Gauda Prime Day

[altariel]

kalypso_v remembers that it is Gauda Prime Day - the twenty-third anniversary of the screening of the last episode of Blake's 7.

At the time, I was a bright-eyed nine-year-old, with a hope-filled heart and faith in human nature. Fifty minutes of television changed all that. When the credits rolled at the end of the episode, I sat gawping at the screen for a bit, and then ran upstairs and had a big cry. Hurrah for the Christmas spirit!

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[fictualities.livejournal.com]

I first saw that episode in (very considerably delayed) reruns in the States, and had absolutely no idea it was going to be the last episode. There I was, studying for my fields exams, Samuel Johnson all over my bed, taking my one precious break of the week, and . . . they were all killed. I didn't have the excuse of being thirteen, but my jaw remained dropped for about a week I think. Good God.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

There's nothing like it. When you watch it again there's all this foreshadowing throughout the episode, but of course I didn't see any of that at the time. All my heroes, gunned down, four days before Christmas.