I miss this great tv series

Great episode for Jan Chapel , Cally lovely double role

One of my favorite episodes 😂

This B7 episode having no arch-enemy and recurring arch-villain Servalan herself, and her federation is a refreshing change.

I say gaining two new recruits into the Liberator crew to supersede Blake, and Jenna was something refreshing and we still have the arch-enemy and returning arch-villain Servalan herself still in the series is awesome in billions of ways.

The actor playing villain Klegg Michael Sheard, was an awesome actor he appeared 6 times in classic Dr Who stories, starting with Bill Hartnell in the Ark then he appeared with Jon Pertwee in the Mind of Evil then he twice appeared with Tom Baker in first Pryamids of Mars and then later Invisible Enemy . He then appeared with Peter Davison in Peter,s debut story Castrovalva then he finally appeared with Slyvester MCcoy in Remembrance of the Daleks so he did well in classic Dr Who appearing with all but 2 Doctors from the classic era Patrick Troughton and Colin Baker. I think had he been alive still when Dr Who came back in 2005 he would have appeared in the series,. Michael Sheard wanted he said at conventions to have played the Doctor given the chance.

I like Tarrant,s outfit in this episode, and also some fans wonder why Avon did not kill arch-enemy and recurring arch-villain Servalan in this episode had he done so she could never return to menace the crew of the Liberator again in subsequent episodes when arch-enemy Servalan has got Anna,s gun and shoots down her number 2 called Hob who wanted the arch-villain herself killed but Anna stopped him it in that way was arch-enemy Servalan,s revenge against him.

I just wonder where the poster of Anna came from! Has Avon been carrying it about all this time? or did he order it from Amazon? LOL

I do say series 2 of B7 would have been done more trade, had either Stephen Greif been able to reprise his role or had Travis been killed off in the final episode of series A of B7 Orac or even written out inbetween series A and B and had series B seen arch-enemy Servalan been given an entirely new henchman with a new name as Travis,s replacement it would have done both more trade for series B and for Brian Croucher had he been cast in the role of a new villain .

I like arch-enemy Servalan,s new spaceship in this episode, a mark 2 star cruiser and it is whale shaped.

I did notice in the cellar where arch-enemy Servalan, herself is held prisoner there is a grandfather which IMO is like the Master,s TARDIS seen in both Deadly Assassin and in the keeper of traken.

I do say if Del Grant had learnt his sister Anna, was killed by Avon despite betraying Avon he would no doubt have been devastated and shocked I do think Del Grant had enough potential to become a new regular character in place of Blake once he left at the start of series 3 . I do say by this episode Tarrant had started to grow on me and though I missed Blake I accepted the changes regarding regular characters like in Dr Who classic and new when companions come and go. I do think when we had lost both Blake and Jenna along with Gan it became a necessity to introduce 2 entirely new crewmembers in place of Blake and Jenna Tarrant and Dayna into the Liberator but when Gan there were no plans to introduce a new 6th crewmember in his place . I am pleased that 3 of the regular characters stayed in all 4 series of B7 Vila, Avon and arch-enemy and recurring arch-villain Servalan herself these became core characters.

I think the location in this episode is awesome and the stately house is awesome, and I would suspect that arch-enemy and returning arch-villain Servalan had her spaceship parked behind the house.

I do say for series 3 of B7, one of my alltime favourite episodes is City at the Edge of the World featuring Colin Baker as the main villain of the episode Bayban the butcher a villain who was not Federation and also not happy at the statement that he is the second most wanted man after Blake . I sometimes wonder if Colin Baker could have made a good Blake had Gareth Thomas not been cast in the role, of Blake and also in this episode two of arch-enemy Servalans underlings Forres and Grenlee were both classic Dr Who stories Donald Douglas Grenlee was in the Tom Baker story Sontaran Experiment as Vural and David Haig Forred was in the Leisure Hive as the main villain Pangol, also Philip Bloomfield Balon was in Dr Who in Keeper of Traken as a Foster.

I do think with this episode of B7, had still had Blake I do not think he would have sent Deral back to arch-enemy, Servalan,s ship to his death.

I like the 5th Doctor story with the Cybermen, called Spare Parts which is a genesis of the Cybermen story and also when Peter Davison met the Cybermen on screen in Earthshock originally the Cybermen story intended for the 5th Doctor was Genesis of the Daleks,

The actor playing Chel was in classic Dr Who in the Tom Baker story Underworld, he played a character called herrick and also Gareth Milne who played George Cranleigh, in Dr Who serial Black Orchid was one of the Sarran warriors he was the warrior that Dayna shoots in the back and also Stuart Fell is another warrior in this B7 episode.

