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Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC
Actors ‏ : ‎ Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Peter Tuddenham, Jan Chappell, Jacqueline Pearce
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005JNUO
Writers ‏ : ‎ Terry Nation

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Jero Briggs

Two great episodes that introduces Orac and the aliens who built the Liberator!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 4, 2014

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First is season one's finale "Orac". Continuing on from the previous episode, the Liberator is racing to get some urgently-needed medical supplies to the planet Aristo. But Blake also wants to know what Orac is and why the Federation is so desperately trying to get their hands on it. The Federation sabotaged a ship with one of their own officers aboard in order to obtain Orac, so Blake knows that whatever it is, Orac must be very valuable. Arriving on Aristo, Blake learns that the medical supplies were for the scientist who created a living-thinking machine with infinite knowledge. And that machine is Orac. Now it's not only a race against time to save the inventor, but to stop Orac from falling into the wrong hands. For Servalan and Travis have arrived on the planet and time is running out! A great and exciting episode that leaves you with quite a cliffhanger. Five stars.

Next is season two's premiere "Redemption", which is my favorite episode so far. Blake is very worried about Orac's prediction (in the previous episode, Orac predicted that Liberator was going to be destroyed some time in the near future). Blake is determined not to let that happen. But soon, the Liberator is attacked by mysterious aliens, and the crew lose all control of the ship. Taken prisoner, the crew learns that these beings are the System, the builders of the Liberator, and they've come to reclaim their property. Emotionless, and ruthless, they sentence the crew to death. Now Blake and the others must fight for their lives and try to escape. But even if they manage to get back to the Liberator, what about Orac's prediction - which is now evident to take place at any moment? A very suspenseful and action-packed episode that will leave you hanging on the edge of your seat! Five stars.

Highly Recommended!

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Jacob

Cally is being controlled while a planet wants Avon mind

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 16, 2002

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The next vol. of Blake's 7 entitled SARCOPHAGUS and ULTRAWORLD
In the epsidoe entitled Sarcophagus
the Liberator has found some stragne craft floating in space. Zen does not register it as a space ship. Orac doesn't seem to have any answers. However Cally seems to be getting some kind of mental signal. Avon, Cally and Tarrant transport over to find out. What they find is a tomb. Avon decides this place has nothing and the tomb starts to collaspe. Cally grabs an artifact and they transport out. Soon the tomb explodes and the Liberator flies off. Orac tries to figure out what the artifact is but with no luck. Zen is baffled and can not come up with a clue. Cally wonders if the artifact is sending out the mental signal. Soon Cally begins to loose control of her mind and body. The others can do nothing but watch as Cally begins to hunt them down on the Liberator one at a time. But Avon intends to stop Cally at all costs.
In the epsidoe entitled ULTRAWORLD
The Liberator has found a planet out in the middle of nowehre. Zen reads that the planet is moving on it's own and does not find any life on the planet. Avon wonders why this planet is moving. Orac senses a vast computer on the planet but can't find out where. Avon and the others transport down to find out. Soon they meet the Ultra beings made by Ultraworld. The planet they thought and the computer Orac sneses are one in the same. The Ultra collect brain patterns and Avon and Cally are on the list. Now it is up to Dayna and Tarrant to save not only Avon and Cally but themselves as well.

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Jacob

Blake missing Avon takes control of the Liberator

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 16, 2002

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The next vol of Blake's 7 enetitled AFTERMATH and POWERPLAY
In the epsidoe entitled AFTERMATH
Star one has been destroyed and an unknown alien armada has come to wage war on Federation space. The Liberator escapes but not without taking heavy damage. Blake and the others escape from the Liberator and are hurled into the cosmos. Avon along with Orac land on the planet Sarran. A primative planet with war like people. They regard Avon as target and begin to hunt him down. Avon is soon befreinded by a young woman named Dayna. She is not from the planet Sarran she came from Earth along with here father a famous engineer and weapons maker to this planet to get away from the control of the Federation. What Avon doesn't know is that Servalan has also come to the planet Sarran as well but not by choice. Servalan taking the chance of Star One destuction has made herself president of the Federation but before she could take office the Federation fleet was attacked by the alien armada and her own ship shoot down. Now Avon must find a way back to the Liberator find the rest of the crew and take advantage of the Federation dissaray. This signals the end of Blake role as a rebel leader and the beginning of Avon time as a much darker and far more dangerous leader then Blake ever was.
In the next episode entitled POWERPLAY
Avon along with Dayna have gotten back to the Liberator but not without finding some new passengers Federation soliders lead by Captain Del Tarrant. Avon and Dayna are taken captive. Zen has found where Villa is and is homing in on his signal. None of the Federation soldiers can take control of the ship. Captain Tarrant thinks Avon might be the key. Before any of that could be done federation soldiers begin to die off one by one. Avon thinks something else maybe on board, Dayna thinks its one of the people on baord. Captain Tarrant thinks its them loose on the ship and the section leader under Captain Tarrant thinks its him. Will Avon figure out what is killing them? Will the Liberator get to Villa before the Federation takes total control of Zen? This marks the next thrilling episode in which a new player in the Blake's 7 universe is shown

