Blake's 7 - The Spoils of War

Blake's 7: Classic Audio Adventures #3

by Steve Lyons, Christopher Cooper, Sophia McDougall

This self contained four-story set is the latest Big Finish Blake's 7 release, accompanying two complete series of full-cast adventures, and the award-winning range of Blake's 7 - Liberator Chronicles volumes. The stories are set within the third BBC TV series, as Paul Darrow's Avon begins to cement his place as the leader of the anti-heroes on their stolen alien ship. Liberation by Steve Lyons. In the aftermath of the Galactic War, everything has changed for Blake's former associates. Having lost their leader, they are forced to work with new allies - people they can't trust. And that may just get all of them killed. Outpost by Christopher Cooper. Tarrant and Vila are on a mission to the abandoned outpost Clivian 410B when a Federation taskforce attacks. The wary crewmates must learn to work together if they stand any chance of staying alive. Close Enough by Sophia McDougall. When the crew of the Liberator are lured into a trap, it's Avon's life - and the freedom of the galaxy - that hang in the balance, while Cally regains something she thought she had lost forever. Solus by George Mann. When the Liberator responds to a distress call from the Solus research station, Avon is hoping to find something valuable he can salvage. Instead, he finds only one survivor amongst the President Servalan. Blake's 7 proves to be one of Big Finish's most popular ranges, with fans of the original late 1970s BBC1 series enjoying many of the TV actors returning to their roles. Yasmin Bannerman (Doctor Who, Merseybeat) has been cast as Dayna Mellanby, a character originally played by Josette Simon. Paul Darrow (Kerr Avon), Michael Keating (Vila Restal), Jan Chappell (Cally), Steven Pacey (Del Tarrant), Jacqueline Pearce (Servalan), Yasmin Bannerman (Dayna Mellanby), Alistair Lock (Zen/Orac), Sara Powell (Rokon), Stephen Boxer (Tarkol), Daniel Collard (Aqulia / Guard #1 / Guard #2), Sophia Hannides (Shuuna), Tracy Wiles (Valance / Roska), Keith Drinkel (Kaverin), Charlotte Watson (Imra).

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First published August 31, 2017

About the author

Steve Lyons is a science fiction writer, best known for writing television tie-ins of Doctor Who for BBC Books, and previously, Virgin. The earliest of these was Conundrum in 1994, and his most recent was 2005's The Stealers of Dreams. He has also written material for Star Trek tie-ins, as well as original work.

Reviews

[Victor Rodriguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cuatro historias ambientadas a inicios de la tercera temporada, después de la guerra alienígena contra la federación y con la habitual calidad de las producciones de Big Finish: en "Liberation" Dayna (interpretada de manera muy acertada por Jasmine Bannerman, ya que Josette Simon no quiso volver) y Tarrant aprenden a colaborar en medio de una revuelta en un antiguo planeta de la federación. "Outpost" trata sobre Tarrant y Vila intentando sobrevivir en una colonia pirata a la que han ido a buscar un banco de datos robado, con un antigua novia de Vila haciéndoles la vida imposible. "Close Enough" tiene una gran premisa; Avon es sometido a una operación contra su voluntad que le hace desarrollar telepatía, algo que Cally intentará solucionar. Finalmente, "Solus", la mejor historia de todas reúne a todo el cast junto a Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce, enorme como siempre) en busca de un artefacto alienígena que permite copiar la mente de la glamurosa presidenta de la federación en los ordenadores de la Liberator, anulando a Zen y convirtiendo la nave en un peligro para todos, incluso para la Servalan original.
Un trabajo excelente y que sigue, por suerte, manteniendo a los fans de la serie clásica como yo bien entretenidos.

[Debra Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four adventures taking place after avon takes over the liberator.

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liberation by Steve Lyons - 2/5 Stars

Outpost by Christopher Cooper - 3/5 Stars

Close Enough by Sophia McDougall - 4/5 Stars

Solus by George Mann - 4/5 Stars