History Recap / BlakesSevenS1E7MissionToDestiny

* {{Greed}}: [[TheCynic Avon]] says from the beginning that this is the motive. He turns out to be right, even though the Federation would also have a plausible motive to stop the neurotope reaching its destination. Destiny had been resisting pressure to join the Federation, and had already bankrupted themselves buying the neurotope.

--->'''Sara:''' I'll kill the first one that puts his head outside this door. [flees]
--->'''Avon:''' Well, she's one of your crew, you'd better get after her.

-->'''Cally:''' Remember that Avon and I will be staying. We will regard ourselves as hostages against Blake's return.
-->'''Avon:''' [[SarcasmMode Well thank you Cally, what a clever idea.]]
-->'''Cally:''' [telepathically] Blake will return.
-->'''Avon:''' You can bet your life on it, in fact you've just bet both our lives on it.

-->'''Cally:''' My people have a saying, a man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.
-->'''Avon:''' Life expectancy must be fairly short among your people.

-->'''Avon:''' Cally thinks that the death of the pilot Rafford was an accident.
-->'''Others:''' An accident?
-->'''Cally:''' A misfortune.
-->'''Avon:''' [smirk] It certainly was for him.

-->'''Vila:''' Mock if you like, but I can always sense danger.
-->'''Gan:''' Yes, even when there isn't any...

-->'''Sara:''' I'll kill the first one that puts his head outside this door. [flees]
-->'''Avon:''' Well, she's one of your crew, you'd better get after her.

* CouldntFindAPen: One member of the crew was found dead with the cryptic message '''54124''' written in blood beside him. Avon reasons that [[spoiler:"When you are dying, it is difficult to be neat", and announces that the guilty party is a suspect whose name is '''SARA'''.]]

-->'''Avon:''' [Appearing in doorway] What a very cynical thought, Doctor.

* DeathInTheClouds: Though with a spaceship instead of an airplane.

* InVinoVeritas: While passing out from the knockout gas, Cally just says one word telepathically. "Alone..."

* RedHerring: Sondheim is an all too obvious suspect -- creepy, hostile, and gets found near two corpses (in the last case, holding the murder weapon!). Also Mandrian, up until he gets killed.

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** Even Gan gets in the act.

* RedHerring: Sondheim is an all too obvious suspect -- creepy, hostile, and gets found near two corpses (in the last case, holding the murder weapon!), and Mandrian, up until he gets killed.

* CrimeAfterCrime: The murderer only intended to knock everyone out and smash the controls, so all the murders were Sara adapting to circumstances (though apparently her co-conspirators intended to LeaveNoSurvivors).

* CrimeAfterCrime: The murderer only intended to knock everyone out and smash the controls, so all the murders were Sara adapting to circumstances.

* MacGuffin: The neurotope will be used to kill a fungus that is devastating the agricultural planet Destiny. Unfortunately the element it contains is so rare it's one of the most valuable objects in the galaxy.

* HyperspaceArsenal: Sara somehow conceals a RayGun with a large radiator disc on her person.

* BottleEpisode: Using the RecycledSet from "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E2SpaceFall Space Fall]]".

** Everyone leans over to look at Avon writing out the vital clue...and turns their back on the murderer, who has time to get her hands on a RayGun.
** Avon and Cally hand over their weapons to Blake before he leaves, presumably so they can't be jumped and have their guns taken off them. The problem is there are already firearms on board the ship -- Sara uses one and Cally uses another for the PlayingPossum scene.

** Everyone leans over to look at Avon writing out the vital clue...and turns their back on the murderer, who has time to [[HyperspaceArsenal get her hands on a bulky]] RayGun.

* {{Greed}}: Avon says from the beginning that this is the motive. He turns out to be right, even though the Federation also would have a plausible reason to stop the neurotope reaching its destination as Destiny had been resisting pressure to join the Federation, and had already bankrupted themselves buying the neurotope.

* {{Blooper}}
** You can hear the knob on the ventilator break off and bounce on the floor when Blake shuts it.
** The Liberator wobbles through space again.
** The episode switches conspicuously between film and video within the Ortega set.
* BottleEpisode: Using the RecycledSet from "Space Fall".

* HilariousInHindsight: The Ortega is a [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Galaxy-class vessel piloted by a captain suffering from hair loss]].

* SummationGathering: By Avon in all his hammy glory.

* YouLookFamiliar:
** John Leeson, who plays Pasco in this story, later appeared as Toise in "Gambit", though he is better known as the voice of K9 in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
** And of course stuntman Stuart Fell falls again (as Dortmunn, the corpse that rolls off a shelf).

* HiddenInPlainSight: The first victim wrote a DyingClue in [[CouldntFindAPen in his own blood]], the numbers 54124. Avon eventually realises it's not a cryptic clue but an attempt to write the killer's name: SARA.

* {{Greed}}: Avon says from the beginning that this is the motive. Surprisingly he turns out to be right, even though the Federation also would have a plausible reason to steal the neurotope -- Destiny had been resisting pressure to join the Federation, and had already bankrupted themselves buying it.

The Liberator encounters a space freighter flying in circles with its pilot murdered, the controls sabotaged, and the crew unconscious from knockout gas. While the Liberator races to deliver the freighter's valuable cargo, Avon and Cally stay on board the freighter to help with repairs...and solve a murder.