Episode 28: Backstab 7 (Powerplay)

I stab your back, you stab mine. You know the drill. I’m going to be making some powerplays this coming week. If you know what I mean. I’m going to be baking a cake. That’s what I mean. What did you think I meant? It’s Powerplay, written by Terry Nation and aired on January 14,Continue reading →

I stab your back, you stab mine. You know the drill.

I’m going to be making some powerplays this coming week. If you know what I mean. I’m going to be baking a cake. That’s what I mean. What did you think I meant? It’s Powerplay, written by Terry Nation and aired on January 14, 1980.

Show-notes:

4:32 No. There was Herbert Clegg on Doctor Who in Planet of the Spiders, played by Cyril Shaps. Can’t believe Cyril Shaps was never on Blake’s 7.

14:37 Get hype for Black Manta and the new James-Wan-directed Aquaman movie.

16:21 It’s actually called We and They.

37:22 Making Blake’s 7 is a twitter account that documents the making of Blake’s 7.

38:10 Also check out Krynoid Podcast.

51:20 Hugo Gernsback. “His idea of a perfect science fiction story was ’75 percent literature interwoven with 25 percent science'”

53:14 Again, Blazing World is a 1666 story by Margaret Cavendish.

54:20 Walpole.

1:03:28“This is a link to the travis photo so edit this text to link to it.” – Dylan, 2018.

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The Blake’s 7 title music was originally composed by Dudley Simpson.

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