Assassin. Series D, Episode 7. First broadcast on Monday 9 November 1981.
After Mark, Peter, Brendan and Nathan intercept an ominous message from the very edge of the sixth quadrant, fearing imminent assassination at the hands of an imminent assassin, they head off to the planet Domo for a quick slave auction, followed by a tight twenty minutes of being hunted through TC1 by the man who came top of his class at RADA in Glowering and Other Menacing Facial Expressions. But will it be fun to listen to all their little plans and squabbles? Tune in and find out — as we...
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Great Family Entertainment (Headhunter)
Headhunter. Series D, Episode 6. First broadcast on Monday 2 November 1981.
The hunt for experts continues in this series of Maximum Power, as this week we try and recruit Jon Helm, the Galaxy’s greatest expert on everything Blakes 7. But will he lose his head before the episode is out? Will Hannah end up hugged to death? Was it sensible to send Pete and Si on a mission together when it might lead to the subjugation of the entire human race?
But, most urgently, will this episode fulfil your greatest desires? Or doesn’t it know where to start?
It’s Headhunter.
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Planet of the Q-Anon Shaman (Animals)
Animals. Series D, Episode 5. First broadcast on Monday 26 October 1981.
Pete is ready for a nice sit-down in Servalan’s Comfortable Chair of Maximum Persuasion, Nathan is cleaning out the bilge tanks with half a glass of wine and a comedy oboe, Mark’s trying to spark romance between an insurrectionist shaman and Sweetums the Muppet, and Peter is howling out his rage by saying ‘rarrrrr!’ with perfect diction.
Will there be fierce agreement, or will the fur fly as we discuss Animals?
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Space Pillows (Stardrive)
Stardrive. Series D, Episode 4. First broadcast on Monday 19 October 1981.
Brendan’s Vin Diesel impersonation has knackered Scorpio even more than usual, and James is avoiding repairs by pretending he’s had too much Red Bull. Conrad has found a solution by studying slow motion footage of a biker’s helmet, but it will only work if we can disguise the fact that Mark refuses to go on location. It’s Stardrive.
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Is It an Emu? (Traitor)
Traitor. Series D, Episode 3. First broadcast on Monday 12 October 1981.
We’re on the planet Helotrix this week, enjoying our successful subjugation of a compliant populace consisting largely of teachers and hairdressers. The occupation is ably enforced by the supremely competent Si and his régime of casually deployed neutron strikes, while Nathan reminisces pompously about past imperial glories, and Pete conducts a surprising clandestine affair with that remarkable new police commissioner Sleer. (And somewhere, in the basement, Simon is devising a galactically...
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