B02: Shadow: Blake's 7 Goes Dark in First Non-Terry Nation Script

About this episode

The episode discusses the first non-Terry Nation script of Blake's 7, highlighting its dark themes and the crew's confrontation with a criminal organization.

Teleporting in... welcome to Federation Strike: A Journey Through Blake's 7! The Terra Nostra await Blake and the crew on Space City, but dark times are afoot. This is the first "proper" non-Terry Nation script, written by Chris Boucher, script editor at the time. As a result, we have some dark themes with Blake and the others up against a criminal organisation with ties to the Federation. We're teleporting out for now! Thanks for listening, and don't forget to follow and subscribe on your preferred podcast app so you never miss an episode. You can also join the conversation and stay updated by following us on Twitter/X and Bluesky . We'd love to hear your thoughts and theories! Join us next time as we continue our journey through the universe of Blake’s 7.

People in this episode

Hosts: Garry Aylott, Adam Charlton

Topics covered

• Blake's 7
• non-Terry Nation script
• dark themes
• criminal organization
• Federation ties

Keywords

• Blake's 7
• Chris Boucher
• Terra Nostra
• Space City
• dark themes
• Federation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Terra Nostra, Federation

Books & works: Blake's 7

Places: Space City

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