Blakes 7


Crossfire 2


3 Erebus


While working on Orac, Avon has discovered information, federation plans that could be of great use, all they have to do is obtain the disc on the planet Erebus.


Erebus is where the old president is currently residing, and its Villa and Tarrant that have to go to the trouble of locating the data. As they do it occurs to the rest of the crew its all a little to easy, might it be a trap?


It is! It comes early in the plot, and I’m not sure is was a good idea. It is a bit of a Blakes 7 trope all the effort they go through to end up no better off than they started. Knowing this so soon in the audio, take away a bit of the tension - you know its all for nothing.


Dayna is somewhat uninvolved - I’m assuming due to taking the lead in the last episode, but it does feel conspicuous. There’s a lot of asking left or right in the script, so much so that at one point they even reference Stealers Wheel. And Avon being duped so easily is a bit out of character, but then Avon also attempted to effectively lock the rest of the crew out from Orac and Liberator and they seem not that bothered.


Things come to a head with an old acquaintance of Avons, but its all resolved without much fuss. 


I enjoyed it, it had the right components, but lacked drama, I was never on the edge of my seat, and it all felt a bit inconsequential.

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