[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Episode 9

Project Avalon

By Terry Nation

On a blizzard swept planet Travis captures rebel leader Avalon. He see's her as the key to getting his hands on Blake and the Liberator.

When Blake arrives for his meeting with Avalon he finds only one survivor, Chevner, who tells him of Travis and where Avalon is being held captive. Naturally Blake and his crew rescue Avalon from her cell in the command centre.

Blake is suspicious once they are safely back on the Liberator, the rescue was a little too easy.

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Usually a weaker episode follows one as strong as Duel, this is not the case with Project Avalon which is an excellent action packed episode with a very good shootout as the crew fight it out with Federation guards as they make their escape with Avalon. The opening scenes as the Mutoids slaughter the rebels in the caves is a near copy of the attack at the begining of the first episode except it is executed in claustrophobic cave systems.

This episode features the first meeting between Blake and Servalan, although Travis is still really the main villain in the show. Interestingly the lead Mutoid is played by Dempsey and Makepeace actress Glynis Barber who would later join the crew as the sharp shooting Soolin in the fourth and final series.