Blake's 7 (TV Series)

The Web (1978)

Gareth Thomas: Roj Blake

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Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Avon : I'll tell you a fact of life, Blake. Change is inevitable.

  Blake : Why else do we fight, Avon?

• [Avon has just saved Blake's life] 

  Blake : Thank you. Why?

  Avon : Automatic reaction. I'm as surprised about it as you are.

• Blake : Zen, how are the repairs going?

  Zen : They are proceeding on schedule.

  Blake : What caused the malfunction?

  [pause] 

  Blake : Well?

  Zen : Involvement is not permitted.

  Blake : If the ship's blown up, lofty disinterest won't save you.

• [Blake whirls around and levels his gun at a lone Decima that has snuck up behind him] 

  Blake : Keep back.

  Decima : Help us. Help us, please.

• Zen : Limited range forward vision is available should you require it.

  Vila Restal : Why couldn't you tell us that before?

  Blake : Put up forward vision.

• Zen : Repair monitors report explosive device attached to primary power channel.

  Blake : Where?

  Zen : Hold three, access duct seven.

  Blake : Well can the automatics neutralize it?

  Zen : No.

  Blake : Why not?

  Zen : There is no damage.

  Avon : Computer logic. Until the bomb explodes there is nothing for the repair system to repair. Zen, can you reprogram the automatics?

  Zen : Preemptive interference in crew activity is forbidden.

  Blake : [running for passageway]  Oh, he'll clear up after us, but he won't stop us making a mess.

  Avon : [moves to follow him]  *You* made *this* mess.

  Jenna Stannis : We're all in it, Avon.

  Avon : [over his shoulder from the passageway]  Yes, aren't we!

• Blake : Vila.

  Vila Restal : Yes.

  Blake : It's time to use the neutron blasters.

  Vila Restal : At last. I've been looking forward to this.

  Blake : Take it easy. It might blow us all up. See if you can blast a hole through that web. Fire!

  [Vila presses a button to fire. An alarm sounds] 

  Zen : Neutron flare shield has not been activated.

  Vila Restal : Which one's that?

  Blake : [angrily to Zen:]  *Activate* the neutron flare shield!

  [Alarm stops. A parallel hatch pattern overlays the main screen] 

  Zen : Confirmed. Blasters are cleared for firing.

• Blake : Listen, there's a problem. If we let them have these, they'll use them to wipe out an entire race of creatures, people, here.

  Avon : If it concerns you, don't give them the cells.

  Blake : No, there's more. They've got a carrier beam that projects a fungicide which'll clear a way through the web for us. It doesn't work without this power.

  Avon : Ah, well, if it's between the creatures and us, there's no argument. Even your irrational conscience should be able to cope with that.

  [Beat then, resigned] 

  Avon : What do you want to do?