Blake's 7: The Mutoid Podcast

A monthly podcast in which Jim and Martin (from The Krynoid PodCast) review every episode of the BBC sci-fi series Blake's 7 in broadcast order.

01: The Way Back

Welcome to the Mutoid Podcast. This is a new Blake's 7 podcast from Jim and Martin who made the Krynoid PodCast and it will run along similar lines. For those unfamiliar with the Krynoid PodCast, we walk through the episode of the month in some detail and then review it and each give it a score out of ten. If you want to pick and choose the sections to listen to, here are some timestamps for this episode on the very first episode of Blake's 7, The Way Back. 00:00 Music and introduction 02:19 The return of Russell T Davies to Doctor Who 06:44 The origins of Blake's 7 12:04 A walkthrough of The Way Back 50:45 A review of the episode 1:46:42 Summing up and Scores We hope you enjoy the episode and come back for more!  

10-02
01:51:25

02: Space Fall

We're back to review the second episode of Blake's 7... Space Fall. 00:00 Music and introductory nonsense 03:20 Space Fall in context 06:37 A walkthrough of the episode 53:05 A review of the episode 1:51:35 Summing up and Scores This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and many other podcatchers. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for listening!

11-02
01:55:36

03: Cygnus Alpha

Now our doughty rebels have the Liberator, it's time to rescue the other inmates of the London (we hope Blake's packed earplugs). 00:00 Intro and context 05:42 A walkthrough of the episode 59:19 A review of the episode 2:10:55 Summing up and scores This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and many other podcatchers. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for listening!

12-04
02:13:42

04: Time Squad

In this season of good will, the Liberator crew find that no good deed goes unpunished. 00:00 Intro and context 04:26 A walkthrough of the episode 44:35 A review of the episode 1:46:16 Scores, thankyous and a recommendation. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and many other podcatchers. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for listening. Have a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  

12-22
01:52:30

05: The Web

The Liberator crew come a cropper in the dark web and Blake and Avon meet some fun size Zygons and an aquatic oddity. 00:00 Intro and context 06:18 A walkthrough of the episode 56:15 A review of the episode 1:58:06 Summing up and scores. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and many other podcatchers. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for listening!

01-31
02:03:01

06: Seek-Locate-Destroy

After a day out blowing stuff up, the Liberator away team have a nagging feeling they've forgotten something. And a couple of new faces make their debuts. 00:00 Intro and context 05:10 A walkthrough of the episode 48:00 A review of the episode 1:32:09 Summing up and scores. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and many other podcatchers. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for listening!

04-30
01:35:57

07: Mission to Destiny

It's a Scandal on the Ortega this time as Avon and Cally unleash their inner Sherlock and Watson and try to identify the Dracula-collared killer on the Destiny mission ship. Warning: some flared jumpsuits were worn in the making of this programme. 00:00 Intro and context 04:38 A walkthrough of the episode 44:30 A review of the episode 1:25:14 Summing up and scores. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and many other podcatchers. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for listening!

05-31
01:28:47

08: Duel

Blake and Travis meet again - this time on a dead planet where they're coerced into fighting mano a mano, seconded by their better halves. Watching closely are Sinofar (the Guardian) and Giroc (who's more like the Daily Mail). Who will win in this titanic battle and will any nuts be involved? 00:00 Intro and context 05:39 A walkthrough of the episode 44:35 A review of the episode 1:35:48 Summing up and scores. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and many other podcatchers. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for listening!

06-29
01:39:48

09: Project Avalon

Blake and Travis meet yet again on a planet as cold as Servalan's heart. Old One Eye has a virus and Roj must dodge it but who will get the girl? 00:00 Intro and context 06:05 A walkthrough of the episode 44:51 A review of the episode 1:44:05 Summing up and scores. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and many other podcatchers. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for listening!

09-05
01:48:27

10: Breakdown

Gan proves something of a headache for the rest of the crew (and a pain in the neck for Cally in particular) so they're forced to put themselves in the skilled but dangerous hands of a surgeon with ideas above his space station, with less than hilarious results. 00:00 Intro and context 05:15 A walkthrough of the episode 42:55 A review of the episode 1:44:30 Summing up and scores This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and all other podcatchers (as far as we know). You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for listening!  

11-01
01:47:22

11: Bounty

Blake and Cally have to propel a high-maintenance antique - and his car - while Jenna meets an old flame who threatens to incinerate her new friends.  00:00 Intro and context 04:55 A walkthrough of the episode 46:13 A review of the episode 1:41:56 Summing up and scores This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and all other podcatchers (as far as we know). You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter and on Mastodon at @mutoidpodcast@mstdn.social. Thanks for listening!

12-09
01:46:23

12: Deliverance

On the planet Skaro (sorry... Cephlon), Jenna is captured by the Mutos (sorry... Scavengers), Gan puts some heads together and Avon's already flourishing God complex is encouraged by an unlikely acolyte. And if you want a vision of the future, Winston, imagine Norman Stanley Fletcher kneeling on Cally's back for half an episode. 00:00 Intro and context 06:43 A walkthrough of the episode 39:26 A review of the episode 1:30:32 Summing up and scores This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and all other podcatchers (as far as we know). You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter and on Mastodon at @mutoidpodcast@mstdn.social. Thanks for listening!

