Post by warhead on Jul 26, 2017 15:11:07 GMT
I'm an avid continuity addict, and am constantly tweaking my BF audio timeline to better (in my opinion) fit the established TV continuity.
It struck me recently that there could be a thematic link between the three early clone-based stories - Kerr, Wolf and Weapon.
Have I missed anything obvious that would preclude this theory?
This gives me, for the early part of Series B: -
Redemption
1.2 - Solitary
11.1 - Brother
11.2 - Poison
11.3 - Escape from Destiny
7.1 - Spy
Shadow
Weapon
Horizon
4.2 - Epitaph
11.x - Remnants
Pressure Point
2.3 - Wolf
4.3 - Kerr
Trial
It struck me recently that there could be a thematic link between the three early clone-based stories - Kerr, Wolf and Weapon.
SPOILERS FOLLOW...
Bear with me while I get my Nyrron arc out of the way.
So, moving on, I've been thinking about Servalan's interest in clones. She says near the end of Wolf, after the failed experiment with the Nyrron clone, that she will "be more careful next time". This could point to Weapon, where she enlists the Clonemasters for help, but in the TV episode she seems amazed at the Blake clone, which doesn't really bear out if she's had some success with Nyrron in Wolf and Avon in Kerr. It's not as if the Blake clone is particularly good (though they do say it's from a genetic print, not a DNA sample, much like her Kerr clone.)
So, could the "Clone Trilogy" be: -
Bear with me while I get my Nyrron arc out of the way.
- Wolf must take place after Brother (which, due to the presence of Orac explicitly places it in Season B).
- As Solitary shows Nyrron coming aboard the Liberator, where he is in Brother, this story must come immediately before Brother (unless we're going to get another "Nyronn aboard the Liberator" story), so also in Series B (despite the box saying Series A, but it's not the only time that's gone awry)
- As Wolf details, in flashback, Nyronn's death, it is best placed at some point after Solitary and Brother.
So, moving on, I've been thinking about Servalan's interest in clones. She says near the end of Wolf, after the failed experiment with the Nyrron clone, that she will "be more careful next time". This could point to Weapon, where she enlists the Clonemasters for help, but in the TV episode she seems amazed at the Blake clone, which doesn't really bear out if she's had some success with Nyrron in Wolf and Avon in Kerr. It's not as if the Blake clone is particularly good (though they do say it's from a genetic print, not a DNA sample, much like her Kerr clone.)
So, could the "Clone Trilogy" be: -
- Weapon - Servalan first becomes interested in clones (where previously, in Series A, androids had been all the rage as in The Turing Test and Project Avalon)
- Wolf - definitely Series B (Servalan is keen to meet Orac), and while Gan isn't mentioned, it's not clear whether he's dead or not. Cally has ambushed Servalan without Blake's knowledge (has her loyalty been tested by Gan's death?).Servalan knows all the crew by sight (though that doesn't imply she's met them all in person). Travis is still working for Servalan, so before Trial. Servalan will "be more careful next time" with clones, so does that then lead to...
- Kerr - in virtually every other speculative timeline I've seen, Kerr, no doubt due to the box information is placed in Series A. Servalan creates the Kerr clone as she understands Avon to be the Liberator crewmember most likely to betray Blake. While she could have got this information from Federation records, surely it's more likely that she would do this only having met the various crewmembers? She meets Avon for the first time in Orac and the last of the original crew she meets is Jenna in Pressure Point.
Have I missed anything obvious that would preclude this theory?
This gives me, for the early part of Series B: -
Redemption
1.2 - Solitary
11.1 - Brother
11.2 - Poison
11.3 - Escape from Destiny
7.1 - Spy
Shadow
Weapon
Horizon
4.2 - Epitaph
11.x - Remnants
Pressure Point
2.3 - Wolf
4.3 - Kerr
Trial