Comments on: Blake’s 7 – Gambit https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-gambit Archive television thoughts Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: John S. Hall https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-gambit#comment-80688 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:44:29 +0000 #comment-80688 I particularly enjoyed Sylvia Coleridge’s Croupier in this episode, dressed in fishnet stockings and topcoat and tails like a cross between Marlene Dietrich in “The Blue Angel” and one of the Transylvanians from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”!

The episode’s lush set decorations, focusing on the Regency and other decadent periods of history, mask the fact that “Gambit” is essentially a space Western; “Docholli” is an obvious riff on “Doc Holliday” and the female saloon owner “of a certain age” could’ve wandered off the set of many a Western pic.

The cat-and-mouse interactions of Krantor and Servalan are delicious, and the queer-coding of Krantor and Toise was rather bold for a 1978 BBC1 television show.

All in all, one of Series B’s highlights and definitely one of my favourite episodes of BLAKE’S 7 overall!

]]> By: Susan A https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-gambit#comment-24 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:44:30 +0000 #comment-24 Loving your personal insights into these shows. Look forward to future instalments!

]]> By: AndrewP https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-gambit#comment-25 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 07:42:29 +0000 #comment-25 I remember what an utter joy this episode was to watch in 1979 and it makes me *enormously* happy to see that the same brilliant script, striking design and stylish direction have not been dulled across the decades but still give you the same thrill all these years later.

Lots to enjoy in this. And I'm delighted that people like you are still there to enjoy it all.

All the best

Andrew

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