From: Fiona Moore nydersdyner@yahoo.co.uk
From: "Dana Shilling" dshilling@worldnet.att.net
The trouble is that Blake seems to undergo a complete character change between TWB and Space Fall--
I don't find the change of character at all surprising, myself. Between
the
two stories, Blake has been galvanised into action. At the beginning of
TWB,
he is a good citizen, and believes he always has been so; as you say he is completely at the mercy of the events which overtake him.
I think the character shift actually begins in TWB itself. His repeated 'No drugs' to Havant, his refusal to offer any defence at his trial - these are the first stirrings of the confident, assertive Blake who sets out to take the London in the next episode. Not necessarily a change of character at all, since at the start of TWB he is totally out of his depth as to what's going on, and just coming off the suppressants, and then promptly gets told that he thought he knew was a lie ... is it any wonder that the 'real' Blake might have gone off for a stroll round the block?
Not that I'm a character junkie or anything.
Neil