In this episode much as arch-enemy and arch-villain Servalan is mentioned but does not appear and the fact Blake puts out a warning beacon to warn all ships to keep well away from the planet until the virus dies out and it means saving their arch-enemy Servalan,s life which Avon does not want to do. If arch-enemy Servalan had landed her ship on Fosforon, and caught the deadly virus she would, have died and thus Blake and his crew would have been free of her but from the series point of view if the arch-enemy and recurring arch-villain Servalan was killed off in this episode she could never return to menace Blake and co again.

This B7 episode is the first time Gan and arch-enemy Servalan meet in person, even though they do not speak to each other

This B7 episode is the 4th appearance for female arch-villain Servalan and I suspected when I first saw this series, she would return for more episodes in later series.

The radiation sickness is lifted from the first Dalek story the Daleks, aired in 1963 with Bill Hartnell where the Doctor and his 3 companions got radiation sickness in Dalek planet Skaro and they needed drugs to cure the sickness.

This B7 episode been the 3rd episode for female arch-enemy Servalan herself, is awesome and she i showing how ruthless she is and she is getting to be more involved in the action against Blake and his crew.

I do think in B7 although Blake had 2 clone duplicates made of him, in series 2 episode Weapon by clonemaster Fen who was a clone herself under the orders of the arch-enemy Servalan it was a shame in billions of ways there was never an android replica of Blake unlike android replicas in Dr Who of three Doctors the first, the fourth and the fifth and some of the Doctors companions. I do like the scenes where Blake and arch-enemy Servalan meet in person for the first time onscreen it is clear that Blake recognises Servalan even though they have not had a fight before like Blake and Travis had done before the series started.

I do say this B7 episode did really well, bringing back the female arch-enemy and recurring arch-villain Servalan herself for a 2nd episode and also this episode is the point where Servalan is starting to come more and more to the fore and is doing more in this episode and later episodes of B7 in comparison with her debut episode which also introduced Travis to the series.

I did notice in this B7 episode there were callbacks to classic Dr Who, story the first Dalek serial the Daleks aka the Dead Planet given how series creator Terry Nation recycled plot elements in millions of ways.

I do think this B7 episode not having female arch-villain Servalan in it was the one and only time Travis appears without her in tow, also I do wonder if this episode could have in retrospect have included Servalan . This B7 in some with the fight scenes is like the fight scenes in Dr Who serial Deadly Assassin with two enemies in hand to hand combat.

There are a number of actors in this B7 episode who also appeared in classic Dr Who, and the actor playing Kendall the captain of the ship Barry Jackson was in classic Dr Who 3 times he is most remembered for the Dr Who serial the Armageddon Factor as the rogue Time Lord Drax a character who was not a villain but he sadly never returned to classic Dr Who a shame because he could become a recurring character in the series.

I When it came to adding 2 new characters to the mix in B7, out of the 2 series principal villains Servalan and Travis originally Servalan was a male villain called Shervalan and would only do the one episode but Terry Nation switched Shervalan to a female villain and renamed Shervalan Servalan and also it was decided to retain Servalan as both arch-enemy and recurring arch-villain instead of been just a one-off villain. The switching of character gender had taken place in the Jon Pertwee story Colony in Space where the principal villain Morgan was female in the early stages but was switched to male. I do say having two arch-enemies in the form of Servalan and Travis was a nice addition to the regular characters.

I do say when it came to devising the character of Del Tarrant, I think that it was always the name the production team on B7 determined for the new male crewmember and Tarrant in series 3/4 is never mentioned to be a relative of Dev Tarrant from the pilot episode the Way Back who was the principal villain for that one episode. I do IMO say and think Dev Tarrant as a villain and as an enemy having survived been killed off could have realistically been brought back to B7 and IMO I wish Dev Tarrant had become the henchman and underling to arch-enemy and recurring arch-villain Servalan herself IMO Dev Tarrant was a better and more interesting villain and character than Travis good as Stephen Greif was as Travis like Roger Delgado who played the Doctors Time Lord arch-enemy much as Anthony Ainley did his best as the Master he no way like every other actor who played the Master matched or overshadowed Roger Delgados Master. I also say this episode having 2 main villains in arch-enemy Servalan and Klegg leading the death squad of the Federation I do say that this episode is similar to series 1 episode Mission to Destiny in the way it is a whodunnit , and in the first season episode the main villain was a woman called Sara and in the episode it is Tarrant who reveals to Avon he was a Federation space captain who went rogue and nicked a pursuit ship and got involved in smuggling and is a wanted outlaw with a high price on his head. I also feel series 3/4 of B7 having lost the banter between Blake and Avon was a shame in tens of billions of ways but if we had not lost Blake and Jenna then there is no way that Tarrant and Dayna would have even been in the crew of the Liberator . The only real way either Tarrant and or Dayna could have been in B7, if they were not in the crew of the Liberator and or later Scorpio they could have been portrayed either as villains or as heroes supporting the crew of the Liberator or Scorpio . If series 3 of B7 had kept Blake I suppose it is a possible option that Tarrant could have become a new underling and henchman to arch-enemy and arch-villain Servalan and that had it been the case could have been interesting .

