% Ravella: Did you have any trouble? Blake: No. Ravella: You followed the route I gave you? Blake: Yes, can we get on with it please? (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Ravella: And eating and drinking -- you've managed to do without? Blake: Well, since you were so insistent I've done without food or drink for thirty-six hours. Ravella: How do you feel? Blake: Hungry and thirsty, of course. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Ravella: All our food and drink is treated with suppressants. Going without for a day and a half, they should be wearing off. Blake: [Laughs] Not that again. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "Improves the flavor if nothing else." -- Roj Blake, to Ravella, about processed water (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "Doesn't it bother you that you spend your life in a state of drug-induced tranquility?" -- Ravella, to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Ravella: Don't you know? Don't you remember anything about the treatments they gave you? Blake: I've had no treatments. Ravella: I thought there'd be something left, some trace of memory. Blake: What about my memory? (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "I've had no treatments!" -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Ravella: Don't have any doubts. One word in the wrong place can make you look as guilty as any of us. Richie: And looking guilty is all it takes. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "Look, what is this? I've had no treatments, my memory is fine. Now what is going on?" -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Tarrant: What do you think? Foster: I don't know. There's not much left of the man I knew. We'll see. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Havant: You're obviously suffering from a severe emotional disturbance. We must try to unravel this fantasy. Blake: It is NOT a fantasy. Havant: Of course it isn't. Blake: Do you believe me? Havant: To you it isn't a fantasy. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "Reality is a dangerous concept. Each one of us interprets it in a slightly different way. Every sense impression is filtered by the brain and altered, sometimes just a little, sometimes completely, to fit our individual model of what the world is about. If that model should be challenged ..." -- Dr. Havant to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "I am NOT insane. I am NOT insane ..." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "I can't remember. I can't remember!" -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Glynd: Can he break through the memory blocks, Dr. Havant? Havant: It's unlikely. We don't eradicate memory, of course, merely make it inaccessible. But in the normal healthy mind the barriers are impenetrable. Should he suffer anything like a nervous breakdown, where all the mental circuitry malfunctions, as it were, then he might just possibly find a route into his past. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Havant: Can't he be eliminated? Morag: No, he's a symbol of opposition to the Administration. -- about Blake (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "We've done cross-sectional psych readings which show that a high percentage of people, particularly the younger ones, believe that Blake's trial was a showpiece, that his statements were rigged." -- Ven Glynd (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "His death could be used by the dissidents. They need a hero. Alive or dead, Blake could be it." -- Morag (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Havant: Difficult. I suppose my department could infect him, some rapidly terminal disease. Would his natural death help? Glynd: I don't think so. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "Good. Then I think we can totally destroy Blake's credibility and get him sentenced. But I'd like to do a feasibility check..." -- Morag (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Blake: There can be no justification for deliberate murder. Varon: There's nothing in the charges about murder. There are a number of other counts. Assault on a minor, attempting to corrupt minors, moral deviation ... (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Blake: I will offer no defense, but I will plead not guilty. Varon: These are grave charges. Without extenuating circumstances, you might face deportation. A mental institution would be better than spending the rest of your life on Cygnus Alpha. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Blake: The charges against me are totally false. I am not guilty, therefore I offer no defense. Arbiter: Your guilt or innocence is what we are here to determine. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "His crimes have been accorded a Category Nine rating, and as such are adjudged most grave. In sentencing you, the judgment machine has taken into account your past record, your service to the state, and your loyalty to the Federation. None of these have mitigated in your favor. It is the sentence of this tribunal that you be taken from this place to an area of close confinement. From there you will be transported to the penal colony on the planet Cygnus Alpha, where you will remain for the rest of your natural life. This matter is ended." -- Aribter, Blake's trial (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "Easy! Take it easy! I hate personal violence, especially when I'm the person." -- Vila Restal, to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "Try to look on the bright side. It must have something. None of the guests have ever left early. In fact, none of them have ever left at all." -- Vila Restal, on Cygnus Alpha (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Blake: Why are you going there? Vila: They didn't give me a choice. I steal things. Compulsive, I'm afraid. I've had my head adjusted by some of the best in the business. But it just won't stay adjusted. Blake: A professional thief. Vila: More a vocation than a profession. Other people's property comes naturally to me. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "I steal things. Compulsive, I'm afraid. I've had my head adjusted by some of the best in the business. But it just won't stay adjusted." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "Other people's property comes naturally to me." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % "Just taking care of it while you were unconscious. The place is full of criminals." -- Vila Restal, to Roj Blake, about Blake's watch (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Jenna: What's your story? Blake: Well, I'm innocent -- of what I was charged with anyway. Vila: We have something in common, then. We're all victims of a miscarriage of justice. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Blake: What about the others? Vila: Oh, a very antisocial bunch. Murderers, liars, cheats [Looks at Jenna] ... smugglers ... Jenna: [To Vila] -- thieves -- Vila: -- and they're the nice people. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Operator: This didn't happen, of course. Varon: No, of course it didn't. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Varon: A fictional experience and emotion, implanted into the mind so vividly and permanently that it becomes reality. Maja: Is that possible? Varon: The process was perfected years ago, but prohibited by the medical profession. But if it is being used again -- Maja: Blake could be telling the truth. Varon: And that could blow the top off the whole Administration. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Vila: Friends in high places? Can't you put a word in for me? Blake: I'll try and think of one. (Blake's 7: The Way Back [A1]) % Guard: Take a long look. That's the last you'll ever see of it. Blake: No, I'm coming back. % Leylan: I thought maintenance was supposed to have fixed that high-dee shift vibration. Raiker: That's what they said. Leylan: That's what they always say. They don't bother! Nobody bothers anymore. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Leylan: Still studying for your Commander's credentials, Artix? Artix: Yes sir. I don't want to spend the rest of my life on old tubs like... I... I mean... Leylan: I know what you mean. Artix: I'm sorry, sir. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Leylan: There's a female prisoner on our manifest. Raiker: I've noticed that sir. Leylan: Yes... well... err, be discreet. Raiker: Yes, sir. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "If you have any complaints, I don't want to hear them. Understand this clearly. You have no rights whatsoever. None. Questions?" -- SubCommander Raiker (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "There are other rules. But you'll find out what they are when you break them." -- SubCommander Raiker (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Raiker: So you're Blake. Well, made quite a name for yourself a few years back. Quite the celebrity. Something of a comedown for a leader of men, isn't it? Molesting kids? Blake: The charges were false. Raiker: Oh yes, of course. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "Well, let me tell you something Blake, as far as I am concerned, you are just another piece of cargo. Remember that and you might just survive the journey." -- SubCommander Raiker (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Vila: Do you think this is a good time for me to tell them I suffer from flight sickness? Nova: I don't think they'll be very sympathetic. Jenna: I expect they'll find a cure for it, though. A permanent one probably. Vila: They amputate your head! (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Jenna: That one's going to enjoy giving us a hard time. Vila: And you've improved his mood no end! Why couldn't you be nice to him?! Jenna: He's not my type. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Vila: You can't afford to be choosy now! Jenna: Why else would I be talking to you? (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Blake: Neat. Avon: Most computer-based functions are. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Vila: Blake -- Kerr Avon. When it comes to computers, he's the number two man in all the Federated worlds. Nova: Who's number one? Vila: The guy who caught him. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Blake: What went wrong? Avon: I relied on other people. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Avon: Why all the questions? Or is it merely a thirst for knowledge? Blake: Not exactly. Having defined the problem, the first step towards a solution is the acquisition of data. You should know that. Avon: Define the problem then. Blake: How to avoid spending the rest of our lives on Cygnus Alpha. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "Having defined the problem, the first step towards a solution is the acquisition of data. You should know that." -- Roj Blake to Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Avon: Nobody on this ship could do it. Blake: Except you. Avon: Naturally. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Jenna: Was it wise to put that idea into his head? Vila: What idea? Blake: Oh, he's bright. He'd already thought of it. Vila: What? What? (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "That's immoral. The cold-hearted murdering -- let's kill him now before he can do it." -- Vila Restal, on Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Blake: Could you pilot it? Jenna: I expect so. Why? Blake: Well, once we've taken this ship, we'll need a pilot. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Avon: Don't try and manipulate me, Blake. Blake: Now why should I try and do that? Avon: You need my help. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Avon: Give me one good reason why I should help you. Blake: You're a civilized man, Avon. On Cygnus Alpha that will not be a survival characteristic. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Avon: An intelligent man can adapt. Blake: Or recognize an alternative. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Avon: Whereas you are offering me safety. Blake: I'm offering you the chance of freedom. Avon: Generous, considering mine will be the most important job. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "A couple more like that and we won't have a ship to take over." -- Jenna Stannis (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Vila: Perhaps we should get on with it do you think maybe? Gan: Maybe. Don't be so nervous, Vila. Vila: Nervous? I'm not nervous. Just... poised for action, that's all. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Avon: You've got an army of five, Blake. Five and HIM! Do you still think you can take over the ship? Blake: If you do your bit. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "Luck has nothing to do with it." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Blake: All right, you go then. Vila: Me? Uh, I'd be glad to, it's just that I've got this problem with confined spaces. There's a medical name for it. Jenna: Cowardice? (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Nova: I'll go. Well, let me do it. I haven't done anything yet. Vila: I'm quite prepared to go, it's just that I don't want to let anyone down because of my, uh, complaint. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "Look, we only need the hand. If you want to stay attached to it, do as you're told." -- Olag Gan, to guard (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "'Find the armory,' he says. I don't even like guns." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "I got confused." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Dainer: Some of our men have been injured, sir. Leylan: And the prisoners? Dainer: We've killed six. Leylan: Six? Dainer: [Glancing at body] Seven. In the course of quelling a riot and protecting the ship, sir. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Jenna: What do you think they'll do? Blake: Their time's running out. Jenna: So's ours. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Blake: We have less to loose. Avon: You may have, but I value my life! (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Jenna: Back to Earth? Blake: Yes. That's where the heart of the Federation is. I intend to see that heart torn out. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Avon: I thought you were probably insane. Blake: That's possible! They butchered my family, my friends. They murdered my past and gave me tranquilized dreams. Jenna: At least you're still alive. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Jenna: At least you're still alive. Blake: No! Not until free men can think and speak. Not until power is back with the honest man. Avon: Have you ever _met_ an honest man? (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Avon: Have you ever _met_ an honest man? Jenna: [Glances at Blake] Perhaps. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "Wealth is the only reality. And the only way to obtain wealth is to take it away from somebody else. Wake up, Blake! You may not be tranquilized any longer, but you're still dreaming." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Jenna: Maybe some dreams are worth having. Avon: You don't really believe that. Jenna: No, but I'd like to. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Blake: And the rest? Avon: Have the same chance as I have. Blake: You don't really believe that. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Raiker: You could have won, Blake. All you needed was guts. Blake: I'll settle for yours! (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "Mister Raiker! Have you gone completely mad?" -- Commander Leylan (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Jenna: How do you feel? Blake: Sick. Avon: So you should. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "What a fiasco. You could take over the ship, you said, if I did my bit. Well, I did my bit, and what happened? Your troops bumble around looking for someone to surrender to, and when they've succeeded, you follow suit." -- Kerr Avon, to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Jenna: What do you think they'll do to us? Blake: Something unfriendly. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Blake: It was my fault. Avon: We know. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Blake: It was my fault. Avon: We know. Blake: I'll try and do better next time. Avon: We had one chance. You wasted it. There won't be a next time. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Avon: We had one chance. You wasted it. There won't be a next time. Jenna: In which case, you can die content. Avon: Content? Jenna: Knowing you were right. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Leylan: I hope Mr. Raiker's made it clear to you that you can refuse to do this. Blake: Oh yes. He's also made it clear that summary execution's one of our options. We chose the other. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Leylan: Well if you're successful, I promise that I'll get your sentences quashed. Avon: And if we're not? Raiker: Then you'll have no more problems anyway. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "I've had _worse_ offers." -- Jenna Stannis (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Blake: Do we get weapons? Raiker: I'll toss them into the airlock... once you're inside. Blake: Very wise. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Jenna: What do you suppose did that to him? Avon: That's what we're supposed to find out. Execution may have some appeal after all. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "A ship like this could go anywhere!" -- Jenna Stannis (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Blake: But could you pilot her? Jenna: Eventually I might just be able to make her start and stop. Blake: You've got two minutes, no more. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Blake: What course have you set? Jenna: Name it. We're free. We've got a ship. We can go anywhere we like. (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % "With a ship like this and a full crew, then we CAN start fighting back." -- Roj Blake, to Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Spacefall [A2]) % Artix: They'll never find him out there. Leylan: They won't have to. He'll find them. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Blake: Handgun? Avon: It's a bit elaborate for a toothpick. Blake: Depends on how elaborate their teeth were. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Jenna: Don't blame me if it's self-destruct. Blake: I doubt if I'll ever speak to you again. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "Try that one... Something of an anti-climax." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "To be completely known - it's like... innnocence." -- Jenna Stannis (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "I'm not sure I entirely trust a computer with a mind of its own." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "Wisdom must be gathered - it cannot be given!" -- Zen (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "Don't philosophize with me, you electronic moron - answer the question!" -- Kerr Avon to Zen (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Jenna: I don't think he likes you somehow. Avon: I think I may have to reprogram this machine. Jenna: Still won't make you likeable. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "You're so scared your brain's curdling." -- Arco to Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "Let's all go - on the other hand, let's all stay." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Blake: Yes, I worked on that project too. Avon: Small world. Blake: Large project. Jenna: *I* didn't work on it. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Avon: Educated guesses - I can't be certain. Blake: Now is the time to see how educated your guesses are. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Avon: I still think this is a stupid risk. Blake: Which *I'm* taking. