Ran across a memoir by Michael Sheard in the library the other day, and flicking through it, came across:
"I saw my episode of B's 7 recently - 'Powerplay'. I was bloody good! Section Leader Klegg ..."
<gurgle> might not be exactly modest (as a computer we all know once said, 'modesty would be dishonesty') but IMO he was absolutely right - he *was* bloody good as Klegg, one of the best things about Powerplay for me. I would have liked him to stick around for a bit longer (hey, they could have used someone to fill Travis's place, Klegg was easily scarier than Travis 2).
We really were given some wonderful one-off villains ... for me, Alta Morag, Dev Tarrant and Dr Havant(The Way Back); Largo, the Enforcer and the Chairman (Shadow); Provine (Countdown); Klegg; Grose and Lector (Moloch, two of its few virtues); Kostos (Terminal - a small part, but relished); and Arlen (Blake) are rather better than the Travii (much as I like them) and Servalan (much as I accept her as ratings-enhancer). Even Raiker (Spacefall) and Dorian (Rescue) are enormous fun in their own way ... corruption on the Federation's scale may be a Vad Thing, but it certainly makes for good characters, as 'twere ...
Sally
PS - the quote from Sheard was at the end of a bit about Gareth Thomas; he sees it as amusing that, although his episode came after Gareth left, he sees and works with the *latter* at a lot of cons ...
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