# Blake's Seven is coming back **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211 "2013-04-09T08:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211/1 "2013-04-09T08:13:05Z")
[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a471203/blakes-7-us-remake-gets-13-one-hour-episodes.html](http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a471203/blakes-7-us-remake-gets-13-one-hour-episodes.html) Hopefully this will satisfy the Firefly junkies. ETA: Halle Berry as Servalan? ---
**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211/2 "2013-04-09T08:30:27Z")
La la la la can’t hear you. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211/3 "2013-04-09T10:29:34Z")
Given the last episode, a direct sequel seems unlikely. Thuogh I suppose they could fill in gaps. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211/4 "2013-04-09T11:08:09Z")
I assume this will be a reboot. I really enjoyed the original series. The entire ‘Federation is Evil’ idea was rather startling to all of my Trekker friends. And I loved the ship. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211/5 "2013-04-09T11:38:28Z")
If it’s as good as the remake of The Prisoner a few years back … it’ll suck. Oh, and there’s been talk of a revival for years. They’re always just about to remake it. Do they even have a script yet, or a detailed outline for the series? Any cast? I’ll believe it when I see it. Call me when they actually start pre-production. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211/6 "2013-04-09T11:45:49Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Given the last episode, a direct sequel seems unlikely. Thuogh I suppose they could fill in gaps. > > Brian I have a “sequel” book I bought back in the late 80’s that did a decent job of continuing the storyline, so I have high hopes that it can be managed. I wonder if all my videotapes of the original series are in decent enough shape to be transferred to DVD, since I can’t watch them anymore. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211/7 "2013-04-09T11:53:35Z")
Is Blake going to be in it? Will there be seven of them? If the answer is “yes, throughout” to either of these questions, it will not capture the authentic original spirit of _Blake’s Seven_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211/8 "2013-04-09T12:17:51Z")
There may not have been a Blake, but there always were seven. Blake --\> Tarrant Avon Vila Jenna --\> Dayna Cally --\> Soolin Gan --\> Orac Zen --\> Slave ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211/9 "2013-04-09T16:02:32Z")
For a given value of seven. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211/10 "2013-04-11T04:32:47Z")
I have no idea why, for all these years, I never once thought of looking on YouTube for any Blake’s 7 clips or episodes. The fact that I now know they are out there means I am severely tempted to call in sick to work and just stay in bed watching everything again and getting nothing done that desperately needs doing. This is going to be a true test of willpower. Of course, this could explain why I haven’t heard from either of my children since I sent them the link. Watching B7 was a big part of their childhoods. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blakes-seven-is-coming-back/655211/11 "2013-04-11T05:47:13Z")
I have a friend I haven’t talked to in years, who LOVED that show. She and another friend of hers did a lot of fan videos, and she had a really good (for the tech at the time) about Blake’s 7. I’d never heard of it. (we were both H:Lots fans, if that helps to date my age. She also introduced me to Buffy.) When I saw this, I immediately tried to find her on FB. Hopefully, I just did. 🙂 Thanks Dope!