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "Nothing at all really - a bit like your property when Vila's around - suddenly it's somewhere else." -- Roj Blake, describing teleportation (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Avon: Did you see anything while you were down there? Blake: Not much. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Vila: The architectural style is Early Maniac! Arco: We need food and shelter. Vila: But do we need them that badly? (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Jenna: You wouldn't be trying to get rid of me, would you? Avon: I have to get rid of Blake first. You're next on my list. Jenna: That would have been very disarming if I didn't know you meant it. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Jenna: Could you kill someone? Face to face, I mean. Avon: I don't know. Could you? Jenna: There's one sure way of finding out. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "I'm glad to see you haven't been wasting your time on frivolities." -- Kerr Avon to Jenna Stannis (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "Blake will look at all this as one more weapon to use against the Federation. And he can't win, you know he can't win. What do you want to be - rich or dead?" -- Kerr Avon to Jenna Stannis (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "You're pathetic! I should leave you here to rot! You want to live like slaves, live or die at the whim of a madman then fine - but you're not taking me down with you - I'm getting out! I'm better off without you!" -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Blake: The choice is very simple, you can either fight, or you can die. Well? Gan: Well, I'm with you. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % "The choice is very simple - you can either fight, or you can die." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Blake: Gan can you hold them? Gan: As long as the door doesn't break. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha [A3]) % Zen: Liberator is stationary and is stabilized in an anti- orbital posture. Vila: Whatever that means. Blake: It means we got it right. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Gan: I think we make a good team. Avon: Well, hurray for us. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Vila: What's eating you now? Avon: I'm just wondering how long we're going to live to enjoy our new found skills. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Gan: At least we know we can outrun them. Vila: Outrun them, in this we can out stroll them. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: Except that we're not going to hide. Very soon now the Federation ships will know exactly where we are. Or at least where we've been. Vila: I don't follow you. Avon: Oh, but you do. And that's the problem. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Vila (to Blake): I don't follow you. Avon: Oh, but you do. And that's the problem. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Jenna: I don't like the sound of that. Avon: Neither do I. I thought it was agreed we wouldn't do anything without discussing it thoroughly. Blake: True. It was also agreed that anybody could opt out at any time. Just tell me when you want to leave. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % "Why are we going there, though? I mean I feel for them. But we've got problems of our own." -- Vila Restal, to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Avon: A blow for freedom. Gan: Yes, our freedom. For a clever man you're not very bright. Deaf, dumb and blind how are they going to catch us? Avon: I'm sure Blake will manage it somehow. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Jenna: Putting out a false distress signal. It's a trick used by space pirates. Blake: Well then, we'll have to be careful. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Jenna: To transport what? Vila: Do we care? Jenna: Getting nervous? Vila: No, I've been nervous all along. I do not like the look of that thing. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Zen: (with difficulty) It is in... in... in... Avon: I'll have to overhaul that... thing. Zen: (drawn out) ...sane. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % "Gan, if you're trying to scare me, you're succeeding." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Avon: Are you sure you can trust me? Blake: For as long as we're useful to each other. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: More by luck than judgment. Jenna: Ah, don't tell him that. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: How long? Avon: I don't know. Blake: Why not? Avon: Zen won't tell us. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % "I'm breathless with anticipation." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % "Very delicate. You know, with hands like that and a decent upbringing, he might have made a respectable pick pocket." -- Vila Restal, of Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: See if Zen's back on our side yet. Gan: I don't think he ever left it. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % "It all seems a bit single minded to me." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: You have to be careful of the planet life around here. Some of it's carnivorous... Some species even have an intelligence rating. Vila: That's a comfort. I should hate to be eaten by something stupid. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Jenna: No sign of pursuit ships yet. Gan: Oh, they'll find us. Sooner or later. Jenna: And then we'll fight. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Gan: He's probably frightened. Jenna: No, he didn't look frightened. He just looked murderous. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % "He could be confused, I suppose. We have no idea what mental damage can be done by long term cryogenic suspension." -- Jenna Stannis (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: Anything happen with the crew of the projectile? Jenna: One of them... They're recovering. Everything's under control. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: Either of you found anything yet? Avon: Not a thing. Vila: Several plants with designs on my body. Apart from them, there's nothing else in sight. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % "May you die alone and silent." -- Cally, to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Cally: I will tell you nothing. Blake: I'm not with the Federation security force. Cally: I do not need to read minds to know that you lie. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Cally: Your words are meaningless to me. Blake: We came here to destroy the communication center. Your people have information that would be invaluable to us. Cally: Oh, it is quite clear that you seek _information_. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Cally: Can you prove what you say? Blake: If I can get inside that center I'll prove it with the biggest explosion you've ever seen. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % "No need for belligerence, pretty lady. I'm harmless." -- Vila Restal, to Cally (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Cally: Is he one of your crew? Blake: One of them. Avon: And he's useless as he said. I've had a gun on you the whole time. You were dead as soon as you broke cover. Vila: Harmless was the word I used. Avon: You couldn't even get that right. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Cally: But my people are the Auronar. Avon: And they are telepathic. Cally: And quick. I would not have died alone. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % "But there will be companions for my death. I plan to raid the complex. To destroy until I am destroyed." -- Cally (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: Well, our aim's the same. But I wasn't planning a suicide mission. Vila: I should hope not. Cally: He fears death? Vila: I plan to live forever. Or die trying. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: If you can get us inside that complex, we'll provide all the destruction you want. And still get out safely. Avon: Or die trying. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Avon: We'll need to blast the door. That will alert the guards before we've even started. Vila: Listen fingers, computers are yours, doors are mine. Right? (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: You can open it? Vila: One side please. (picks the lock) There you are. Blake: (opens the door) Good, Vila. Very good. Vila: It was almost nothing. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: Avon, can you do it? Avon: Five minutes. ... I know. Make it two. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % "We could be up to our armpits in homicidal maniacs within the hour." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % Blake: You forgot Zen. Avon: You're not counting that machine as a member of the crew. Blake: Oh, what do you say to that Zen? Zen: Please state course and speed. Blake: Very diplomatic. (Blake's 7: Time Squad [A4]) % "They must come. They must. They must. They must come. They must. They must. They must. They must come. They must come. They must. They must. They must come to us. They must come. They must. They must. They must come. They must. They must. They must come to us. They must come. They must." -- Saymon (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Blake: What caused the malfunction? Zen: The malfunction was deliberately induced. Jenna: (Whispered) Deliberately induced? (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Blake: What caused the malfunction? (Pause) Well? Zen: Involvement is not permitted. Blake: If the ship's blown up, lofty disinterest won't save you. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Avon: All right! Blake: If it was all right, I wouldn't need you here. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Cally: What are you doing? Avon: A little private research. Cally: Why? Avon: All knowledge is valuable. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Avon: Why do you want to know that? Cally: I'm interested in your work. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % "I should regret the necessity to kill you." -- Cally (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % "Must you invite death?" -- Cally (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Blake: Better keep her sedated. Avon: And locked up or dumped. Jenna: You should never have brought her on the ship. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Avon: And where have you been hiding? Vila: All I said was 'What do you think of the outfit?' (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Zen: Preemptive interference in crew activity is forbidden. Blake: Oh, he'll clear up after us, but he won't stop us making a mess. Avon: You made this mess. Jenna: We're all in it, Avon. Avon: Yes, aren't we. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Blake: Thank you. (Pause) Why? Avon: Automatic reaction. I'm as surprised as you are. Blake: I'm not surprised. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Jenna: It wasn't what she was doing. It was the way she was. If you looked into her eyes it wasn't her looking back at you. Gan: Avon says that's because she's an alien. Vila: Everyone's an alien to him. Blake: He's certainly more at home with machines. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % "Oh, that's marvelous. We're not sure where we are, but if they were sure they wouldn't know where it was anyway." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Blake: That's too close to something we can't see. Jenna: And we're not sure is there. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Blake: Vila, go and see how Cally is, will you. Vila: Must I? Jenna: It's not catching. Vila: It brought my head out in lumps. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Gan: I don't think Blake would agree to that. Avon: There will come a time when he won't be making the decisions. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Blake: It's time to use the neutron blasters. Vila: At last. I've been looking forward to this. Blake: Take it easy. It might blow us all up. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Zen: Neutron flare shield has not been activated. Vila: Which one's that? Blake: Activate the neutron flare shield. Zen: Confirmed. Blasters are cleared for firing. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % "There is little time left. They will come to us, but it must be soon. There is little time left. They will come to us, but it must be soon. It must be soon. It must be soon. Soon. Soon. Soon. Soon. There is little time left. Soon. Soon." -- Saymon (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Cally: I must come with you. Blake: No. Cally: But you can trust me. Avon: Really? Blake: I know we can. Whatever's down there can control you. It's already demonstrated that. Cally: I was unprepared. Avon: So were we. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Avon: What if something should happen to you and we can't get you back? Blake: Then all you have to do is get everybody else out of this mess. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Blake: What's it for? Novara: It was a line of research which got out of control. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Blake: Dwarves? Geela: Decimas. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Novara: The attack was a diversion so they could move their dead. Geela: Stupid creatures. Taking of life seems to affect them. Almost as if they had emotions. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Cally: Shall I tell Blake? Jenna: There's nothing he can do till we're out of the web. Cally: But he should be told. Jenna: If he's bargaining it will weaken his position. Cally: You're very practical. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Saymon: If the Decimas reach him, he'll be in danger. Those power cells must be protected. Blake: I don't give a damn about your power cells. There's a friend of mine out there. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Blake: Got the cells? Avon: What do you think these are, field rations? (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Avon: Ah well, if it's between the creatures and us there's no argument. Even your irrational conscience should be able to cope with that. (Pause) What do you want to do? Blake: Hold off long enough to make a deal. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Avon: Why should they agree? Blake: They need the power. They can't survive without it. Avon: Neither can we. Blake: I'll bear that in mind. Avon: Don't worry. I'll remind you. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Avon: These are what you wanted to protect. Blake: They're fighting for their lives. Avon: Who isn't? (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Avon: One thing they proved back there. Blake: What? Avon: Biological machines will never replace the real thing. They're far too unpredictable. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Blake: At least the Decimas stand a chance now. You can't separate living creatures. Being alive involves them together. Avon: I couldn't agree with you less. Blake: It's a fact of life. (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % Avon: I'll tell you a fact of life, Blake. Change is inevitable. Blake: Why else'd we fight, Avon? (Blake's 7: The Web [A5]) % "Tell him I've just worked out a completely new strategy - it's called running away." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % "There isn't a lock I can't open - if I'm scared enough." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % "Any very talented person could have done it." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % "I've just been spotted. The alarms are ringing. I thought you ought to know." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % Cally: They're taking too long. Avon: That's the trouble with heroics, they seldom run to schedule. (Blake's 7: Seek-Locate-Destroy [A6]) % "Blake is becoming a legend. His name is a rallying call for malcontents of all persuasions - he must be stopped." -- Counselor Bercol, to Servalan (Blake's 7: Seek-Locate-Destroy [A6]) % "Responsibility is something I have never evaded." -- Supreme Commander Servalan (Blake's 7: Seek-Locate-Destroy [A6]) % "She knew the risks. She accepted them. She even welcomed them." -- Jenna Stannis, of Cally (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % "Travis is an advocate of total war. He carries out his orders with meticulous thoroughness. An enemy does not cease to be an enemy simply because it has surrendered." -- Servalan (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % "That's the philosophy of an assassin, not a Federation officer!" -- Rai (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % Travis: These are your orders? Servalan: Destroy Blake. Travis: Depend on it. (Blake's 7: Seek-Locate-Destroy [A6]) % "We should know more about the Federation than the President!" -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % "At least I'll know what the *Federation* is planning." -- Kerr Avon, to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % Prell: She's alive. She's lucky. Travis: No, we are. Her luck ran out when she didn't die. - of Cally (Blake's 7: Seek-Locate-Destroy [A6]) % "I've always thought individuals with a high bionic rebuild were more reliable..." -- Space Commander Travis, on mutoids (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % "I'd give a mutoid priority over a man every time." -- Space Commander Travis, on mutoids (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % Travis: I'm a field officer, not one of your decorative staff men. Servalan: You're certainly not decorative. Travis: You find it repulsive? Servalan: I find it... unpleasing. (Blake's 7: Seek-Locate-Destroy [A6]) % Vila: I knew she wasn't dead! Avon: No you didn't. Vila: No I didn't. I'm going to tell Gan! (Blake's 7: Seek-Locate-Destroy [A6]) % "He has one reliable flaw: loyalty." -- Space Commander Travis, on Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % Jenna: Avon's right. Avon: I usually am. (Blake's 7: Seek-Locate-Destroy [A6]) % "You don't matter enough to kill, Travis." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Seek-Locate-Destroy [A6]) % "Travis's gun. I'll take that." -- Roj Blake (to Cally) (Blake's 7: Seek-Locate-Destroy [A6]) % "I am your death, Blake." -- Space Commander Travis (Blake's 7: Seek - Locate - Destroy [A6]) % Vila: Mock me if you like, but I can always sense danger. Gan: Yes, even when there isn't any. (Blake's 7: Mission To Destiny [A7]) % Avon: Are you awake? Vila: No. Avon: That's what I thought. (Blake's 7: Mission To Destiny [A7]) % "It's very quiet here. If it should get noisy, I'll be in touch." -- Kerr Avon, to Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Mission to Destiny [A7]) % "It is frequently easier to be honest when you have nothing to lose." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Mission to Destiny [A7]) % Cally: Remember that Avon and I will be staying. We will regard ourselves as hostages against Blake's return. Avon: Well, thank you, Cally. What a clever idea. (Blake's 7: Mission to Destiny [A7]) % Cally (telepathing): Blake will return. Avon: You can bet your life on it. In fact, you've just bet both our lives on it. (Blake's 7: Mission To Destiny [A7]) % Cally: My people have a saying - He who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken. Avon: Life expectancy must be fairly short among your people. (Blake's 7: Mission To Destiny [A7]) % Cally: We must help these people. Avon: Must we? Personally, I don't care if their whole planet turns into a mushroom. I shall stay because I don't like an unsolved mystery. (Blake's 7: Mission To Destinys [A7]) % "Personally, I don't care if the whole planet turns into a mushroom. I shall stay because I don't like an unsolved mystery." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Mission to Destiny [A7]) % "Rafford was dying. It's difficult to be neat under those circumstances." