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The crew of the Liberator awaken to find one of their own missing. Where is Dayna? Has their friend been taken or has she deserted them? The search for Dayna leads them to a deserted ship in the middle of a dangerous asteroid field. But what is the secret of the Scimitar and can Avon get every member of his crew out of the asteroid field alive? Written by Trevor Baxendale and directed by Lisa Bowerman.
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First published October 31, 2014
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Trevor Baxendale
83 books48 followersTrevor Baxendale is a novelist who has penned several Doctor Who tie-in novels and audio dramas. He lives in Liverpool, England with his wife and two children.
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October 28, 2025
Sharp Edges in the Darkness: Blake's 7 Returns with Purpose
The resurrection of Blake's 7 in audio form has been a gift to fans who never quite got over the show's abrupt ending in 1981, and Trevor Baxendale's Scimitar proves that this rebel crew still has plenty of fight left in them. This isn't a nostalgic wallow—it's a taut, politically charged adventure that understands what made the original series so compellingly dark.
Baxendale captures the essence of Terry Nation's creation with remarkable precision: a universe where heroism is compromised, victories are pyrrhic, and the line between freedom fighter and terrorist depends entirely on your vantage point. Scimitar throws the crew into a weapons deal gone wrong, and the ensuing chaos feels authentically Blake's 7—morally murky, tactically desperate, and laced with the kind of cynical wit that made the show feel adult even in its original broadcast slot.
The audio format serves the story well. Without visual spectacle to lean on, Baxendale constructs tension through dialogue and situation, trusting the listener's imagination to fill in the spacecraft corridors and alien marketplaces. The pacing occasionally sags in the middle act, where exposition threatens to overwhelm momentum, but the final confrontation delivers the kind of hard choices and harder consequences that defined the series at its peak.
What makes this worthy of your time is its refusal to soften the characters or their universe. Avon remains brilliantly caustic, Blake's idealism still has teeth, and Vila's cowardice continues to be the most honest response to their impossible circumstances. This is comfort food for fans, certainly, but it's comfort food with a sharp edge—familiar enough to satisfy, fresh enough to surprise.
If you've been wondering whether audio adventures can capture lightning in a bottle decades later, Scimitar makes a strong case that they can. Not perfect, but very much alive.
The resurrection of Blake's 7 in audio form has been a gift to fans who never quite got over the show's abrupt ending in 1981, and Trevor Baxendale's Scimitar proves that this rebel crew still has plenty of fight left in them. This isn't a nostalgic wallow—it's a taut, politically charged adventure that understands what made the original series so compellingly dark.
Baxendale captures the essence of Terry Nation's creation with remarkable precision: a universe where heroism is compromised, victories are pyrrhic, and the line between freedom fighter and terrorist depends entirely on your vantage point. Scimitar throws the crew into a weapons deal gone wrong, and the ensuing chaos feels authentically Blake's 7—morally murky, tactically desperate, and laced with the kind of cynical wit that made the show feel adult even in its original broadcast slot.
The audio format serves the story well. Without visual spectacle to lean on, Baxendale constructs tension through dialogue and situation, trusting the listener's imagination to fill in the spacecraft corridors and alien marketplaces. The pacing occasionally sags in the middle act, where exposition threatens to overwhelm momentum, but the final confrontation delivers the kind of hard choices and harder consequences that defined the series at its peak.
What makes this worthy of your time is its refusal to soften the characters or their universe. Avon remains brilliantly caustic, Blake's idealism still has teeth, and Vila's cowardice continues to be the most honest response to their impossible circumstances. This is comfort food for fans, certainly, but it's comfort food with a sharp edge—familiar enough to satisfy, fresh enough to surprise.
If you've been wondering whether audio adventures can capture lightning in a bottle decades later, Scimitar makes a strong case that they can. Not perfect, but very much alive.
October 12, 2020
The crew of the liberator looking for a crew member stumble on a mysterious area.
May 11, 2016
Esta "Segunda temporada" de las aventuras de audio de B7 tiene lugar durante la tercera temporada de la serie original. Josette Simon no quiso volver para interpretar a Dayna y la trama se construye alrededor de su desaparición y búsqueda. Lo que podría ser un recurso barato aquí funciona muy bien por el talento de los implicados; a Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell y Michael Keating se unen Steven Pacey interpretando de nuevo a Del Tarrant y Tom Chadbon como Del Grant, mercenario y hermano de Anna Grant, el gran amor de Avon. Este primer episodio muestra a la tripulación del Liberator buscando a Dayna en un campo de asteroides en donde flota a la deriva la Scimitar, una nave de la federación abandonada hace años en una batalla. Una muy divertida historia de "dungeon crawl" espacial y que deja con ganas de más.
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