UK, 14 January 1980
50m
videotape, 16mm film, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Series: Blake’s 7 (1978-1981) – series 3, episode 2
A British science fiction television episode directed by David Maloney and written by Terry Nation.
Plot Summary
Dayna and Avon are captured by Federation soldiers led by Captain Del Tarrant who have tried to seize control of the Liberator, though Zen refuses to recognise them. But Tarrant turns out to be a resistance agent posing as a Federation officer and helps Avon to take back control of the Liberator. Meanwhile, Vila is stranded on the planet Chenga where his wounds are tended by helpful locals until a group of “Hitechs” capture him and take him back to their base while Cally is aboard a Chengan rescue ship alongside Servalan.
Credits
Crew
Director: David Maloney
© BBC MCMLXXIX [1979]
BBC
Series Created by: Terry Nation
Producer: David Maloney
Production Unit Manager: Sheelagh Rees
[Written] by: Terry Nation
Script Editor: Chris Boucher
Director’s Assistant: Shuna Young
Studio Lighting: Brian Clemett
Film Cameraman: Peter Chapman
Film Editor: Sheila S. Tomlinson
Music by: Dudley Simpson
Studio Sound: Malcolm Johnson
Film [Sound] Recordist: Ian Sansam
Special Sound: Elizabeth Parker
Costume Designer: Dee Robson
Make-up Artist: Sheelagh Wells
Visual Effects Designers: Steve Drewett, Jim Francis
Video Effects: A.J. Mitchell
Graphic Designer: Doug Burd
Designer: Gerry Scott
Production Assistant: Edwina Craze
Assistant Floor Manager: Antony Root
Fight Co-ordinator: Max Faulkner
Cast
Paul Darrow (Avon)
Jan Chappell (Cally)
Michael Keating (Vila)
Jacqueline Pearce (Servalan)
Steven Pacey (Tarrant)
Josette Simon (Dayna)
Peter Tuddenham ([voice of] Zen)
Michael Sheard (Klegg)
Doyne Bird (Harmon)
John Hollis (Lom)
Michael Crane (Mall)
Primi Townsend (Zee)
Julia Vidler (Barr)
Catherine Chase (nurse)
Helen Blatch (receptionist)
References
Books
- Terry Nation: The Man Who Invented the Daleks by Alwyn W. Turner pp.268-269
