abstract
| - In the same way that Star Trek is the ultimate expression of an Americans utopian vision of a future full of peace and love triumphing over all, Blakes 7 is the ultimate expression of a Welshmans utopian vision of a future full of evil English people keeping the galaxy in line with drugs, propaganda, and brainwashing. But one man is brave enough to rebel against them. For which he gets sent off to a prison planet to die, but through a series of accidents he and 5 criminals end up escaping with a sentient alien supership. That guy is named Blake, and thats why the shows called Blakes 7. You may wonder why 7 and not 6, but the ship has feelings too. Also, the annoyingly superior but also sometimes obsequious supercomputer they pick up counts sometimes, but not other times. Anyway, they soon solved that problem by writing Blake out of the show.
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