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Mission To Destiny [A7]) % Cally: I thought you mistrusted instinct? Avon: I do. So I am probably wrong. (Blake's 7: Mission To Destiny [A7]) % Vila: No. Yes. No. Maybe. Blake: Which is it Vila? Vila: It's maybe. (Blake's 7: Mission To Destiny [A7]) % "You just don't get off a spaceship and run." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Mission to Destiny [A7]) % "They would have to destroy the evidence, and that would include us." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Mission to Destiny [A7]) % "You better get her out of here - I really rather enjoyed that." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Mission to Destiny [A7]) (Paul Darrow's favourite line) % "No, we must earn our peace." -- Sinofar, to Giroc (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "Maybe my limiter has a malfunction?" -- Olag Gan (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % He was calling me a machine, but since he undoubtably defines himself as a human being, I shall choose to accept that as more of a compliment than anything else." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % Avon: Logic says we're dead. Blake: Logic has never explained what dead is. (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % Blake: Does that mean you agree? Avon: Do I have a choice? Blake: Yes. Avon: ...Then I agree. (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "I don't mind rough, it's fatal I'm not too keen on." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "They don't seem very impressed, Travis. Why don't you try stamping your foot?" -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % Blake: How many are you now? Giroc: None. We are a dead race. (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % Vila: I can't see Blake throwing himself on that, can you? Avon: I can't see him finding the right place. (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "I am an enemy of the Federation, but it is corrupt and oppressive. I will destroy it, if I can." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "Oh, that's very amusing, Blake. For a dead man." -- Travis, to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "I don't think I want to kill for your entertainment." -- Roj Blake, to Giroc & Sinofar (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "I've seen friends die." -- Roj Blake (to Sinofar) (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "Seems your weird ladies picked on me to demonstrate the death of a friend." -- Jenna Stannis (to Roj Blake) (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "How do you demonstrate the death of a friend to someone who hasn't got any?" -- Roj Blake, of Travis (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % Avon: It could be just an illusion? Cally: No, it is happening. It is the very truth beyond question. (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "Blake is sitting up in a tree. Travis is sitting up in another tree. Unless they're planning to throw nuts at one another, I don't see much of a fight developing before it gets light." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care, or indeed why it should be necessary to prove it at all." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % Vila: Is that an insult or did I miss something? Cally: You missed something. (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "That's one way to become a hunted man; trust the powerful." -- Jenna Stannis, to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % Jenna: The Federation has beaten us all at least once. Blake: At least. (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % Travis: What were these 'things' doing at the foot of the tree? Mutoid: They came in the night, I trapped them. Travis: You did more than that. Mutoid: My serum supply is running low, there was a little blood in each of them. (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "We've been lucky up 'til now, we'll be lucky again." -- Olag Gan (Blake's 7: Duel [A8]) % "We've come at the worst time, of course." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Blake: Does it support any intelligent life? Avon: Does the Liberator? (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Blake: Does it support any intelligent life? Avon: Does the Liberator? There are humanoid creatures called subterrons. They live in caves. Quite what that says for their intelligence, I really wouldn't know. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Blake: No, Avalon has started resistance movements on a dozen Federation planets. Avon: Another idealist, poor but honest. I shall look forward to our meeting with eager anticipation. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Avon: Another idealist, poor but honest. I shall look forward to our meeting with eager anticipation. Blake: Is your anticipation eager enough to come down there with me? Avon: Not quite. I think I shall contain my enthusiasm here in the warm. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Zen: All systems confirm instrument readings. Orbit is established, status is firm. Jenna: [To Cally] Very impressive. I think I might have taught you too well. Zen: Navigation computers register positional error -- point zero zero zero one zero one. Automatics are compensating. Jenna: Thank you, Zen, for that small compensation. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Blake: Is your suit fully heated? Jenna: About ready to burst into flames. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Blake: Federation security must have found them -- looks like their handiwork. Jenna: None of them are armed. Blake: That's what I mean. Jenna: Weapons are still in the racks. Blake: They probably tried to surrender. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Travis: I think we're about ready. Oh, I'll need a human to assist in a test. Check with the detention block, see if they can give you someone. Mutoid: Any special characteristics? Travis: No -- an ordinary unskilled labour grade will do -- an expendable. Mutoid: If there isn't one in detention? Travis: Then detain one! Mutoid: Yes, Commander. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Mutoid: If there isn't one in detention? Travis: Then detain one! (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Travis: You should be flattered by all this special attention. Avalon: Anyone who opposes the Federation knows what to expect if they get captured. It's a risk we're all prepared to take. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Travis: Obviously; but whatever the risks, no one really ever expects to get caught, do they, hmm? Still, I wish I could find the same urge to sacrifice among my subordinates. Avalon: They have no cause. Travis: True. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % "I know enough about these machines to realize that I will tell you everything. You will murder hundreds of people, maybe thousands. But you won't end the opposition, you'll never end it." -- Avalon to Travis (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Avalon: I won't help you. You can't force me to help you. Travis: Don't be naive. I can force you to do anything. It isn't necessary, though. You're already helping me. Just by being here you've set in motion a chain of events that's been absolutely predetermined. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Blake: Vila, get on a thermal suit and come down here fast. Vila: Me? Oh, now wait a minute, it's cold out there, and I'm very susceptible to low temperatures. I've got a weak chest. Avon: The rest of you's not very impressive. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Blake: You're wasting time. Come down here and bring your bag of tricks. Vila: I don't know why it always has to be me. I'm tired of being indispensable. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % "I don't know why it always has to be me. I'm tired of being indispensable." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Cally: Turn it down, Vila! Vila: Not a hope, I'd rather fry than freeze. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Travis: Supreme Commander, it's good to see you. A safe journey I trust. Servalan: Nothing is safe any more. You've heard, of course, that there have been two attempts on my life. Travis: I have. I was very concerned. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Servalan: I consider Blake to be responsible. Oh, not personally, of course; but stories of his exploits are still circulating. They excite people. The fact that he is still free gives them hope. And that is dangerous, Travis. Hope is very dangerous. Travis: The loss of it can be fatal, and the source of it all is about to be wiped out. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % "Hope is very dangerous." -- Servalan (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Servalan: It does seem an excellent plan. It should have every chance of success. Travis: I'm glad you approve. Servalan: Oh, Travis, you know better than that. In my position one never approves anything until it is an undisputed success. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Servalan: However you have my full support, unofficially, of course. Travis: Of course. Servalan: Officially, you have my presence and my attention. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Mutoid: Space security report. Our interceptors have detected an alien ship. Travis: Has it been identified? Mutoid: Available data suggests it could be the Liberator. Travis: Suggests? Suggests? Of course it's the Liberator. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Vila: You need a lot of explosives or a genius to open that. Blake: Can you do it? Vila: Of course. Blake: All right, we'll applaud you later. For now just get on with it. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Blake: You, there! What are you doing in this section? Guard: I was posted here by the security commander. Blake: My orders were that no one should enter this area. What is your security commander's name? Guard: Sergeant-Major Garven, may I have your name and authority, sir? Vila: [Prodding him with gun.] His name is Blake, and this is his authority. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % "Then let's get on with it. Speculation and fast turns aren't going to make it any shorter." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Avon: What went wrong? Blake: I was about to ask you that. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Blake: There's something about our escape that bothers me. Jenna: Well, like what for instance? Blake: Like the fact that we did escape. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Gan: A dud gun doesn't make sense. Blake: Exactly. I think they wanted us to escape. Avon: That's an interesting idea but I don't see the logic. Blake: Neither do I. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Avon: The Federation chases you all over the galaxy with the highly understandable desire to destroy you, then when they've got you pinned down they let you go. Why? Jenna: They could have got all of us, but there were still three of you left on the Liberator. (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Travis: You wouldn't do it. Blake: What have I got to lose? Travis: It's not a pleasant death, Blake. Blake: So I gather, but it would have its compensations: I'd share it with you -- and the Supreme Commander. Are you quite sure I wouldn't do it? (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % "The robot will crush the phial in response to one of three triggers. A particular word, a specific sound or a certain movement. You had all better be very, very careful about what you say and do." -- Blake, to Travis and Servalan (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % "Project Avalon has failed totally. There will be a full inquiry. Until that time you are relieved of your command." -- Servalan to Travis (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % "If it takes all my life, I will destroy you, Blake. I will destroy you. I will destroy you." -- Space Commander Travis (Blake's 7: Project Avalon [A9]) % Cally: Two of them would flatten any one of us for about a hundred hours. Avon: If he comes round, he'll flatten all of us for a good deal longer than that. He ought to be put under restraint. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Vila: Oh, my head. What fell on me? Avon: He did. (about Gan) (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Jenna: It all happened so quickly. One minute he was crying with pain, then he went beserk. Vila: I'm glad he's a friend. Could get very painful if he really didn't like you. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Blake: He's still out. We've run the diagnostic checks, it might show up something. Avon: Yes. And that something will tell you what you already know. Why don't you face it? Blake: Because I don't know what to do about it! And if it is the limiter, I don't know how we can help him. Unless neurosurgery is one of your particular talents. Avon: Unfortunately, no. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "Funny, we're all standing here hoping there's something wrong with him." -- Vila Restal, on Olag Gan (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "Funny, we're all standing here hoping there's something wrong with him. Something ordinary, a nice straight forward disease." -- Vila Restal, on Olag Gan (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Blake: Prognostication? Voice: Rapid deterioration to terminal condition. Blake: Recommendation. Voice: Immediate investagative surgery. Vila: So. If we don't get him treatment, he'll be a vegetable. Jenna: Or die. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Avon: There's a price on our heads. We are all under sentence of death. Jenna: The difference is that Gan's sentence is being carried out right now. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "There's a price on our heads; we are all under sentence of death." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Jenna: They don't like humanoids in general, and in particular homo sapiens. Avon: That puts their intelligence beyond doubt. (about the natives of Epinaarl) (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Blake: What is XK seventy two? Avon: It's a space laboratory. A permanent research facility financed by a consortium of neutral planets. Two specialist fields: weaponry and space medicine. An interesting combination, don't you think? (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Vila: A bolt hole. Somewhere to run if things get too hot here. Avon: The thought had crossed my mind. Jenna: Why haven't you told us about this station before? Blake: Presumably if he goes there with us he'll be identified. (Smiles at Avon) Vila: You can say goodbye to one bolt hole. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "I have never taken things on trust. I see no reason to make an exception in the case of a mysterious warning of danger." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Zen: Rejected. Avon: You CANNOT reject a direct command. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Blake: Now we really are on our own. Avon: Let's hope so. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Vila: What do you suppose it is that's lurking out there? Jenna: Maybe Zen's got it wrong. Avon: Zen hasn't got it at all. Jenna: All right then, whoever programmed him. Avon: One of these days I intend to find out who that is. Vila: If you live that long. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Blake: Anything on the detectors? Vila: Not a thing. What you see on the screen is exactly what's there. Absolutely nothing. Why should I find nothing terrifying? (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "Absolutely nothing! Why should I find nothing terrifying?" -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Jenna: Must you keep on about it, Vila? Vila: Sorry. Just nervous. Blake: We're all nervous. Vila: I thought it was only me. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Blake: Hmm. Well, presumably Zen will come back to us when we're out of danger. Vila: Sounds like a good idea. Any chance of joining him? (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Avon: Blake, there's something we haven't thought of. Blake: What? Avon: Systems instability. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Avon: Blake, there's something we haven't thought of. Blake: What? Avon: Systems instability. We have never operated without the auxiliary computers before. Blake: You mean they've been compensating for things like that power surge? Avon: They've made every minor adjustment that the systems require. And the chances are that they are now going to require a lot. Blake: Because computer control is -- Blake: (Together) -- part of the basic design -- & Avon: Avon: -- concept. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Avon: But, you don't understand. Jenna: Neither do you. We're committed. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Avon: But you don't understand. Jenna: Neither do you. We're committed. I intend to go on flying this ship even if all systems go into a flat spin. Avon: (Grabs her by both arms and pulls her around) But that's exactly what will happen! (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Vila: What was all that about? Everything is running smoothly. Blake: That was because everything was balanced before the computers went off line. Try and adjust something, and you unbalance something else. Try and adjust that, you unbalance two more and before you know what's happened, the ship is out of control. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "I've just had a comforting thought. We may all be dead before we find out why this is a danger zone." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Blake: How soon? Avon: I can talk or I can work, but I can't do both. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "I can talk or I can work, but I can't do both." -- Kerr Avon, to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Avon: Blake, in the unlikely event that we survive this -- Blake: Yes? Avon: I'm finished. Staying with you requires a degree of stupidity of which I no longer feel capable. Blake: No, you're just being modest. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Avon: Staying with you requires a degree of stupidity of which I no longer feel capable. Blake: No, you're just being modest. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Jenna: Why are we lying to them? Vila: Why not? No sense in looking for trouble. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Jenna: They're neutral. Blake: That's a term that covers a whole range of attitudes, and some of them not very friendly. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Jenna: I can't see them believing that Liberator is a Federation ship, can you? Vila: Let's hope they don't even think about it. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "Have a team of engineers standing by to examine the shuttle craft these people send across, will you?" -- Faron (about the Liberator) (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Farron: I'm afraid there are a few formalities we must sort out first. You can't just, uh, appear - Kayn: I'll come with you. Farron: Professor Kayn, I cannot allow this. Kayn: Send me a memorandum, Farron. Through the usual channels, of course. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Farron: Kayn, I cannot allow this, it is completely against station policy. Blake: Bring us across. Farron: This behavior will have to be noted down in the station log. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Kayn: I thought the matter transmission project had been abandoned. Blake: A temporary setback. Kayn: But with Federation resources it was just a matter of time, I suppose. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Vila: I didn't like the sound of that much. Avon: One of the many faces of neutrality. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Avon: Why do you stay with Blake? Vila: I like him. Avon: That isn't a good enough reason. Vila: It is for me. That and the fact I've got nowhere else to go. