Blakes 7: The Liberator Chronicles

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

Fantastic news. I might actually get the first set on release now.

[Anthony Williams]

The Doctor Who range is more important to me at the moment, as both Whitney and I will enjoy them, while B7 is really an Anthony thing - so further down the list!

[SiHart]

I've bought 'em!

[brandynigma]

I've bought 'em!

Shame- I was going to see if we could do a deal.

[SiHart]

We might be able to do something... I'll let you know.

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

Well I haven't bought them yet either Brendan. I can barely afford to keep afford to keep up with all things Doctor Who at the moment.

Apologies for the rather indiscreet original version of this post.

[Anthony Williams]

Okay, guys - I know nothing's been said outright, but putting my admin hat on, please avoid arranging such "co-operative" endeavours on the forum.

Thanks!

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

So has anyone else heard the clip on the latest Big Finish podcast yet?

Sorry to spoil the surprise but I'm bursting to know what other people thought.

[SiHart]

Ooh! Is there one? I'll give that a listen tonight

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

Ooh! Is there one? I'll give that a listen tonight

I think it's about 17 and half minutes in after the Curse of Davros clip which is about 16 mins in. I won't give away which original cast member is featured though.

[SiHart]

Cover!

[Si Hunt]

How lovely!

Si.

[Nyder]

Looks great. Hope irascible Orac is in it!

[Logo Polish]

Jan Chappell has returned as Cally for Volume 2 of the Liberator Chronicles.

[SiHart]

Hooray! I've always liked Cally.

[SiHart]

Trailer! Trailer! http://www.bigfinish.com/Blakes-7-CD-Box-Set-1

Sounds fabulous!

[SiHart]

Well now! It seems the first one is out tomorrow.

[Nyder]

I might just have to purchase this. Love Blake and his seven! Or however many there are / were.... Is Orac going to be in the BF stories?

[SiHart]

Oh my goodness! I'm listening to Blake's 7. new, proper Blake's 7!

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

I am so tempted!!

[SiHart]

Gareth Thomas sounds very old, but Darrow and Keating are fabulous!

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

As well as getting a whole Valentine's Day Podcast devoted to the new audio series, Big Finish have now released details of their second original Blake's 7 novel: Archangel by Scott Harrison.

Big Finish is proud to announce the second book in the new series of original Blake's 7 novels. Written by Scott Harrison and set between the TV stories Trial and Killer, Archangel finds the rebels trying to move on from the horrific death of crew-member Olag Gan.

When an old friend of Blake’s – believed to have been murdered five years earlier by the Federation – is discovered alive in a labour camp on Sigma Minor, the rebels decide to mount a daring rescue attempt. But the talented cybernetic engineer Blake once knew is a shadow of his former self. His memory has been wiped, his family are prisoners of the Federation, and his name is inextricably linked to a sinister project known only by a codename: Archangel.

Archangel: An ultra-secret experiment so dangerous, so horrific, so terrifying that it was shut down by the High Council and ordered never to be reopened... until now.

This time, death may be the Liberator crew’s best option.

Scott Harrison is a writer and playwright whose stage plays have been produced in both the US and the UK. As well as contributing short stories for the popular time-travelling voodoo cult Faction Paradox (originally created for the BBC Books Eighth Doctor range) and for both the Steampunk and Horror genres, he has also written comic book scripts, audio scripts and for various eBook and audiobook collections. He is range editor for the Modern Masters of Audio series (produced & directed by Neil Gardner) and is currently writing for and editing a new Steampunk anthology for Snowbooks, where he is absolutely thrilled to be working with legendary Blake’s 7 scriptwriter Tanith Lee.

Scott is thrilled to be part of this exciting new range as he has watched Blake's 7 all his life. 'I hope to make the novel as breathtakingly exciting as each of those 52 TV episodes have been for me over the past 30-plus years,' he says. 'To be invited by Big Finish to be a part of this range, particularly at its outset, is surely every writer’s dream, not to mention a huge honour.'

Archangel is available for pre-order now, along with the first book in Big Finish's Blake's 7 novel range: The Forgotten, by Mark Wright and Cavan Scott.

Hardback copies of The Forgotten are on sale from May 2012 and Archangel from November 2012

[SiHart]

They should have put a Season 2 cast photo on the cover rather than reuse the season 1 one!

[SiHart]

Well now...

We started listening to the first of The Liberator Chronicles last night- The Turing Test. haven't finished it yet, but so far I'm very impressed. It's a good, simple story (unlike certain DWs we've heard recently!) well told and well acted (in the usual Darrow style, yay!) If they maintain this quality, the series will be great.

[SiHart]

The only disappointment for me with this one was that some of the iconic sound effects were a bit off. They'd obviously tried to recreate the teleport and the gun sounds, and they weren't very good. The odd thing is, they're easily available too. I've got them. Maybe BF need me to send them to them!

Off to great start and it's a real delight to hear Darrow and Keating back and on fine form.