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Old 4th May 2012, 07:04 PM
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This maybe old news but i found a website where someone has built his own Orac.

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Old 4th May 2012, 07:25 PM
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This maybe old news but i found a website where someone has built his own Orac.

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That looks too complex for me.
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Old 4th May 2012, 07:27 PM
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That looks too complex for me.
Yeah im sure you get the same effect with fairy lights and a fish tank
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Old 4th May 2012, 08:38 PM
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Episode 5

The Web

By Terry Nation

The Liberator becomes caught in a space web. Blake teleports down to the nearest planet to find a solution where he finds the last survivors of The Lost, people cast out of Cally's planet. The two survivors are in desperate need of power cells to help their systems and in turn free the Liberator from the web.

Blake agrees to help and Avon brings the power cells down to the planet. Blake also discovers others on the planet known as Decimas, creatures created by The lost which have evolved and reproduced and are now capable on their own. Blake finds out The Lost with the aid of the power cells will wipe out the Decimas and he refuses to supply them.

As all this is going on the Decimas mount their own attack on the base of The Lost killing the last survivors so they can now live on the planet in peace. Blake and Avon use the power cells to disable the web and the Liberator goes on its way.

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The first episode to feature one of the crew being possesed, i always find these sequences tiresome as they have been done many times before in everything from Star Trek to almost every episode of the first series of Space 1999. It often makes me think story writers have run out of ideas, however here it is only a small section of the episode and there is a point to it as The Lost are communicating with Cally from the planet below.

The crew start to get tetchy with one another and Avon's scheming begins to shine through. This is the first episode to feature non humanoid aliens, in this case the Decimas and their world is made to look creepy and alien thanks to the webbing all over the terrain
Wasn't this the one that was initialy supposed to have Daleks in it?
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Old 8th May 2012, 04:35 PM
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Episode 15

Shadow

Written by Chris Boucher

Blake decides to try and enlist the help of the Terra Nostra, much to Gan's objections to aid their fight against the Federation. The Terra Nostra, a drugs cartel have a contact on Space City, a Las Vegas in space.

Blake and the crew travel to Space City to try and make contact with Largo, whom Jenna knows from her old smuggling past, but he doesn't admit to the Terra Nostra even exsisting.

Unbeknown to the crew Orac has fallen under the influence of a telepathic alien and has mentally attacked Cally.

Unable to help Cally, Blake decides to find the source of the drug Shadow, the main source of wealth of the Terra Nostra. The telepathic plants from which Shadow is derived fortunately help Cally recover but the crew discover that the planet Shadow is found is ultimately protected by the President of the Federations personal security forces.

"To have total control," Blake observes, "you must control totally---both sides of the law. The Terra Nostra/the Federation---two sides of the same power"

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A very adult episode concerning drugs and their supply as well as their effects.

Orac proves less than friendly throughout the episode and its mental subjugation of Cally is quite disturbing in places.

This is the first episode to be written by anyone other than series creator Terry Nation, in this case the series script editor Chris Boucher. Boucher came from Doctor Who to Blakes 7. He wrote three Doctor Who stories - The Face of Evil, The Robots of Death and Image of the fendahl and introduced the character of Leela to the show. In his script for Shadow Boucher gives the characters some excellent dialogue including some quality quips and put downs.
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Old 8th May 2012, 04:38 PM
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Old 8th May 2012, 05:48 PM
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"He's about as much use as a marzipan dildo."

Sounds like something Avon would say about Vila.
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Episode 16

Weapon

Written by Chris Boucher

Coser, a federation Beta grade technician and his bond slave Rochel have stolen a new Federation weapon known as IMIPAK. IMIPAK can mark a victim without them being aware of it. Then later at any distance, at any time, the weapon can kill anyone it has marked

Meanwhile Travis encounters and kills Blake, but unfortunately discovers it was just a clone created by the Federation Clone masters.

In reality Blake and the Liberator have gone to meet Coser. With each event unfolding just as they were predicted by Carnell, the Puppet Master.

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This story is not so much about the Liberator crew as it is about Servalan, Travis, a living copy (not exactly a clone) of Blake, a bond slave named Rashel and a psycho-strategist (a puppeteer) named Carnell.

The Clonemasters give the episode a thick air of mysticsm.

The episode is very talky, however the final pay off makes all the talk worthwhile.

The whole affair is a trap which Servalan has Carnell devise so that she can acquire a new Federation weapon called IMIPAK without anyone knowing that she has it. At the same time she can use it on Blake and his people while blaming them for the theft.

Weapon is the first story of the new series to feature Travis and Servalan. It is Brian Croucher first appearance as the increasingly deranged Travis.

On the planet on which the crew meet Coser and Rochel you can clearly hear blackbirds singing during all the outdoor scenes.
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Old 8th May 2012, 06:17 PM
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Back in the day I used to fancy Jacqueline Pearce and Felicity Kendal
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Old 8th May 2012, 06:27 PM
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Servalan's a mean bitch, i heard her talking to Travis about you.

"He's about as much use as a marzipan dildo."

Travis thought she was a bit harsh though.
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