Blake's 7 Quotes
Avon: Auron.
Cally: Yes, Auron. It's pointless to think about it. I'll never see it again.
Avon: That's why you've been shut in here for ten hours, thinking about Auron and how you'll never see it again?
Cally: That's why.
Avon: I wish I could promise you that the sparkling company on the flight deck would take you out of yourself.
Cally: I'm all right.
Avon: No you're not. But you will be. Regret is part of being alive. But keep it a small part.
Cally: As you do?
Avon: (Smiles) Demonstrably.
Cally: Yes, Auron. It's pointless to think about it. I'll never see it again.
Avon: That's why you've been shut in here for ten hours, thinking about Auron and how you'll never see it again?
Cally: That's why.
Avon: I wish I could promise you that the sparkling company on the flight deck would take you out of yourself.
Cally: I'm all right.
Avon: No you're not. But you will be. Regret is part of being alive. But keep it a small part.
Cally: As you do?
Avon: (Smiles) Demonstrably.
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Tarrant: Ah, Cally - I've been going over that theory of yours about the teleport bracelets boosting each other. As you're aware, it doesn't make sense.
Cally: You have a better one?
Tarrant: There was some kind of power source on that alien ship that you were telepathically receptive to. When the teleport failed, you were able to use that source to get yourself out, and to get Avon and Vila out with you.
Cally(sarcastically): I seem to be more clever than I thought I was!
Tarrant: What I really want to know is why you're being so bashful. (serious) What are you hiding, and why?
Avon: Shut up, Tarrant.
Tarrant(angrily): Did you say something to--
Avon: I said, shut up. I apologise for not realising you are deaf.
Cally: You have a better one?
Tarrant: There was some kind of power source on that alien ship that you were telepathically receptive to. When the teleport failed, you were able to use that source to get yourself out, and to get Avon and Vila out with you.
Cally(sarcastically): I seem to be more clever than I thought I was!
Tarrant: What I really want to know is why you're being so bashful. (serious) What are you hiding, and why?
Avon: Shut up, Tarrant.
Tarrant(angrily): Did you say something to--
Avon: I said, shut up. I apologise for not realising you are deaf.
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Tarrant(to Avon): When you found me on the Liberator, it was quite a blow. And every time you look at me it hits you harder, doesn't it? I'm faster than you and I'm sharper. As far as it goes, I've made a success of my life. But you? The only big thing you ever tried to do you failed at. The greatest computer swindle of all time… but you couldn't quite pull it off, could you? If it hadn't been for Blake you'd be rotting on Cygnus Alpha right now. No, you failed, Avon. But I win. Not just at games. At life.
Avon: You also talk too much.
Tarrant: Be thankful I'm restricting myself to talk.
Avon: Well now, that's fascinating. You mean you can do something else?
Avon: You also talk too much.
Tarrant: Be thankful I'm restricting myself to talk.
Avon: Well now, that's fascinating. You mean you can do something else?
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Deyna: We need sleep, all of us. Even you need sleep, Tarrant.
Tarrant: And it'll all look better in the morning.
Avon: If it does, you can assume you're on the wrong ship.
Tarrant: And it'll all look better in the morning.
Avon: If it does, you can assume you're on the wrong ship.
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Alien/Cally: I thought you were the clever one. You're a fool, like Tarrant! The pain Tarrant is experiencing ... visualise that pain and much more. You're as close to death as you have ever been. Think about human death, Avon, irrevocable...
Avon: I have thought about it, what's keeping you?
Alien/Cally: What did you say?
Avon: You claim you can kill me. You'd better get on with it. Make me die. There's nothing else you can make me do.
Avon: I have thought about it, what's keeping you?
Alien/Cally: What did you say?
Avon: You claim you can kill me. You'd better get on with it. Make me die. There's nothing else you can make me do.
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Avon: Either it is dead or there is a total radio blackout. I wonder what they have to hide.
Dayna: I'm not keen on finding out.
Tarrant: This time, neither am I.
Avon: Don't you find it interesting?
Dayna: You'll be telling us next 'We can learn a lot from whoever built it'
Avon: Well we certainly have nothing to teach them unless it's how to remain ignorant. What do you think Cally? Shall we stay and observe or shall we scuttle off with our closed minds intact?
Dayna: I'm not keen on finding out.
Tarrant: This time, neither am I.
Avon: Don't you find it interesting?
