From: Jenny Kaye jennycat55@hotmail.com
Examining the scripts for B7, it is quite clear that the show had really been written for a much later time slot.
As I understand, it was envisaged from the start (by the BBC,at least, perhaps not Nation) as a replacement for Softly Softly, a show which from the (very) little I recall of it made Juliet Bravo look like cutting edge police drama.
The BBC high-ups however had
different ideas. To them Sci-Fi wasn't serious drama (it's interesting
that
they made an exception for Survivors-- did its near-future setting decieve them?)
Ah well, as they say, "SF's no good, they bellow till we're deaf..."
and B7 looked like
something that they could sell to a family audience. So although the
scripts
for series 1 stayed the same, the production of them was toned down for an earlier timeslot. Bugger eh?
Utterly bastard.
Neil