Q 01/05

Who created Blake's 7, having previously invented the Daleks for Doctor Who?

A) Nigel Kneale

B) Robert Holmes

C) Terry Nation

D) Douglas Adams

Answer · why

C) Terry Nation

Nation also wrote every episode of the first series himself, and reportedly began running out of ideas before it was finished.

Q 02/05

How many episodes of Blake's 7 were made in total?

A) 44

B) 52

C) 39

D) 26

Answer · why

B) 52

Four series of thirteen; the BBC had planned to stop after three, then unexpectedly ordered a fourth.

Q 03/05

Which actor played Roj Blake?

A) Steven Pacey

B) Gareth Thomas

C) Michael Keating

D) Paul Darrow

Answer · why

B) Gareth Thomas

Thomas left after series two, returning only for guest appearances and the finale, in which he insisted Blake be killed definitively.

Q 04/05

The show was pitched to the BBC as which 1967 war film 'in space'?

A) The Great Escape

B) The Guns of Navarone

C) Where Eagles Dare

D) The Dirty Dozen

Answer · why

D) The Dirty Dozen

Robin Hood was the other big influence: Travis and Servalan stand in for Guy of Gisbourne and the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Q 05/05

What is the alien spacecraft that Blake, Jenna and Avon commandeer in the second episode?

A) Scorpio

B) Defiant

C) London

D) Liberator

Answer · why

D) Liberator

The ship's name is simply the word Jenna was thinking when it probed her mind.