A little bloke spends his time in a tank of water watching the space-ships coming in and going out. And Blake forgets to do his shirt up...
Which can only mean it's 'Blakes 7 And The Space Web'. Which is probably what the Target novelisation of it would have been called.
Watching 'The Web' as a kid, it's the weird imagery that really stuck in your memory and coming back to it all these years later this stuff is still of note, if for rather different reasons now.
Sadly, if you know your Vic Reeves, the sight of Richard Beale's dinky body attached to his real head makes you inagine that he lives in a wardrobe and has trouble keeping his false moustache on. But you can hardly blame anyone involved with the earlier production for that.
Our rewatch of 'Blakes 7' is highlighting all sorts of detail that we've never considered before, such as the fact that Blake clearly takes the opportunity to be still doing up his shirt when Jenna calls him to the flight deck, despite having bags of time to adjust his clothing before making his entrance.
Also, Zen has chosen (or designed in his space time) a special icon to represent Federation Pursuit Ships, with the proper triangle logo on them, just so that everyone is quite clear as to what the blobs on the screen actually are.
And the rotating lights outside the base must surely indicate that there are some roadworks outside the door, possible in an attempt to repair some troublesome Space Potholes.
But no matter how much we might take the mickey, these episodes still stand up very well to our rather pragmatic approach. As always, if we didn't enjoy them, we wouldn't even bother talking about them. And certainly not in such detail...
Our video about 'The Web' can be seen here.
(Written by Andrew Trowbridge)
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