It gets a bad rap.
That, and a certain time traveller with a predilection for scarves and jelly babies.
None of that exists withoutBlakes 7.
But to only laugh at the series for being dated is to miss just how weird the show is.
What catastrophic effect does this have on Earth?
Thats not for us to say.
And with superb model work byGerry Anderson, somehow visually the show still stands up.
Like the laterBlakes 7,Survivorsis unmistakably British sci-fi.
Damp, dingy looking, and populated mostly by absolute bastards.
Bernard Quatermass casts a long shadow over British sci-fi TV.
Okay, but this time itsnotTerry Nation.
1990(1977 1978)
Not officially streaming
It is 1990, and the future.
you’re able to tell because people are wearing collarless shirts without ties.
You know the future that liberals want.
makes a pretty good blueprint for Mulder and Scully 20 years later.
AndMoonbase 3is certainly a darker perspective on humanity, created in collaboration with formerDoctor Whoproducer,Barry Letts.
Does that mean theyre named after elements or that theyre somehow the anthropomorphic personification of those elements?
Does it matter that neither Sapphire nor Steel are actually elements?
Old things have lots of time, and so are dangerous.
No, we will not elaborate.
