Blake's 7 Quotes
Avon: We do not know what IMIPAK is.
Blake: Exactly. The least we've got to do is find out what it does.
Vila: Why have we? I can live without it.
Blake: It's just conceivable that you can't.
Avon: Unless of course you want your last words to be, "So that's IMIPAK."
Blake: Exactly. The least we've got to do is find out what it does.
Vila: Why have we? I can live without it.
Blake: It's just conceivable that you can't.
Avon: Unless of course you want your last words to be, "So that's IMIPAK."
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Carmel: [Talking to a Federation Trooper] Remember, the officer corps can forgive anything they understand. Which makes Intelligence just about the only sin.
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Cally: You're not going to follow the freighter all the way to Horizon?
Blake: Why not? I'm curious.
Avon: Oh, you are curious. Well, I'm glad we have a worthwhile purpose.
Blake: Doesn't it interest you a little?
Avon: No! There's nothing out there - we are on the edge. Even Zen has nothing on it. That could mean anything - an experimental warzone - anything.
Blake: That freighter's gone to Horizon for some good reason.
Avon: Which is more than you can say for us.
Blake: Why not? I'm curious.
Avon: Oh, you are curious. Well, I'm glad we have a worthwhile purpose.
Blake: Doesn't it interest you a little?
Avon: No! There's nothing out there - we are on the edge. Even Zen has nothing on it. That could mean anything - an experimental warzone - anything.
Blake: That freighter's gone to Horizon for some good reason.
Avon: Which is more than you can say for us.
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Vila: Why don't you go?
Avon: You are expendable.
Vila: And you're not?
Avon: No, I am not. I am not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going.
Avon: You are expendable.
Vila: And you're not?
Avon: No, I am not. I am not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going.
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Ro: I rule this planet.
Blake: Do you? I thought it was a Federation colony.
Ro: I dislike the word "colony."
Blake: Which word would you prefer?
Ro: I rule here, and you're my prisoners.
Blake: I dislike the word "prisoner."
Blake: Do you? I thought it was a Federation colony.
Ro: I dislike the word "colony."
Blake: Which word would you prefer?
Ro: I rule here, and you're my prisoners.
Blake: I dislike the word "prisoner."
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Avon: If I go alone, can I pilot the Liberator independantly?
Orac: With the help of the automatics, of course you can.
Avon: I know that.
Orac: Then why did you ask the question?
Avon: I didn't. How long can I maintain myself?
Orac: Is that a question?
Avon: Yes.
Orac: We have concentrated food for one person for a thousand years.
Avon: And our power is self-regenerating.
Orac: Affirmative.
Avon: Can you plot courses to keep out of the range of any known spaceship manned by the Federation?
Orac: The battle and navigation computers can handle that perfectly adequately.
Avon: I asked if you could.
Orac: Of course, should it be necessary.
Avon: Failing that, we are powerful enough to resist all but an attack by three Federation pursuit ships at once.
Orac: Is that a question?
Avon: No. If we go now, we can sail the universe for as long as we like in reasonable safety, provided we keep out of everybody's way and we do not do anything rash.
Orac: No data available to answer the question. [Beat] If it was a question.
Avon: I put it to you as a possibility. I request the odds.
Orac: The odds would be three point five to one on survival.
Avon: Therefore I do not need Blake, I do not need any of the others...
Orac: Is that a question?
Avon: I do not need anybody at all.
Orac: Is that a question? I - I - I must ask you to be more specific!
Avon: [snaps out of his thoughts] Shut up, Orac.
Orac: With the help of the automatics, of course you can.
Avon: I know that.
Orac: Then why did you ask the question?
Avon: I didn't. How long can I maintain myself?
Orac: Is that a question?
Avon: Yes.
Orac: We have concentrated food for one person for a thousand years.
Avon: And our power is self-regenerating.
Orac: Affirmative.
Avon: Can you plot courses to keep out of the range of any known spaceship manned by the Federation?
Orac: The battle and navigation computers can handle that perfectly adequately.
Avon: I asked if you could.
Orac: Of course, should it be necessary.
Avon: Failing that, we are powerful enough to resist all but an attack by three Federation pursuit ships at once.
Orac: Is that a question?
