"Blakes 7" Star One (1979)

Writers:

Chris Boucher (writer)
Terry Nation (creator)

TV Series:

"Blakes 7" (1978)

Original Air Date:

3 April 1979 (Season 2, Episode 13)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Blake leads the apprehensive crew of the Liberator out into intergalactic space to find and destroy Star One and cripple the Federation...

Plot Keywords:

Sabotage | Explosive | Returning Character Killed Off | Minefield | Alien Invasion

Cast

Gareth Thomas	...	Roj Blake
Sally Knyvette	...	Jenna Stannis
Paul Darrow	...	Kerr Avon
Jan Chappell	...	Cally
Michael Keating	...	Vila Restal
Peter Tuddenham	...	Zen / Orac (voice)
Jacqueline Pearce	...	Supreme Commander Servalan
Brian Croucher	...	Travis
Jenny Twigge	...	Lurena
David Webb	...	Stot
Gareth Armstrong	...	Parton
John Bown	...	Durkim
Paul Toothill	...	Marcol
Michael Maynard	...	Leeth

Runtime:

UK:48 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Old Lightmoor Colliery, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Due to BBC rules at the time, Producer David Maloney could not be given a director credit so there is no director credited on-screen.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Nova Queen Pilot: Keldan Control, Keldan Control, this is Nova Queen on primary approach zero-four-zero. Request orbital entry clearance.
[com-beep]
Keldon Traffic Controller: Nova Queen, Nova Queen, this is Keldan Control. Maintain zero-four-zero. Orbital entry is clear.
[com-beep]
Nova Queen Pilot: Keldan Control, this is Nova Queen. I have an unidentified trace on zero-four-zero.
[com-beep]
Keldon Traffic Controller: Nova Queen, this is Keldan Control. Maintain zero-four-zero and switch to Computer Flight Coordination.
[com-beep]
Nova Queen Pilot: Switching to CFC, maintaining zero-four-zero.
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