I do say this B7 episode Countdown in some ways, has elements from classic Dr Who Dalek serial the Daleks and also, having a different main villain in the form of Provine who sadly died because I could envisage Provine taking over as new henchman to arch-enemy and arch-villain Servalan given that Provine was a much better villain than Travis and more interesting like even Bayban played by Colin Baker who became the 6th incarnation of Dr Who four years after he played Bayban in B7.

Tom Chadbon who played Del Grant, in this B7 episode was twice in classic Dr Who first in City of Death, as Duggan who much as he survived could have become a new companion to the 4th Doctor and he would be an adult companion like Ian, Steven and Harry were.

In this episode we get to see Arch-enemy Servalan travelling in a ship to the planet Exbar, in pursuit of her former henchman Travis the pursuit ship she commandeers which was C-26 may have been used by her twice more in Gambit and the keeper that ship she travels to Exbar was used by the space commander who failed to destroy the Liberator in the space battle the pursuit ship Avon and Cally see in the Keeper after Blake has gone back to Goth was identified as a modified mark 1 pursuit ship and it may have been the same pursuit ship used by arch-enemy Servalan in this episode .

this episode is a definite improvement on the previous one, and we learn something of Avon,s background I thought Del Grant was an awesome character who IMO could have become a crewmember on the Liberator and he could have filled the space Blake left vacant in series 3.

It was in series 2 of B7 that we get to see arch-enemy Servalan aboard a ship travelling from her HQ to whichever planet she is visiting in the episode and also I do think in this episode the 2 henchmen of arch-enemy and main villain Servalan Ginka and Deral for villains they IMO were more interesting than Travis was and also I had a hunch when I first saw this episode over 44 years ago possibly Deral or Ginka might survive and become new recurring characters and become new henchmen to arch-enemy Servalan but they were both killed off.

I do say this ship arch-enemy Servalan has in this episode the mark 2 star cruiser which, is very much shaped like a whale and also I preferred the Federation pursuit ship she used in series 2 which was a modified class 1 pursuit ship C-26 which was used in episode 8 of series 2 and also that ship was used by principal villain Servalan to travel to unnamed planet in episodes 11 and 12 Gambit and the keeper. I do think if the clonemasters who made the 2 Blake clones in series 2 episode Weapon been dead, according to the arch-villain Servalan may have been true or possibly a lie and since cloning is now exclusive to Auron sounds a little strange,.

I do say when the decision was made in series 1 episode to retain the female villain Servalan as both arch-enemy and also as returning arch-villain instead of been originally a one-off villain who would have not returned or even possibly never been talked about in later episodes and series. I say David Maloney when he took the decision to retain Servalan which lead to her becoming both arch-enemy and also principal villain for the series. I have a hunch that B7 is one of the very first science fiction, series in which the arch-enemy and also the main villain is a woman I could be wrong .

I do say this B7 is like the season, 2 episode Killer where the planet Fosforon becomes infected with a deadly plague and Blake much to Avon,s annoyance puts out a warning beacon to warn all sapceships to stay well away from Fosforon until the virus burns itself out and Avon wants the arch-enemy and principal villain Servalan herself who is in a ship on her way to the planet to capture Blake and co and if she lands her ship on the planet she will be killed by the deadly virus and off the backs of Blake and his crew but if that happened Servalan been the arch-enemy and also the returning arch-villain of the series could never return to menace Blake and co ever again so really Blake is saving their arch-enemy,s life much as Avon does not approve of Blake putting out the warning beacon to warn all ships to avoid the plague riddden planet.