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Jenna: Hello. Renor: Hello, hello, hello! Vila: Ah. Jenna, this is Professor Kayn's assistant, his name is - Renor: Renor. And I had a feeling this was going to be a good day. Jenna: Yes, well, don't let your feelings run away with you. Renor: Oh, a sense of humor, too. I love girls with a sense of humor. Jenna: Yes, I can see where that would be an advantage. This way, please. Renor: Do you believe in love at first sight, Jenna? Jenna: Not yet. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "Hello! This place is full of pretty girls!" -- Renor (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Renor: THE Blake? How do you know? Kayn: They lie badly. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Renor: Stannis! That's who she is! Jenna Stannis. I've never met a celebrity before. Kayn: Celebrity! These people are maniacs, killers. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Renor: Well, at least I'll have tried! You call yourself a doctor? Vila: No, he calls himself a genius. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Kayn: I wondered how long it would take you. Vila: Well, you can stop wondering and start operating. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Kayn: Why didn't Blake come himself? Vila: Blake doesn't know anything about it. I thought it was better that way. He's got a conscience. He might not be prepared to kill you. Kayn: And you are? Vila: Yes. Avon: If he isn't, I am. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "He's got a conscience. He might not be prepared to kill you." -- Vila Restal, of Roj Blake, to Kayn (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Blake: Do it in twenty. Kayn: Or you'll kill me. Blake: Oh, no, no, no. In twenty-five minutes I'm returning you to your station. If you haven't completed your work -- Kayn: Your threats don't bother me in the least, you know. Blake: -- I shall destroy your hands. Twenty minutes. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "I shall destroy your hands..." -- Roj Blake (to Professor Kayn) (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Kayn: Are you defending their behavior? Renor: I can't defend ours! (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Blake: Is there any way we can thank you? Kayn: You could try getting caught. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Avon: Say goodbye to one bolt hole. Blake: That's not funny, Avon. Avon: It wasn't meant to be. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % Gan: I feel as if someone has been poking around inside my head-- with a foot. Vila: We had to kick your brain a couple of times to get it started. (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "They've modified it, though. Your ears glow in the dark, now." -- Vila Restal, to Olag Gan (Blake's 7: Breakdown [A10]) % "My reflexes are dull. They almost fell over me before I heard them." -- Cally (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Blake: I've forgotten how useful telepathy is. Cally: Oh, I must practice that, too. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Voice: Our electronic surveillance is usually reliable. Cheney: Very reliable, yes. Last time it turned out to be a local rodent digging a hole under one of your listening devices. We spent two hours chasing our tails on that occasion. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Tyce: He values your friendship. Sarkoff: Yes, I think he does. Tyce: And he's a social climber. Probably works your name into every conversation. "My friend, ex-President Sarkoff." (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % "Civilization has always depended on courtesy rather than truth." -- Sarkoff (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11] % "Well, if you've got to move off-station, you've got to, but be as quick as you can, and don't take any stupid risks. We're taking enough of those down here." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Vila: I don't like the look of that. Gan: Not again, Vila. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Vila: I'm entitled to my opinion. Avon: It is your assumption that we are entitled to it as well that is irritating. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Jenna: What do you think? Avon: As a matter of fact, I don't like the look of it either. Vila: [To himself] He agrees with me. Avon: The flight path is too erratic. Vila: [Still to himself] Makes it all seem worthwhile somehow. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Avon: It could be a trap. Gan: It's not a very good one, then. We're suspicious of it already. Avon: The test is not whether you are suspicious but whether you are caught. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Avon: First sign of trouble, we get out, right? Jenna: Goes without saying. Avon: I only wish it did. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Gan: They need help! Avon: Do they? Gan: Well, you heard him. Avon: It's not quite the same thing. Jenna: Avon's right. We need more information. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Gan: If it is a trap I'll warn you. Then Vila can open fire. Vila: With you on board? Gan: If necessary. Vila: You feeling all right? Gan: Fine. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Avon: You would give the instruction for your own death - you expect us to believe that? Gan: Yes. I expect you to believe that. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Avon: Stand by to fire on that ship, Vila. Vila: I still don't think this is such a good idea. Avon: I didn't ask for your opinion. Are you standing by to fire? Vila: We don't want to do anything hasty. Avon: Vila! Vila: Yes, I'm standing by. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Vila: Avon? Jenna? Now don't let's be silly. Answer me, one of you. [To himself] I shall come out in a rash. Zen, has something happened to them? Zen: Data is not available. Vila: I don't want data, I want to know what's happening. Zen: It will be necessary for you to make a personal investigation. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % "Oh, you're a big help. 'Personal investigation.' 'Personal investigation.' The next time Avon wants to make a personal investigation on how you work I shall make a personal point of handing him the instruments, personally." - Vila Restal to Zen (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Blake: Why are you expecting someone? Sarkoff: Assassination has always been a legitimate tool of statecraft. Its respectability and public acceptance has varied from civilization to civilization, but its practical application has remained remarkably consistent. [Starts the record playing.] Blake: I - Sarkoff: Echoes of a more civilized age. Blake: I didn't come here to murder you. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Blake: I said, I'm not a murderer. Sarkoff: I'm grateful for your semantic precision. Political assassination I can ... live with. To be murdered would the final, sordid indignity. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % "I've wasted my life listening, listening to people who are arrogant, or vacuous, or just plain vicious. I smiled and acquiesced in the face of prejudice and stupidity. I've tolerated mediocrity and accepted the tyranny of second-class minds. But now all that is over. I am ready to die, here among the things I value. I am ready to let you kill me but I am not ready to listen to you justify the act." -- Sarkoff to Blake (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % "I heard what you said, I heard every feeble, self-pitying word. Why should they send assassins for you, you're already dead, Sarkoff." -- Tyce (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Sarkoff: Well, Cally. Must I listen to you, too? Cally: No. Sarkoff: Have you no opinions? Cally: None. You are needed to unite your people. Sarkoff: I see. Facts, not opinions. Cally: Would we have risked our lives for an opinion? (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Tyce: So he ran away and hid, here on this empty, nameless planet which the Federation so generously provided. Cally: Together with a security force. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Sarkoff: I'm afraid that Tyce has never been able to accept that I am no longer important. Blake: It's a very impressive bodyguard for someone who is no longer important. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Blake: Not unimportant, then. Not naive, either. I mean, surely you must realize you're a prisoner here. Tyce: Of course he does. Don't you see it, Blake, he relies on them keeping him here. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Sarkoff: Why should I believe you? Blake: Well, what have I got to gain by lying? (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Blake: Stay here, please. [Exits] Sarkoff: Where else would I go? This is all I have left. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % "Well, it's faster than the automobile but, uh, not as amusing." -- Sarkoff on teleportation (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Blake: The others. My crew. Where are they? Zen: Their absence from the flight deck is the only data available. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Blake: That was stupid. Avon: None of us showed conspicuous intelligence on this occasion. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Blake: Amagons? I thought smuggling was the Amagon speciality. Avon: It is, but they also manage a little robbery, piracy, murder... Vila: Anything to turn an honest profit. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Jenna: This is purely a business arrangement, Tarvin. Tarvin: You weren't always so cold. Jenna: You weren't always a bounty hunter. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Tarvin: Have you forgotten Zolaf Four? Jenna: Is it worth remembering? Tarvin: Just the two of us in the mountains. Jenna: And three hundred customs guards. Tarvin: You saved my life. Jenna: We all make mistakes. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Tarvin: I thought you liked me. Jenna: Oh, I did. Then. Tarvin: Have I changed so much? Jenna: One of us has. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Tarvin: I just saved your pretty neck. Jenna: I didn't like the price. Tyce: You paid it. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Blake: I trust you. Vila: And if it blows up and I'm right behind you - ! Blake: That's why I trust you. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Vila: I told you I couldn't do it. Avon: I believed you all along. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Vila: Nobody could open it. Avon: I thought you could open anything, that's always been one of your more modest claims. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Vila: Yes. Avon? Avon: What? Vila: Shut up. Please. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Sarkoff: Accept it, Tyce, or it will destroy you. Tyce: You gave up. You were wrong. You are still wrong. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Tarvin: You talk too much. Sarkoff: Yes, it's an occupational hazard, I'm afraid. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Tarvin: Wealth. Tyce: Is that all? Tarvin: What else? Sarkoff: Well, as the rallying cry for a crusade, it lacks a certain... inspiration. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % "There's my inspiration. The Federation are coming to me. I summoned them. I'm going to sell them a crusader." -- Tarvin to Sarkoff (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Sarkoff: You'd sell your grandmother, wouldn't you? Tarvin: I did. She was going to sell me, I got in first. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Cally: What do you take pride in, Jenna? Jenna: Survival. Avon: At the expense of your friends? Jenna: I didn't know that you cared, Avon. Vila: He didn't. And he was right. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % "What does she have to do to convince you, Blake - personally blow your head off?" -- Kerr Avon to Roj Blake, on Jenna Stannis (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Gan: What's that expression of yours? Cally: Companions for our death? (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Avon: Vila. Vila: What? Avon: Take this off. Vila: Well, that's all very well, but who's going to take mine off? Avon: Get on with it. Vila: [Plaintively] Who's going to take mine off? Cally: And, Vila, do be quick. I'll be next. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % "Yes, my dear, you see, it's a, it's a paradox. He won because he is not the better man." -- Sarkoff to Tyce, of Tarvin (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Tarvin: You think I'm afraid? Tyce: No, but a dead prince, where's the fun in that? (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Sarkoff: So it really means that much to you? Tyce: Aren't I President Sarkoff's daughter? Perhaps I just sounded as though I meant it. Sarkoff: Then perhaps I'd better sound as though I mean to be President Sarkoff. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Sarkoff: I should thank you, but I'm not sure I have anything to be grateful for. Tyce: I have, and I do thank you. Sarkoff: But as I'm supposed to be a politician, I will thank you anyway. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Tyce: Goodbye, Blake. You'll always be welcome on Lindor. Sarkoff: Yes, we may have need of thirteen million credits - Tyce: Over my dead body. Sarkoff: I hope you're not going to make a habit of that particular threat. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) % Avon: Are you afraid that I'll be able to cope with it better than you? Blake: No. Avon: Well, perhaps you ought to be. (Blake's 7: Deliverance [A12]) % Vila: You're enjoying this, aren't you? Avon: Probably. (Blake's 7: Deliverance [A12]) % Travis: You're almost as ruthless as I am. Servalan: You under-estimate me Travis. Travis: It begins to look that way. (Blake's 7: Deliverance [A12]) % "He shall recognize deliverance and speak its name." -- Meegat, on Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Deliverance [A12]) % Vila (to Avon): Counting yourself, that makes two people who think you're wonderful. (Blake's 7: Deliverance [A12]) % Gan: She seems to be on our side. Vila: The poor woman's insane. Avon: Not necessarily. (of Meegat) (Blake's 7: Deliverance [A12]) % Avon: That was close. Vila: No respect. They obviously didn't realize who you were. (Blake's 7: Deliverance [A12]) % "If you think my silence is weakness, you mistake me." -- Travis (Blake's 7: Deliverance [A12]) % "No tracks. It can't be of regular use anyway." -- Olag Gan (Blake's 7: Deliverance [A12]) /?/ % "One down, one to go." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Deliverance [A12]) % Cally: Did she really think you were a god? Avon: For a while. Blake: How did it feel? Avon: Dont't you know? Blake: Yes, I don't like the responsibility either. (Blake's 7: Deliverance [A12]) % "Radiation? All of me?" -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % "Perhaps Avon would like it as a pet." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % "The data you requested is now available." -- Zen (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % "Sometimes he shows distinct signs of intelligence." -- Kerr Avon, on Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % Vila: Die? I can't do that. Avon: I'm afraid you can. It's the one talent we all share, even you. (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % Avon: What are you doing down there? Gan: I don't like being on my own, especially if I'm about to die. (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % "We seem to have arrived." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % "Death is such a waste." -- Ensor (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % Ensor: I disapprove of weapons. Blake: So do I, but I disapprove of dying even more. (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % "Can't stand them myself - filthy things, drugs." -- Ensor (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % "That box, Orac, that's what we came for." -- Servalan (to Blake) (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % Cally: What are you going to do? Travis: What do you think I'm going to do? (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % Blake: Good shot, Avon! (after Avon shot Travis's gun-hand) Avon: I was aiming for his head. (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % Jenna: Modest, isn't he? Orac: Modesty would be dishonesty. Vila: What's wrong with being dishonest? (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % Cally: Are you saying you can see into the future? Orac: The words future, present, past, are meaningless. (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % "Define meaningless?" -- Kerr Avon, to Orac (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % "Instructions are not needed if commands are succinct." -- Orac (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % "It is not a prediction, it is an immutable certainty." -- Orac (Blake's 7: Orac [A13]) % Blake: Orac, why won't you give us the background to that prediction? Orac: Because that would invalidate the prediction. Blake: And if we knew the future in detail we could change it, and so it wouldn't be the future. Orac: Correct. That is the paradox of prediction. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: How long have you been there? Avon: I was here when you came in. Blake: Why didn't you speak? Avon: I had nothing in particular to say. Besides, you looked as though you were planning something you didn't want the rest of us to know about. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Avon: Have you found what you want? Blake: No. Avon: That's because you're looking for the wrong things. Blake: What exactly does that mean? Avon: It's a common enough failing. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: Leave it! If I've missed something, I want to know what it is now, Avon. Avon: Well now, all you had to do was ask. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Avon: All the reassurance you could want. Blake: Do you think you could forget your superiority complex for a moment and get on with it? (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Avon: For example, imagine that you are standing on the edge of a cliff. Blake: As long as you're not standing behind me. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: Uh, how long have you known? Avon: Oh, several hours. Blake: And you just let the others go on worrying? Avon: Well, all they had to do was ask. Perhaps in future, they won't rely on you to provide all the answers. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: It's all right, Vila. I think we've lost them. Vila: How'd you know? Blake: We're still here. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: Are you all right? Avon: All I am willing to admit is that I am still alive. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Vila: So why did they pick on me? Avon: I doubt if it was personal, Vila. Vila: It felt personal. It always feels personal when someone tries to kill me. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Avon: Is that all? What shall I do with the other hand? Blake: I'll let you know. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Vila: I've got this shocking pain right behind the eyes. Avon: Have you considered amputation? (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Cally: It could have been worse. Avon: It should have been worse. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Cally: What do you mean? Avon: Something Blake said. Those ships should have been able to knock us out completely. Why didn't they? Cally: There could be many reasons. Avon: I have considered all of them. Only one is satisfactory. Cally: And which is that? Avon: They didn't want to destroy us. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Avon: Right now Liberator is out of control. At least, out of OUR control. Cally: You think all this was intentional, and we're not running on a random course? Avon: Oh, I think we're going somewhere quite particular. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Cally: It's rejecting the replacement. Avon: It's more fundamental than that. We are the cause. It is rejecting us. