Together, "Kairos" and "City" represent two of the most entertaining hours in the entire run of this classic series.