Musings on Sci Fi Campaigns/Adventures

[dragoner]

Blake's 7 and Baker Who

 

[Tonguez]

Blake's 7 and Baker Who

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I've just realised - Doctor Who is also about a dangerous criminal in a stolen spaceship

 

[dragoner]

Back in '79, it was those two, Space:1999, Lost In Space, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica; and the Saturday creature feature were our big influences. Alien, and Star Wars for films. Though Dr Who gave the most bang for the buck adventure wise, I mean something is wrong with the robots on the big mining vehicle, giant space wasps have taken over the space station, etc..

 

[bloodtide]

Blake-7 was very popular in the Anglosphere, even if it only got limited runs in the US and elsewhere. So given the ENWorlds demographic I guess its at least well remembered by a few of us

Here is the USA way back when, Blakes 7, like Doctor Who, could only be seen on PBS...Public Broadcast Television. And only for a short window of a couple years in most cases. And then the show just Vanished. You could not find it anywhere. It never even made it onto the sci fi channel. It has eventually got on the streaming services. And finally SciFi FreeVee...where I have watched epsiodes I have not seen in...er...a life time.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Blake-7 was very popular in the Anglosphere, even if it only got limited runs in the US and elsewhere. So given the ENWorlds demographic I guess its at least well remembered by a few of us

I’ve lived in Texas most of my life, mostly in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Blake’s 7 has aired in my vicinity a few times, but I haven’t caught the entire run.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Space:1999

Such a fun show!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

One rare setting I’ve seen in various sci-fi stories, TV shows & movies that I don’t think has been mentioned so far is the Abandoned Vessel/Derelict.

I’m not talking about the party encountering one, I’m talking about the party being on one. The starship or space station or even Dyson Sphere is not controlled by anyone alive, and it’s possible there’s nobody onboard aware they’re even traveling in space.

The Starlost* is one series that used this conceit; Stargate: Universe did it more recently. Red Dwarf gave it a comedic spin. The Ark touched on this, but it’s not quite the central conceit- the ship is under control, but is severely damaged. Doctor Who, Star Trek and other shows had episodes where they encountered societies like this. Dark City plays with this, too.




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[Tonguez]

One rare setting I’ve seen in various sci-fi stories, TV shows & movies that I don’t think has been mentioned so far is the Abandoned Vessel/Derelict.

I’m not talking about the party encountering one, I’m talking about the party being on one. The starship or space station or even Dyson Sphere is not controlled by anyone alive, and it’s possible there’s nobody onboard aware they’re even traveling in space.

The Starlost* is one series that used this conceit; Stargate: Universe did it more recently. The Ark touched on this, but it’s not quite the central conceit- the ship is under control, but is severely damaged. Doctor Who, Star Trek and other shows had episodes where they encountered societies like this. Dark City plays with this, too.

Would Red Dwarf fit that - last human survivor on a derelict ship with a robot a hologram and an evolved cat?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Would Red Dwarf fit that - last human survivor on a derelict ship with a robot a hologram and an evolved cat?

Space 1999 is a variant on this too. It may not technically be a derelict, but they are travelling through space in something they can’t control, surviving whenever they encounter until they can get off.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Though Dr Who gave the most bang for the buck adventure wise, I mean something is wrong with the robots on the big mining vehicle, giant space wasps have taken over the space station, etc..

Classic Doctor Who is a gold mine of plot ideas.