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A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 5 - Animals
    5.2/10(218 votes)

    #1 - Animals

    S4:E5

    Dayna meets an old friend, Justin, to seek help with synthesizing an antidote to the Federation pacification drug. Servalan learns of Scorpio's visit to Justin's planet and of the genetic research he is performing there.

    Director:Mary Ridge
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  2. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 4 - Stardrive
    5.9/10(212 votes)

    #2 - Stardrive

    S4:E4

    After attempts to match the course of an asteroid for cover result in collision with the asteroid and severe damage to Scorpio's engines, the crew search for an experimental stardrive developed by an ex-Federation designer who is now working for a terrorist group.

    Director:David Sullivan Proudfoot
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 4 - Dawn of the Gods
    6.2/10(208 votes)

    #3 - Dawn of the Gods

    S3:E4

    Orac steers Liberator off course to investigate a black hole and the Thaarn reach out to Cally from her childhood stories. Liberator lands on the artificial planet Crador.

    Director:Desmond McCarthy
    Writer:James Follett

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  4. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 2 - Power
    6.2/10(220 votes)

    #4 - Power

    S4:E2

    The Scorpio, rendered inaccessible by an elaborate security system, is stolen by a native of the planet who seeks to escape. Avon completes the Scorpio teleport system with the help of Orac.

    Director:Mary Ridge
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 12 - The Keeper
    6.3/10(234 votes)

    #5 - The Keeper

    S2:E12

    In their quest for information on the location of Star One, the crew search for a member of the royal family of Goth who has an amulet containing a brain print.

    Director:Derek Martinus
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  6. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 10 - Voice from the Past
    6.4/10(231 votes)

    #6 - Voice from the Past

    S2:E10

    A "time bomb" planted in Blake's memory by the Federation has been stimulated. He goes to an asteroid to meet with the legendary Shivar and Governor Le Grand, who also wish to overthrow the Federation.

    Director:George Spenton-Foster
    Writer:Roger Parkes

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  7. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 11 - Moloch
    6.4/10(212 votes)

    #7 - Moloch

    S3:E11

    Tarrant is teleported into a spaceship bound for the invisible planet Sardos, which the crew of Liberator discover after nearly crashing into it. Servalan is interested in the matter replication technology developed by the inhabitants of the planet.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Ben Steed

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  8. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 3 - Volcano
    6.5/10(215 votes)

    #8 - Volcano

    S3:E3

    The crew search for a new home base on the planet Obsidian, whose volcanic outbursts -- and a nuclear device buried in the planet's core by its inhabitants -- protect the planet from being overtaken. Servalan employs an elaborate plan to take control of the Liberator.

    Director:Desmond McCarthy
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  9. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 5 - The Web
    6.6/10(331 votes)

    #9 - The Web

    S1:E5

    The Liberator runs into a web created by psionic means; the crew meets the race of genetically-engineered Decimas. Blake learns of the attempt at genocide being waged against the Decimas by the creator of the Web.

    Director:Michael E. Briant
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  10. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 11 - Bounty
    6.7/10(279 votes)

    #10 - Bounty

    S1:E11

    The crew land on the planet Lindor, where a deposed leader has been held in exile. Blake and Cally ask him to return to his people. Meanwhile, a ship in distress is helped by the Liberator, only to encounter a group of bounty hunters who seek to turn Blake and the Liberator over to the Federation.

    Director:Pennant Roberts
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  11. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 5 - The Harvest of Kairos
    6.7/10(222 votes)

    #11 - The Harvest of Kairos

    S3:E5

    Tarrant decides to raid a Federation freighter carrying valuable Kairopan crystal, but he heads right into Jarvik's trap and the Liberator is captured. The crew of the Liberator are left marooned on Kairos, a planet where nobody survives after the short crystal harvest season.

    Director:Gerald Blake
    Writers:Terry Nation, Ben Steed

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  12. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 10 - Ultraworld
    6.7/10(202 votes)

    #12 - Ultraworld

    S3:E10

    The crew go to the planet Ultraworld, only to discover it is a mental reprocessing plant. Vila saves the crew by telling riddles to Orac.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 4 - Time Squad
    6.8/10(325 votes)

    #13 - Time Squad

    S1:E4

    A ship whose crew had been put in suspended animation is picked up by the Liberator, while Blake attempts to destroy the Federation Communication base on Saurian Major.