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: I don't care what he's working on, get him down here! Avon: Blake, what I'm doing is vitally concerned with our survival. Are you prepared to take responsibility for what happens if I delay? Blake: Don't I always? Now just get down here! Avon: Anything you say. Blake: And Avon, don't come crashing in; gently as you open the door. Avon: Blake's regard for our safety is inspiring, don't you think? (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Avon: I shall tell our fearless leader. Vila: What's the matter with him? Jenna: What do you think? (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Vila: If it ever comes to a showdown, my money's on Blake. Well, half of it. I'll put the other half on Avon. Jenna: That's a safe bet. But if Avon is right, we'll probably all be dead anyway. Vila: Dead? Is that your idea of a safe bet? (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % "The ship is working against us. From now on we are just passengers." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: And when it homes in on you? Avon: I think my instinct for survival is more finely tuned than it is. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: That is one I owe you. Avon: Don't worry. At the right time, I will remind you of it. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Vila: You mean the computers are treating us like germs. Avon: Crude, but accurate. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Cally: Why are we still alive? Blake: We're not sure. There are dozens of ways the ship could destroy us: cut off the air supply, drop the temperature so we freeze to death - Vila: Stop putting ideas into its head. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: No, I don't think it wants to kill us. Avon: Well, not yet, anyway. It's saving us for something. Vila: Dinner? (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Avon: Now then, Orac. Are you going to function or are you not? Orac: All principle circuits are operating at full capacity and cannot receive new programs at this time. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: Well, clear the circuits. This is priority. Orac: Circuit clearance and reprogramming will take precisely one hour and thirty-seven point nine seconds. Blake: That could be just a little late. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % "State your program requirements. They will be implemented when capacity is available." -- Orac (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Jenna: I've never seen a space station on that design before. Blake: That's more than just a station. Jenna: The technology... Avon: It's the kind that built Liberator. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Jenna: Even if we do get out, we're in space, Avon - we've got nowhere to go. Avon: So you're just going to sit here and wait for them to eliminate us? You saw the size of this place. If we get out of here, we can run and we can hide. If they're going to kill us, let us at least try and make it difficult for them. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Alta 1: The System has questions to put to you. Blake: I'd like to ask one or two myself. Alta 1: That is not permitted. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: It's nice to know that computers can have their bad days, too. Alta 1: The System is infallible. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % "Perhaps we could chew our way out." -- Jenna Stannis, to Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Slave: Yes, now there's no war, no famine - Blake: And no freedom. Slave: Yes. The System uses people. We are flexible, adaptable ... expendable. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Vila: Oh! Avon: I'm sorry, Vila. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Vila: Been looking all over for you two. Jenna: How did you get here? Vila: I was just passing - thought I'd drop in and see you. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Avon: Well, what kept you? Vila: Magno-locks aren't that easy to open. Even for me. Avon: Practice. Let's go. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: Well, what happened? Orac: I took the precaution of scrambling their launch system. It pre-detonated their missiles. Had I not done so, my prediction would have been inaccurate. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % "I am closing down. I have much to do. You have engaged my circuits on your petty affairs for far too long." -- Orac (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Blake: Speed Standard by Three, Earth Sector. We have unfinished business with the Federation. Vila: Oh, no, not again. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % Avon: Why Earth Sector? Blake: Would you rather stay here? Avon: You make them sound like the only alternatives. Blake: They are, for us - go back to your position. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1]) % "Lawmakers, lawbreakers, let us fight them all, why not?" -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) % Largo: They're beautiful stones... I'm a bit of a collector in a modest way - I could make you an offer... Avon: They have a sentimental value for me. Largo: Oh? Family heirloom? Avon: No, I'm just sentimental about money. (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) % Gan: What do you think they'll do? Avon: "A pro keeps it simple." I imagine they'll kill us. You can't get much simpler than that. (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) % Gan: Can't find Orac. Even tried calling his name. Avon: Oh, I'm sorry I missed that. It's the kind of natural stupidity that no amount of training could ever hope to match. (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) % Gan: Sorry, Avon. Avon: That makes all the difference. (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) /?/ % Blake: Your sense of timing is as impeccable as ever. Avon: I have always admired your patience. (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) /?/ % Avon: Moon Disks... prized by collectors. Blake: People collect odd things. Jenna: Look what you ended up with. (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) % Vila: Where are all the good guys? Blake: You could be looking at them. Avon: What a depressing thought. (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) % "That's like talking to Vila; a complete waste of time." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) % "I am not alone. You will stay in your universe of darkness." -- Cally (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) % "The one called Orac is not concerned for the safety of the Liberator." -- Zen, to Cally (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) /?/ % Vila: I never break a promise. Cally: Oh yes you do. Vila: Almost never. (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) /?/ % "The Plain Man's Guide to Alien Invasion..." -- Kerr Avon, about Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Shadow [B2]) % Coser: Did you hear what I said? Rashel: Yes. Coser: Well? Rashel: It's a very clever plan, sir. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "You're a sad man, Travis. Life must have reverence." -- CloneMaster Fen (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Gan: What attack strategy? Avon: Exactly. Another of Blake's little schemes he hasn't thought fit to tell us about. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Jenna: He obviously thought fit to tell someone about it. Cally: Well, not exactly. I suggested it to him. Jenna: You suggested it to him? That's very keen of you. Vila: Why didn't you suggest it to us? Cally: Because I knew how you'd react. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "Auron may be different, Cally, but on Earth it is considered ill-mannered to kill your friends while committing suicide." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Cally: Sooner or later, Blake is going to attack Federation Central Control on Earth itself. Vila: Later. Much later. Avon: And alone, probably. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Avon: And alone, probably. Jenna: I doubt that. Gan: He wouldn't be alone if you just left him, Avon. Avon: You would stay with him? Gan: Yes. Avon: Virtually alone, then. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Cally: And for that attack we shall need all the weapons we can get. Blake: And where better to get them than the Weapons Development Base? Avon: According to Orac, almost anywhere. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Rashel: Perhaps they were free. Coser: They probably were. So? Rashel: That's why they left. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: Travis, you are pathetic. Travis: If you say so. Servalan: Of all the cripple-brained idiots. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "You devious - You always have been devious. You knew what would happen." -- Travis, to Servalan (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "You'll rot in a slave pit on Ursa Prime, Travis." -- Servalan (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Travis: You used me like some automatic fault tracer. Servalan: And you functioned beautifully. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Travis: And the slave pits? Servalan: When you're of no further use to me, Travis. Travis: Honesty, at last. A mark of contempt? Servalan: Or respect. A man might see it as respect. You would have - once. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Blake: What do you think, Jenna? Avon: I think the basic idea was stupid. Blake: No, the idea was logical enough. Jenna? Jenna: A lot more logical than this makes it seem. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Avon: It is a triple-A security installation. Vila: We have got into those before. Avon: Usually with your screams of protest ringing in our ears. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Avon: Are you telling me that you're in favor of this idea? Vila: No, not exactly, I just don't think it's stupid. Perhaps - maybe I'm on your side, Cally. Blake: It's not a question of sides, Vila. Avon: No, it's a question of intelligence, so your opinion has very little relevance. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "No, it's a question of intelligence, so your opinion has very little relevance." -- Kerr Avon, to Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Orac: Define unsatisfactory. Blake: I was about to. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Cally: So what is it? Orac: Clearly, some occurrence which is a real or apparent threat. Jenna: Thank you, Orac. I'm sure we'd have never worked that out for ourselves. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Blake: Moral: Avon: Never argue with a computer. Blake: Right. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Orac: That information is not immediately available. Blake: Well, can you get it? Orac: It has no bearing on the problem. Blake: Can you get it? Orac: Eventually. Blake: How long is eventually? Orac: It will require time and resources far in excess of the value of the information. Blake: Well, get it anyway. I want the reason for that alert. Orac: Very well. I will report - in due course. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Vila: Who'd be stupid enough to do that? Avon: Justify "stupid." (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Coser: And don't call me sir. That's what THEY always wanted. "Yes, sir." "Of course, sir." "At once, sir." They treat you like dirt, patronize you. Doesn't really matter. You get used to it. I mean, I didn't really care about that. Are you listening to me? Rashel: Yes, sir. Coser: They were trying to take the credit for my work. They were going to steal it right in front of me. As though I were so unimportant or stupid they didn't even have to pretend itwasn't happening. That's what really made me angry - the contempt they had for me. Well, they can think again now. Just wait till senior echelon hears about this. They'll remember my name then. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Travis: When? Servalan: You don't hurry a Clonemaster. Travis: Out of respect, Supreme Commander? Servalan: They are a little awesome. Travis: Reverence? I wouldn't have thought you capable of it. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: I'm capable of taking the one thing you have left if you persist with your impertinence, Travis. Travis: My visits to the retraining therapist have left me ... I don't know. Is there anything of value that remains to me? Servalan: Blake's death. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "The leaders feared its potential as a weapon. But a weapon once created cannot be abandoned. It can only be contained. And so they entrusted it to us." -- Clonemaster Fen (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Fen: And we cannot create life in any form we wish. That would violate the Rule of Life. Travis: Power usually makes its own rules. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: The weapon is ours, and safe because it guards itself. Fen: Precisely so. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "And all life, Travis, is linked. That is the basis of the Rule of Life." -- Clonemaster Fen (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Clone 2: Master. Lady. Sir. Servalan: He's very polite. Fen: He is not a clone in the true sense. Servalan: But he is a man? Clone 2: Oh, yes, he is. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "We have given him some background knowledge, the beginnings of identity, and the basis of understanding." -- Clonemaster Fen, on clone of Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Travis: What's your name? Clone 2: Roj Blake. What's yours? Travis: How old are you? Clone 2: Thirty-four. Fen: When were you born? Clone 2: Five hours ago, Master. Servalan: Diverting idea. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: Space Commander Travis bitterly regrets what happened. It was the action of a dedicated officer taken by surprise. Fen: Does he always kill when taken by surprise? (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "When I've dealt with this tiresome female, I'll follow." -- Servalan, to Travis, on Clonemaster Fen (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "You understand the Rule of Life, Servalan. Almost as thoroughly as you understand - trust." -- Clonemaster Fen (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Orac: I am unlikely to be able- Blake: To be able to get that information, yes, I know. Maybe you'll get lucky again. Orac: There is no rational basis for the concept you call luck. Blake: Oh, just get on with it. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Jenna: Maybe IMIPAK is another Orac. If we captured it perhaps we could breed from them. Blake: What a disgusting idea. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "By all means, let's be careful." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Rashel: Perhaps it was a rat. Coser: A rat. Rashel: Rats are very clever. They go everywhere that people go. On all the colonized planets there are rats, did you know that? (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Rashel: I heard a freighter pilot telling someone about it. Oh dear. Coser: What's the matter? Rashel: Bond slaves aren't supposed to listen to the conversations of the free grades. Coser: Not likely to report you, am I? Rashel: I'm sorry. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Coser: Still, I know what you mean. Beta-grade technicians aren't supposed to be clever enough to develop a weapon like IMIPAK, only I did. Rashel: Were they going to punish you? A disobedient slave can be modified. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "Well, that's some consolation, I suppose. At least we know it works." -- Servalan, on IMIPAK (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: And security? Travis: Taken by surprise. Servalan: "Taken by surprise"? Travis: It seems this man Coser is brighter than his grade classification would suggest. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: I assume the security commander is under arrest. Travis: He was. Servalan: "Was"? Travis: He died - under interrogation. You said you wanted quick results! (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: Was he implicated? Travis: No. Servalan: Unfortunate. Travis: Why? Servalan: He might have told us where Coser is. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: Regular troops? Travis: Yes, as many as possible. Servalan: To search for a dangerous psychopath with a highly effective secret weapon? Travis: Some losses are inevitable! Servalan: Losses?!? Travis, have you no sense of proportion at all? (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Travis: What? Servalan: If he's cornered, he might destroy the weapon. Travis: I should have realized. Servalan: I don't find stupidity amusing, Travis. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: It's going wrong, Carnell. Carnell: Wrong? Ma'am, I'm mortified by your lack of confidence. Servalan: If I lose Coser - and his invention - mortified is exactly what you'll be. Carnell: I realize that. Servalan: So long as you do. Carnell: A brilliant psychostrategist like me? Come now, Supreme Commander. How would I not? (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Carnell: You'll get IMIPAK. And when you do, no one will realize you've got it, because everyone else involved will either be dead or running away. Servalan: Except you. Carnell: Should I be nervous? Servalan: Oh, you're the strategist - you tell me. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Gan: Let's go and get him. Avon: Gung ho. Vila: You go and get him. We're already too close to the security zone for my taste. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Jenna: If we know he's there, chances are Federation Security know it, too. Cally: Zen may have been wrong. Avon: In which case going there would be safe but pointless. Vila: Now that I wouldn't object to. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Jenna: Be quiet, Vila. Vila: Why ask my opinion in the first place? Cally: Actually, nobody did. Vila: That's the last time I stand up for you. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Avon: I think we should go and get him. Always assuming that he is there, and Federation Security are not. Jenna: Gung ho? (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Vila: Why have we? I can live without it. Blake: It's just conceivable that you can't. Avon: Unless of course you want your last words to be, "So THAT'S IMIPAK." (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Vila: I think my brain must be furring up. Gan: IMIPAK might be something they can use against us, Vila. Vila: Only if it can run faster than we can. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Carnell: It's a ruse. He landed first, then blew up the ship. Servalan: Leaving himself no means of escape? Carnell: Guilt. Symbolic suicide. Servalan: What? Carnell: It fits his personality. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: Why are you so certain he isn't dead? Carnell: He's too good a pilot to have lost control that close to the ground. Servalan: You don't know how close to the ground he was. Carnell: They identified the remains of the ship. If he'd lost it in the descent from primary orbit, there'd be nothing left to find, let alone identify. Therefore, he was close and slow when it happened. Therefore, it didn't happen. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: You're very plausible. Carnell: I'm very good, Supreme Commander, believe me. I've taken everyone and everything into consideration. It's all as predictable as that very expensive chess machine. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "By now Coser is completely psychotic. It won't strike him as remotely odd that a folk hero he admires so much arrives out of nowhere. And when a second Blake turns up, he probably won't even notice. He's a very sick man. He shouldn't be totally alone as he is. It's awfully bad for his health." -- Carnell (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Officer: I was to report to the Supreme Commander, sir. Carnell: Too late, I fear. She's already on her way. "To what?" do I hear you ask? Officer: No, sir. Carnell: Excellent. It was a trick question. Always remember, the Officer Corps will forgive anything it can understand. Which makes intelligence about the only sin. