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Seriensichtung „Blake’s 7 – Staffel 2“
„The Liberator is recaptured by the people that built it. Orac’s prophecy is fulfilled when it destroys an identical space vehicle.[26] Blake wants to attack the heart of the Federation and he targets the main computer control facility on Earth. Avon agrees to help on condition that Blake gives him Liberator when the Federation has been destroyed. Blake, Avon, Vila and Gan reach the control facility and find an empty room. Travis reveals that the computer facility was secretly relocated years before and the old location was left as a decoy. Blake and his crew escape but Travis throws a grenade in the confined area and Gan is killed by falling rubble.[27] After Gan’s death, Blake considers the future of the rebellion, and Travis is convicted of war crimes by a Federation court martial at Space Command Headquarters aboard a space station. Blake decides to restore his group’s reputation and attacks the space station, but Travis escapes and continues his vendetta against Blake.[28] Meanwhile, Blake seeks the new location of the computer control facility. He learns that it is now named Star One.[29] When Star One begins to malfunction, Servalan also becomes desperate to find its location. The facility’s failure causes many problems across the Federation. Star One controls a large defensive barrier that has prevented extra-galactic incursions. Blake discovers Star One‘s location and finds that, with help from Travis, aliens from the Andromeda galaxy have infiltrated it. Vila discovers a fleet of alien spacecraft beyond the barrier. Travis partially disables the barrier. Blake and his crew overcome the aliens at Star One and kill Travis, but the gap in the barrier allows the aliens to invade. Jenna calls for help from the Federation, where Servalan has conducted a military coup, imposed martial law and declared herself President. Servalan dispatches the Federation’s battle fleets to repel the invaders, who begin to breach the barrier. With Blake badly wounded, Liberator by Avon’s direction, alone until Servalan’s battle fleets arrive, fights against the aliens.“
So langsam wachsen mir die Damen und Herren ans Herz, vor allem Blake und Avon ist heftige Bromance! #Awww
Seriensichtung „Blake’s 7“ (Staffel 01)
„Blake’s 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC. Four 13-episode series were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also created the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. (…) The main character, at least initially, was Roj Blake, played by Gareth Thomas. The series was inspired by various fictional media, including Robin Hood, Star Trek, Passage to Marseille, The Dirty Dozen, Brave New World and classic Western stories, as well as real-world political conflicts in South America and Israel. Blake’s 7 was popular from its first broadcast, watched by approximately 10 million in the UK and shown in 25 other countries. Although many tropes of space opera are present, such as spaceships, robots, galactic empires and aliens, its budget was inadequate for its interstellar theme. Critical responses have been varied (…).“ (Quelle)
Via Doctor-Who-DVD-Extra kam ich über Umwege auf Blake’s 7. Die 13 Folgen der ersten Staffel gefielen mir super: Auch wenn das Budget hinten und vorne fehlt, macht der dunkle Unterton das Ganze wett. Schließlich sind sich die Figuren alles andere als grün und fortlaufend zeigt das Imperium, äh, die Föderation ihre Schweinseite. Da bleibe ich mal dran.
800plus Folgen später: Mein Doctor-Who-Ranking – wer war denn nun der Beste seit 1963?
Am 22. Februar 2014 hielt ich folgende Prophezeiung fest: „Wenn man wie ich, ein Frischling in dieser Welt ist, darf man keine Sekunde zögern! Keine Sekunde! Das Herz springt und jauchzt!“ Worum es da ging? Nun, ich hatte mich entschlossen, den Ursprüngen von Doctor Who auf den Grund zu gehen.
Gestern weilte ich im Kino, um die aktuelle Weihnachtsfolge des Doctor (Kurzkritik in einem, nein zwei Adjektiven: „Herzlichst, aber überfrachtet!“) zu sehen, von 1963 bis 2017 ist es eine weite (Medien-)reise gewesen, auf die ich mich über DVDs, das Kino, Streaming-Dienste, Bluray, Comics und Hörspiele begeben hatte und auf der ich wohl auch weiterhin unterwegs sein werde.
Nach über 800 Episoden Sehzeit (plus DVD-Extras) wage ich es daher nun, mein persönliches Doktoren-Ranking aufzustellen:
12. COLIN BAKER
11. JON PERTWEE
10. PAUL MCGANN
09. CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON
08. SYLVESTER MCCOY
07. TOM BAKER
06. WILLIAM HARTNEL
05. PETER DAVISON
04. MATT SMITH
03. PETER CAPALDI
02. PATRICK TROUGHTON
01. DAVID TENNANT
PS: Eigentlich sollte man Schlimm-Ledersacko-Eccleston noch weiter nach hinten schieben. So.
DVD-Sichtung „Doctor Who – Attack of the Cybermen“
„Attack of the Cybermen is the first serial of the 22nd season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 5 January to 12 January 1985. Beginning with this serial and continuing for the remainder of Season 22, episodes were 45 minutes in length (…). Attack of the Cybermen is a sequel to the previous season’s Resurrection of the Daleks. Like the previous serial, it features an action-oriented script by Eric Saward (written this time under the pseudonym of Paula Moore), a London setting, the return of director Matthew Robinson and the second appearance of the mercenary Commander Lytton, played by Maurice Colbourne.“ (Quelle)
Verworren. Überbordend. Und immer noch ein Doctor-Darsteller, der die Rolle karikiert statt sie zu spielen. #NotAwesome
DVD-Sichtung „Doctor Who – Four to Doomsday“
Four to Doomsday is the second serial of the 19th season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 18–26 January 1982. (Quelle)
Ah, schon viel besser! Schönes Pacing, schönes Drama und ein wenig Action. Weshalb diese Story underrated ist, erschließt sich mir nicht, da habe ich schon viel Laaaaaaaanatmigeres rund um die blaue Box gesehen. Vor allem, wenn PD die Schweinsnase „IDIOT!“ nennt, sammelt er Pluspunkte.
TV-Seriensichtung beendet „Helix“ (Staffel 01)
„Helix is an American science fiction thriller drama television series that aired on Syfy from January 10, 2014 to April 10, 2015. The series followed a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who traveled to a research facility in the Arctic to investigate a potential outbreak of disease. While there, they find themselves stuck in a life-or-death situation that could decide the future of humankind.“ (Quelle)
Soapige CSI-Variante mit Horroranleihen. Fies, ist aber so.
