Speaking as someone who saw the series on its first run, back when I was only a teenager, I sometimes feel sad when I watch B7, because so much time has passed. Here I sit, forty-one, older than Avon was at Gauda Prime, and I can't help thinking of all those who have gone before us, like Paul Daneman (Bellfriar), Ronald Lacey (Tynus), and so many others. What will our fandom be like in ten years time, or twenty? Will anyone still be interested? Will I be? We who were there at the beginning were very lucky, I think. I just wish I hadn't drifted away for so long, and missed so much. Blake's 7 is a part of the youth that has slipped away from me without me really noticing. In the same year as it began I was listening to The Jam's 'Setting Sons', and leaving school, and now I'm a factory worker, most likely till the day I retire. I wonder how the younger, newer fans will feel in twenty years time. Part of me loves B7 because it was part of my youth. I didn't have to make excuses for the dodgy sets and less-than-special effects - I had grown up watching 'Doctor Who', and it was just the normal thing. Newer fans must have tougher time of it, used to the glories of Babylon 5, Farscape and ST:TNG. They have to work a great deal harder to suspend their disbelief, something which we pretty much took for granted.
Mel
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