22 Aug
2001
22 Aug
'01
6:56 p.m.
From: Alison Page alison_page@becta.org.uk
I don't know where the name Servalan came from but it's my favourite B7 name. It misdirects the ear in two way. The 'serv' sound makes you think servant or service or serf, or even slave, ... However I think the role of Servalan as it played out, also teased us with the opposite characteristics, submissiveness and intellectual coldness.
And
the name 'Servalan' fits those two hidden aspects of her character.
There is also a type of African wild cat called a serval.
Neil