History Recap / BlakesSevenS3E7ChildrenOfAuron

* VillainsActHeroesReact: The Terran Federation is conflicted by rebellion and civil war, a prime opportunity for forging alliances with some of these rebels or breakaway factions to oppose Servalan. Yet the crew is going along with Avon's quest for personal vengeance because they're bored and there's nothing else to do. Meanwhile Servalan is working to establish a dynasty and increase her [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority strength and authority]] by seizing the Liberator. According to the next episode, there's a rebellion brewing on Earth that will be quashed because of Servalan's quick response in mustering her forces, without any opposition from the Liberator. One can't help thinking that our heroes lost their drive along with Blake.

** The concealable pistol that Servalan gives Deral is the type she stole from Dayna's bedroom in "Aftermath" (though Chel took that one off her, so she must have found another one in Mellanby's armoury).

* EveryoneLaughsEnding: One of the more notorious examples of this trope; Avon cracks a lame joke and everyone laughs after almost every member of Cally's race gets killed with biological warfare, including her sister.

* WidowsWeeds: Servalan starts wearing black from now on. Jacqueline Pearce requested this to indicate Servalan mourning for her children, although the change in colour actually occurs from the start of the episode.

* HypocriticalHumor:

* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Jan Chappell as both Cally and Zelda.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: For "Rumors of Death" -- the Liberator is heading for Earth because Avon wants to settle accounts with a Federation [[DeadlyEuphemism para-investigator]] called Shrinker.

* TheBait: Servalan denies ItsAllAboutMe, because well as babies in her own image she also wants the Liberator, as it has the strength to [[IFightForTheStrongestSide command the loyalty of all the factions]]. Servalan is counting on Cally being contracted telepathically by the Auronar and [[TheHeart persuading the others to come and help.]]

-->'''[[SnarkyNonHumanSidekick Orac]]:''' Since I lack sensors to assess what is or is not in your mind, I cannot assess what is or is not already known to you.

** Cally's BackStory is different from the one established in "Time Squad".

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Captain Deral is shocked that Servalan is willing to carry out genocide on a neutral planet for aims that are purely personal.

* ClonesArePeopleToo

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: The rebels smugly teleport Deral back to Servalan, knowing what she does to those who fail her. She barely gives him time for a BigNo before sending him to join Ginka in hell.

** The concealable pistol that Servalan gives Deral is the type she stole from Dayna's bedroom in "Aftermath" (though Chel took that one off her, so she must have found another one in Melanby's armoury).

** Servalan says the Clonemasters were destroyed in the war, explaining why she doesn't just use the same people who produced a clone of Blake in "Weapon".

** The concealable pistol that Servalan gives Deral is the one she stole from Dayna's bedroom in "Aftermath".

* BBCQuarry: Averted as Auron is a long-established civilization so the action takes place inside a city, with Thruscross Reservoir Dam and Leeds Polytechnic used for location shots.

* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Cally and Zelda are [[ActingForTwo both played]] by Jan Chappell.

Servalan infects Cally's homeworld with a SyntheticPlague.

Servalan infects Cally's homeworld with a deadly pathogen.

* WomanInBlack: Servalan starts wearing black from now on. Jacqueline Pearce requested this to indicate Servalan mourning for her children, although the change in colour actually occurs from the start of the episode.

* VillainsActHeroesReact: The Terran Federation is conflicted by rebellion and civil war, a prime opportunity for forging alliances with some of these breakaway groups to oppose Servalan. Yet the crew is going along with Avon's quest for personal vengeance because they're bored and there's nothing else to do. Meanwhile Servalan is planning to establish a dynasty and increase her [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority strength and authority]] by seizing the Liberator. According to the next episode, there's a rebellion brewing on Earth that will be quashed because of Servalan's quick response in mustering her forces, without any opposition from the Liberator. One can't help thinking that our heroes lost their drive along with Blake.

* VillainsActHeroesReact: The Federation is in the midst of rebellion and civil war, a prime opportunity for forging alliances with some of these breakaway groups to oppose Servalan. Yet the crew is going along with Avon's plan because they're bored and there's nothing else to do. Meanwhile Servalan is planning to establish a dynasty and increase her [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority strength and authority]] by seizing the Liberator. According to the next episode, there's a rebellion brewing on Earth that will be quashed because of Servalan's quick response in mustering her forces, without any opposition from the Liberator.