History Recap / BlakesSevenS2E7Killer

* PhlebotinumPills: Blake mentions hibernation pills being used by the crew of a Wanderer Class.

* GhostShip: Wanderer Class K47

* SpaceClothes from the WTHCostumingDepartment: The squeaky brown vinyl 'bug suits', the Michelin Man {{Hazmat Suit}}s, and the firefighters who look like silver fried eggs.

* IWasJustPassingThrough: Avon is definitely not suffering from Blake's hero complex. He's just risking death to steal the cypher key for self-preservation reasons. For the expression on his face, Vila doesn't believe a word.

** RealLifeWritesThePlot: After "Redemption" Jan Chappell had written into her contract after that she wouldn't perform in a nuclear power station because she was still breast-feeding her son at the time.

* StockFootage: The ''London'' landing on [[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E3CygnusAlpha Cygnus Alpha]] is used for the recovery vessel landing at Q-Base. In a {{blooper}} the final shot of the ''Liberator'' has a tiny model ''London'' docked to it, apparently footage from "Space Fall".

* {{Foreshadowing}}: For "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E13StarOne Star One]]" [[spoiler:when Blake chooses to warn the Federation of a threat to humanity.]]

* BodyHorror: The final symptom is large blisters breaking out on the hands and face.

* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Between [[VitriolicBestBuds Avon and Vila]].
-->'''Vila:''' I always knew you had a friend. I used to say to people, “I bet Avon’s got a friend, somewhere in the galaxy”.
-->'''Avon:''' And you were right. That must be a novel experience for you.

* TechnologyMarchesOn
** The 'Michelin Man' suit is based on the long obsolete Goodrich pressure suit.
** Quindar tones can be heard during the BoardingParty's transmissions.
** The base computers are not networked; when the computer goes down, Bellfriar can't get access to another because they're not physically located inside the quarantined area.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: For "Star One" [[spoiler:when Blake chooses to warn the Federation of a threat to humanity.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Avon snipes re Blake: "One day that great big bleeding heart of his will get us all killed." [[spoiler:Everyone gets killed in the final episode right after Avon gives Blake a bleeding heart.]]

* {{Chickification}} / OutOfFocus: Jenna and Cally spend the entire episode up on the ''Liberator'' [[CostumePorn looking gorgeous]] and smiling in approval at the male characters. Even Jenna's pilot skills are now unnecessary with Blake just giving verbal orders to Zen.

* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: There are [[ChromosomeCasting no women seen]] on the Q-base, and the two female characters have a minimal role in the episode.

* GirlyRun: Though at least Vila and Avon have an excuse as they're picking their way across a rocky beach.

* {{Chickification}}: Jenna and Cally spend the entire episode up on the ''Liberator'' [[CostumePorn looking gorgeous]] and smiling in approval at the male characters. Even Jenna's pilot skills are now unnecessary with Blake just giving verbal orders to Zen.

* StockFootage: The ''London'' landing on [[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E3CygnusAlpha Cygnus Alpha]] is used for the recovery vessel landing at Q Base. In a {{blooper}} the final shot of the ''Liberator'' has a tiny model ''London'' docked to it, apparently footage from "Space Fall".

* BBCQuarry: Averted; Fosforon resembles marshland outside the Oldbury Nuclear Power Station.

The Liberator arrives at a Federation base on the planet Fosforon, where Avon hopes to 'persuade' a former partner-in-crime to help them steal a TP crystal that will decode classified transmissions. When a derelict spacecraft from 700 years ago appears near the planet, the scientists on the base investigate the derelict and unleash a deadly plague.

* {{Chickification}}: Jenna and Cally spend the entire episode up on the Liberator [[CostumePorn looking gorgeous]] and smiling in approval at the male characters. Even Jenna's pilot skills are now unnecessary with Blake just giving verbal orders to Zen.

* StockFootage: The ''London'' landing on [[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E3CygnusAlpha Cygnus Alpha]] is used for the recovery vessel landing at Q Base. In a {{blooper}} the final shot of the Liberator has a tiny model ''London'' docked to it, apparently footage from "Space Fall".

* YouKnowTooMuch: Having alerted Servalan to the Liberator's presence, Tynus then tries to kill Avon to prevent him revealing their past association. It's NothingPersonal.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The electrical fire our heroes use as a distraction knocks out the computer that could have been used to analyse the samples from the corpse.
* NoHonorAmongThieves
* NoodleIncident: The Casarus swamp fever that killed millions.

* ProperlyParanoid: Vila and Avon refuse the food pack that Tynus offers after discovering that he intends to betray them.
* PunchClockVillains: Despite working for the Federation, Bellfriar and Gambrill are likeable, characters who aren't willing to give Blake away, unlike the double-dealing Tynus.
* SaveTheVillain: Justified as the risk that one of Servalan's vessels might carry the virus elsewhere is too great.

* {{Foil}}: ThoseTwoGuys show a nuanced side to the Federation -- Tynus is corrupt and treacherous, resorting to petty snarking at Bellfriar when all is lost. Bellfriar is dedicated and keeps his dignity. Tak flees his post while Gambrill stays till his death.

* HopeSpot: Bellfriar identifies the cure but then the virus infects him, he loses his ability to read and [[HisNameIs dies in mid-transmission]] to the ''Liberator''.

* SyntheticPlague

** Blake chooses to warn the Federation of the virus, even though Avon points out that Servalan is on her way to the planet and will likely be killed by the virus.
* GoryDiscretionShot: Tynus' death is shown via Vila's horrified ReactionShot, and his body isn't the charred remnants that Avon warned about.

* ChekhovsGun: Avon warns of the dangers of being electrocuted by the converter. Tynus demonstrates.

* IWasJustPassingThrough: Avon is definitely not suffering from Blake's hero complex. He's just risking death to steal the cypher key for self-preservation reasons. Vila doesn't believe a word.

* InvisibilityCloak: Anti-detection screen invented by Avon.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Dr Bellfriar
* {{Foil}}: ThoseTwoGuys show a nuanced side to the Federation -- Tynus is corrupt and treacherous, resorting to petty snarking when all is lost. Bellfriar is dedicated and keeps his dignity. Tak flees his post while Gambrill stays till his death.
* ForbiddenZone: The Darkling Zone is TheBermudaTriangle InSpace, an uncharted region where ships disappear, suspected to be the "centre of a [[HollywoodScience meteor storm]]". Blake theorises that it contains an advanced alien race [[AbsoluteXenophobe suspicious of outsiders]] who destroy any intruder.

* CreatorThumbprint: ThoseTwoGuys and EverybodysDeadDave for scriptwriter Creator/RobertHolmes. Also Vila mentions being a [[AuthorTract vegetarian]].

The Liberator arrives at a Federation base on the planet Fosforon, where Avon hopes to 'persuade' a former partner-in-crime to help them steal a TP crystal that will help them decode classified transmissions. When a derelict spacecraft from 700 years ago appears near the planet, the scientists on the base investigate the derelict and unleash a deadly plague.