    Director:Pennant Roberts
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  14. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 4 - Horizon
    6.8/10(234 votes)

    #14 - Horizon

    S2:E4

    Horizon is a mysterious planet which neither Zen nor Orac can shed any light on. After teleporting down the crew are captured by Federation guards. Avon considers leaving the planet by himself with the Liberator.

    Director:Jonathan Wright Miller
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  15. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 8 - Hostage
    6.8/10(223 votes)

    #15 - Hostage

    S2:E8

    The Liberator is ambushed by several Federation ships. Travis captures Blake's cousin. He claims to want to join Blake's crew.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  16. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 3 - Weapon
    6.9/10(237 votes)

    #16 - Weapon

    S2:E3

    The rebels and the Federation are searching for the stolen prototype of Imipak, a deadly new weapon. Servalan and Travis use a Blake clone to get information on this weapon from one of Blake's friends.

    Director:George Spenton-Foster
    Writer:Chris Boucher

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  17. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 3 - Traitor
    6.9/10(199 votes)

    #17 - Traitor

    S4:E3

    The planet Helotrix is falling easily to attack from a new Federation pacification drug, as are many other star systems. Tarrant and Dayna teleport down to the surface to investigate. Servalan, deposed of her presidency in the Federation, is back under the alias Commissioner Sleer having wiped all records connecting herself with the identity of Servalan.

    Director:David Sullivan Proudfoot
    Writer:Robert Holmes

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  18. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 3 - Cygnus Alpha
    7.0/10(343 votes)

    #18 - Cygnus Alpha

    S1:E3

    Blake tries to rescue the remaining prisoners from the prison planet Cygnus Alpha only to find they have a disease that can be cured by the power mad high priest Vargas.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  19. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 10 - Breakdown
    7.0/10(271 votes)

    #19 - Breakdown

    S1:E10

    Gan's limiter malfunctions, and the crew go to space station XK-72 to have it repaired, at the risk of being discovered. The neurosurgeon notifies the Federation and delays surgery long enough for Federation forces to arrive.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  20. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 12 - Deliverance
    7.0/10(264 votes)

    #20 - Deliverance

    S1:E12

    The Liberator crew brings back the survivor of a ship that blew up while delivering some medical supplies to Ensor, the survivor's father. Jenna is captured on the planet, while the survivor of the destroyed ship forces Blake to leave the planet by holding Cally at gunpoint. On the planet, Avon is considered a god by a priestess leading her people there.

    Director:Michael E. Briant
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  21. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 7 - Assassin
    7.0/10(208 votes)

    #21 - Assassin

    S4:E7

    Servalan hires an assassin to kill the crew by luring them to a trap set aboard the assassin's ship.

    Director:David Sullivan Proudfoot
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 8 - Games
    7.0/10(198 votes)

    #22 - Games

    S4:E8

    The scientist Belkov has stripped a planet of a valuable crystalline substance and tries to double cross both Servalan and the Scorpio crew in an attempt to escape with the private stash he has collected. He is aided by his computer, an amalgamation of a standard Federation computer and a pleasure planet gaming machine.

    Director:Vivienne Cozens
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 9 - Sarcophagus
    7.1/10(213 votes)

    #23 - Sarcophagus

    S3:E9

    The crew find a drifting ship, whose artifacts have a strange effect on Cally. An alien avoiding death has possessed her, and Avon has to break the spell.

    Director:Fiona Cumming
    Writer:Tanith Lee

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  24. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 6 - Headhunter
    7.1/10(210 votes)

    #24 - Headhunter

    S4:E6

    The crew rescue a protege of Ensor's who instead turns out to be his android creation seeking to unite with Orac.

    Director:Mary Ridge
    Writer:Roger Parkes

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  25. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 7 - Mission to Destiny
    7.2/10(308 votes)

    #25 - Mission to Destiny

    S1:E7

    The crippled spaceship Ortega presents Blake and his companions with a series of mysteries. Who murdered the pilot and sabotaged the controls ? What happened to the crew and why ? For Avon and Cally, the answers become a matter of life and death.

    Director:Pennant Roberts
    Writer:Terry Nation

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Animals" is the worst rated episode of "Blake's 7". It scored 5.2/10 based on 218 votes. Directed by Mary Ridge and written by Allan Prior, it aired on 10/26/1981. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Stardrive".