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CibbuanoBlakes 7 - Time Squad
January 25th 2007 07:32
This episode sees the Blakes 5 become Blakes 7... joining Blake's would-be rebel force is Cally, and Blake also acknowledges Zen (the Liberator's computer) as a crew member. As seems to be an emerging pattern, this episode seems to take place almost directly after the last episode, and the plotline, whilst linnear, doesn't always feel like a complete narrative - it feels more like an ongoing series of linked and not-so-linked subplots.
This episode contains two seperate storylines... Blake steers the ship towards Saurian Major, a once-independent colony planet that now houses a Federation communications relay complex. He intends to join forces with the local rebels on Saurian Major and blow up the complex. Meanwhile, the Liberator recieves distress signals from a small and mysterious ship seemingly devoid of life.
The crew bring the small ship onboard into their hull and discover it contains some bodies in suspended animation. Blake, Avon and Vila then decide to make their journey down onto Saurian Major, armed with a bomb that looks suspiciously like a red esky, and leave Gan and Jenna with the ship. Then everything goes wrong, as these things do... the suspended bodies on the ship are ressurected and turn out to be murderous and crazed aliens (the 'Time Squad' of the title), leaving Gan and Jenna with their hands full. Meanwhile, Blake has trouble contacting the local rebels - instead only getting the distrustful attention of a sole alien freedom fighter named Cally.
We learn more about Gan in this episode, about his background and also that he is physically unable to kill anyone thanks to a Federation-installed inhibitor in his head. This makes for an interesting development, considering he's meant to be the big strong guy of the group. There are also some more enigmatic hints about Zen, and I'm hoping we learn more about this computer soon.
This episode was okay. The aliens were pretty poxy. At first I thought the guys in suspended animation were humans, but it's established eventually that they're aliens (in a passing comment or two). They pretty much just look like humans with dodgy facial hair and biker-ish clothes... which was a bit disappointing. The subplot dealing with them (or should that be the main plot, considering the episode is named after them) seemed kind of half-formed and without any point.
The new member of Blake's crew, Cally, seemed a little more alien than the aforementioned leathered-up killers (though she too looks completely human). She's telepathic and is kitted out a bit differently to the other actors, and she kind of has an alien-ish look around her face (thanks to the actress playing her, not due to any prosphetics). A little bit of effort in making the aliens look more alien would've been appreciated though. Looking forward to some more development of this character too.
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