Dayna: You'll be telling us next 'We can learn a lot from whoever built it'
Avon: Well we certainly have nothing to teach them unless it's how to remain ignorant. What do you think Cally? Shall we stay and observe or shall we scuttle off with our closed minds intact?
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Tarrant: Touch of conscience?
Avon: More like insanity. You really believe in taking risks, don't you?
Tarrant: Calculated ones.
Avon: Calculated on what? Your fingers?
Avon: More like insanity. You really believe in taking risks, don't you?
Tarrant: Calculated ones.
Avon: Calculated on what? Your fingers?
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Avon: Tell me, Orac, how precisely did Vila confuse and distract Ultraworld?
Orac: Quite simple. With a series of random and illogical brain impulses. The planet was programmed to assimilate orderly coherent thought patterns. Anything else confused it.
Vila: Eh?
Avon: You mean Vila spouted nonsense.
Vila: I resent that!
Avon: Oh, I wouldn't if I were you. Orac is saying that a logical, rational intelligence is no match for yours.
Orac: Quite simple. With a series of random and illogical brain impulses. The planet was programmed to assimilate orderly coherent thought patterns. Anything else confused it.
Vila: Eh?
Avon: You mean Vila spouted nonsense.
Vila: I resent that!
Avon: Oh, I wouldn't if I were you. Orac is saying that a logical, rational intelligence is no match for yours.
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Vila: I tell you, she's mad! She's finally gone over the top! Well, that's an interesting viewpoint, Vila. Yes, isn't it? Came from talking to myself. Fascinating. And do you have any other theories about... paranoids?
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(Tarrant threatens Vila at gunpoint)
Vila: If it comes down to that, Tarrant, there isn't really a lot of point, is there?
Vila: If it comes down to that, Tarrant, there isn't really a lot of point, is there?
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(The Liberator is being attacked by three of Servalan's ships)
Dayna: Do we fight?
Avon: Certainly not, we run.
Dayna: Do we fight?
Avon: Certainly not, we run.
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Avon: Put it on the main screen.
Orac: I must point out that this is a gross misuse and an absurd waste of my capabilities.
Avon: Put it on the main screen.
Orac: I will do it only under protest.
Avon: You can do it any way you like, just so long as you put it on the main screen.
Vila: Couldn't you re-design him as something useful, like a drinks dispenser? Or an empty space! I think he'd look really good as an empty space.
Orac: I must point out that this is a gross misuse and an absurd waste of my capabilities.
Avon: Put it on the main screen.
Orac: I will do it only under protest.
Avon: You can do it any way you like, just so long as you put it on the main screen.
Vila: Couldn't you re-design him as something useful, like a drinks dispenser? Or an empty space! I think he'd look really good as an empty space.
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Vila(on Servalan): Her idea of chivalry is never to shoot a blind man in the back.
Dayna(pointedly, given that that's exactly what Servalan did to Dayna's father): That's very true, Vila.
Vila: Wonderful. And for my next trick I shall swallow my other foot.
Dayna(pointedly, given that that's exactly what Servalan did to Dayna's father): That's very true, Vila.
Vila: Wonderful. And for my next trick I shall swallow my other foot.
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Servalan: I don't think of you as an enemy, Avon. I see you as a... future friend.
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Avon: Tarrant. I presume you have no tedious scruples about cheating and lying.
Tarrant: None at all.
Avon: (smiles) Oh good.
Tarrant: None at all.
Avon: (smiles) Oh good.
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Tarrant: Oh, come on, Avon. Look, we've been through a lot together. We've always been at risk; we've always taken chances. But we've survived because we worked as a team. So what is it you have to do that makes this so different?
Avon: This happens to be my problem. None of you are involved.
Dayna: But we are involved. However much you like to pretend you're a loner, you're not really. We depend on each other; I wouldn't be alive now if it wasn't for you, and I'm sure that's true of everybody else. So why not trust us?
Vila: Look, you don't have to give reasons. You don't even have to explain. Whatever it is, we'll back you up.
Cally: Or, if you want one of your own cold, rational explanations, we can't afford to lose you.
Avon(poker-faced): Sentiment breeds weakness. Let it get a hold of you and you are dead.
Avon: This happens to be my problem. None of you are involved.
Dayna: But we are involved. However much you like to pretend you're a loner, you're not really. We depend on each other; I wouldn't be alive now if it wasn't for you, and I'm sure that's true of everybody else. So why not trust us?
Vila: Look, you don't have to give reasons. You don't even have to explain. Whatever it is, we'll back you up.
Cally: Or, if you want one of your own cold, rational explanations, we can't afford to lose you.
