S1.E5

The Web

Episode aired Jan 30, 1978
Not Rated
50m

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Cally comes under the influence of an alien intelligence from her own people's legends, causing her to sabotage the Liberator. The ship goes off course and becomes ensnared by an organic web... Read allCally comes under the influence of an alien intelligence from her own people's legends, causing her to sabotage the Liberator. The ship goes off course and becomes ensnared by an organic web that surrounds a remote planet inhabited by a genetically-engineered race and their creat... Read allCally comes under the influence of an alien intelligence from her own people's legends, causing her to sabotage the Liberator. The ship goes off course and becomes ensnared by an organic web that surrounds a remote planet inhabited by a genetically-engineered race and their creators.

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6.6/10

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Gareth Thomas

Roj Blake

Sally Knyvette

Jenna Stannis

Paul Darrow

Kerr Avon

Jan Chappell

Cally

Michael Keating

Vila Restal

David Jackson

Olag Gan

Peter Tuddenham

Zen
(voice)

Richard Beale

Saymon

Ania Marson

Geela

Miles Fothergill

Novara

Deep Roy

Decima

Gilda Cohen

Decima

Ismed Hassan

Decima
(as Ismet Hassam)

Marcus Powell

Decima

Molly Tweedlie

Decima
(as Molly Tweedley)

Willie Shearer

Decima
(as Willie Sheara)

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Trivia
According to Gareth Thomas, it took nine takes to film Deep Roy's death scene, because his eyes kept crossing.

Goofs
At 12:17, sweeping over Vila as he says "Everyone's an alien to him".

Quotes
[last lines]
Avon: I'll tell you a fact of life, Blake. Change is inevitable.
Blake: Why else do we fight, Avon?

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The Web

In "The Web", Cally is controlled by an alien intelligence (one of the series' most memorably freakish creations is involved here) and proceeds to sabotage The Liberator, leading to the ship becoming ensnared in an organic web surrounding a remote planet.

This is an interesting episode of Blake's 7 which is easy to pick holes in and contains some bad acting and basically none of the depth and characterization you might expect from a good Blake's 7 episode but I find that fans are a little too harsh on it. It's almost like Terry Nation forgot he was writing Blake's 7 and slipped into Doctor Who mode for a bit here, even then not one of his more inspired Doctor Who moments.

This episode is a lot of ridiculous fun. I love the model work and the web itself and the freakish looking villain thing, which is quite genuinely grotesque. This is hardly an example of Blake's 7 at its best but it's watchable and rewatchable and entertaining.

7/10