Okay, my own suggestions ...
1. A few increases in the regular/semi-regular cast. As stated, keep Blake in Series 3; having him battered mentally and spiritually by the lead-up to Star One, and now having to deal with the fall-out of the War, the rebellion going on on Earth *and* that little deal with Avon ... it would be marvellous (and there'd be no need to let go of Tarrant, since it would just bring the crew back to the original six). In addition, bring back Bercol and Rontane (if her Supremeness can survive an exploding Liberator, they could survive an exploding Space Command) *or* joban for odd, sly cameos in the 'coup' episodes - scrambling for survival following Servalan's coup, involved - but carefully keeping their hands clean - in Sula's; making a possible appearance as one of those who deposed Servie?
Oh yes, and then there's Jarriere of course.
2. More money, yes, but equally important, more *time* for the scriptwriting process, so that duds could be rejected or rewritten. This in itself could do a lot for the sillier plots, the dodgy timeline (early series 1 is a beauty!!), the actual science and the political background, and also the wonkier characterisation, like Tarrant in 3rd series (a part written with a far older person in mind, and clearly *not* allowed for in the scripts), Soolin in early 4th series (no character at all), or the general 'wimp-the-women' trend (Bob Holmes is wonderful, but I'd have *loved* someone to take a pen to his lines for Jenna and Cally)
3. Either kill off Servalan in Terminal and bring in a new (or previous) villain, or do *something* about the god-awful 'death-to-Servalan-spotters' storyline; the idea that she's killing off anyone who recognises her, while making not the slightest attempt to disguise herself, *while* aiming to return to the political level where an awful lot of post-coup survivors would *have* to recognise the former President ... I find this really really grating (I'm actually very good at suspending disbelief, but there *does* come a point ...)
And for the three episodes ...
1. I'm very fond of Voice from the Past (it's my Animals), but I'd be even fonder of the post-Voice addendum showing the angst-ridden fall-out for Blake and Our Heroes. And have a decent villain. And NO MUMMY SUITS.
2. Cygnus Alpha - do something about Brian Blessed, to make him underplay the role, or get someone else who *would*. It would have made a huge difference IMO if Vargas had been a quieter, more subtle menace (and didn't wear tennis shoes).
3. Power. Something *should* be done about Power, but I don't know what ...
******************* "And as for *you*," Vila repeated, catching hold of the little Avon in the very act of jumping over the Scorpio control panel, "I'll shake you into a Decima, I will!"
He took him off the table and shook him backwards and forwards with all his might.
The little Avon made no resistance whatsoever: only his face grew very small, and his eyes got small and black: and still, as Vila went on shaking him, he kept on growing shorter - and fatter - and rounder - and -
- And it actually *was* - a rat. ********************
As to who *really* dreamed it ...?
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