Avon(poker-faced): Sentiment breeds weakness. Let it get a hold of you and you are dead.
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Avon: One last thing. I don't need any of you. I needed the Liberator to bring me here so I had no choice but to bring you along, but this is as far as you go. I don't want you with me, I don't want you following me. Understand this: anyone who does follow me, I'll kill them.
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(Tarrant and Cally are teleporting down despite Avon's orders)
Vila: What're you going to do if he spots you?
Tarrant: Duck.
Vila: What're you going to do if he spots you?
Tarrant: Duck.
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Blake: It must have been so dull, having no-one to argue with.
Avon: Well now, there were times when your simpleminded certainties might have been refreshing.
Blake: Careful, Avon! Your sentiment is showing.
Avon: Well now, there were times when your simpleminded certainties might have been refreshing.
Blake: Careful, Avon! Your sentiment is showing.
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Dayna: Don't you ever get tired of being right?
Avon: Only with the rest of you being wrong.
Avon: Only with the rest of you being wrong.
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Avon: Stay here.
Vila: You wouldn't like to leave the gun?
Avon: That's right, I wouldn't.
Vila: You wouldn't like to leave the gun?
Avon: That's right, I wouldn't.
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Dorian: You're going to kill me anyway. Sooner or later.
Avon: You would prefer it sooner?
Avon: You would prefer it sooner?
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[Dorian has found Orac to be uncooperative]
Dorian: Who designed it?
Avon: His name was Ensor.
Dorian: I should have known. He was never a gracious man. Orac reflects his personality.
Avon: Orac was the culmination of his life's work. [Avon removes Orac's key] He bequeathed it to an associate of mine who bequeathed it to me.
Dorian: Who designed it?
Avon: His name was Ensor.
Dorian: I should have known. He was never a gracious man. Orac reflects his personality.
Avon: Orac was the culmination of his life's work. [Avon removes Orac's key] He bequeathed it to an associate of mine who bequeathed it to me.
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Pella: You must be very clever.
Vila: That's what I keep telling everyone. They even believed me in CF One.
Pella: CF One?
Vila: A sort of academy, when I was a boy. They chose me as technical advisor for the escape.
Pella: Escape? From an academy?
Vila: Perhaps academy was the wrong word.
Vila: That's what I keep telling everyone. They even believed me in CF One.
Pella: CF One?
Vila: A sort of academy, when I was a boy. They chose me as technical advisor for the escape.
Pella: Escape? From an academy?
Vila: Perhaps academy was the wrong word.
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Avon: What is it, Orac?
Orac: You asked me to report any extension of the Federation Command Network. Magnatrix Terminal 406 is now programmed in.
Avon: What planet does the terminal serve?
Orac: Heliotrix.
Avon: [Astonished] Heliotrix.
Orac: It is the main terminal for the planet Heliotrix. The fact is checked and confirmed.
Avon: That means the Helots are back in the Empire. But they aren't the sort to cave in so quickly. It took the Federation years to subdue them on the first expansion.
Dayna: They've retaken Lubus and Porphia Major in the last few weeks. If Heliotrix has gone, that means the Federation now control most of Sector 4.
Vila: If they keep expanding at this rate, Avon, we don't have as much time as you thought. They'll be knocking on the door in a couple of years!
Avon: How are they doing it?
Vila: I don't know. But maybe we should start running now.
Orac: You asked me to report any extension of the Federation Command Network. Magnatrix Terminal 406 is now programmed in.
Avon: What planet does the terminal serve?
Orac: Heliotrix.
Avon: [Astonished] Heliotrix.
Orac: It is the main terminal for the planet Heliotrix. The fact is checked and confirmed.
Avon: That means the Helots are back in the Empire. But they aren't the sort to cave in so quickly. It took the Federation years to subdue them on the first expansion.
Dayna: They've retaken Lubus and Porphia Major in the last few weeks. If Heliotrix has gone, that means the Federation now control most of Sector 4.
Vila: If they keep expanding at this rate, Avon, we don't have as much time as you thought. They'll be knocking on the door in a couple of years!
Avon: How are they doing it?
Vila: I don't know. But maybe we should start running now.
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Soolin: [Discussing Vila] He doesn't have much time for Tarrant does he?
Avon: Ah well. Tarrant is brave, young, handsome. There are three good reasons for anyone not to like him.
Avon: Ah well. Tarrant is brave, young, handsome. There are three good reasons for anyone not to like him.
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