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The Liberator -
Huge alien spacecraft featured on the British
science fiction series BLAKES 7/BBC/1978-81.
Found abandoned in space, The Liberator
was commandeered by escaping prisoners sentenced
to exile on the planet Cygnus Alpha by the
tyrannical futuristic government known as "The
Federation".
Lead by resistance fighter Roj Blake (Garreth
Thomas), the new crew included:
- Kerr Avon, a cold-hearted computer expert
- Jenna Stannis (Sally Knyvette), a smuggler and
loyal supporter of Roj Blake
- Vila Restal (Michael Keating), a mousy, often
complaining safecracker
- Gan Olag (David Jackson), a burly man with an
electronic device called a "Limitor" implanted
in his head to prevent him from killing
- Cally, a telepathic alien trained on the planet
Auron in Guerilla warfare who joined the crew
soon after it was formed.
Gan, Cally, Blake,
Vila, Avon, and Jenna
The seventh member of "Blake's 7" was
Zen, the
master onboard flight computer which controlled
the ships vital functions and took voice
commands from whomever was in charge of the
craft. The voice of Zen was supplied by Peter Tuddenham).
Another super computer
called ORAC was brought on board the craft. It
was taken from a dying scientist/computer
expert. Its voice also was supplied by (Peter
Tuddenham).
Later additions to the crew included:
- Captain Del Tarrant (Steven Pacey), a smuggler/mercenary
- Dayna Mallanby (Josette Simon), a black female
weapons expert whose family was killed by the
Federation (Both Del & Dayna joined the cast
during the third Season)
- Soolin, (Glynis Barber) a beautiful and capable
female introduced in the fourth season.
The Liberator (destroyed in the last
season) was constantly pursued by Servalan
(Jacqueline Pearce), the Federation's ruthless
female Supreme Commander. Her chief butcher was
Space Commander Travis (Brian Croucher), Blake's
arch-enemy. See also
"The
Christa"
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