Comments on: Blake’s 7 – Animals

By: James Paul

James Paul — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 11:50:51 +0000

This epsiode was originally intended for Cally in the lead role instead of Dayna

By: AndrewP

AndrewP — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 20:59:51 +0000

One which I wasn’t keen on during the original run… but every time I’ve returned to it since I’ve felt increasingly that it’s a rather good script with some excellent ideas and potential which doesn’t end up getting quite the look or the direction that it deserves. Certainly the concepts behind it have shot up in my estimation over the years.

Such an enjoyable blog. Many thanks! 🙂

All the best

Andrew

By: Rich Firth

Rich Firth — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:32:00 +0000

I think Servalan wearing black was a choice that started when the clone babies died in Children of Auron.

By: H E Cooper

H E Cooper — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:12:20 +0000

In reply to Joe. Oh, I love that theory about the animals! Definitely an interesting way to look at it.

By: H E Cooper

H E Cooper — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:10:47 +0000

In reply to Reggie. Cheers for that - I must have forgotten or missed that at the end of Power. I did just assume she was in league with Dorian, without knowing his real activities.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 04:00:59 +0000

“this was another notable departure from the more human side to Avon we had seen and I was left unsure how I felt about that.”

Perhaps Avon was using that piece of impersonal logic to hide his more caring motivations. Never mind though, you will see a touch of the human side in the next episode (a good one!) – “You’ll have to do better than that….”

One explanation for Servalan’s change to black is that she’s in mourning for her lost babies (Children of Auron). She could also be moving away from pointers to her identity as Servalan (who favoured white), though she did wear black in later episodes of S3.

The bits with the glycolene ballast channels provide some humour, which is welcome. There’s also Avon’s unplanned slip when he bursts into Justin’s base.

I’m still taken with the theory that Justin is a bit crazy and turned all the other crew on his base into the Animals…

By: Reggie

Reggie — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 01:06:20 +0000

Just thought I should correct on a small detail – Soolin wasn’t a salvage collector(that was merely the purported job of Dorian, and never proven), but rather a gunfighter for hire. At the end of “Power” she specifically offered to sell her skill to Avon, so I would imagine that he or the crew collectively pays her to stick around.