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A season whose production was revealed to the cast and crew at the same time as the general public - i.e. during the end credits of the last episode of the third season - this final baker’s dozen of Blake’s 7 episodes marks a radical shift in the series’ direction, at least on par with Babylon 5’s crew abandoning their Earthforce allegiance to join the “army of light.” The finale of the previous season had dispensed with Blake, the all-powerful starship Liberator (and its ever-helpful computer, Zen), and any hope of the surviving Liberator crew escaping the hellish artificial planet appropriately named Terminal. The bad guys had won, it seemed - but surely that couldn’t stand as the end of the series, though the BBC’s battle for ratings had more to do with the final season’s existence than the battle between good and evil. (more…)

It’s a good thing I’ve already reviewed City Of Death, the story, because that allows me to get right down to City Of Death, the DVD. Well, two DVDs to be exact, as quite a few features have been devoted to the second (and arguably best) of Douglas Adams’ three major contributions to the Doctor Who mythos (or technically, only one of the two that actually aired). As such, the majority of the bonus features on the second disc focus on Adams and his work. “Paris In The Springtime” tells the story of City and of Adams’ brief stint as Doctor Who’s script editor. Actors Tom Chadbon, Julian Glover and Catherine Schell, director Michael Hayes, and writers David Fisher, Rob Shearman and Mark Gatiss appear in this feature alongside numerous archived interviews with Douglas Adams. (more…)