September 11th, 2026
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Blake’s 7 The Collection Series 3
Available to order in the UK from www.amazon.co.uk, www.zavvi.com and www.rarewaves.com
Available to order in the USA from www.amazon.com
Maximum power! Blake’s 7 fans can rejoin the rebellion as the iconic BBC sci-fi series comes to Blu-ray with a SIX DISC box set of the complete third series.
In the aftermath of a galactic war, Blake is missing, so Avon takes command of the Liberator – continuing the quest to free the galaxy from the tyrannical rule of the Federation and its Supreme Commander, Servalan.
All 13 episodes have been newly remastered from the best available sources and have never looked or sounded so good on home media. PLUS, fans can experience their favourite sci-fi show like never before, with brand new optional updated effects on EVERY EPISODE, exclusive to this Blu-ray set.
Blake’s 7 The Collection: Series 3 Special Features
Jam-packed with hours of new and exclusive material including:
- LIBERATION – SERIES 3: A brand-new feature-length documentary looking back on the making of the series.
- ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY: Part 3 of the previously unreleased Making Of Blake’s 7, featuring extensive interviews with cast and crew.
- PAUL DARROW TRIBUTE: A look at the life and career of one of the series’ most popular actors.
- IN CONVERSATION: Matthew Sweet chats to actor Jan Chappell.
- TERRY NATION TRIBUTE: A conversation with Rebecca and Joel Nation.
- RARE CONVENTION FOOTAGE: Previously unreleased panels with the cast and crew.
- NEW AUDIO COMMENTARIES
- HD PHOTO GALLERIES
- PDF WRITTEN ARCHIVE: Production paperwork, scripts, studio floorplans and much more, available for the first time.
- ARCHIVE TREATS: From the BBC archives.
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Tardis 2
September 23rd, 2026 - 1:40pmApparently its out November 23rd.
Tardis 2
September 23rd, 2026 - 10:19pmSo that’s good to know
The Unlicensed Physician
September 18th, 2026 - 12:30pmI tried posting this earlier but I think the link to Musk’s cesspit got it zapped. Paul V has said on social media that he’s started using AI with this release, not to the extent of the Who sets but if you watch the trailer in 1080p you can spot it at times. He posted on Sept 12th if you want to hunt down the source.
booboo
September 18th, 2026 - 12:34pmI have put it through now, spam filters now seem to block anything with x,,com in it (although i can see why)
The Unlicensed Physician
September 18th, 2026 - 12:54pmBooboo: Yes, it’s certainly not a site I’d visit myself. Even if the content wasn’t disproportionately awful I wouldn’t want to give clicks and advertising revenue to you know who. That guy is even worse than the one you have to keep deleting.
Babelbro
September 19th, 2026 - 12:49am@The Unlicensed Physician
Many thanks for highlighting Paul Vanezis’ Twitter reply to the Ai in Blakes 7 Blu-rays.
While I understand through friends involved in the tv post production industry that ‘lifting’ digital noise, and placing it back onto the finished shots is a regular process with modern filmmaking, as a means of blending in visual effects, cgi and the like – for Vanezis to be using this method to ‘denoise’ raw video tape footage of Blakes 7 is… Very odd.
I personally have seen what broadcast tapes from the BBC Archive, from the 1980’s actually look like (digitized as playable from a computer) some of which have been sent to me by an ex employee of the BBC. If anyone’s interested to see what native video tape footage is supposed to look like, reply below and I’ll do what I can to send screenshots.
Having seen what I’ve seen – unless the Blakes 7 footage is physically damaged and/or deteriorated in any way, though highly unlikely by the 1980’s, given it hasn’t as poor archiving reputation as Doctor Who – then I cannot find any way of justifying why Vanezis is going this far to permanently alter the original tape footage in this way by erasing original picture quality detail – when these broadcast masters as-is are perfectly watchable, more than ever before thanks to the much higher bitrate limits on Blu-ray. You should just be able to sit back and watch the broadcast masters as-was – and *then* if Paul Vanezis wants to mess around with DNR’ing the picture with AI algorithms then make that the ‘special edition’.
I get this constant feeling more than ever that absolutely nothing is being taken or board or listened to when the technical feedbacks, the forum discussions, and even the Amazon + YouTube reviews showing just how devastating and destructive AI is when slathered onto these SD masters.