Avon: No. If we go now, we can sail the universe for as long as we like in reasonable safety, provided we keep out of everybody's way and we do not do anything rash.
Orac: No data available to answer the question. [Beat] If it was a question.
Avon: I put it to you as a possibility. I request the odds.
Orac: The odds would be three point five to one on survival.
Avon: Therefore I do not need Blake, I do not need any of the others...
Orac: Is that a question?
Avon: I do not need anybody at all.
Orac: Is that a question? I - I - I must ask you to be more specific!
Avon: [snaps out of his thoughts] Shut up, Orac.
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Avon: Orac, have you obtained any further information on the planet Horizon?
Orac: No.
Avon: Why not?
Orac: Is that a serious question?
Avon: No.
Orac: Please do not waste my time.
Orac: No.
Avon: Why not?
Orac: Is that a serious question?
Avon: No.
Orac: Please do not waste my time.
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Blake: It's time we really hurt the Federation. Oh, we've been hitting at the fingers, the arms. I want to hit at the heart. And the heart of the Federation is Earth.
Jenna: Where, exactly, or do you plan to take the whole planet?
Jenna: Where, exactly, or do you plan to take the whole planet?
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(Avon has just agreed to join Blake on his suicidal mission)
Blake: Do you want to tell me why?
Avon: I like the challenge.
Blake: You don't want to tell me why.
Blake: Do you want to tell me why?
Avon: I like the challenge.
Blake: You don't want to tell me why.
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Vila: I don't want to go.
Avon: You surprise me.
Vila: I don't feel well. I'm going to be a big handicap.
Avon: I'm used to that.
Avon: You surprise me.
Vila: I don't feel well. I'm going to be a big handicap.
Avon: I'm used to that.
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Travis: They'll dig us out eventually.
Servalan: Oh yes. They'll dig us out eventually. And then I'll bury you.
Servalan: Oh yes. They'll dig us out eventually. And then I'll bury you.
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Vila: [Talk about Gan] He was straightforward, wasn't always expecting to be cheated and double-crossed -- not like us. He trusted people -- he trusted Blake completely.
Jenna: Much good it did him.
Avon: Welcome back to reality, Jenna.
Jenna: Much good it did him.
Avon: Welcome back to reality, Jenna.
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Avon: Which only leaves one question to be answered. Is it that Blake has a genius for leadership, or merely that you have a genius for being led?
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Vila: I see. So you've decided to be led like the rest of us?
Avon: I shall continue to follow. It's not quite the same thing.
Vila: I don't see the difference.
Avon: Well, I didn't really think that you would.
Avon: I shall continue to follow. It's not quite the same thing.
Vila: I don't see the difference.
Avon: Well, I didn't really think that you would.
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Jenna: Do you want to tell me why you've left most of the southern hemisphere off the search pattern?
Avon: I don't believe that Blake can think and swim at the same time. It's nothing but ocean down there.
Avon: I don't believe that Blake can think and swim at the same time. It's nothing but ocean down there.
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Avon: It's possible that one of your disciples... one of your four remaining disciples may come after you.
Blake: Then you'll have to talk them out of it. They may even listen to you this time.
Avon: Why not? After all, I don't get them killed.
[Pause]
Blake: [Quietly, to Avon] True.
Blake: Then you'll have to talk them out of it. They may even listen to you this time.
Avon: Why not? After all, I don't get them killed.
[Pause]
Blake: [Quietly, to Avon] True.
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Avon: One of these days they are going to leave you. They were almost ready to do so this time.
Blake: Yes, I thought they might be.
Avon: You handle them very skilfully.
Blake: Do I?
Avon: But one more death will do it.
Blake: Then you'd better be very careful. It would be ironic if it were yours.
Blake: Yes, I thought they might be.
Avon: You handle them very skilfully.
Blake: Do I?
Avon: But one more death will do it.
Blake: Then you'd better be very careful. It would be ironic if it were yours.
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Vila: They missed us! Avon's gadget works!
Blake: I never doubted it for a moment. (Avon frowns.) Is something wrong?
Avon: It just occurred to me that, as the description of a highly sophisticated technological achievement, "Avon's gadget works" seems to lack a certain style.
Blake: I never doubted it for a moment. (Avon frowns.) Is something wrong?
