Michael Keating reprises his role as Vila for new audio adventure

[vilakins]

From the Horizon newsletter comes this news:Blake's 7 - The Early Years will be a prequel series of stories on audio from B7 Productions exploring the origins of key Blake's 7 characters prior to them meeting rebel leader Roj Blake.

The first of these prequel stories, When Vila met Gan, has been written by Ben Aaronovitch (classic Doctor Who,

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[hafren]

I'm 'orribly dubious too, though glad for MK getting the work. But in my mind, canon will always begin at TWB and end at GP; everything else is our sandpit....

[vilakins]

Exactly. I don't include the S4 audio plays either. But I can't pass up MK as our Vila even if they butcher his and Gan's characters.

[hafren]

exploring the origins of key Blake's 7 characters

(boggles) does... does this mean we shall see an alternative to A:ATA? Please don't tell me they're running with PD's version!

[vilakins]

He's not involved with them any more, so I assume--and hope--not. :-P

[sallymn]

I dunno, I could use a good laugh or twenty...

[vilakins]

Eep. And they are going to do Avon (see steverogerson's post on blakes7) along with Jenna, Cally, Travis, and Servalan.

[sallymn]

{snicker} we could always annoy them by writing and demanding to know where the double-bladed serrated knives etc are...

[vilakins]

All I know of that work is what was quoted on Freedom City (Avon fleeing to Uranus and all), and I'm rather glad about that.

[sallymn]

I've read some of it.

Be glad. Be very very glad.

[reapermum]

I've SEEN a double bladed serrated knife but unfortunately not in action. It was a friend's electric carving knife.