I’m also noticing more and more people comparing this AI obsession altering classic television to the ‘loudness wars’ of CD ‘remasters’, wherby the audio dynamic range is deliberately being crushed to oblivion because of this needless obligation to ‘modernize the sound’ of many 1960’s – 1980’s albums.
There is this, arrogant assumption by the people at the very top of the ‘restoration’ pyramid that believe it okay to forever change the look, feel, and sound of this historic media, of which we should be preserving in it’s original form as best as we possibly can for future generations to experience in as near the exact same way as we did, but moreso closer to the generations before us.
What’s topped this all for me recently is the leaked HMV stock list implying a huge catalogue of Doctor Who DVDs (pre AI Blu-ray) will be soon out of print altogether. So unless you’re going for the second hand market (which is already spiking now with CEX charging £5+ per individual dvd) then your only choice of physical media for Classic Doctor Who will be the AI + DNR slop Collection sets.
Dark times ahead ladies and gents. Grab the dvds while you still can.
Gordon
September 19th, 2026 - 1:39amWell this certainly adds to the theory and rumours that it’s inclusion is being enforced by the higher ups.
As I understand it it’s not generative ai in the same vain in what Crocker has done for the doctor who ones.
Looking at the brief footage in the trailer on my 43 inch tv if that is what we are getting in the finished trailer it looks very watchable . Nothing as egregious as the doctor who s13 and 21. Certainly prefer it to the previous 20 plus year old dvds. If we can get the doctor who ones to look like these I’m sure there would be less complaining, However I’d prefer that it wasn’t used/enforced though.
Having asked around about the supposed out of print list well some are going out of print due to having been sucseeded by special editions but the majority will be a print to order option for retailers. Considering the age of some of them (some approaching 25 years) I’m very suprised a lot of these aren’t already out of print
The Unlicensed Physician
September 18th, 2026 - 8:50amPaul V has said on social media that he’s using AI processing on this release. He’s not using it to the extent they do on Who, but if you watch the trailer at 1080 resolution you can start to see it popping up on some shots. Even for noise reduction, AI isn’t quite there yet.
https://x.com/PaulVanezis/status/2098812999725191327?s=20
NickD
September 16th, 2026 - 10:26pmMight want to be wary of ordering off Zavvi, they have called in the administrators.
Doctorwhat1944
September 16th, 2026 - 5:53amThere are strong rumours that Zavvi is about to go into administration. I’m not sure what this will mean for pre orders if you’ve paid upfront.
Red Five, Where Going In.
September 16th, 2026 - 2:06pmI hope not, I know nany people had Pre-Orders on the Master Replicas 1/6 Scale Dr Who Figures. Luckily I didn’t though as Once Bitten Twice shy with the Exact same thing happening with Big Chief.
Red Five, Where Going In.
September 16th, 2026 - 2:17pmLooks True Doctorwhat1944. I didn’t know anything about it until you mentioned it, so I’ve just Googled it and it says Zaavi have filed for Administrators. (Which gives them a short amount of protection while the company decides with what happens next).
NickD
September 16th, 2026 - 10:28pmBest to cancel them, you may get your money back if you’ve ordered by credit card. Otherwise you’re back of the queue like Eaglemoss and Big Chief.
Gordon
September 17th, 2026 - 1:15amI was able to order 2 of my 3 things I had on preorder from Zavvi so cancelling on some things might not be an option, The third item is due out (as far as I’m aware) next week so might be too late on that one. Hopefully it will be ok.
Gordon
September 16th, 2026 - 12:42amrichard Bignell has posted the pdf materials:
Series 3 Commissioning Documents – 61 pages
Series 3 Radio Times Cuttings – 25 pages
Series 3 Audience Research Reports – 4 pages
Series 3 Programme-as-Completed Documents – 39 pages
Aftermath – Production Documentation – 297 pages
Aftermath – Camera Script – 116 pages Aftermath – Editing Script – 124 pages
Aftermath – Transmission Camera Script – 106 pages
Powerplay – Rehearsal Script – 138 pages
Powerplay – Transmission Camera Script – 149 pages
Volcano – Rehearsal Script – 130 pages
Volcano – Transmission Camera Script – 128 pages
Dawn of the Gods – Production Documentation – 38 pages
Dawn of the Gods – Rehearsal Script – 113 pages
Dawn of the Gods – Camera Script – 120 pages
The Harvest of Kairos – Rehearsal Script – 152 pages
The Harvest of Kairos – Transmission Camera Script – 156 pages
City at the Edge of the World – Rehearsal Script – 118 pages
City at the Edge of the World – Post-Production Camera Script – 128 pages
Children of Auron – Transmission Camera Script – 158 pages
Rumours of Death – Rehearsal Script – 113 pages
Rumours of Death – Transmission Camera Script – 115 pages
Sarcophagus – Rehearsal Script – 127 pages
Sarcophagus – Transmission Camera Script – 122 pages
Ultraworld – Transmission Camera Script – 162 pages
Moloch – Vere Lorrimer’s Handwritten Music – Convicts’ Freedom March – 1 page
Moloch – Camera Script – 139 pages
Death-Watch – Rehearsal Script – 138 pages
Death-Watch – Camera Script – 152 pages
Terminal – Rehearsal Script – 148 pages
Terminal – Transmission Camera Script – 175 pages
The Unlicensed Physician
September 17th, 2026 - 3:32pmI’m guessing that the Who production files survived because the series kept going and people were accessing them? So as a “dead” series, with rarely accessed paperwork, B7 files went in the shredder.
