I say gaining two new recruits into the Liberator crew to supersede Blake, and Jenna was something refreshing and we still have the arch-enemy and returning arch-villain Servalan herself still in the series is awesome in billions of ways.
The actor playing villain Klegg Michael Sheard, was an awesome actor he appeared 6 times in classic Dr Who stories, starting with Bill Hartnell in the Ark then he appeared with Jon Pertwee in the Mind of Evil then he twice appeared with Tom Baker in first Pryamids of Mars and then later Invisible Enemy . He then appeared with Peter Davison in Peter,s debut story Castrovalva then he finally appeared with Slyvester MCcoy in Remembrance of the Daleks so he did well in classic Dr Who appearing with all but 2 Doctors from the classic era Patrick Troughton and Colin Baker. I think had he been alive still when Dr Who came back in 2005 he would have appeared in the series,. Michael Sheard wanted he said at conventions to have played the Doctor given the chance.
@@spacehound3355 I do say having Tarrant and Dayna in the Liberator once Blake and Jenna sadly left, was done to rebuild the number of crewmembers back to 5 and season 3 still retained both arch-enemy and returning arch-villain Servalan herself now the president of the Terran Federation and she gains in the following episode Volcano a brand new ship which is a mark 2 star cruiser which is horrible in shape looking like a whale if she had had another modified mark 1 pursuit ship like she had in the series 2 episode the Keeper it would have been nicer or even a ship that was a cruiser not shaped like a whale. I do say series 3/4 of B7 having arch-enemy Servalan teaming up with different henchmen makes a refreshing change from having just one particular underling in tow like in series 1/2 . If in series 2 principal villain Servalan had gained an entirely new underling with a new name in place of Travis it would have done series 2 of B7 much more trade in billions of ways and it would have improved series 2 of B7 immensely .
I do say when it came to devising the character of Del Tarrant, I think that it was always the name the production team on B7 determined for the new male crewmember and Tarrant in series 3/4 is never mentioned to be a relative of Dev Tarrant from the pilot episode the Way Back who was the principal villain for that one episode. I do IMO say and think Dev Tarrant as a villain and as an enemy having survived been killed off could have realistically been brought back to B7 and IMO I wish Dev Tarrant had become the henchman and underling to arch-enemy and recurring arch-villain Servalan herself IMO Dev Tarrant was a better and more interesting villain and character than Travis good as Stephen Greif was as Travis like Roger Delgado who played the Doctors Time Lord arch-enemy much as Anthony Ainley did his best as the Master he no way like every other actor who played the Master matched or overshadowed Roger Delgados Master. I also say this episode having 2 main villains in arch-enemy Servalan and Klegg leading the death squad of the Federation I do say that this episode is similar to series 1 episode Mission to Destiny in the way it is a whodunnit , and in the first season episode the main villain was a woman called Sara and in the episode it is Tarrant who reveals to Avon he was a Federation space captain who went rogue and nicked a pursuit ship and got involved in smuggling and is a wanted outlaw with a high price on his head. I also feel series 3/4 of B7 having lost the banter between Blake and Avon was a shame in tens of billions of ways but if we had not lost Blake and Jenna then there is no way that Tarrant and Dayna would have even been in the crew of the Liberator . The only real way either Tarrant and or Dayna could have been in B7, if they were not in the crew of the Liberator and or later Scorpio they could have been portrayed either as villains or as heroes supporting the crew of the Liberator or Scorpio . If series 3 of B7 had kept Blake I suppose it is a possible option that Tarrant could have become a new underling and henchman to arch-enemy and arch-villain Servalan and that had it been the case could have been interesting .
I say gaining two new recruits into the Liberator crew to supersede Blake, and Jenna was something refreshing and we still have the arch-enemy and returning arch-villain Servalan herself still in the series is awesome in billions of ways.
Tarrant was originally intended to be played by an older man aged 35 to 40 but, was changed to a much younger man in his early 20s.
The actor playing villain Klegg Michael Sheard, was an awesome actor he appeared 6 times in classic Dr Who stories, starting with Bill Hartnell in the Ark then he appeared with Jon Pertwee in the Mind of Evil then he twice appeared with Tom Baker in first Pryamids of Mars and then later Invisible Enemy . He then appeared with Peter Davison in Peter,s debut story Castrovalva then he finally appeared with Slyvester MCcoy in Remembrance of the Daleks so he did well in classic Dr Who appearing with all but 2 Doctors from the classic era Patrick Troughton and Colin Baker. I think had he been alive still when Dr Who came back in 2005 he would have appeared in the series,. Michael Sheard wanted he said at conventions to have played the Doctor given the chance.
Michael Sheard was great as Klegg so ruthless, it seemed out of place for him when you look at his other roles. And yet he was great in this episode.
The Tarrant character was mainly brought in as a standin for Blake, and this series was so different in billions of ways without Blake and Jenna.
Indeed over all series 3 was good and had some interesting episodes. But it lost that banter between Blake and Avon.
@@spacehound3355 I do say having Tarrant and Dayna in the Liberator once Blake and Jenna sadly left, was done to rebuild the number of crewmembers back to 5 and season 3 still retained both arch-enemy and returning arch-villain Servalan herself now the president of the Terran Federation and she gains in the following episode Volcano a brand new ship which is a mark 2 star cruiser which is horrible in shape looking like a whale if she had had another modified mark 1 pursuit ship like she had in the series 2 episode the Keeper it would have been nicer or even a ship that was a cruiser not shaped like a whale. I do say series 3/4 of B7 having arch-enemy Servalan teaming up with different henchmen makes a refreshing change from having just one particular underling in tow like in series 1/2 . If in series 2 principal villain Servalan had gained an entirely new underling with a new name in place of Travis it would have done series 2 of B7 much more trade in billions of ways and it would have improved series 2 of B7 immensely .
I do say when it came to devising the character of Del Tarrant, I think that it was always the name the production team on B7 determined for the new male crewmember and Tarrant in series 3/4 is never mentioned to be a relative of Dev Tarrant from the pilot episode the Way Back who was the principal villain for that one episode. I do IMO say and think Dev Tarrant as a villain and as an enemy having survived been killed off could have realistically been brought back to B7 and IMO I wish Dev Tarrant had become the henchman and underling to arch-enemy and recurring arch-villain Servalan herself IMO Dev Tarrant was a better and more interesting villain and character than Travis good as Stephen Greif was as Travis like Roger Delgado who played the Doctors Time Lord arch-enemy much as Anthony Ainley did his best as the Master he no way like every other actor who played the Master matched or overshadowed Roger Delgados Master. I also say this episode having 2 main villains in arch-enemy Servalan and Klegg leading the death squad of the Federation I do say that this episode is similar to series 1 episode Mission to Destiny in the way it is a whodunnit , and in the first season episode the main villain was a woman called Sara and in the episode it is Tarrant who reveals to Avon he was a Federation space captain who went rogue and nicked a pursuit ship and got involved in smuggling and is a wanted outlaw with a high price on his head. I also feel series 3/4 of B7 having lost the banter between Blake and Avon was a shame in tens of billions of ways but if we had not lost Blake and Jenna then there is no way that Tarrant and Dayna would have even been in the crew of the Liberator . The only real way either Tarrant and or Dayna could have been in B7, if they were not in the crew of the Liberator and or later Scorpio they could have been portrayed either as villains or as heroes supporting the crew of the Liberator or Scorpio . If series 3 of B7 had kept Blake I suppose it is a possible option that Tarrant could have become a new underling and henchman to arch-enemy and arch-villain Servalan and that had it been the case could have been interesting .