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Officer: You're a Puppeteer? Carnell: Do they still call us that? I never really felt that did me justice. Officer: My apologies, sir; I meant no offense. Carnell: I was offensive. Why shouldn't you be? (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Carnell: Do you play chess? Officer: A little, sir. Carnell: [Hands him the chess computer] Take it, it's yours. Officer: [Accepts] Thank you, sir. Carnell: A small return for saving my life. But then it's all I own. You have my leave to go now. [Officer leaves] And the other mistake I made was not getting an advance on my fee. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "What do you think of that? Not bad, Coser, not bad. For a Beta grade, not bad. I invented that death. It's called IMIPAK." -- Coser (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Coser: Perhaps, perhaps! Just get on with it, will you?! Rashel: Stop treating me like a bond slave! You set me free. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Coser: I know you. You're Blake. Blake! Clone 2: Thank you, but I know I am. Who are you? Coser: I'm Coser, my name's Coser. I'm glad you're here. I'm so glad you're here! I've brought something for you, something to help you. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "When you know an enemy's strengths, and can use them against them, they become weaknesses." -- Servalan, to Travis (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "I may not kill you after all, Carnell." -- Servalan (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Servalan: I was beginning to think you'd never get here. Blake: My apologies, Supreme Commander. The invitation was just a little vague. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "They're too confident, Blake. This looks like some kind of a trap. Let's kill the bait and get out of here." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Blake: The ship? Servalan: No one is attacking your ship. Avon: You believe her? (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Gan: Is she bluffing? Avon: She's not bluffing, is she, Travis? Travis: Do something reckless and find out. Avon: Well now, I might just blow your head off. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "I said it was our only chance. I did not say it was a good one!" -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "The planet has been seeded with small proximity mines in random orbit. Detection was too late for warning to be given." -- Zen (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Gan: Then she's lost! Avon: Only us. She got what she really wanted. Vila: I thought that was us. Blake: IMIPAK. And she beat us to that all right. She seemed to know every single move we were making. It's almost as if we were on strings and she was the puppeteer. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Gan: Is there a defense against IMIPAK? Avon: Of course there is. It's called slavery. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Clone 2: Is there anything for us here? Rashel: Yes. We're free. (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "Ah well, even a genius can make mistakes. Look at it this way, Supreme Commander, you haven't lost anything. Whereas I, well, I've lost my career, my position, the respect of my peers. Come to think of it, I haven't lost much, either." -- Carnell, in message to Servalan (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "On the subject of losers, be careful of Travis. The catharsis he got by killing that first clone will have worn off by now. He's as mad as ever he was. But then aren't we all?" -- Carnell, in message to Servalan (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % "One last thing, Supreme Commander. I must tell you this. You are undoubtedly the sexiest officer I have ever known. Goodbye, Servalan." -- Carnell, in message to Servalan (Blake's 7: Weapon [B3]) % Jenna: We lost those patrol ships ages ago. Vila: We lost everything ages ago. Nothing comes this far out. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "This is freedom? I'm - I'm going blind staring at these detectors." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Blake: What are the surface conditions on Horizon? Zen: Negative information. Blake: Population? Zen: Negative information. Blake: Well, is there any information on Horizon? Zen: Negative. Blake: Well, is the information on Horizon classified? Zen: Negative information. Vila: Well, that was a whole lot of nothing. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "Oh, you are curious? Well, I'm glad we have a worthwhile purpose." -- Kerr Avon, to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Blake: That freighter's gone to Horizon for some good reason. Avon: Which is more than you can say for us. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) Cally: What is it? Vila: Judgment Day. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "If it hadn't been for the force wall, we would be a cloud of agitated atoms." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Jenna: Well, that's all right, assuming they haven't got a fix on us from the ground by now. Blake: No, it'd be raining plasma bolts if they had. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "Wonderful. We have all the resources of Zen, Orac, and the Liberator, and you FEEL that they are in trouble. You do not FEEL it, you REASON it. They have not called in, therefore they must be in trouble. You don't have to be telepathic to know that." -- Kerr Avon to Cally (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Avon: A fifth-grade ignorant, and you would say so, would you? Vila: Well, I never had a chance, did I? I chose the wrong parents. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Gan: I'll go. Vila: Gan'll go. Gan: And Vila will go with me, won't you Vila? Vila: Will I? (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Vila: What about you? Avon: What about me? Vila: Why don't you go? Avon: YOU are expendable. Vila: And you're not? Avon: No, I am not. I am not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "I am not expendable, I am not stupid and I am not going." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Ro: I'm Ro. I rule this planet. Blake: Do you? I thought it was a Federation colony. Ro: I dislike the word "colony." Blake: Which word would you prefer? Ro: I rule here, and you're my prisoners. Blake: I dislike the word "prisoner." (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Blake: Does the Federation frighten you? Ro: Of course not. Jenna: Then you must be part of it. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Ro: I don't want to hurt you. Blake: You already have. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "I think you'll find my relationship with Ro is unchanged. To him I shall always be a respected tutor, just as to you I shall always be a respected superior." -- Kommissar to Assistant (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Kommissar: So you're a Resister. Some malfunction of the genes, I suppose. It throws up a Resister about every hundred thousand. Mostly they're detected in infancy. Blake: I was a late developer. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Blake: Oh, Monopasium two-three-nine. No wonder your workers die. Ro: Well, I wish it weren't necessary, but only ten percent die - the Primitives. Blake: Well, aren't they human beings, Ro? (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "When you are all dead, Ro, the Federation will use this as a booster planet to extend their empire further. With their new ships, with your fuel. You are digging your own graves, Ro. They code-named this place Horizon. It's an horizon you will never cross." -- Roj Blake to Ro (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "We may have lived in caves, but we did have our own culture. And our own weapons, which still have their uses." -- Ro to Kommissar (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "I shouldn't be surprised, I was told before I came here." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "They've made you one of them. You're bought and sold, aren't you? Well, I shouldn't be surprised. I was told before I came here." -- Roj Blake to Ro (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Blake: How did your father die, Ro? Ro: What? Blake: In a Federation prison colony too? Ro: No. In an accident. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Ro: You're lying. Paura wouldn't have said that. He was my friend. He understood the needs of my people. Blake: Perhaps better than you do. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Jenna: How long have you got to stay here? Selma: Until I accept or until I die. And I shall die. In thirty time units from radioactivity. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Ro: What are you going to do with him? Kommissar: Put him to work. It seems he's never done any in his life. Vila: Work? (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Cally: They aren't dead. Avon: How do you know? Cally: I know. Avon: Yes. Cally: I tell you, I know. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Avon: Listen. The others have vanished. They didn't even have time to call in. The only possible conclusion to draw from that is that they are dead. Cally: They aren't dead. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Vila: This is what I've been trying to avoid all me life. Blake: Yeah, well don't worry - it won't last forever. Vila: So you say. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Orac: No. Avon: Why not? Orac: Is that a serious question? Avon: No. Orac: Please do not waste my time. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Cally: I feel it. You killed him. You killed him because he would not obey you. Kommissar: What is she talking about? Ro: She's a mystic, I think. I've seen this amongst my own people. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Kommissar: She's deranged. It's the poison from your darts, it's affecting her. Ro: How could she know about my father? She's never seen him, never heard of him. How can she know he's dead? (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Ro: You're forever telling me to behave like a ruler, when I do you say I'm wrong! Kommissar: Yes, that's true. Very well. Tell them to release her. But don't blame me when you find it's a mistake. Ro: I will decide. IF I decide she is to die, I'll order it to be done quickly. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Assistant: Yes, sir. She makes me - uneasy. Kommissar: Superstition. Assistant: Oh I - I realize that. Kommissar: Goes very deep with some, I know. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Assistant: Then why haven't you done anything? Kommissar: The reward for each of them is generous. Almost as generous as the reward for their spaceship. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "Besides, I want to tame Blake myself. If he breaks, the others will. He will give us the spaceship. It will be a great achievement." -- Kommissar (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Assistant: And we get the reward? Kommissar: I get the reward. Assistant: What do I get? Kommissar: My continued support. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Assistant: What about Ro? Kommissar: Ro will do as I say. Assistant: He's showing signs of rebellion. Kommissar: He is not the man his father was. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Vila: When do they let up? Blake: They don't. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Jenna: Where are you taking her? Vila: Does it matter? Can't be any worse than here. Cally: Unless she's going to die. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Avon: If I go alone, can I pilot the Liberator indefinitely? Orac: With the help of the automatics, of course you can. Avon: I know that. Orac: Then why did you ask the question? (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Orac: Is that a question? Avon: Yes. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Avon: Failing that, we are powerful enough to resist all but an attack by three Federation pursuit ships at once. Orac: Is that a question? Avon: No. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "If we go now, we can sail the universe for as long as we like in reasonable safety, provided we keep out of everybody's way and we do not do anything rash." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Orac: No data available to answer the question - if it was a question. Avon: I put it to you as a possibility. I request the odds. Orac: The odds would be three point five to one on survival. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Avon: Therefore I do not need Blake, I do not need any of the others ... Orac: Is that a question? Avon: ... I do not need anybody at all. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Orac: Is that a question? I - I - I must ask you to be more specific. Avon: Shut up, Orac. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Kommissar: As you see, Selma is restored to her proper status. And she can stay here if she's willing to be sensible. You, too, can be restored to civilization if you're willing and sensible. Blake: I'm glad for her. And for you, Ro. Congratulations. I'm sure your father would have approved. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Selma: Let them go. Let them all go. They mean us no harm. Kommissar: We are at your command, Ro. Selma: Please, Ro, please. Ro: No. Not yet. I am the ruler here. Send him back to the quarry for now. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "They're brave people, and they've chosen their own way. You were wrong about Blake - the Federation doesn't frighten him." -- Ro, to Kommissar (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Avon: How many pursuit ships in Flotilla Thirteen? Zen: Three pursuit ships. [Avon laughs] (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Ro: They've got everything under control. Selma: Are you just going to let them kill you? And me? Ro: Who said we were going to die? (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Selma: We must try and contact them; they're our only chance. Ro! Ro: No, I can't leave the palace. You go. Selma: But what about you? Ro: Go. Now! Selma: I can't. Ro: You must. I command it. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "Kommissar. All the scanners are off. Why's that? So I can't call my guards for help?" -- Ro to Kommissar (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Kommissar: Now you're beginning to act like a ruler. Ro: I try, Kommissar. Kommissar: Of course you do. Ro: I don't want to be a savage again. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Kommissar: Very well. Now, Selma, when you were in the mine, what did the Resisters tell you? Selma: Nothing! Kommissar: We need the truth, Selma. Selma: Nothing! Nothing! Kommissar: The truth, Selma. Selma: Nothing! They didn't tell me anything! (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Ro: She'll die if we do more of this. The pain will kill her, won't it? Kommissar: There's no organic damage, but the pain will kill her, yes. Do you care? Ro: No. Kommissar: You must have felt something. You showed nothing. That means you are learning. Ro: Yes, I hope I am. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Blake: Have you got the coordinates yet? Avon: It takes time. Blake: There may not BE much time. Avon: Then stop distracting me. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Avon: All right. Blake: About time. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Ro: You will die. It's the death serum. You planned our deaths. Kommissar: I thought you were one of us, Ro. [Dies] Ro: No, I'm not. Seems I never was. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "Blake, where are you? Those pursuit ships will be here in five minutes. We have to be mobile to stand a chance. We're a sitting target here." -- Kerr Avon to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Blake: What about the Federation? Ro: The last of their guards are dying now. Blake: They'll send more, sooner or later. Selma: We will fight. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Avon: About time. More last-minute heroics? Blake: I thought that was your strong suit. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Blake: And even if I'm wrong we still have a slim chance. Vila: A slim chance - what more could we ask? (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Gan: It was pretty close there for a moment, Blake. Jenna: Playing the percentages again? (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % "...but in future, I would prefer something a little more reliable than hope." -- Kerr Avon to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Cally: And we thought we were tired before. Vila: I'll tell you this, though: it beats work. (Blake's 7: Horizon [B4]) % Berg: She said as far as the security boundary. Arle: You see any boundary? Berg: I can see a notice. Arle: [laughs] You shouldn't believe everything you read. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Vila: We were just going to skirt the system, that's what you said, take a quick look at the defenses. Gan: The perimeter defenses. Vila: Yes, and that was dangerous enough. Jenna: You never said anything about looking at the perimeter from the inside. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: All right, I didn't expect you to welcome the idea. That's why I misled you just a little. Avon: That's very diplomatically put. Blake: Is my phraseology your only complaint, Avon? Avon: No, but it is my only surprise. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: It's time we really hurt the Federation. Oh, we've been hitting at the fingers, the arms. I want to hit at the heart. And the heart of the Federation is Earth. Jenna: Where exactly, or do you plan to take the whole planet? (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "Armies can't do it, space fleets can't do it, but we can, is that it?" -- Vila Restal, to Roj Blake, about attacking Control (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: The others have decided to go with me. Avon: I thought they would. Not very bright, but loyal. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: And? ... Come on Avon, stop playing games. Are you going to go with me or not? Avon: Well, of course. I am surprised you ever doubted it. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: Do you want to tell me why? Avon: I like the challenge. Blake: You don't want to tell me why. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: Could be you're planning just a little far ahead. Avon: Perhaps. But sooner or later, I will have my chance. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "It's been a long time." -- Jenna Stannis, about Earth (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Servalan: Kasabi and I had unfinished business. Travis: This is no time for personal vendettas, Supreme Commander. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Servalan: Oh, don't waste time, Kasabi. You have so little of it left. Kasabi: Time spent with you was always wasted, Servalan. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Servalan: If you tell me about the rendezvous, I will consider sparing your life. Kasabi: My life isn't yours to spare. Servalan: Oh, but it is. Kasabi: Then take it. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "But don't try and browbeat me, Servalan. Or have you forgotten that I knew you as a cadet? You were a credit to your background: spoilt, idle, vicious. My confidential assessment listed her as unfit for command. But I forgot how well-connected she was." -- Kasabi (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Travis: That is no concern of mine. Kasabi: Then it should be. It should be everyone's concern. The Federation is degenerate, run by creatures like her. