Kurzbeschreibung
Paul Darrow reads this exciting novelisation of two "Blake's 7" TV adventures. On the run from the ruthless Federation, Roj Blake pilots the Liberator towards the planet Cygnus Alpha, determined to free those prisoners sentenced to life in its penal colony. At his side are fellow rebels Kerr Avon and Jenna Stannis, and the ship's computer, Zen. But there is plague on the bleak and desolate planet surface, and when the prison ship London arrives it discharges its passengers into the hands of superstitious maniacs. For prisoners Vila and Gan, it looks as if their end has come all too soon...Meanwhile, on the planet Saurian Major, there is a female telepath named Cally. Could she form the final component of Blake's 7? Read by Paul Darrow, who played Avon in the popular "BBC TV" series by Terry Nation, this CD volume tells the story of the episodes "Cygnus Alpha" and "Time Squad". "Blake's 7: The Way Back", read by Gareth Thomas, is also available from "BBC Audiobooks".
Synopsis
This is a novelisation of the enduringly popular BBC TV space adventure featuring fugitive Roj Blake and the crew of the spaceship Liberator, in their battle against the corrupt Galactic Federation. This unabridged audiobook reading comprises a second, self-contained volume of Trevor Hoyle's book, based on TV scripts by Terry Nation and first published by Sphere Books in 1977. Blake uses the Liberator to trail the London to the prison planet Cygnus Alpha. Avon discovers that the Liberator is equipped with a teleport device, so Blake is able to teleport down to the planet.Once there, he discovers that the inhabitants of Cygnus Alpha have formed a strange religious order, and that a deadly disease has infected the other prisoners. This disease can be treated, but not cured, by the monks. Blake eventually discovers that the disease is a sham, perpetrated to force new prisoners to convert to the prevailing religion. The prisoners break out aided by Blake, but he only manages to rescue Vila and Gan - most of the others are killed. Vila and Gan join Blake, Avon and Jenna on the Liberator.