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2 January 1978 (UK) more
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In the third century of the second calendar, a corrupt galactic federation, with Earth at its center... more
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Stylish substance over insubstantial style more (43 total)

Cast

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Michael Keating ... Vila Restal (52 episodes, 1978-1981)
Paul Darrow ... Kerr Avon (51 episodes, 1978-1981)
Peter Tuddenham ... Orac / ... (49 episodes, 1978-1981)
Jan Chappell ... Cally / ... (37 episodes, 1978-1981)

Gareth Thomas ... Roj Blake / ... (29 episodes, 1978-1981)
Jacqueline Pearce ... Servalan / ... (29 episodes, 1978-1981)
Sally Knyvette ... Jenna Stannis (26 episodes, 1978-1979)
Steven Pacey ... Del Tarrant / ... (26 episodes, 1980-1981)
Josette Simon ... Dayna Mellanby (26 episodes, 1980-1981)
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50 min (52 episodes)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Sabina Franklin was considered for the rôle of Cally, as were Frances Tomelty, Hilary Ryan, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Suzan Farmer, and Gennie Nevinson. more
Quotes:
Orac: The idiosyncratic syntax of riddles interests me. They seem to depend for their effect on solecisms and grammatical discrepancies.
Vila Restal: [totally confused] Eh?
Orac: Do you have another riddle for me to analyze?
Vila Restal: You'd only spoil it.
Orac: I thought you liked riddles.
Vila Restal: I do when I'm allowed to tell them properly. All you're interested in is the idiotic tintax or something.
Orac: That's very clever.
Vila Restal: What is?
Orac: For idiosyncratic syntax you substituted idiotic tintax. Yes, very good.
Vila Restal: [brightening] Is it?
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Stylish substance over insubstantial style, 31 January 2001
Author: zedthedestroyer from Xenon

In 1978, America had "Battlestar Galactica" and Dirk Benedict. England had "Blake's 7" and Paul Darrow. England had the better deal.

Sure, "Blake's 7" had a shoddy budget and clunkier sets than "Doctor Who", but the show had more interesting characters. You could not find a more diverse bunch of criminals, freedom fighters, and guns-for-hire - and these were the heroes (or anti-heroes)of the show. Almost every week they fought Servalan, Travis, and the evil Galactic Federation (boo,hiss!) while sometimes barely getting along with each other. The show flagged a bit in the last season, but it had the best series finale of all time in my opinion.

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