Blake's 7: Orac

"Orac" is the thirteenth episode of series one of the British science fiction television series Blake's 7. It was directed by Michael E. Briant and Vere Lorrimer with a script written by Terry Nation. It first aired on Monday, March 27th, 1978 on BBC One. In this episode, Roj Blake and the others must recover Orac - an artificial intelligence that could determine the future of the Federation. To get it however, they must confront Servalan.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is included on the Blake's 7 Season One region 2 DVD box set and Blake's 7: The Complete Collection, 20-disc set.

Quotes

 * Roj Blake: Our only hope is if they have a supply on Aristo.
 * Vila Restal: But if they don't?
 * Roj Blake: They will have.
 * Vila Restal: But if they don't?
 * Roj Blake: They will have.
 * Kerr Avon: There's no point in hiding it, our condition will deteriorate rapidly. If we don't get drug treatment very soon, we shall die.
 * Vila Restal: Die? I can't do that.
 * Kerr Avon: I'm afraid you can. It's the one talent we all share, even you.

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 * Kerr Avon: Blake!
 * Roj Blake: What is it?
 * Kerr Avon: Look at the locator.
 * Roj Blake: It's setting the co-ordinates.
 * Kerr Avon: By itself. It looks as if our computers are being over-ridden again, being programmed from another source.
 * Cally: Perhaps we should move out while we've still got a chance.
 * Kerr Avon: While some of us have still got a chance.
 * Cally: Oh, I forgot. I'm sorry, Avon.
 * Roj Blake: Frankly, I doubt whether we could even if we wanted to. From what we've seen already it's obvious that machine could totally immobilize us.
 * Kerr Avon: Then let's get on with it.

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 * Roj Blake: Maybe we should try and capture it. Perhaps Avon would like it as a pet. We seem to have arrived.
 * Cally: Shall we split up and search?
 * Roj Blake: No, we'd end up looking for each other as well as Orac and Ensor. Come on.

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 * Jenna Stannis: What is it, what's the matter?
 * Kerr Avon: Cally and Blake -- they've been down on the surface for far too long. They must have run into some kind of trouble, see if you can wake Gan up.
 * Jenna Stannis: Gan, Gan, come on, wake up.
 * Olag Gan: What, uh, what's wrong, Jenna?
 * Jenna Stannis: Blake and Cally, something's happened to them.
 * Vila Restal: Where is he?
 * Jenna Stannis: We don't know.
 * Vila Restal: He woke me up.
 * Olag Gan: Blake woke you up?