Blakes7 December 2001

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RE: Favorite PGPs
by JEB31538＠cs.com 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

I have a lot of favorite PGPs because that is my favorite type of story to read--but only if Blake has survived. Otherwise, I can't get interested in the story at all. I'm too lazy to look all my favorites up. "Empire of Sand" by Sheila Paulson springs to mind easily. I forget the zine it's in, but it's online at the Bang and Blame website, a website I highly recommend to everyone as all the stories are PGP stories. (I can't give the url because I can't access it using Internet Explorer to get to my servor so that I use plain text.) I just checked Judith's website and it's not at her website, even though she has a bunch of Paulson stories. I like stories where Blake is interacting with the Scorpio crew. And I also like stories where Blake is treated fairly. In other words, the Scorpio crew doesn't treat him like some dimwit. He is a valuable addition to the crew and they end up working together after, of course, various problems are solved. I don't care if it's Avon still leading the crew or if it's Blake or if it's some combination. I just want everyone working together in harmony. Another story also springs to mind, one I think called "The Thirteenth Hour" by Bryn Lantry in Pat Fenech's RITES OF PASSAGE, an excellent genzine which I highly recommend. This story is the last of the four that make up the zine which is an anthology but works as a novel. Lantry and Paulson are favorite writers of mine, by the way. I like most everything that they write. Lantry, however, is not available on the net as far as I know. The only way you can read her is in zines. Joyce

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Re: [B7L] Favourite PGPs
by Marian de Haan 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

Mel Saxby asked: >what are everyone's favourite PGP stories?< 'In the Wake of Ruin' by Linda S. Willard (in Horizon 11). Marian Merry Christmas to everyone on the Lyst.

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New frame captures (superficially speaking :-)
by Sally M 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

Thank you again, Lisa. This has to be called a service above and beyond the call, and I'm sure both Una and I will both be eternally grateful. A few very personal thoughts: Kerr Avon in 'Voice from the Past' is the most absolutely gorgeous sight in the whole damn canon (as evidence, I submit no 21, 24, 29, 31, 35, 43, 61, 98, 107, 123, 136, 138, <deep breath> 145, 155 and 170) Blake is rather gorgeous as well, when he can keep the camera from up his nose (nos 15, 17, 52, 93, 120, 180) Of course, the A-B shots were deeply appreciated at this quarter, I do love watching Avon's detachment go out the nearest window like this (22, 23, 43). The other three all look good too, and I love Avon and Jenna teaming up to play Cavalry to the Rescue. Nice potted plants :-) The mummy is no less ridiculous in stills, but both 'he' and Governer Le Grande is a lot less annoying when you can't hear a word they say. And the costumes, my god, the bathrobe costumes (they could at least make them out of nice material, so they don't hang like blankets). Tarrant is IMO at his best-looking in Animals (006, 016 - the curls look baby-soft in the latter, which is probably why they frizz when outdoors) Avon ... he's still gorgeous in Animals (IM-not-even-slightly-biased-O), of course, but doing two new episodes together makes it even clearer how much he's changed inbetween. Take a couple of close-ups, say Voice 29 and Animals 74 and the hardening of his features, the deeper coldness in eyes and mouth, the visible loss of something vital in him, is striking. Terminal/Rescue and the strain of leadership has IMO stifled, possible destroyed that something and it shows. And VERY DEFINITELY whoever was doing PD's hair in S4 should have been made to sit and watch Voice over and over till they got the message - the change is positively painful (Voice 21, 31, 35; Animals 115, 199, 204) Vila hasn't changed a lot, except that he seems to have misplaced quite a bit of hair :-) but he's also a little harder, a bit diminished. Servalan - the third character in both episodes - is also subtly crumbling (Voice 102, Animals 97) a process even more marked, IMO, by the time of Warlord. And I liked the shot of her cheap-casino-style flight deck :-) And finally - yes, yes, Steve, Og brushed up rather well ... are you now going to put together an Og wallpaper for us? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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Jarriere at Star One
by Harriet Monkhouse 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

It seems an awfully long time since I did an Adventure of Jarriere. This is partly because some other people took up the challenge, and very good they were. A couple of them have tackled Star One already, but I don't see why that should put me off. And I'm sorry if this gets pretty obscure, but the man insisted on charging off in quite a different direction from the one I originally had in mind. Harry Jones *did* make a guest appearance in Highlander, in an episode whose title crops up here... "Star One" by Harriet Monkhouse STOTT: Which of your hands is artificial? BLAKE: This one. Rather good, don't you think? STOTT: And the eye patch, what happened to that? VOICE FROM BEHIND HIM: This is it! [Enter small man in black, with big nose, frizzy hair and eyepatch. He lifts up the patch and winks with a curiously undamaged eye.] STOTT: You are Travis? JARRAVIS: I am Travis! BLAKE: Hey, this is ridiculous! You don't look anything like Travis! JARRAVIS: Oh, so what does Travis look like? D'ye remember his colouring? CALLY: Black hair and eyes! BLAKE [simultaneously]: Brown hair, and eyes quite pale, maybe grey... JARRAVIS: And his accent? CALLY: Educated. BLAKE: No, he's obviously worked up through the ranks. Though now you mention it, when I first met him... [They look puzzled.] CALLY: Well, it did seem a bit odd, but I thought he might be from Gallifrey... BLAKE: He's certainly never sounded Scottish! JARRAVIS: So, how d'ye usually recognise him? BLAKE [sheepishly]: The eyepatch. [More confidently] And the fact that he's always trying to kill me! You haven't even... [Jarravis hastily shoots Blake, though luckily it's not fatal, because that's Avon's job, and Cally's on hand to act as field medic.] STOTT: So, you *are* Travis. Now, if I may ask an impertinent question - why are you so anxious to perform the Final Act? JARRAVIS: Och, well, I'm a great Shakespeare fan, and I've always wanted a crack at the Scottish play. [Funny whooshing noise. Jarriere's head swings round.] JARRAVIS: By the pricking of my thumbs... [Enter Travis II, at last.] TRAVIS: Is this a powder puff I see before me? JARRIERE [tearing off the eye patch]: That's the *Second* Act. TRAVIS [exasperatedly]: Lead on, Sir Puff! And damned be him who first cries, "Hold, enough!" [Jarriere and Travis suddenly pull broadswords out of somewhere or other, and clash blades in dazzling and athletic combat for several minutes. Finally, Travis falls, and Jarriere slashes off his head. (Sorry about this, Penny, but that's what J says happened.) Several nearby computers explode, with interesting lighting effects, while off-camera Freddie Mercury starts chanting "here we are, the princes of the universe!" Stott and the other Andromedans spontaneously combust. Pippa passes. Jarriere staggers for a moment, but regains his balance.] JARRIERE: So, thanks to all here watching at Star One, And catch us later on the Stone of Scone! [He exits, looking rather pleased with himself.] CALLY [mystically]: In the end, there can be only one! [Enter Avon and Lurena.] AVON: What on earth are you talking about? CALLY: Oh! er... In the end, we have found Star One. Are we going to blow it up, or not? BLAKE [weakly]: Never mind Star One! We have a much more important quest now. We have to find the stone... tell Orac... the Stone of Scone... AVON [primly]: I think you'll find it's Scoon. -- Harriet Jarriere: [Shakes his head] - Gambit

