Introducing Slave

[@lapisredux]

i would definitely give her manual control.

[@marcokite]

not arf!!

[@mrwilfredmyers7566]

Many many acting roles which very very few ever got to speak about. I bought the book.

[@user-jt5vm3mi1w]

What

[@martinXY]

Never liked Slave. Zen and Orac were perfect for the roles, Slave seemed contrived and the affectations were maddening.

[@nickgreen4731]

Uriah Heep as a computer!

[@martinXY]

Very 'umble, sir.

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@martinXY Pardoningly 'umble . . might I add, sir?

[@cloverfield911]

Series ended for me with the destruction of the Liberator.

[@grimupnorth]

Then you missed three of the best episodes of the entire programme in Series 4. Bad luck.

[@tungstenkid2271]

On the other hand most of my favourite episodes are in the last two series..:) Incidentally one of my favourite episodes is "Assassin".

[@chrishoneywell833]

Same here , it was supposed to be the end though , not even the cast knew season 4 was on the cards at that point .

[@tungstenkid2271]

Stargate Universe is another great series where the two leading characters are always at each others throats, for example in one episode Robert Carlisle tries to frame Lou Ferreira for murder, and in another Ferreira beats the krap out of Carlisle and maroons him on a hostile planet..:) PS- Avon and Tarrant seem to mellow towards each other later, because Avon tells somebody "Tarrant is one of the best".

[@jamestoney6108]

Blake 7 shits all over stargate u

[@Ensign_Cthulhu]

I don't think Avon ever mellowed toward anybody, including himself. That wouldn't stop him from acknowledging expertise, though.

[@octaviusfooks7194]

Followed by Avon’s remark “…after me, of course!” Being perhaps narcissistic

[@tungstenkid2271]

@@octaviusfooks7194 The only time Avon seemed to show softness was in the 'Assassin' episode when an old boy helped Avon escape from a cell on condition that Avon took him with him, and Avon did take him.

[@thanqualthehighseer]

A 1980 version of JARVIS

[@octaviusfooks7194]

1:07 - 😆😆

[@mrb.5610]

Apple and Microsoft could learn a thing or two from Slave's OS.

[@999jay999]

It would be Slave vs Task Manager

[@jordanblake5916]

​@@999jay999 Operation paperclip was a total failure.

[@pariswoodard8672]

SLAVE DRIVE

[@michaelturner4457]

An upgraded Acorn System 1.

[@pariswoodard8672]

MASTER DRIVE

[@julianlockwood3040]

Never understood why the writers replaced Liberator / Zen with Scorpio / Slave. The Liberator set was vastly better !

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

The producer, Vere Lorimer, made quite a few unfathomable changes. I remember reading an interview with him before series 4 began and being an average non-judgemental teenager decided I severely disliked him and thought he hadn't got the first idea about what made B7 great.

[@shaz2761]

The liberator set was crap. Cheap tacky crap. Great show though.

[@LEGOpachinko]

This is a copy paste, not sure how true/correct; Terminal, the final episode of season 3, was originally going to be the end of Blake's 7 (this is why Gareth Thomas was persuaded to reprise the role of Blake for the episode, which of course happened again for the real conclusion). The destruction of the Liberator was a suitably dark ending to the show, and the real set was used for filming its destruction (March 7th, 1980). The end was so certain, that when the episode was broadcast (March 31, 1980), the cast and crew had already dispersed. Most of them didn't even know that there would be more episodes until this was announced during the credit sequence at the end of Terminal. The story (according to the Blake's 7 Summer Special for the final season) is that the Head of BBC Television was impressed by the episode and instructed (while it was airing!) that an announcement be made during the end credits that the series would return. At this point, there were both in-universe (it was a fairly definitive destruction, unlike the destruction of the 'sister ship' in the first season, and this was stolen technology was more advanced than most, so not easily repaired/rebuilt) and out-of-universe (the set was blown up!) reasons to need a new ship, rather than a repaired/rebuilt Liberator. Peter Tuddenham voiced both Zen and Slave (the computer of their next ship, Scorpio), and also Orac, who survived the Liberator's end. Since he was already continuing as Orac, it made sense for him to do the voice of the new ship as well (and Zen and Slave's characters were sufficiently different that it wasn't especially obvious that this was the case).

[@shaz2761]

@@LEGOpachinko Gareth Thomas left after series 2, and didn't appear again until ep 13 of series 4

[@LEGOpachinko]

​@@shaz2761 Quite sure Terminal had Gareth Thomas (as guest star)

[@kellysouter4381]

Cringing is awful even for a computer.

[@Howyaduing]

“Why call a computer Slave?” “Joke I suppose” “For a white guy…”

[@mrb.5610]

Romans used 'white guys' as slaves. Slavery has always had job opportunities for all races, matey.

[@AllanFolm]

Where do you think the slaves imported to the USA came from? That's right, they were bought from african slave traders.

[@floydlooney6837]

Many slaves in history were white.

[@marcokite]

@@floydlooney6837 - i guess looking at the Greek world and Roman Republic/Empire; the majority of slaves were white

[@marcokite]

looking at the Greek world and Roman Republic/Empire; surely the majority of slaves were white