Gordon
September 15th, 2026 - 4:19pmThe bfi screening is set for 31st October. No word on which eps yet. That does fit in with the usual early November release we have had the previous 2 years
Red Five, Where Going In.
September 15th, 2026 - 8:48pmDo you know if there ever was a Postcard for Season 2. I’ve had the BFI Season 1 postcard for quite awhile now but I don’t think I ever saw one for Season 2?
Gordon
September 16th, 2026 - 12:27amI’ve no idea sorry
Gareth Pugh
September 16th, 2026 - 11:49amRed Five, Where Going In – yes, the BFI did do a postcard for Season 2.
Red Five, Where Going In.
September 16th, 2026 - 2:11pmThanks Gareth. Yes, Yesterday night I went on Ebay and I found the B7 BFI Season 2 Postcards for sale from 2 different Sellers. (I hadn’t noticed them before though).
Red Five, Where Going In.
September 17th, 2026 - 1:45amThe B7 BFI postcard is on its way. Last night I put an offer in abit lower than the asking price and when I looked this morning the seller had excepted my offer.
Snowman
September 14th, 2026 - 10:57amLOL Colin Baker, I met him at a Local Convention a Couple of Years ago, such a Lovely Funny Guy.
Ricky
September 14th, 2026 - 3:21pmAgreed he always shows a very warm and welcoming personality, and for me ,he was a brilliant doctor ,I know he’s marmite as the doctor though but for me he was great in the role .
Snowman
September 14th, 2026 - 5:15pmYes Ricky I never liked the 6th Doctor, infact he was the only Doctor I never really liked. But it goes to show what a Good Actor he was to come across as unlikeable to alot of Dr Who Fans, when in reality he’s such a Lovely bloke.
Bookcollector
September 14th, 2026 - 5:33pmIt’s funny. I really like colin Baker, I like his performance as the doctor, but I don’t like his era that much. It’s the storylines that let him down for me.
Snowman
September 15th, 2026 - 8:33pmYes Bookcollector, has Ricky just mentioned Colin was abit “Marmite” you either loved him or disliked him as the Doctor. I know some Fans liked in as the Doctor. He was always abit too Abrasive and big headed for my liking and to be honest it was always abit of a shock to the System after all the previous Doctors.
bookcollector
September 15th, 2026 - 9:27pmI had a slightly different take on his performance. It felt more theatrical than real. He was bombastic rather than genuinely arrogant. The writing certainly help though. Interestingly I felt the same with Davison. Great doctor. Weak writing and weak companions. Nyssa was great but massively underused in place of weaker characters. Tegan just whinged incessantly, I never understood why she stayed as she made it plain she didn’t enjoy it. Adric was written as an unpleasant misogynist, although more his age than perhaps genuine thoughts, turlough was incredibly untrustworthy then we get peri who was good. So like the baker era, good doctor but I wasn’t to impressed by the writing, particularly after saward took over as script editor.
bookcollector
September 15th, 2026 - 9:28pmThat should be, the writing certainly didn’t help…
Ricky
September 13th, 2026 - 9:02pmMy goodness this looks a wonderful set ,that trailer really does wet the appetite and im sure there will be a new fan base created with these releases ,and we have some great extras to look forward to aswell. We are very lucky to have these and it’s wonderful such a brilliant series has had a new lease of life . Can’t wait !
Sskel
September 12th, 2026 - 7:16pmThis looks to be an amazing set as usual! My favourite season of B7. This is turning out to be an expensive winter with the 2 Who standard editions just announced as well!
