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** Creator/BrianBlessed is embarrassed by his guest role in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E3CygnusAlpha Cygnus Alpha]]" because he felt he overplayed it. Yes, really.



* OldShame: Creator/BrianBlessed is embarrassed by his guest role in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E3CygnusAlpha Cygnus Alpha]]" because he felt he overplayed it. Yes, really.
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** On 24 April 2008, Creator/SkyOne announced that it had commissioned two sixty-minute scripts for a potential series, working alongside B7 Productions. On 4 August 2010, the station said it had decided not to commission the series. B7 Productions said the decision was " ... obviously disappointing", but that the development process has resulted in the " ... dynamic reinvention of this branded series". It said it was confident it would find another partner to develop a new version for television.

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** On 24 April 2008, Creator/SkyOne [[Creator/{{Sky}} Sky One]] announced that it had commissioned two sixty-minute scripts for a potential series, working alongside B7 Productions. On 4 August 2010, the station said it had decided not to commission the series. B7 Productions said the decision was " ... obviously disappointing", but that the development process has resulted in the " ... dynamic reinvention of this branded series". It said it was confident it would find another partner to develop a new version for television.
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** And one can only wonder what the fifth season would have been... though it's highly likely that, at the very minimum, Dayna would have been killed off due to Josette Simon having already started to become disillusioned with the series even during the fourth season. Also, Creator/GlynisBarber revealed in a 2006 interview that she wouldn't have returned, so that would make Soolin dead as well. Creator/StevenPacey said in 2012 that also wouldn't have stayed on:

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** And one can only wonder what the fifth season would have been... though it's highly likely that, at the very minimum, Dayna would have been killed off due to Josette Simon Creator/JosetteSimon having already started to become disillusioned with the series even during the fourth season. Also, Creator/GlynisBarber revealed in a 2006 interview that she wouldn't have returned, so that would make Soolin dead as well. Creator/StevenPacey said in 2012 that also wouldn't have stayed on:



* TheOtherDarrin: The voice of Zen and Orac in the Creator/BigFinish audios is Alistair Lock, replacing Peter Tuddenham who passed away in 2007. Yasmin Bannerman also came on to take the role of Dayna, as Josette Simon declined to return.

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* TheOtherDarrin: The voice of Zen and Orac in the Creator/BigFinish audios is Alistair Lock, replacing Peter Tuddenham Creator/PeterTuddenham who passed away in 2007. Yasmin Bannerman also came on to take the role of Dayna, as Josette Simon Creator/JosetteSimon declined to return.
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** Josette Simon did not look back on the show with fondness, believing that the showrunners took advantage of her naivety and lack of confidence to get her to play a "hot exotic warrior woman" part that she saw retrospectively as both sexually and racially demeaning. She declined to reprise the role for Creator/BigFinish's audio plays based on the series, with the role eventually being recast.

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** Josette Simon Creator/JosetteSimon did not look back on the show with fondness, believing that the showrunners took advantage of her naivety and lack of confidence to get her to play a "hot exotic warrior woman" part that she saw retrospectively as both sexually and racially demeaning. She declined to reprise the role for Creator/BigFinish's audio plays based on the series, with the role eventually being recast.

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