Blake’s 7 – The Ultimate Audio Collection – B7, BBC, Big Finish, and Magic Bullet – Various Free Audiobook

Written by Various
Read by Gareth Thomas; Paul Darrow; Michael Keating; Chappell; Sally Knyvette;
Format: MP3
Dramatization

This is the LARGEST and most complete collection of Blake’s 7 audio dramas out there. Included in this collection are the recent Big Finish series: including “new” classical episodes (concluded in 2016 upon the death of Gareth Thomas), the Liberator Chronicles (narrated self-contained stories about the characters), and the new Lucifer Trilogy (only books 1 and 2 are currently out), read by the wonderful Paul Darrow, that prove to be a satisfying sequel to the original series.

Also included in this collection are from B7 Radio “The Early Years” that give background development on all the characters, the “Rebel” “Traitor” and “Liberator” trilogy, which more or less sums up the whole life of Roj Blake, and also an old BBC production of Blake’s 7 that re-tells the story of the show, but with different actors.

Blake’s 7 was made in the studios right next to Doctor Who and was regarded by many British people as being Doctor Who’s “little brother.” Terry Nation created this great series back in 1978. The special effects are awful but the plots are pretty well done. It is ironic that a show called Blake’s 7 actually only featured its titular character for two full seasons. Paul Darrow took over as the Captain of the Liberator after Series 2 as the wonderful Kerr Avon, everybody’s favorite bad boy.

Finally, I have included in this collection a special bonus of three audios by Magic Bullet Productions. Magic Bullet would later go on to create Kaldor City, staring Paul Darrow. It’s probably my favorite spinoff series. The three plays presented here by Magic Bullet cannot be sound anywhere at this time, not even the Magic Bullet website. It took me forever to find them in various places online. These are The Logic of Empire, The Mark of Kane, and Travis: The Final Act.

If anyone is interested in the Blake’s 7 TV series, it is available on YouTube. Or, you can put in the comments section that you are, and I could put them on another tracker for you!

ENJOY Blake’s 7! Did you know that originally the aliens that attack the Federation were supposed to the Daleks? Terry Nation wanted to connect the two universes into one. This was later done with the advent of some characters from Blake’s 7 appearing in Kaldor City. The main character in Kaldor City bears a remarkable resemblance to Kerr Avon.

Many later shows owe a lot to Blake’s 7, in particular Farscape and Dark Matter were based very closely on the premise of this old series. In 2013, money was earmarked for a Galactica type re-boot of the series, although this was never realized. The last book in the Lucifer trilogy, written and read by Paul Darrow himself, will be out this spring.