I’m guessing we’ll get Steven Pacey & Glynis Barber in conversation on the S4 set and tributes to Michael Keating and Peter Tuddenham? Would be amazed (but very happy) if we got anything with Josette Simon. I wonder if we’ll be getting anything representing David Maloney on the Doctor Who sets – S6 would seem to be the contender if they plan on doing anything.
Prof Horner
September 12th, 2026 - 3:05pmI do Remember watching Michael Keating been interviewed on Look North while on location in Patley bridge. I also remember seeing photos of Dayna and Tarrant in The Yorkshire Evening Post , which my late mother worked for. But wasn’t till I saw The Radio Times for the first episode, that i discovered that Blake and Jenna had gone and that there was two new characters that had replaced them. How different the world was back then .
David
September 12th, 2026 - 8:33amSorry I won’t be wasting my money. Instead of wasting their time and money on this, they could have spent it on Doctor Who.
Mikk89
September 12th, 2026 - 9:17am@David You do realise it isnt the same team working on Doctor Who, besides Blake’s 7 had only 4 Series to restore for these releases, not 26. (Wether you like it or not, they may be spacing out the remaining seasons of Doctor Who to give more time for the remaining 60s Seasons)
Gordon
September 12th, 2026 - 9:25amBut they are working on both doctor who and Blake’s 7! It’s almost like people can work on multiple projects at the same time! Plus it’s not a waste of their time and money as people want this! I certainly do and looking at the comments I’m certainly not the only one! As for it being a waste of their money well the previous 2 releases were profitable (only the first 1 was a guarantee as it was testing the market). Not every release is aimed specifically at you and you know what that’s ok. I’ve no interest in the circuit breaker stuff but that’s ok as I know there are other fans excited for it
Moonbeam
September 12th, 2026 - 10:32amSurely this is just a click bait comment. If not, just stupid.
The Trailer looks amazing and I’ve really enjoyed the past 2 collections.
James M
September 12th, 2026 - 12:41pmI think someone needs some attention
Bookcollector
September 12th, 2026 - 1:07pmIgnore him, it’s a clickbait comment. I’m sure I recognise the style. There is no point in engaging.
booboo
September 12th, 2026 - 1:16pmRegular poster who clearly doesn’t like blakes7
Auton
September 12th, 2026 - 1:53pmSad that some people just love complaining for the sake of it. Really not good for your health, David
RobW
September 13th, 2026 - 10:15amI bought b7 s1 to watch the extras such as the Micheal Briant interview etc absolutely no harm to the range doing this at all. It keeps the teams busy, fans happy and money flowing, plus is fills in gaps whilst waiting for season 16. S3’isnt for me but loads of fans will be looking forward to it, be happy for them
Bookcollector
September 13th, 2026 - 1:39pmNot the same team, these have no links to the who seasons and no influence on releases. This isn’t instead of a who season it’s a release entirely on it’s own merit.
James
September 13th, 2026 - 3:23pmIt’s all from BBC Studios but they have separate teams working on different projects. Not only the current Doctor Who Collection sets as well as Blake 7 but also they released the Narnia set last year.
Gareth Pugh
September 13th, 2026 - 8:21pmNot sure the OP really understands how media and entertainment products businesses and their budgets work. Although they share a fair bit of personnel in making these sets (and good for us they do, as they are extremely talented 🙂 as we know from the Who Collection sets), budget allocated to the B7 collections won’t have been ‘stolen’ or diverted from DW sets. And besides, today (Sun 13th Sept) we’ve had Lee Binding’s colour tease post for the next DW Collection set – I doubt that would have happened yet if we weren’t getting the release this side of year-end.
RobW
September 14th, 2026 - 11:10amsome people work on both sets, chris champman, paul v etc… lee does the covers. presume mark a does audio as well
you are event getting same guests, colin, nicola, micheal e, prob nation family have filmed something for season 1 or 3, as not sure we have had a doc about him from memory
Renegade86
September 12th, 2026 - 2:31amWow. I’m even more excited for this release now. Only the other day my dad was mocking that “stupid ant creature” from Blake’s 7 so I look forward to showing him the updated version!
Prof Horner
September 11th, 2026 - 4:49pmWell since there is no Doctor Who season boxset this year. I will pre order this one instead of waiting for Christmas. The extras are what we have expected. Which is not a criticism. I have enjoyed rediscovering Blake’s Seven and how good it is. The new effects and special features are up to the standard of the Doctor Who releases . Can’t wait.