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Travis: You could spare yourself a lot of pain. Kasabi: No doubt. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Kasabi: Don't tell me you're squeamish, Space Commander? Travis: Not in the least. Kasabi: Your reputation suggests that you enjoy your work. Travis: And your reputation suggests you're playing for time. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "We've waited a long time to come back to Earth. Be a pity to miss the chance now." -- Olag Gan (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Servalan: Very soon now, you are going to die. Do you understand me? Kasabi: Always understood you. You're vicious, greedy, sick. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Servalan: Now it's over, Kasabi. Kasabi: Servalan. I'm sorry. Servalan: Sorry? Kasabi: I should have tried. In the beginning, I should have tried to help you. [She dies] (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Avon: What's the matter, Blake? Don't you trust your friends? Blake: Of course. I trust them the same way I trust you. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "Gan's down and safe." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Gan: What is this place? Blake: A church. Gan: A church? Blake: Place of religious assembly. Gan: Must be ancient. Blake: The Federation had them all destroyed at the beginning of the New Calendar. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: Liberator, we're at the rendezvous point. Everything's all right. Avon: You have made contact with Kasabi? Blake: Not yet. Not directly. Avon: Then everything is not all right. Blake: It will be. I'll get back to you. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "Do you get the feeling there's something he's not telling us?" -- Kerr Avon, to Vila Restal, about Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Jenna: I don't know. I hate waiting like this. Vila: Could be worse. We could be down there with him. Cally: I'd prefer that to being here. Vila: You're welcome to take my place when the time comes. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Vila: You're welcome to take my place when the time comes. Avon: If it comes. Cally: What do you mean? Avon: Something's not right. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Jenna: That doesn't necessarily mean anything disastrous. Perhaps they're just being extra careful. Avon: Let's hope so. Because I have a feeling that we are not being careful enough. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Gan: Blake, we're going to have to pull out. Blake: It's a setback, but we've come this far. It means a change of plan, but I'd still like to try for it. Gan: What's the use? The risks are doubled now. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Gan: Yes, so how can we hope to do it without her? Blake: We still have the element of surprise. Even more so now with Kasabi's force wiped out, security aren't going to expect another assault so soon. Gan: You're guessing, Blake, guessing and hoping. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: It is a calculated risk. Remember, we've got one foolproof factor: the teleport. Even if they do attack, we can still get out. We will have failed, but at least we'll be alive. Gan: It's still a big risk. Blake: It always was. Even with Kasabi's people, there were no guarantees. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: No more than five minutes in the zone. Get out sooner if you sense something's wrong. Avon: I've already got that feeling, Blake. What about Kasabi? (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Avon: You ready? Vila: He didn't answer your question. Avon: He will. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Vila: I don't want to go. Avon: You surprise me. Vila: I don't feel well. I'm going to be a big handicap. Avon: I'm used to that. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Vila: I've the feeling we're being watched. Avon: Automatic scanners will have picked us up as soon as we got here. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Vila: What's that? Avon: High intensity radiation grid. The rays from these could burn you up in seconds. Vila: In that case, do you think you ought to be fooling around with it? (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Avon: It is not going to be easy. Blake: Can we do it? Vila: Not a chance, it's absolutely impossible. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Avon: I knew you were lying. Blake: Yes, well unless you can come up with some good reasons why not, we're going ahead as planned. Vila: Certain death - would you accept that as a good reason? Avon: From somebody else, maybe. Vila: All right, but if we all get killed, don't say I didn't warn you. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: Then it's up to Vila to break the locking systems. Gan: Can you do it, Vila? Vila: Well, that's a stupid question. At least I think it is. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Servalan: Are you beginning to have doubts, Travis? Travis: No. It won't fail. Servalan: I hope not. There'll be no second chances. Travis: I won't need them. It's running my way now. The luck has changed. It's my turn. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: Veron. It had to be. Gan: No, I don't believe that. Why should she do it? Avon: By all means, let us stand around and discuss it. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: Someone set up a trap. Vila: And it worked, didn't it? (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Travis: Good. You did well. You can be proud of yourself. Veron: I disgust myself. Travis: That will pass. There is a reward for Blake, you know. Veron: What you made me do - Travis: Might even get you a civilian citation. Veron: No! Travis: You were sensible. You did what was expedient. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Veron: I betrayed four men, men who represent the only cause worth fighting for. That's what I did. And now I want my side of the bargain. Servalan: Bargain? Travis, did you make a bargain with this traitress? (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "Sorry it took so long. I'm a bit out of condition." -- Olag Gan, about forcing open a door (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Cally: What do you think has happened? Jenna: They've run into trouble. Cally: Yes. And what do we do, wait and guess? (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "We have to think like Blake. Think how he would act in a situation like this. Now where is the most dangerous place he could go? The last place we would think of searching for him? The Forbidden Zone, he'd go into the Forbidden Zone. That's what he came for, and that's where he'll go." -- Travis (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: Sounds unbeatable. Avon: It may well be. Blake: But come on, you've got something on your mind. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Avon: How's your sprinting? Blake: I think I'm about to find out. Avon: Make it quick. There is no room for a good loser in this race. You go the minute I give you the word, understand? (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "I'm about to set a new galactic record." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: You took a big risk there, Gan. Gan: I thought it might save time. Besides, I needed a pacemaker. Vila: Me, too. Implanted in me heart. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: How long? Vila: Oh, it's a difficult one. Thirty seconds? Blake: Get started. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "Sprinting's one thing, but I think flying's beyond me." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: Come on, Vila, there's another lock here. Vila: Times like this, I wish I'd gone straight. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: This is it! Vila: [Looking at the lock] Oh, it's a bad one. Gan: Can you do it? Vila: I'm not sure. Blake: You've got to! Behind this door is the key to it all: Control. That computer is the most vital part of Federation power. We're the thickness of this door away from destroying them. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: We've done it! We've done it! We've done it! I've done it! Avon: Blake! There's nothing here. There's nothing here. (Whispers) Nothing. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Travis: You believed it, Blake, like all the other fools before you. Destroy Control and you destroy the Federation. No. Blake: It WAS here. Everybody knows it was here. Travis: Of course. We've never concealed it. On the contrary, we've broadcast the fact. We used it as a challenge to our enemies, we invited them to attack Control. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Blake: It was never here? Travis: It was moved - thirty years ago. Blake: To where? Travis: Even I don't know that. -- about Control (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "But it's safe and secure and will remain so while those who seek to destroy us believe it's here. You see, it's the great illusion, Blake. You give substance and credibility to an empty room, and the real thing becomes undetectable, virtually invisible." -- Travis, on Control (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Travis: What's the matter with you, Servalan? Jenna: She's nervous. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Jenna: She told me what had happened. Travis threatened to kill her mother unless she betrayed you. Veron: Then he killed her anyway. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Travis: The moment you pull that trigger they will be dead. Jenna: That's right, but so would your Supreme Commander. Veron: And so would you. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "You hesitated. My life was at risk and you hesitated!" -- Servalan, to Travis (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "Blake! Go! I'm not worth dying for!" -- Olag Gan, last words (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Travis: They'll dig us out eventually. Servalan: Oh, yes. They'll dig us out eventually. And then I'll bury you. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % Zen: State course and speed. Blake: Standard by Ten. Get us out of the solar system. Zen: The instruction is imprecise. Blake: Just do it. Zen: Confirmed. (Blake's 7: Pressure Point [B5]) % "He was straightforward. Wasn't always expecting to double-crossed. Not like us. He trusted people. He trusted Blake completely." -- Vila Restal, of Olag Gan (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) % "But you're right about one thing, I'm not like Gan. I don't trust unless I'm trusted in return." -- Jenna Stannis (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) % Vila: Avon's gadget works! Blake (seeing Avon's expression): What's wrong? Avon: For a major technological advancement, `Avon's gadget works` falls somewhat short. (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % "Where do we go from here?" -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % "Movement is life. To stop is to lose yourself and be absorbed." -- Zil (to Roj Blake) (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % "Stationary orbit established. Status is firm." -- Zen (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % "The phenomenon is unknown to me." -- Orac (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % Jenna: What would you know about guilt? Avon: Only what I've read. (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % "Data is confirmed. Analysis continues." -- Zen (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % "Slime sticks, as the old saying has it." -- Counselor Bercol, on Servalan (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % "Saliva? You mean that's an ocean of spit?" -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % "Well, I must remember to say 'Thank you' before I kill him." -- Travis, of Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) % Vila: You've decided to be led like the rest of us? Avon: I shall continue to follow. It's not quite the same thing. Vila: I don't see the difference. Avon: I didn't really think that you would. (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % Vila: There aren't even any people down there. Avon: So it has at least one aspect of paradise. (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % Orac: That would require study. At present, I can only conjecture. Avon: So, conjecture. (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % "I am not ready to surrender anything!" -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) /?/ % "I don't believe Blake can think and swim at the same time." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Trial [B6]) % "Tap? What is that?" -- Orac (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "You live your way, I'll live mine." -- Vila Restal, to Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "They can't have spotted Liberator. We've got the blind down." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "Dr Bellfriar hasn't much to do, he should take up a hobby." -- Tynus (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Tak: What will Dr Bellfriar do with it, sir? Tynus: He'll bring it back to his laboratories and analyse it. Then he'll analyse what he's analysed. I could never understand why a scientist of his eminence should choose to bury himself here. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Avon: This is where he'll be. Vila: How do you know? Avon: He's the base commander, this the command centre, it has a certain logic wouldn't you say? Vila: Well - he might be on holiday. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Blake: They're human. Jenna: I need proof of that. -- on Federation personel (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "Cally is not often wrong." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Avon: We don't mind second-hand goods, do we Vila? Vila: No, we're not fussy. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Vila: I hope you can trust him. Avon: I told you, he's a friend of mine. Vila: Yes, I always knew you had a friend. I used to say to people "I bet Avon's got a friend, somewhere in the galaxy". Avon: And you were right. That must be a novel experience for you. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "Yes, I always knew you had a friend. I used to say to people 'I bet Avon's got a friend, somewhere in the galaxy'." -- Vila Restal to Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "And you were right. That must be a novel experience for you." -- Kerr Avon to Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Tynus: Nervous? Avon: Just careful. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "Well, I suppose it could be from Blake. He has these generous impulses." -- Kerr Avon to Tynus (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Tynus: By the way, why don't our detectors pick up the Liberator? Vila: Anti-detection screen, one of Avon's gadgets. We're expecting it to break down any time. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "When Avon holds out the hand of friendship, watch his other hand. That's the one with the hammer." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Bellfriar: Who sent it? Gambrill: Nobody seems to know. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "Oh, the man's space-happy, of course. This base is full of psychotics." -- Dr. Bellfriar of Tynus (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Bellfriar: A high point in your scientific career, Gambrill. Just think of it, in less than twenty minutes you could be shaking hands with an exomorph. Gambrill: Not if it's hostile sir, I've got my pension to think about. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Blake: No. Without that crystal we'll never break the Federation pulse code. We need to read their messages if we're to stay ahead of Servalan. Jenna: Sticking around here's no way to stay ahead. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Jenna: Only three? Blake: Well, those old ships couldn't take any more. Living in them was like living in a pickle barrel for thirty years. Jenna: I don't know how they stood it. Blake: Some of them didn't. Mind you, hibernation pills helped. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Jenna: So what's your theory? Blake: I'm not launching any theories till I've tested the water. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Gambrill: You're not one of our men. Blake: No, I'm looking for whoever's in charge. I've got some information concerning that ship you salvaged. Gambrill: Information? What kind of information? Who are you? Blake: Don't ask questions, just take me to whoever's in charge. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "Well, you said this base was full of psychotics, you wait till you hear this one." -- Gambrill to Bellfriar, of Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Blake: I told him I teleported here. He didn't believe me. Bellfriar: Well, Gambrill's like that, I'm afraid. Lacks faith. Blake: Defined as the capacity to believe what you know isn't true? (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Bellfriar: And just who are you? Blake: Well, according to the Federation, I'm a political criminal. You may have heard of me. My name is Blake. Bellfriar: Yes, but then we're absentminded scientists, you see. In fact, we've forgotten your name already. Haven't we, Gambrill? Gambrill: Whose name, sir? (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Blake: I think you'd better be very very careful, Dr. Bellfriar. Bellfriar: We're always very very careful. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "Oh come on Wiler! He's a good man this, but he's slow, like all pathologists." -- Dr. Bellfriar (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Blake: Of course, you have to know the surface conditions, otherwise teleporting's a bit like a jump in the dark. You're quite liable to surface in a fission reactor. Bellfriar: Not a mistake you could learn by, really. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "That's quite impossible Dr. Bellfriar, may I suggest that you adjust your monitor." -- Dr. Wiler's last words (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Avon: Vila! Vila: What? Avon: You're a fool. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Vila: Nerves getting a little frayed? Avon: There are a quarter of a million volts running through that converter. I make one false move, I'll be so crisped up what's left of me won't fit into a sandwich. Vila: I'm a vegetarian. Thanks for the offer, though. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Vila: You don't have a lot of time for Blake, do you? Avon: I could never stand heroes. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Avon: I could never stand heroes. Vila: A quarter of a million volts and you're putting your hand in? (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Avon: Blake takes risks to help other people. Sometimes people he doesn't even know. One day that great big bleeding heart of his will get us all killed. Vila: Unless somebody ditches him first. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Bellfriar: Poor devil! His cervical vertebrae had been crushed as if they'd been in a vice. No ordinary human being could exert that sort of pressure. Blake: It wasn't an ordinary human being. Bellfriar: It was the body of one. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "Use your head. If we take the crystal now, how long do you think it will take the Federation to figure out who's got it? Five seconds? They will merely issue a new pulse code and we'll be back where we started. Now get back to the door." -- Kerr Avon to Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Bellfriar: Well, if it's a virus, its biotic potential must be incredible. I mean, to kill its host as quickly as that, it must multiply a thousand times faster than anything we know. Gambrill: It seems to attach the nervous system, destroying the memory. Bellfriar: The memory? Blake: What, just the memory? Gambrill: No, no, that's the first thing; then the motor centre. Then there's a rapid rise in temperature and fulminating blisters all over the body, then the heart packs up. