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# Blake's seven
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/blakes-seven/
- Published: 2008-04-25T22:48:28.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:25:15.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Books

I have noticed that any self-respecting blog has to have the occasional science fiction reference. So here is an off-topic post for Friday.  
A remake of Blake’s Seven is being discussed.

> LONDON — Hoping to cash in on the success of classic sci-fi revamps such as the BBC’s “Doctor Who” and “Battlestar Galactica,” Sky One is planning to remake cult ’80s space series “Blake’s Seven.” …  
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> … Memorable for its cardboard sets and leather-clad arch villainess Servalan, the show was the creation of sci-fi legend Terry Nation, himself responsible for Doctor Who’s arch-nemesis the Daleks.\[[Sky One to revive ‘Blake’s Seven’](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content%5Fdisplay/international/news/e3if57cb0c541e56ebf5d7d34e9c0e33ed9?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

Here is Wikipedia on the original:

> Although many of the [tropes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trope%5F%28literature%29?ref=lorcandempsey.net#literature "Trope (literature)") of [space opera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%5Fopera?ref=lorcandempsey.net "Space opera") such as [spaceships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft?ref=lorcandempsey.net "Spacecraft"), [robots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot?ref=lorcandempsey.net "Robot"), [galactic empires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic%5Fempire?ref=lorcandempsey.net "Galactic empire") and [aliens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial%5Flife%5Fin%5Fpopular%5Fculture?ref=lorcandempsey.net "Extraterrestrial life in popular culture") are present, the series is primarily noted for its strong character interaction, ambiguous morality and its dark, pessimistic tone.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake's%5F7?ref=lorcandempsey.net#cite%5Fnote-Fulton-2)
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> \[[Blake’s 7 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake's%5F7?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

I preferred Blake’s 7 to Doctor Who, perhaps because it came along when I was older, or maybe because it lasted for a much shorter time.  
Avon was a pretty memorable character. And you could never forget that eye-patch!