Blake's 7

Flag and Flame. Merrin faces a bleak future when her twin Cally is sent on a one-way mission. Point of No Return. On the eve of a tense election, Major Travis is ...

Tired of running, Avon and company plan to settle down on the planet Syndexia. But Servalan is ahead of them, on the trail of the man who invented the nanochip, a device which offers total control over human beings. If Servalan reaches Dr Rossum first, she stands a chance of enslaving a whole population...

Story: After narrowly escaping a Federation vessel, Avon realises he needs greater energy cells to power the Stardrive. He plans to raid Servalan's base on Pherno, both for cells, and also because he is troubled by a nightmare involving her, which he feels was induced. Tarrant and Dayna obtain some Zamazuki mark 5A 3500K energy cells (the new Stardrive is "rated no higher than 1400" according to Slave), though Avon's fears are founded by hallucinations on the planet's surface. There they overhear Servalan learning of the diadem of King Gheblakon, which will enhance her psychic ability. She already has one stone from the diadem, and shows her ability to mentally control Avon. Avon and Vila are teleported back aboard Scorpio, where Vila has stolen a map of Servalan's destination. They arrive before her on Terella, the "holiday planet". After misfortunes on the planet, with Tarrant being tortured, the overloaded teleport malfunctioning and Vila sentenced to hanging, they eventually take the diadem by force. However, Servalan takes the trapped Vila's bracelet and teleports aboard Scorpio, demanding the diadem in return for Vila's life. Avon isn't convinced, but the others are, and so he reluctantly hands the diadem over. However, he claims he has a larger plan - the diadem can only become truly powerful by being placed in the Sevenfold Crown, which resides at co-ordinates 7342 1535 2649 5473. They travel to the location, hoping to take the Crown off Servalan the second she places the diadem within it. However, as she does so, the Crown's original owners - bodiless creatures known as the Divani - turn against her, bringing the Crown's chamber crashing to the ground. Avon finds that a freak malfunction in the teleport has created an exact duplicate of him, the duplicate of which uses the Crown to stem the damage until they can all get away. When Scorpio leaves orbit, the unnamed planet implodes and Avon wishes a telepathic farewell to his "brother".

The Federation is rebuilding its empire at a breakneck speed and the planet Helotrix is its latest conquest. Avon and the crew are intrigued. How could the tenacious Helots have caved in so quickly? Just what is the Federation's new weapon? What has happened to Servalan?

The Federation is rebuilding its empire at a breakneck speed and the planet Helotrix is its latest conquest. Avon and the crew are intrigued. How could the tenacious Helots have caved in so quickly? Just what is the Federation's new weapon? What has happened to Servalan?

Three new adventures for the Liberator crew, starring some of the actors from the original hit BBC TV series! 12.1 CORNERS OF THE MIND by Andy Lane. Avon is trapped in a labyrinth full of puzzles, with no way to teleport to safety and deadly traps at every corner. He needs all his wits to survive, but there is one problem - he is losing his mind with every puzzle, piece by piece, memory by memory. 12.2 CAPITAL by Guy Adams. The Armageddon Storm. A weapon so dreadful that it can lay waste to entire planets. A weapon that Avon has used to hold the Federation to account. A voice from the past brings news of its redeployment...and the fate of Blake. Del Tarrant is sent to Earth to recover both - but will he survive? 12.3 PUNISHMENT by Guy Adams. It's the end of the world and Vila's father has returned. He isn't sure what is worse. With the crew of Liberator arrested and Tarrant dead, can Vila rescue the man he hates and save the day? A coward turned hero...with the fate of planet Earth hanging in the balance. All new audio drama performed by Blake's 7 cast members with specially composed music and cinematic sound design starring actors reprising their roles from the hugely popular BBC TV series. Volume 3 of the Liberator Chronicles won the Best Audio award at the 2014 Scribe Awards. CAST: Paul Darrow (Avon), Jan Chappell (Cally), Steven Pacey (Tarrant), Michael Keating (Vila), David Warner (Tavac).

Three new adventures for the Liberator crew, starring some of the actors from the original hit BBC TV series! 12.1 CORNERS OF THE MIND by Andy Lane. Avon is trapped in a labyrinth full of puzzles, with no way to teleport to safety and deadly traps at every corner. He needs all his wits to survive, but there is one problem - he is losing his mind with every puzzle, piece by piece, memory by memory. 12.2 CAPITAL by Guy Adams. The Armageddon Storm. A weapon so dreadful that it can lay waste to entire planets. A weapon that Avon has used to hold the Federation to account. A voice from the past brings news of its redeployment...and the fate of Blake. Del Tarrant is sent to Earth to recover both - but will he survive? 12.3 PUNISHMENT by Guy Adams. It's the end of the world and Vila's father has returned. He isn't sure what is worse. With the crew of Liberator arrested and Tarrant dead, can Vila rescue the man he hates and save the day? A coward turned hero...with the fate of planet Earth hanging in the balance. All new audio drama performed by Blake's 7 cast members with specially composed music and cinematic sound design starring actors reprising their roles from the hugely popular BBC TV series. Volume 3 of the Liberator Chronicles won the Best Audio award at the 2014 Scribe Awards. CAST: Paul Darrow (Avon), Jan Chappell (Cally), Steven Pacey (Tarrant), Michael Keating (Vila), David Warner (Tavac)

In the third century of the second calendar, a corrupt galactic federation, with Earth at its centre, Narcotises its billions of citizens into placid submission. A rebel named Roj Blake, who once tried to organise a resistance group to overthrow the regime, was caught and his memories wiped. But Blake's revolutionary spirit is revived when he witnesses a mass slaughter by police which is covered up by officials. He escapes on-board a prison ship, and together with a lovable band of outlaws, takes over a vacant alien space cruiser of awesome drive capability. Christening their ship, "The Liberator", Blake and his group travel the Milky Way to seek any opportunity to undermine the corrupt regime.

In the third century of the second calendar, a corrupt galactic federation, with Earth at its centre, Narcotises its billions of citizens into placid submission. A rebel named Roj Blake, who once tried to organise a resistance group to overthrow the regime, was caught and his memories wiped. But Blake's revolutionary spirit is revived when he witnesses a mass slaughter by police which is covered up by officials. He escapes on-board a prison ship, and together with a lovable band of outlaws, takes over a vacant alien space cruiser of awesome drive capability. Christening their ship, "The Liberator", Blake and his group travel the Milky Way to seek any opportunity to undermine the corrupt regime.

Blake's 7 (sometimes styled Blakes7) is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC. Four 13-episode series were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also created the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. The script editor was Chris Boucher. The main character, at least initially, was Roj Blake, played by Gareth Thomas. The series was inspired by various fictional media, including Robin Hood, Star Trek, Passage to Marseille, The Dirty Dozen, Brave New World and classic Western stories, as well as real-world political conflicts in South America and Israel. Blake's 7 was popular from its first broadcast, watched by approximately 10 million in the UK and shown in 25 other countries. Although many tropes of space opera are present, such as spaceships, robots, galactic empires and aliens, its budget was inadequate for its interstellar theme. Critical responses have been varied; some reviewers praised the series for its dystopian themes, strong characterisation, ambiguous morality and pessimistic tone, as well as displaying an "enormous sense of fun", but others have criticised its production values, dialogue and perceived lack of originality, with broadcaster and critic Clive James describing it as "classically awful".