Countdown
Joe Siegler
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Countdown
This Story: Season 2 Episode 9 (production code 209)
B7 Overall: Episode 22
Airdate: 6 Mar 1979 (7:15PM UK time)
Duration: 51:05
Filming Dates: 27-29 Nov 1978, 11 Jan, 23-24 Jan 1979
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Vere Lorrimer
Notes
- Grant as a character existed for the possibility of replacing Blake on the cast as they got word that Gareth Thomas was leaving the show at the end of the series by now.
- The escape rocket here was the same was the Guardian spacecraft from “Time Squad“.
- Neither Zen nor Orac are in this episode, and by extension neither is Peter Tuddenham.
- Anna Grant’s fate is touched on again in the Series C episode “Rumours of Death“.
- Del Grant was played by Tom Chadbon. He was in a couple of Doctor Who stories. First, the 1979 serial “City of Death” (as Duggan). Secondly he was in the “Mysterious Planet” segment of 1986’s “Trial of a Time Lord” as Merdeen. He also played an accountant in the most excellent James Bond film – “Casino Royale” (2006).
Links
[ Wikipedia | Blake’s 7 Wiki | IMDB | Show Script | Amazon US Blu-Ray | Amazon UK Blu-Ray ]#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 22 - "Countdown" - 6 Mar 1979 1/2 A bunch of rebels take over a Federation base, but the Federation officers implement a nuclear solution. They set off a countdown for a bomb that will kill all life on the planet, but not the buildings. They can't fix it, so Blake
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) December 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 22 - "Countdown" - 6 Mar 1979 2/2 comes to help. In working to fix it, we run into an old acquaintance of Avon's - Del Grant. Most of this is just Blake standing around - the focus seems to be elsewhere for this one. We also get the first mention of Star One.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) December 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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