Talk:List of Blake's 7 episodes

After Series 4

Apparently Anthony Appleyard added the information about there being a novel that continues past the end of the series? Is it real? Why didn't he include a link with the title? 68.44.13.236 18:55, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

This is most likely a reference to Afterlife [1] but I believe it is non-canonical. Robert Brockway 07:50, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Individual pages for episodes

Hi, Just wondering whether there is a reason why the episodes don't have individual pages? Is it simply a case of no one getting around to it yet? Frankie Dragon (talk) 05:39, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Probably because there is like a paragraph or less of info on each one so far. Cyberia23 (talk) 05:42, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, presumably the reason there is only a paragraph or so of information on each episode on this page is because the purpose of this page is only to provide short capsule summaries of each episode. Surely if each episode had its own page (as is done for, say Doctor Who) more complete information would be provided by contributors? Frankie Dragon (talk) 06:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm talking about what is here, NOW, on Wikipedia. We only have a few paragraphs of detail on each episode. So using what we got, it's kind of inefficient to make 52 separate articles that are a paragraph long, so for convenience we kept them all to one page. Cyberia23 (talk) 19:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying that Cyberia23. I'm not sure whether I agree with your position. You seem to be stating that the only information availabale from wikipedians on Blakes 7 episodes is here, on this page, and there is no point creating individual pages for each epsiode because, as you say, there is only a paragraph or so of information on each one. But aren't you discounting the possibility that once individual pages are created, wikipedians such as you or me would be encouraged to contribute more information for each episode? I feel this page discourages the addition of new information, as I think that most users, like me, would take gain impression that it is only intended to provide capsule summaries and for that purpose, it works well and doesn't require editing. I'm a realtive ewbie to wikipedia and I'd be pleased to hear your thoughts. Frankie Dragon (talk) 09:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, if you look through the episode page history, you'll find I made most of these capsule summaries and that was a while ago. I re-watched the entire show and made this page. So far, this is all that there is. I thought more people would add to it and maybe expand some episodes to full articles, but it hasn't happened. You will find that less-popular shows don't have a lot of presence here. Battlestar Galactica (re-imagined), Star Trek, and Dr. Who (especially since the show has come back) are popular shows and of course are extensively detailed ... Blake's 7, not so much... especially here in the United States the show is virtually unknown.

I'm a sci-fi geek, and I watched it, so I know what it is and became a fan, but even sci-fi geek friends of mine never heard of - or got into Blake's 7. Now I could make extensive detailed articles, but they'd probably be slapped with deletion tags because right now Wikipedia is being invaded by what I call the "Notability Police", who "if they haven't heard of it - it's not notable enough to be here" and they'll have hissy fits because it's "niche" information very few would have use for or understand. Like I said, not to many people know of the show, or if they do, probably don't care enough about it, and it's a prime candidate for the Notability cops. They've even been bitching for years about the other pop-culture stuff here, like Trek, and would like to see that gone as well, as Wikipedia should be only about serious stuff.

As a newbie, you missed the "Image Police" raids, where like 90% or the graphics here on Wikipedia were trashed because too many were used without proper copyrights given. Now if you want to place a picture you have a lot of bureaucratic BS to go through.

Anyway, if you'd like bigger articles, then you can have at it. I suggest against it for the reasons I stated above. Cyberia23 (talk) 15:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Just chiming in here - there's nothing stopping anyone from creating a single larger article for a particularly interesting/noteworthy episode. Plus, once we have one for one episode, it may encourage more. Luminifer (talk) 18:58, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I have been a fan of Blake 7 si9nce it first came out. I even met Villa and Avon in real life. I think this page needs to 1. Be merged with the main artcile and this page removed. A numeric order would also be nice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.209.117.223 (talk) 16:33, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

The series are order by letters because that's how the BBC indicated them. Series A, with episodes A1, A2, etc. Series B with B1, B2, and so on. Just because you'd like a numbered list doesn't mean it's supposed to be that way. Cyberia23 (talk) 19:19, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

It was split from the original article as that article got too large Stephenb (Talk) 18:55, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

References

A header says: This article does not cite any references or sources. This is true. However in this case the individual episodes are obviously the primary sources. I'm not sure that there's much point on insisting on secondary sources, when we would just end up plagiarising somebody elses plot summaries. Tangerine Cossack (talk) 10:49, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

That's true for the plot elements (per Wikipedia:PLOTSUMMARIZE#Citations}, but there's also producer, director and cast info in the article. You could cite the DVDs or VHS tapes as (primary) sources, or any of the reference books that include the information, such as Wells/Nazarro or Attwood. I have both books and may do this one century (but don't hold your breath!). Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 21:51, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

A-D?

The main series article calls them series 1-4, but this list cites them as A-D. Which is correct? Probably doesn't make TOO much difference, but the pages should at least be consistent. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.4.186.254 (talk) 19:17, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Top Colours/Episode List

What a shame someone has seen fit to delete them from the template. They made the list more visually attractive and easier to navigate to individual episodes. 82.4.178.56 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:32, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Forces TV

I am not sure that the information about the 2021-2022 repeat run on the now defunct Forces TV is needed as it is not particularly notable. However, I wonder what other editors think. Dunarc (talk) 22:51, 20 August 2023 (UTC)