C4: DAWN OF THE GODS

RADIO TIMES: When the Liberator is mysteriously drawn off-course, it takes the crew vital minutes to find out why. By then it is already too late to save the ship from almost total destruction.

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BROADCAST

Monday, 28 January 1980: 7.15pm-8.10pm

GUEST CAST

The Caliph - Sam Dastor

Groff - Terry Scully

The Thaarn - Marcus Powell

CREW

Writer - James Follett

Director - Desmond McCarthy

Producer - David Maloney

Script Editor - Chris Boucher

Stunt Co-ordinator - Stuart Fell

Production Assistant - Roselyn Parker

Production Unit Manager - Sheelagh Rees

Director's Assistant - Hermione Stewart

Assistant Floor Manager - Antony Root

Film Cameraman - Peter Chapman

Film Recordist - Ian Sansam

Film Editor - Sheila S Tomlinson

Series Videotape Editors - Sam Upton (Uncredited), Malcolm Banthorpe (Uncredited)

Visual Effects Designer - Steve Drewitt, Jim Francis

Video Effects - A.J. Mitchell

Graphic Designer - Doug Burd

Studio Lighting - Brian Clemett

Studio Sound - Malcolm Johnson

Special Sound - Elizabeth Parker

Costume Designer - Dee Robson

Make Up Artist - Sheelagh J. Wells

Music By - Dudley Simpson

Series Created By - Terry Nation

FACT FILE

James Follett’s script specified the board game played by the Liberator crew as ‘Cosmos’, an intergalactic version of Monopoly.

The original version of the script was written for Jenna and ‘Captain’.

The scenes set on Crandor were shot on a featureless black set at Ealing Studios from Tuesday 28 to Thursday 30 August 1979.

Studio recording took place from Thursday 1 to Saturday 3 November 1979.

The Liberator surgical unit was a redressed cabin set from Powerplay.

The incidental music included ‘Cally’s Song’ by Elizabeth Parker.

Sheelagh Wells designed the Thaarn make-up.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

“David Maloney and Chris Boucher had a problem with a script that was either not delivered or was unusable. Chris and I had the same agent. I was volunteered by my agent George Markstein, the creator of The Prisoner TV series, to produce a script in a week.”

Writer James Follett, interviewed by Scorpio Attack in 2005.

“I thought the direction was sluggish, but that was true of a lot of television at the time. Blake’s 7 had the additional burden of special effects which was not reflected in the budget.”

Writer James Follett, interviewed by Scorpio Attack in 2005.

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