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Post by mark687 on Apr 21, 2016 9:09:05 GMT
Thread for discussion on what might be next for the Blake's 7 Range at BF given recent news.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 10:37:04 GMT
I think the range will continue - I hope so, anyway. The only stipulation to this is if the remaining cast feel unable to carry on without Gareth, which would be understandable. It's uncertain how far developed the series 1 audio stories have been planned, but I doubt there's any way Blake would be recast.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Apr 21, 2016 11:32:39 GMT
There are always ways to continue. The least palatable right now is recasting Blake. The least appreciated would be an entire reboot a la "Blake's 7 Reborn". Th most logical would be series 3 or 4. The least considered would be further adventures for other people in the same universe.
I personally would like to hear BF take on doing a 21st century take on B7.
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Post by bohnny on Apr 21, 2016 12:13:30 GMT
More liberator chronicles instead of full cast ( LCs are my preferred format, so I confess to bias here)
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Post by jarod on Apr 21, 2016 17:26:49 GMT
More liberator chronicles instead of full cast ( LCs are my preferred format, so I confess to bias here) Since the sad death of Gareth Thomas, that's the way I would like to see B7 continue with BF. What a shame they didn't get on with those last year when Paul D was unwell.
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Post by muckypup on Apr 21, 2016 17:51:45 GMT
I am not sure it has a future now.
I think the plans were for season one with the talk of recasting gan etc.
very sad about Gareth Thomas's passing
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 18:49:17 GMT
While the obvious answer would seem to be to recast Dayna and move to season 3, this overlooks the fact that they'd be sidelining Jenna, who was presumably onboard for the season 1 full cast plans.
So things are now in a very difficult position.
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Post by renny on Apr 21, 2016 19:57:55 GMT
have I missed something? why can't they do season 4?
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Apr 21, 2016 20:37:39 GMT
have I missed something? why can't they do season 4? Certain rights issues, IIRC in relation to Scorpio, Xenon Base and Soolin. Basically, any Liberator story has to be approved by the Nation estate and/or B7E and any Scorpio story needs to be approved by the Nation estate and/or B7E AND Chris Boucher.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2016 5:43:55 GMT
have I missed something? why can't they do season 4? Certain rights issues, IIRC in relation to Scorpio, Xenon Base and Soolin. Basically, any Liberator story has to be approved by the Nation estate and/or B7E and any Scorpio story needs to be approved by the Nation estate and/or B7E AND Chris Boucher. B7E are out of the picture now thankfully.
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Post by jarod on Apr 22, 2016 6:20:01 GMT
Could you expand on that brian's please?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2016 11:26:33 GMT
Could you expand on that brian's please? B7E have lost the audio rights to Blakes 7. Those now sit solely with Big Finish. I guess, but don't know, the renegotiation over the rights had a lot to do with recent delays in recording.
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Post by typeforty on Apr 22, 2016 13:59:14 GMT
Certain rights issues, IIRC in relation to Scorpio, Xenon Base and Soolin. Basically, any Liberator story has to be approved by the Nation estate and/or B7E and any Scorpio story needs to be approved by the Nation estate and/or B7E AND Chris Boucher. B7E are out of the picture now thankfully. Are we sure the Nation estate has any say on the Series 4 elements like Scorpio, Slave and Xenon Base? I thought they were Boucher's alone and Nation was basically out by then?
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Post by bobod on Apr 22, 2016 14:31:06 GMT
B7E are out of the picture now thankfully. Are we sure the Nation estate has any say on the Series 4 elements like Scorpio, Slave and Xenon Base? I thought they were Boucher's alone and Nation was basically out by then? Yes, but what he's saying is that you need Nation estate approval for the bits Terry Nation created and then you also need separate approval for the bits Chris created. Not that the Nation estate needs to approve those Series D bits.
I would imagine the fact that Chris was script editor at the time as well muddies things with regard to whether he owns Soolin and the Scorpio/Slave and Xenon Base or whether the BBC do.
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Post by The Matt on Apr 23, 2016 17:03:51 GMT
I'm sure there are ways to do series 1 and 2 stuff and just write around Blakes absence like they did with Dayna in the last series. That or concentrate on series 3 stuff or try and push through the series 4 rights issue. Not meaning to be morbid but I would say speed is essential as the cast are not getting any younger
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Post by TinDogPodcast on Apr 23, 2016 18:09:00 GMT
A new set of jenny quest and find and lose story set in season 3
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Post by bobod on Apr 24, 2016 14:19:48 GMT
A new set of jenny quest and find and lose story set in season 3 ??
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 24, 2016 20:12:37 GMT
I'm pretty certain the producers of the B7 line are trying to figure out this same question and based on their long silence whilst redoing the licence agreement, we might not hear much in the way of anything for quite some time.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Apr 24, 2016 22:09:18 GMT
I'm sure there are ways to do series 1 and 2 stuff and just write around Blakes absence like they did with Dayna in the last series. That or concentrate on series 3 stuff or try and push through the series 4 rights issue. Not meaning to be morbid but I would say speed is essential as the cast are not getting any younger The first story has Blake teleport down to a planet, Cally saying he's down and safe and Liberator is to run interference while he covertly meets with rebel cells? would work for a series. Maybe two if there are no hitches at Blake's end the first time around. Maybe a series from Servelan's perspective. Throw in Hugh Fraser as the President, maybe Peter Miles as Rontane.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Apr 24, 2016 22:46:46 GMT
I'm hoping that there are more books coming. The ones that have been published so far have been good reads, though if they do have more on the way, I hope they are a little longer than what we've seen so far.
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