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ALAN MURRAY

The complete seasons 1 to 4 all in one box plus a bonus disc, for a great price.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 8, 2020

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Blake’s 7 was aired on BBC TV from 1978 to 1981. It was created by Terry Nation who had brought us Dr. Who in the early 70s. The BBC produced it but the budget was pretty low all the same but the acting and storyline is what draws you in. I watched it as a kid in the late 70s and was hooked, even though it has a depressing effect and a kind of realism that was not present on big production Sci-fi series from the USA. Star Trek never grabbed me the way this show did and Star Wars was over the top and more for kids. There was four series made and this great value boxset has them all including a bonus disc for devotees! The plot is pretty simple, 700 years into the future, the Federation rules the universe in a totalitarian, draconian way until Roj Blake escapes en route to a penal colony along with a rag tag band of followers and strike back at the heart of the evil rulers in the Liberator, a state of the art intergalactic craft. He’s constantly hunted as he ducks and dives and battles the pursuers who want him dead or alive, preferably dead. The journey takes many twists and turns across the vastness of space meeting all kinds of beings and vagabonds on the way. It’s a great show, with excellent performances from Paul Darrow, Stephen Greif, Jacqueline Pearse, Sally Kynvette, Michael Keating and Gareth Thomas who plays Blake himself.
This set is a must for fans of cult sci-fi and as long as you don’t expect the CGI and over the top sets of modern day space films then you may want to step on board the Liberator and join Blake and his crew.
A. MURRAY, Nov, 8, 2020

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M. Hevingham

Some good interviews but....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 25, 2019

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Great to see several people no longer with us and the interviews are interesting to me as I have never been to a B7 convention.

Picture and sound are pretty good for 1990s/early 2000s low band professional cameras, and you get a decent length for each of the interesting pieces. HOWEVER, the camera work and particularly the direction choices are in places pretty awful. For example, two bewildered cosplayers bumble around during the Gareth Thomas interview adding nothing but a level of cringe to the piece. Their enthusiasm and costumes are 10/10 but sadly its the way they are used and obviously directed. Stephen Grief is made to look uncomfortable too in another "silly" intro. He's a fascinating guy and like his fellows on the disc I felt a bit sorry for him in the way the actual staging was handled.

Then we have the Jan Chappell piece where some of the interview is conducted whilst the camera is about 50m away so she is a small figure in a (not particularly interesting) wooded backdrop. I paid to see her and her colleagues not a tree! OK use long shots for editing to cover the dialogue jumps but not minutes of the shot.

The "dynamic duo" introducing the disc also waffle on waaaaaay too long - again nice to have an intro but man it goes on.

In summary it is what it is - the interview are good and as I said I didn't get a chance to see these people in person so that's great, but the staging and direction took me out of the program a little too often. At the running time however its great value.

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Mr Andrew W Knights

Only two episodes in so far, but great nostalgia

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 10, 2020

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I see what people mean when they say the discs are closely packed, so some care may be needed to look after this set. I may split them up into thinner multiple disck boxes later. I have the Dutch version, in effect this means that I cannot read the box text and I have to remember to turn off the subtitling, not that it is intrusive really, if left on.
As I saidf in th etitle I am only two episodes in, but compared to more recent SciFi offerings the pace is much gentler. Well worth the money, I look forward to viewing the other 41 hours over the next few months.

Jason

Awful packaging, not totally english despite the description

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 17, 2020

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The way the packaging is designed is that the disks in a box are all on the same "spindle" in the box. This means to get to disk 4, you need to remove disks 1-3, place them safely somewhere, before you can get to 4.
Also it says english everywhere (albeit a Netherlands box), and the program itself is in english, but all the menus in the disks are in Dutch !! It should have said this ni the description

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What the Butler Saw

Seventh Heaven

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 24, 2018

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OK, it's a bit cheesy, with low production values by modern day standards, but that is part of the nostalgic charm and actually adds to the enjoyment. For 40 year old video, the picture quality is very good. Lose yourself in a 1970s view of the future and leave the 21st century and its troubles behind.
And, of course, the gorgeous Jacqueline Pearce (RIP) as Servalan and stunning Glynis Barber as Soolin in series 4 (although she did have an earlier minor role as a Mutoid in series 1 episode 9, Project Avalon). What's not to like?
This Dutch import has English audio and the Dutch sub-titles are easily removed, so no problems.

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