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Bellfriar: Well, nothing we can do then, is there? Just sit here and sweat it out. Gambrill: That won't be so easy sir. The men are on the edge of panic, you can smell it. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Vila: Avon, come here! Avon: What's the matter? Vila: That old friend of yours should go a long way in the service, the further the better. Listen to this. [reading] "Servalan, Federation HQ, Urgent. Liberator in orbit, Fosforon. Detaining ten hours. Make speed. Tynus, Q-Base." (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Blake: Do you want to hear a theory? Bellfriar: At the moment, I'd listen to anybody. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Blake: Have you ever heard of Lord Jeffrey Ashley? Bellfriar: Who? Blake: Mm, pre space age, planet Earth. He was the commander of a British garrison in America, having trouble with hostile natives, redskins. Ashley ordered blankets from smallpox victims to be baled up and sent to the hostile tribes. Bellfriar: Germ warfare. Blake: Uhuh. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Bellfriar: Germ warfare. Blake: Uhuh. Bellfriar: You mean we've picked up a bale of blankets, do you? (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "The way the infection's spreading here, you'll all be dead before you're half way to getting the answer." -- Roj Blake to Dr. Bellfriar (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Gambrill: I tried to stop them. They're mad with fear, they wouldn't listen. Bellfriar: Tell the guards on the main entrance, nobody leaves. They can shoot if necessary. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Vila: Tynus. He hopes to get a medal for catching us, but he won't want you picked up, not with what you've got on him. I think you're going to have an accident, Avon. Avon: We shall see who has the accident. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "A man who sketches insects must have an eye for detail. He's probably worked out an ingenious solution." -- Vila Restal to Kerr Avon, of Tynus (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Tynus: I've got to put it in the oven first. Avon: Don't bother. Vila: Lost our appetites suddenly. Avon: It's all this hanging about. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Tynus: Relax, you've nothing to worry about. [leaves] Vila: And if you believe that, you'll believe anything. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Tynus: But I thought you were supposed to be the greatest living authority on viruses, Bellfriar. Bellfriar: Apparently not. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Tynus: I'm going to see that the Federation Medical Council hears of this. Bellfriar: I don't think that's going to matter to me, Tynus, or to any of us. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Vila: Under control? You know this could be another Casarus. Avon: What? Vila: You remember the Casarus swamp fever, killed millions. Avon: Well there aren't millions here, so don't worry about it. Vila: Well I'm here, and I do worry about it. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "I don't like bugs. You can't hear them, you can't see them and you can't feel them, then suddenly you're dead." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Avon: So you're going to kill me? Tynus: It's nothing personal. Avon: [Smiles] I shall try not to hold it against you. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Avon: (sarcastically) Thanks for your help. Vila: Never come between friends, that's my motto. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Bellfriar: H-N, H-N-O ... oh, My God! Blake: Dr. Bellfriar! Dr. Bellfriar!! Bellfriar: I've forgotten how to read. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Blake: Transmission ends. Vila: Fosforon ends. Cally: It's no joke Vila. (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % "Suppose some of them don't die. Suppose some of them get off in a ship. That plague goes out to all the galaxies, millions will die because of it. THAT is the one responsibility that I will not take." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Killer [B7]) % Avon: It's a trap of course. Blake: Possibly. (Blake's 7: Hostage [B8]) /?/ % "Of course it's a trap! Let's go down." -- Cally (Blake's 7: Hostage [B8]) % Vila: What did I do to deserve this? Avon: How long a list would you like? (Blake's 7: Hostage [B8]) % Avon: I still say that it is an unacceptable risk. Blake: It is not unacceptable because I accept it. (Blake's 7: Hostage [B8]) /?/ % "From Alphas to Labor Grades know of Blake's defiance of the Federation. They talk of him as a sort of hero." -- Counselor Joban, to Servalan (Blake's 7: Hostage [B8]) /?/ % Blake: Crimos? Ushton: Well, I've never seen them before but that's what they were alright. Criminal-psychopaths. (Blake's 7: Hostage [B8]) /?/ % "I think my Crimos are going to enjoy this." -- Travis (Blake's 7: Hostage [B8]) /?/ % "Crimos! Crimos! Crimos! Crimos!" -- Travis (Blake's 7: Hostage [B8]) /?/ % Servalan: Mutoids, don't you ever question anything? Mutoid: This is not our function. Our function is to obey without question. (Blake's 7: Hostage [B8]) /?/ % "Waste any more time and you won't get any older." -- Kerr Avon, to Del Grant (Blake's 7: Countdown [B9]) /?/ % "You don't get another guess." -- Kerr Avon, to Del Grant (Blake's 7: Countdown [B9]) % Vila (with irony): Good. Terrific. I'm really looking forward to this. Danger, excitement, sudden death. I can't wait. (Blake's 7: Countdown [B9]) % "If there had ever been a time when I could have given my own life to save her I would have done it." -- Kerr Avon, of Anna (Blake's 7: Countdown [B9]) % Del Grant: You expect me to believe that? Avon: Not particularly. But it happens to be the truth. (Blake's 7: Countdown [B9]) /?/ % Blake: You going to tell me about Anna? Avon: You wouldn't understand. (Blake's 7: Countdown [B9]) /?/ % "Typical Federation policy. Things are more important than people." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Countdown [B9]) /?/ % "Time is what we don't have." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Countdown [B9]) /?/ % Avon: Doesn't it make you feel good to be wanted? Vila: I've been a wanted man all my life. What I need now is to be unwanted. (Blake's 7: Countdown [B9]) /?/ % Vila: See, the old magic's still there. Avon: The old ego too. (Blake's 7: Countdown [B9]) /?/ % Avon: It would be stupid to be shot up by our own allies. Vila: Not only stupid, painful. (Blake's 7: Countdown [B9]) /?/ % "But, 'Just try trusting me'. That's weak, even by his standards." -- Kerr Avon, on Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Voice From The Past [B10]) /?/ % "Don't over-react. Remember, this is for your beloved leader." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Voice From The Past [B10]) /?/ % "While there's life, there's threat." -- Servalan (Blake's 7: Voice From The Past [B10]) /?/ % "Heartless calculator." -- Jenna Stannis, to Orac (Blake's 7: Voice From The Past [B10]) /?/ % Vila: But you're suggesting... Blake: Betrayal, treachery, piracy. Call it what you will. (Blake's 7: Voice From The Past [B10]) /?/ % "Destination immanent; prepare for orbit." -- Zen (Blake's 7: Voice From The Past [B10]) /?/ % Avon: Predictably barren. Jenna: Wretched mining companies, no sense of aesthetics. Avon: What do you want them to do, landscape? (Blake's 7: Voice From The Past [B10]) /?/ % "One of us has to see straight. Better be me, I think." -- Travis, the one-eyed, to Kline/Docholli (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % "Speed chess. The only game of skill in this establishment. The Klute challenges all comers. A win or a draw gets you a million - one million credits, _mes amis_. Win or draw against the Klute. The biggest prize in the galaxy. Now come on, all you space trekkers. Put your life on the line and beat the Klute at speed chess. Win a fortune!" -- Croupier at the Big Wheel (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Krantor: Supreme Commander, you make my blood run cold. I wonder if I emphasized sufficiently how highly we value our neutrality. I'm sure I must have done. Servalan: How highly? Krantor: Also, my casino ... very profitable ... four million credits a week. Servalan: You have a suggestion? Krantor: Ten. Servalan: Eight - for both Travis and Docholli. Krantor: My dear Com - Supreme Commander - I always say we are sent to help each other. What is this life if we cannot be of some service to our fellows? Give me two hours. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Vila: You know, if it was a desert down there, so hot your eyeballs frizzled, poisonous snakes under every rock - Avon: Blake would have sent us. Vila: You can bet on it. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Vila: Ohhhh, that is beautiful! Avon, there are times when I almost get to like you. Avon: Yes, well, that makes it all worthwhile. Vila: I mean, you give me a warm feeling right here, around the money belt. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Avon: Orac, are you familiar with the theory of molecular reduction? Orac: Am I to assume that you refer to a stabilized atomic implosion? Avon: Yes. Vila and I were just discussing it - Vila: We were? Avon: - and I was assuring him that the whole idea is an absurd fantasy. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Orac: On the contrary. It is neither absurd, nor is it a fantasy. Avon: Are you suggesting that you know more about the subject than I do? Orac: It is not a suggestion; it is a statement of fact. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Vila: Talk's cheap. Orac: Does that mean something? Avon: It means he doesn't believe you, and neither, as a matter of fact, do I. Orac: I take it you wish me to prove it. Avon: Why not? [Orac shrinks. Avon and Vila shake hands.] (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Chenie: Earlier tonight he said that thirty of his ex-patients tried to kill him. What does that mean? Travis: It means he gets drunk. -- about Kline/Doccholli (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Chenie: Well, whatever he's got on his mind, it can't be that bad. I hear he was quite a hero at the Barlee. Travis: Perhaps he was trying to pay something back. -- about Kline/Doccholli (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Chenie: They say he was one of the first in the burner. When the fumes got too much for him, it was you who dragged him out. Travis: Oh, yes. I'm a hero, too. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Chenie: So. You've saved his life twice. Why? Travis: It's my noble nature. Chenie: Oh, yes, Travis. I can see. It shines from your one yellow eye. Nobility? Travis: [Slams down the glass] Thanks for the drink. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % "He is a despicable animal. When the Federation finally cleans out this cesspit, I shall have that vulpine degenerate eviscerated with a small and very blunt knife." -- Servalan, on Krantor (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Jarriere: And Docholli? Servalan: I told him Docholli, dead or alive. Already he is wondering why a corpse should be worth so much. Jarriere: Then, ma'am, we are likely to get the corpse. - about Krantor (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Jenna: But even so, a man with his skills can always earn it. Blake: Not enough. When you've been on the run for as long as Docholli has, everything costs: false identity papers, phony visas. I mean no one's going to stick out their neck helping him unless they stick out their hand first. No, I don't think Docholli's got much now. That is why I think we'll find him somewhere like this. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % "One of these days, Toise, I am going to have Supreme Commander high-and-mighty Servalan ravaged until she does not know what month she's in. I'll have her screaming for death. I - " -- Krantor (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Vila: He must have been crazy, staking his life. Avon: Just risking money isn't always enough. Vila: What? Avon: If you're a gambler that's the biggest gamble you can take. That's the real "kick." Vila: Well, he got his kick all right. Straight up the spine. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % "I know Travis better than he knows himself. He has one single dominating obsession. And that is to kill Blake." -- Servalan (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Jarriere: [Points gun at Travis] Just stay where you are. Travis: That your new muscle, Servalan? Looks like a powder puff. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Chenie: Well if you had money, you wouldn't have come by freighter. So you need work. Blake: Suppose we do? Chenie: Well you'll do better on the upper level. Try the Big Wheel. The girls have got class. Krantor might hire them. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Cally: What did you call me? Jenna: A cheap little space tramp. Cally: You slut! Jenna: A ten-credit touch! Cally: What - [Tosses drink at her] Jenna: You do that again, I'll break your - (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Jenna: And the same to you! Cally: We've got news for you. We don't want to come back anyway! Jenna: You can keep it! (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % "The secret of Star One's location is of no use to a criminal like Krantor. However, that knowledge can bring about his death. Not only that. With any luck the Federation will be finally convinced, as I have argued for years, that we can no longer tolerate this pestilential rathole so close to our own territories. Freedom City will be finally burnt out." -- Servalan (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Vila (V.O., over bracelet): One last spin. We're nearly four million up, Avon. Avon: All right, just once more. But after this, I warn you, I'm walking out - to be sick. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Travis (off-screen): Docholli. Where are you? Docholli: Over here. Who told you my name was Docholli? Travis: I recognized you. Docholli: When? Travis: First time we met. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % "All I want is my arm fixed!!" -- Travis (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Blake: Just drop the gun, Travis. Travis: Blake. I've been waiting for you. I knew you'd come. Blake: I'm glad I didn't disappoint you. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Travis: All right, Blake, if you're man enough, kill me now. Blake: Our quarrel is with the Federation, not with you. Jenna: Give me the gun, then. Blake: That would be mercy. Are you feeling particularly merciful? (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Krantor: I don't understand, Toise. What happened? Toise: What happened?! I'll tell you what happened, Krantor - you blew it! (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % "His name was Lurgen. He was a cyber-surgeon like myself. Perhaps that's why I changed my heart. Anyway, we faked the operation between us. We didn't erase the brain print, we took a copy of it, and then we both ran. He took the copy with him. I heard that he'd gone to earth on a planet called Goth. Later I heard that one of their tribal chiefs had his brain print on a thong round his neck. Well, either it was the print, or his head. They're a crude lot on Goth." -- Docholli (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Blake: Vila, I don't like that innocent look. What have you two been up to whilst we've been away? Vila: Me? Nothing. Had a little sleep. Avon: Played a little chess. Vila: Played a little chess. Avon: And that's all. Vila: That's right, Blake. We had a real quiet time. (Blake's 7: Gambit [B11]) % Vila: I could be President. Avon: Ah. Vila: Oh. We could take it in turns. (Blake's 7: The Keeper [B12]) % "Splendid! Better than my own fool!" -- Gola, Charl of the Goths, about Vila (Blake's 7: The Keeper [B12]) /?/ % Blake: He seems harmless. Vila: He smells horrible! (Blake's 7: The Keeper [B12]) /?/ % "A fool knows everything and nothing." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: The Keeper [B12]) % Avon: Blake is afraid that power would corrupt him. Blake: That sort of power would corrupt anyone. (Blake's 7: The Keeper [B12]) /?/ % "At least leave me a torch. I don't like the dark. I'd rather see what I'm scared of." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: The Keeper [B12]) /?/ % "We have to win, it's the only way I can be sure that I was right!" -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) % "At least we'll recognise it when we see it, even if we don't recognise it when we see it, if it's the only thing that's there, if you see what I mean." -- Vila Restal, of Star One (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) % Avon: Why are you listening to this drivel, Blake? We can take Star One; let's get on with it. Jenna: Very stirring. When did you become a believer? ... Avon: Show me someone who *believes* in anything, and I will show you a fool. (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) % "Show me someone who believes in anything, and I will show you a fool." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) % "I never doubted that. I never doubted your fanaticism. As far as I am concerned, you can destroy whatever you like; you can stir up a thousand revolutions; you can wade in blood up to your armpits. Oh, and you can lead the rabble to victory - whatever that means. Just so long as there is an end to it." -- Kerr Avon, to Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) % Vila: Avon, this is stupid. Avon: When did that ever stop us? (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) % "They're unfriendly, which is fortunate really; they'd be difficult to love." -- Kerr Avon, of the Andromedans (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) /?/ % Lurena: What are they? Avon: Unfriendly, which is fortunate really. They'd be difficult to love. (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) /?/ % Travis: Be polite and I may let you live. Avon: Be informative and I may let you die. You'll want that, after I've shot off an arm and a leg or two. Travis: I thought you were the one with brains. Avon: Brains, but no heart. Now talk or scream. The choice is yours. (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) % "I have no objection to shooting you in the back." -- Kerr Avon to Space Commander Travis (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) % "There is no logical reason why aliens should be hairy." -- Orac (to Vila) (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) /?/ % "When Star One is gone, it is finished, Blake." -- Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) /?/ % "My one regret, is that they will never know what really killed them." -- Travis (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) /?/ % Avon: I want it over and done with, I want to be free. Cally: But you are free now, Avon. (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) % "I would remind you, that I am not a communicator." -- Orac (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) /?/ % "We'll finish what we set out to do; nothing is settled." -- Jenna Stannis (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) % "Is he dead Avon, is Travis dead?" -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) /?/ % "Space command no longer recognizes the authority of the President or of the Council." -- Servalan (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) /?/ % "For what it's worth, I've always trusted you from the beginning." -- Roj Blake, to Kerr Avon (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) /?/ % "Avon, for what it is worth, I have always trusted you, from the very beginning." -- Roj Blake (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) /?/ % "Don't like explosives, very crude, difficult to argue with a bomb." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: Star One [B13]) /?/ %