Avon: It just occurred to me that, as the description of a highly sophisticated technological achievement, "Avon's gadget works" seems to lack a certain style.
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Vila: You don't have a lot of time for Blake, do you?
Avon: I could never stand heroes.
Vila: A quarter of a million volts and you're putting your hand in?
Avon: Ah, but that is self-interest. We need that crystal. Blake takes risks to help other people. Sometimes people he doesn't even know. One day that great big bleeding heart of his will get us all killed.
Vila: Unless somebody ditches him first.
Avon: I could never stand heroes.
Vila: A quarter of a million volts and you're putting your hand in?
Avon: Ah, but that is self-interest. We need that crystal. Blake takes risks to help other people. Sometimes people he doesn't even know. One day that great big bleeding heart of his will get us all killed.
Vila: Unless somebody ditches him first.
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Tynus: By the way, why don't our detectors pick up the Liberator?
Vila: Anti-detection screen, one of Avon's gadgets. We're expecting it to break down any time.
Vila: Anti-detection screen, one of Avon's gadgets. We're expecting it to break down any time.
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(Talking about Avon's detector shield.)
Blake: Looks like the Federation have developed a shield themselves.
Cally: Yes, well, they got very, very close before we saw them.
Avon: That is the most depressing aspect of the whole affair. I was rather hoping to sell them the idea.
Blake: Looks like the Federation have developed a shield themselves.
Cally: Yes, well, they got very, very close before we saw them.
Avon: That is the most depressing aspect of the whole affair. I was rather hoping to sell them the idea.
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Jenna: Where are you going?
Cally: I'm going to clear the neutron blasters for firing.
Jenna: Well, what are you going to fire at?
Cally: Anything that moves.
Cally: I'm going to clear the neutron blasters for firing.
Jenna: Well, what are you going to fire at?
Cally: Anything that moves.
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Avon: It would be stupid to be shot up by our own allies.
Vila: Not only stupid, painful.
Vila: Not only stupid, painful.
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Avon: If there had ever been a time when I could have given my own life to save her, I would have done it. The only grain of consolation that I have ...is that Anna knew that.
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Avon: Predictably barren.
Jenna: Wretched mining companies. No sense of aesthetics.
Avon: What d'you want them to do, landscape?
Jenna: Weeell, they could make an effort.
Jenna: Wretched mining companies. No sense of aesthetics.
Avon: What d'you want them to do, landscape?
Jenna: Weeell, they could make an effort.
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Blake: For once just try trusting me. [Leaves]
Cally: What is this priority of his?
Avon: Exactly. He's used a number of ploys to get his own way, but "Just try trusting me"? That's weak even by his standards
Cally: What is this priority of his?
Avon: Exactly. He's used a number of ploys to get his own way, but "Just try trusting me"? That's weak even by his standards
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Cally: So what is wrong?
Orac: You deduced it yourself earlier. Space Command has long tried to perfect a course interceptor attuned to the circuitry of navigtional computers and rational coordinators like Zen. The scientists on Auron, however, had the wit to aim for the weaker point.
Avon: The human brain.
Orac: Correct.
Cally: A telepathic order was beamed to Blake to force him reroute to that asteroid?
Orac: As you, yourself, forsaw.
Avon: So tell us something new.
Orac: It is to Blake that you should look for the new.
Avon: What's that supposed to mean? That they are still influencing him?
Orac: Correct again.
Avon: But how? A device of that kind would need an enormous power source.
Orac: Agreed. But now that they...
Avon: [Interrupting] Now that they are close at hand, low power; of course.
Orac: You deduced it yourself earlier. Space Command has long tried to perfect a course interceptor attuned to the circuitry of navigtional computers and rational coordinators like Zen. The scientists on Auron, however, had the wit to aim for the weaker point.
Avon: The human brain.
Orac: Correct.
Cally: A telepathic order was beamed to Blake to force him reroute to that asteroid?
Orac: As you, yourself, forsaw.
Avon: So tell us something new.
Orac: It is to Blake that you should look for the new.
Avon: What's that supposed to mean? That they are still influencing him?
Orac: Correct again.
Avon: But how? A device of that kind would need an enormous power source.
Orac: Agreed. But now that they...
Avon: [Interrupting] Now that they are close at hand, low power; of course.
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