VHS : Blake's 7, Vol. 17 - Children of Auron / Rumours of Death

Rating: - Avon tracking a killer while Cally tries to save her people
The next vol. of Blake's 7 with epsidoes CHILDREN OF AURON and RUMORS OF DEATH
In the episode entitled CHILDREN OF AURON
Avon is tracking a famed Federation torturer called the Shrinker. Avon found out that he was the one who killed his belvoed Anna. The others trying to stay out of Avon way as he begins his plans for revenge. Meanwhile Servalan is once again taking the Federation reconstruction to the next planet..the planet of Auron. There Servalan will take the peace loving people and make them part of the Federation by any means. Cally sister sends out a mental plea to her begging for help. A strange epidemic has erupted. Cally needs to go but Avon plans seems to be getting in they way. Will Avon get his rvenge or will Cally be the last of her people?
In the next epsidoe entitled RUMORS OF DEATH
Servalan has finally settled into the role of Federation president. She is about to host the most powerful people of the Federation but before the festivities begin an uprising on Earth begins. Servalan finds herself a prisoner and facing death very soon. Meanwhile Avon finding out that Shrinker was not the one who killed Anna but a Federation agent called "Bartolomew". Now Avon has set a course for Earth and is going to find his revenge of die trying.

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Rating: - "Auron" interesting; "Rumours" excellent
These episodes get the series back on track following the disastrous "City at the Edge of the World." "Children of Auron" is an interesting premise whose ending doesn't quite deliver. Servalan hatches a plan which will destroy most or all of the population of Auron, Cally's home world. (It is interesting to note that many of the third season's episodes revolve around Cally and her telepathic abilities, almost to the series' detriment.) Servalan's plan is ultimately revealed to be creating offspring in her own image and capturing the Liberator. This episode starts off well, but has a weak ending. "Rumours of Death" is one of the most unique episodes in the entire Blake's 7 series. Servalan is put in very real danger and removed from her usually glamorous settings. It is great to see her character in a such a different situation. The plot revolves around Avon seeking revenge for the murder of a woman he greatly loved in the past. There are several twists and turns and the episode moves along briskly. It is a five star episode in and of itself and is one of best episodes in the entire Blake's series.

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Rating: - Well ploted and acted episodes
Children of Auron sees another, not too credible, side of Servalan and the deaths of numerous hench men.

Rumours of death is an excellent well plotted conspiracy story. Shot on location in a large country house, the plot centres around Servalan's address to the federation and the conspiracies to kill her.

Avon's (Paul Darrow) exchanges with Shrinker open the episode and makes extremely entertaining viewing. One of the best Blake's 7 episodes I have been fortunate enough to see.