I do say this episode having the arch-enemy and recurring arch-villain Servalan state the clonemasters in series B episode Weapon which involved arch-enemy Servalan making a deal with the clonemaster Fen who was female and was cloned herself as all clonemasters were cloned and saying the clonemasters from Weapon are dead and cloning is no exclusive to Auron Callys home planet only does arouse questions whether arch-enemy Servalan is telling the truth or plain lying. I do say it is a shame the previous episode which was City at the Edge of the World having Colin Baker in as the main villain Bayban the Butcher was awesome it is a shame you did not include that episode good as it is, I do say the episode with Colin Baker in as the villain Bayban who was a nutter and scene chewing, not having arch-enemy and principal villain Servalan in was a smart move Colin Baker and Jackie Pearce worked together on Dr Who when Colin was the Doctor in the 2 Doctors and Jackie played the villain an androgum called Chessene of the Franzine Grig and the story was awesome for the 6th Doctor.

I do say that this episode of B7 is nowhere near as good as the next episode City at the Edge of the World with future Dr Who actor Colin Baker as the main villain Bayban who was not Federation and also Bayban was very much a villain who was nutty and also the episode with Bayban in does not include the arch-enemy and recurring arch-villain Servalan herself or any Federation personnel I do not think that B7 episode would have worked as well had arch-enemy Servalan been in it with the main villain of that episode Bayban because IMO arch-enemy and arch-villain Servalan would have been overshadowed by Bayban himself. I know some people think Colin Baker was better as the villain Bayban than he was as the 6th Doctor and also one female B7 told me she thought Colin Baker would have made an awesome Blake had Gareth Thomas not been cast in the role of Blake when the series was devised. I suppose Colin Baker could have played Blake in B7 in place of Gareth Thomas and had that been the case in an alternate time line then I think Colin Baker had he been cast as Blake would have stayed with the series for as long as it was running on tv and also it is possible there might have been multiple series of B7 and I cannot had Blake stayed for series 3 of B7 have seen Tarrant ever joining the crew of the Liberator because they would be no need for Tarrant to have been in the Liberator crew had we kept Blake.

I do say that Jarvik as a villain was more interesting than Travis ever was in billions of ways and when I saw this episode, first time around I wondered if Jarvik was to become the new henchman to arch-enemy and recurring villain Servalan herself and was also going to be Travis,s replacement and in series 3/4 arch-enemy Servalan no longer had anyone as a regular henchman unlike in series 1/2 with Travis and also in this episode of B7 Tarrant is portrayed as been much older than the actor Steven Pacey, Tarrant was to be aged from 35 to 55 but the producer David Maloney felt it would not work to have an older well known actor playing Tarrant in an established series which was originally set to end and one actor who was considered to play Tarrant who was well known and very talented was Jack Watson who was much older than 35 to 55 he was at the time aged 64 going on 65 and so the production team made Tarrant a much younger man altogether instead of been mid 30s to mid 55s Tarrant was thus played by the awesome Steven Pacey who was only 22 years old in 1979 when the character Del Tarrant was introduced to series 3 of B7 plus I at the time thought Pacy was older than 22 more likely 28, 29 or even early 30s. When tom Baker became Dr Who in the mid 70s he was aged 40 yet IMO he looked younger say in his mid 30s to late 30s.

Tarrant was originally devised as an older man than Steven Pacey who at the time was only aged 22, and also I have a hunch Tarrant was always the name that the new male crewmember to the Liberator was to be called and also there were rumours this episode was originally written with Blake in mind but had to be rewritten to replace Blake with Tarrant who at one stage was to apparently be the new leader of the crew of the Liberator but that changed and instead Avon took over as the new leader of the Liberator crew and Tarrant basically tried to prove to Avon and the other crewmembers that he was a better leader than Avon.

Children of Auron is a great episode.

I hated the new one lol

Captain Scarlet still hopes up in my opinion also

I liked the way Sara was the main villain in this B7 episode, and it is similar to the Dr Who serial Robots of Death with a whodunnit in killing the crew in that story it was on a planet with no name in this B7 episode it is set on a spaceship a freighter Ortega and both stories are awesome in billions of ways.

This episode was not to bad and Blake and Jenna were in the original script drafts, instead of Tarrant and Dayna.

Veey Bizarre episode. In fact, the series is very Bizarre..

Tarrant was originally intended to be played by an older man aged 35 to 40 but, was changed to a much younger man in his early 20s.

The Tarrant character was mainly brought in as a standin for Blake, and this series was so different in billions of ways without Blake and Jenna.

It was a shame Blake and Jenna left, and having arch-enemy and returning arch-villain Servalan in this episode was awesome in billions of ways.