Citizen Sade":3cu2fz9s said:
Obviously a labour of love.
While I watched and liked Blake’s 7 at the time, for some reason it never had the same impact on me as Doctor Who. Maybe because it only aired for a few years.
Yes, as you say, a labour of love. But I understand. Everything is subjective. I also have been deeply into classic Who over the years, But there are many rabid Blakes 7 fans, I'm one of them, and I have always craved a proper B7 wargame.
Although they share many of the same creators, I think if you examine them closely, B7 and DW are really very different shows. I do think Doctor Who appeals more to the general public. There is a lot of subtext in Blakes 7 that Doctor Who generally didn't bother with to the extent Blakes 7 did. Perhaps one reason is that the episodes were shorter and therefore easier to weave in something tacit or at least very subtle as a plot point that the audience is expected to unravel. Conversely, DW tends to have a lot more "pleasant pot-boiler" or "fun romp" sort of episodes than B7 does, as B7 was a bit more serious and heavy, with main characters getting gunned down or otherwise killed off periodically. Both are of course much loved flagships of UK SF TV and although DW currently enjoys a revived popularity, it looks like Blakes 7 has fallen by the wayside! Hence this game.
However, I haven't forgotten that a lot of folks tend to like both to a certain extent if they like one...
When series B was going to end, there was a rumour that the Daleks were going to roll in, revealed to be behind everything, in the cliffhanger at the end of
Star One. (Terry Nation actually pitched this idea but it was declined.) As many people know this bit of trivia, I have included a single DW profile in the game; a Dalek, c.1979, for added scenario potential.
