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Sep 22Liked by Gareth Roberts

Q: Is Vere Lorrimer the B7 crew member with the most B7 name?

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If you say "Paul Darrow" out loud repeatedly enough it starts sounding weird and alien. 'Pol Darro'

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GLITZY GLADRAGS!!!!!!

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Sep 22Liked by Gareth Roberts

Dane Bowers 💀

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Excellent. Grateful for an explanation of the horrible action scenes in Cygnus Alpha. They were widely ridiculed in school at the time and did nothing to enhance the series reputation! It’s a pity because as you rightly point out they went to some lengths to sell the new planet to the audience.

I remember being puzzled and a bit disappointed by the riches stored aboard the Liberator. The ship already gave Blake an advantage - making him fabulously wealthy on top of it seemed a bit much. I like to think that Vila gambled it all away anyway.

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A weird mishmash isnt it. That said i love the bit where Blake simply leaps over the two crossed pikes!!

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All that stuff at the door is agony. I remember when I was a script ed if I got a stage direction that said something like ‘there is a scene of general confusion’ my mind flicked back to Cygnus Alpha. I would rather spell things out shot-for-shot than risk something looking like that.

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And then there’s the awful editing in the scene in the teleport section at the end of the episode. Yikes!

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I will have quite a lot to say on that.

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