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New frame captures
by Lisa Williams 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

`I have just uploaded the B7 frame captures which will be available for the next five weeks. The frame capture library can be found at: http://framecaplib.com/b7lib.html . The episodes currently displayed are "Voice From the Past" and "Animals". Both of these episodes are new to the library. I was actually hoping to have some more to put up, by way of an anniversary special edition, but they're taking longer than I anticipated. (Frame captures take a long time to do; there's no getting round it.) So, I've gone ahead and uploaded this batch; if I can finish some more within the next couple of days, I may add them as well. But at the moment, I'm going to go take a nap. - Lisa -- Lisa Williams: lisa(a)eroicafans.org or lcw(a)dallas.net Lisa's Video Frame Capture Library: http://framecaplib.com/ From Eroica With Love: http://eroicafans.org/

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Re: [B7L] Favourite PGPs
by Sally M 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

For PGPs, my absolute favourites are: Gen: Annette Hall, 'Much Abides' (Those Who Favour Fire) Linda Knights, 'Dante's Madness' (Questions of the Past) Bryn Lantry, 'The Thirteenth Hour' (Rites of Passage) Suzann Lovett - 'Gemini Rising' (The Road to Hell and Other Stories) Marian Mendez, 'Dupe', (Pressure Point) Helen Parkinson, 'By Unfrequented Ways', (Avon Special) Liz Sharpe, 'Curtain Call', (Southern Seven #3) Slash: Irish, 'Finally Come Home' (Fire & Ice 3) Nova, 'Avon, By the Window' (Dark Roses) Vanessa Mullen, 'Touching Life' (Fire & Ice 6) Alt-GP Gen Suzann Lovett 'Circle of Fire' (The Road to Hell and Other Stories) Morrigan, 'Benediction' (ttba) Slash Bryn Lantry, 'Mender of Bad Souls' (Songs of Innocence) and 'To Hell Among the Rogues' (Fire & Ice 2) - these for the *very best* portrayal of Blake I've seen in any story, gen or adult. Nova, 'Fire and Rain' (Forbidden Star 3) _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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Favourite PGPs
by Mel Saxby 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

As we're now twenty years Post-Gauda Prime, I thought I would ask, what are everyone's favourite PGP stories? Among my own favourites are Anna S's 'Closing The File', and Judith Proctor's 'Shane'. And for 'averting Gauda Prime', and as a great Christmas story in addition, I have to nominate Sally Manton's beautiful 'A Christmas Canto',from the 'Star Four' zine. Mel. Merry Christmas to everyone on the Lyst. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01

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Favourite PGPs
by Mel Saxby 22 Dec '01

22 Dec '01

I forgot to add, Sheila Paulson's splendid 'Limbo', which I'm re-reading at this very moment. Mel --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01

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Re: [B7L] Re: One Ring to mindwipe them all
by Ellynne G. 22 Dec '01

22 Dec '01

After fifteen minutes of trying to get the humans and their obnoxious, square shaped palantir to stop arguing with each other long enough to explain the situation, Elrond had had enough. Grabbing Gandalf's staff, he threw a small lightening bolt into the middle of the crowd. Finally, he had their attention. "Thank you," he said, handing the staff back with a nod of thanks. "You'll all get your chance to speak - _one_ at a time." He looked them over. His eyes settled on a slight, grey cloaked figure in the back, the only one who hadn't been yelling at anyone else. "You there, you've been awfully quiet. What do you have to say?" Cally pushed back her hood, looking sheepish. "Er, hello, Daddy." Ellynne ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

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music vids
by linda joyce 22 Dec '01

22 Dec '01

Help. I am a complete idiot some weeks ago there was a letter on the list giving a site for music picture compilations of Blakes 7. Being on line only in work at the time and forbidden on pain of being lectured by the IT specialist( a fate worse than death believe me)if we down load any programing I meant to save it and try later when my christmas present to me was installed(on line at home). However idiot that I am I deleted it Please can some one send me it again and now I'm on line I cann't find it in the archive. Will some kind lister send me the site either through the list or direct to me. PLEASE! Linda ______________________________________________________________________________ Send a friend your Buddy Card and stay in contact always with Excite Messenger http://messenger.excite.com

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