Blood and Earth - review
'Blood and Earth' is the first story on the new Blake's 7 Cally prequel CD. It's one of my favourites in the prequel series to date.
In the original series, the history Auron was confused to say the least; in this new series, an attempt is being made from the outset to work out a consistent background that I'm hopeful will be continued throughout the series.
Ariane Cally is one of many sisters in the Cally clone group. The first Auronar clones were brought up in very close groups and this led to a very intense relationship. Ariane is a single -- she is still very close to clone siblings of her own age, but was brought up with other children as well. Hence, she alone among her clone group has a fear of flying. When her plane crashes with how was the sole survivor, Ariane Cally, the management consultant, has to survive in the forest on her own. Owing to a head injury, she loses contact with all her clones apart from one whom she has never met before. On Auron, sisters from older clone groups are referred to as aunts. Thus, the only sister who is able to contact her is called 'Aunty' by her.
Jan Chappell plays the character of 'Aunty', and the relationship between the two Callys is well portrayed. I enjoyed the development of Ariane from management consultant to survivor -- her glee when she works out how to contact the people searching for her is an absolute joy.
My only real niggle with this drama is that the pilot of the aircraft appears to be played by the same actor as one of the other characters, and this is briefly confusing. Otherwise, I recommend this drama highly and I'm hoping that Ariane Cally will be the one who eventually meets up with Blake and his crew.
In the original series, the history Auron was confused to say the least; in this new series, an attempt is being made from the outset to work out a consistent background that I'm hopeful will be continued throughout the series.
Ariane Cally is one of many sisters in the Cally clone group. The first Auronar clones were brought up in very close groups and this led to a very intense relationship. Ariane is a single -- she is still very close to clone siblings of her own age, but was brought up with other children as well. Hence, she alone among her clone group has a fear of flying. When her plane crashes with how was the sole survivor, Ariane Cally, the management consultant, has to survive in the forest on her own. Owing to a head injury, she loses contact with all her clones apart from one whom she has never met before. On Auron, sisters from older clone groups are referred to as aunts. Thus, the only sister who is able to contact her is called 'Aunty' by her.
Jan Chappell plays the character of 'Aunty', and the relationship between the two Callys is well portrayed. I enjoyed the development of Ariane from management consultant to survivor -- her glee when she works out how to contact the people searching for her is an absolute joy.
My only real niggle with this drama is that the pilot of the aircraft appears to be played by the same actor as one of the other characters, and this is briefly confusing. Otherwise, I recommend this drama highly and I'm hoping that Ariane Cally will be the one who eventually meets up with Blake and his crew.