01-14
01:35:29

13: Orac

It's the end of the series and there are a few questions that need answering. Who or what is Orac? Why is Gan such a weirdo? And who knows what mystery illness half the crew are suffering from? [Hint: everyone but them] 00:00 Intro and context 04:38 A walkthrough of the episode 51:01 A review of the episode 1:49:05 Summing up and scores This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and all other podcatchers (as far as we know). You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter and on Mastodon at @mutoidpodcast@mstdn.social. Thanks for listening!

02-10
01:55:50

14: Redemption

Blake and crew find that twoking doesn't pay when the original owners of the Liberator catch up with them, waving their Space V5 at them. Our heroes fall out with the ship, the Altas fall for Orac's ruse and a gimp falls from a great height. But did Jim and Martin fall in love with Redemption? 00:00 Intro and context 06:31 A walkthrough of the episode 57:03 A review of the episode 1:44:52 Summing up and scores This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Reason, Castbox and all other podcatchers (as far as we know). You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter and on Mastodon at @mutoidpodcast@mstdn.social. Thanks for listening!

04-21
01:49:26

15: Shadow

Blake and crew enter the murky world of the Terra Nostra. Yes, this is Shadow in which Blake is mugged off, Avon is cheesed off and Vila is sucked into a world of hedonism. But did Shadow give Jim and Martin an exhilarating high or a depressing low. Listen to find out! 00:00 Intro and context 05:23 A walkthrough of the episode 56:00 A review of the episode 1:56:57 Summing up and scores This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Podvine, Castbox and all other podcatchers (as far as we know). You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter and on Mastodon at @mutoidpodcast@mstdn.social. Thanks for listening!

05-20
02:00:18

16: Weapon

This time our heroes and villains duke it out over a weapon of delayed destruction, IMIPAK. It's a case of Chekhov's Induced Molecular Instability Projector and Key but who will get zapped and who will be told when to die? And did Weapon blow Jim and Martin away or was it like a peashooter off a rhino's back? Listen to find out! 00:00 Intro and context 06:07 A walkthrough of the episode 51:02 A review of the episode 1:48:54 Summing up and scores This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Podvine, Castbox and all other podcatchers (as far as we know). You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter and on Mastodon at @mutoidpodcast@mstdn.social. Thanks for listening!

06-24
01:52:14

17: Horizon

In this episode our intrepid but knackered travellers try to find some peace on a remote planet. Needless to say they don't get it but they do get racked, dirty and blow-piped and encounter a puppet, his masters and, worst of all, some white blokes with dreads.  But did Jim and Martin find their horizons broadened or was it all too much like hard work? Listen to find out! 00:00 Intro and context 05:54 A walkthrough of the episode 52:06 A review of the episode 1:45:17 Summing up and scores This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Podvine, Castbox and all other podcatchers (as far as we know). You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter, on Mastodon at @mutoidpodcast@mstdn.social and on Threads as Mutoidkrynoidpods. Thanks for listening!

07-29
01:50:05

18: Pressure Point

And then there were 6.  No spoilers here but a big character who was a bit limited and prone to the odd Breakdown has gone the way of his "woman". But whose fault was it? Who is Ronald Travis? What's that on Servalan's head (and dress come to that)? And did Jim and Martin thrive on Pressure Point or did they crack? Listen to find out! 00:00 Intro and context 06:30 A walkthrough of the episode 55:01 A review of the episode 2:03:38 Summing up and scores This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Podvine, Castbox and all other podcatchers (as far as we know). You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter, on Mastodon at @mutoidpodcast@mstdn.social and on Threads as Mutoidkrynoidpods. Thanks for listening!

09-10
02:09:42

19: Trial

It's time for Servalan to wash that man right out of her short hair but will Travis go quietly? Or will he get all shouty in a courtroom. [You've probably guessed which.] Meanwhile, Blake is down and unsafe on a lively planet with a friendly infestation and Avon is safely up in space, monitoring proceedings with amusement/concern*. [*Delete as applicable] But did Jim and Martin find oneness with the episode or was it all a bit of a trial? Listen to find out! This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Podvine, Castbox and all other podcatchers (as far as we know). You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter, on Mastodon at @mutoidpodcast@mstdn.social, on Threads as Mutoidkrynoidpods and on Bluesky as @jimcameron.bsky. Thanks for listening!

10-18
01:46:59

20: Killer

With friends like Tynus, does Avon really need any enemies? But the entomological artist can be of use to our unemotional anti-hero as those pesky Federation codes won't crack themselves.  Throw in a over-lively cadaver, an ancient virus and some outrageous outfits and our regulars are struggling to stay alive and keep a straight face. But did Jim and Martin find this episode to be all killer and no filler or was it flogging a Trojan horse. Listen to find out! This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Podvine, Castbox and all other podcatchers (as far as we know). You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter, on Mastodon at @mutoidpodcast@mstdn.social, on Threads as Mutoidkrynoidpods and on Bluesky as @jimcameron.bsky. Thanks for listening!

11-10
01:44:37

Ian Fraser

An entertaining listen about an unusually terrible episode of 'Blakes 7'. An episode only entertaining for the brave use of stock volcano footage and spellbinding attempts at robotics captured by 70's budget and constraints. Well done chaps. More again soon please

11-26 Reply

Ian Fraser

fantastic podcast with intelligent hosts aware of the history of the show whilst keeping it fresh on probably many of past rewatches. more soon please

09-11 Reply

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