Gordon
September 11th, 2026 - 4:29pmPress release and trailer out:
Maximum power! Blake’s 7 fans can rejoin the rebellion as the iconic BBC sci-fi series comes to Blu-ray with a SIX DISC box set of the complete third series.
In the aftermath of a galactic war, Blake is missing, so Avon takes command of the Liberator – continuing the quest to free the galaxy from the tyrannical rule of the Federation and its Supreme Commander, Servalan.
All 13 episodes have been newly remastered from the best available sources and have never looked or sounded so good on home media. PLUS, fans can experience their favourite sci-fi show like never before, with brand new optional updated effects on EVERY EPISODE, exclusive to this Blu-ray set.
Jam-packed with hours of new and exclusive material including:
LIBERATION – SERIES 3: A brand-new feature-length documentary looking back on the making of the series.
ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY: Part 3 of the previously unreleased Making Of Blake’s 7, featuring extensive interviews with cast and crew.
PAUL DARROW TRIBUTE: A look at the life and career of one of the series’ most popular actors.
IN CONVERSATION: Matthew Sweet chats to actor Jan Chappell.
TERRY NATION TRIBUTE: A conversation with Rebecca and Joel Nation.
RARE CONVENTION FOOTAGE: Previously unreleased panels with the cast and crew.
NEW AUDIO COMMENTARIES
HD PHOTO GALLERIES
PDF WRITTEN ARCHIVE: Production paperwork, scripts, studio floorplans and much more, available for the first time.
ARCHIVE TREATS: From the BBC archives.
Bella
September 11th, 2026 - 6:22pmThanks Gordon.
My favourite series of Blake’s 7. Can’t wait!
Just to say a sincere thanks for a sustained level of sensible knowledge and reapectful discussion on this forum. The go-to-guy I trust. Hope we all love this boxset and kind of a shame only one more to go afterwards
Gordon
September 12th, 2026 - 8:22amCheers. Last years season 2 set was one of my favourite things bbc studios had put out in 2025 so I’m really excited for this one
Pablo Barracuda
September 12th, 2026 - 6:38pmI seem to remember that the original commentaries for s1/2 were pretty good, but for s3/4 were terrible with lots of dead air, do we have any clue as to who will be doing the new ones, I take it Toby will be moderating?
Gordon
September 12th, 2026 - 10:17pmThink project Avalon also had some silences too.
Toby said he’s on 3. Can’t see them doing ones that are already done so not these 3:
Audio commentary on Rumours of Death with Paul Darrow, Chris Boucher and Jan Chappell
Audio commentary on Death-Watch with Chris Boucher and actress Jacqueline Pearce
Audio commentary on Terminal with Paul Darrow, Jacqueline Pearce, David Maloney and Gareth Thomas
Maybe aftermath,volcano and city on the edge of forever????
Pablo Barracuda
September 12th, 2026 - 10:37pmI forgot that Project Avalon had dead air as well, Death Watch is a terrible commentary, for s3 I would like Aftermath, Harvest of Kairos and Moloch to have commentaries, Moloch might be a problem though!
The Unlicensed Physician
September 17th, 2026 - 3:52pmFar too many disc commentaries seemed to involve getting people into the booth and… Well, that was about it. I won’t name names, but the commentary on one feature film was edited down to an under half hour featurette on its later reissue – so under one third of the film was actually spoken over originally.
Gordon
September 11th, 2026 - 4:20pmTrailer
Pablo Barracuda
September 11th, 2026 - 10:36pmThe Harvest episode looks fantastic, can’t wait.
Matt D
September 11th, 2026 - 4:18pmTrailer is live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-5CpC-NO_Y&t=2s
New FX looks fab, some nice documentaries as well. Though no sign of Steven Pacey or Josetee Simon sadly.
Tardis 2
September 11th, 2026 - 5:10pmWOW!JUST WOW!
Gordon
September 12th, 2026 - 8:20amI always hoped they would get her but always knew she would be the hardest to pin down due to how busy she is plus she’s always had a bit of a weird relationship with the show. It’s possible she said no but it’s also possible that she was busy
Steven is a bit of an odd one. I couldn’t think of a reason why he would say no as he always seems happy to talk about it but he was filming a new tv show in Prague for Netflix so its possible he was simply busy during filming or they are holding his appearance as a surprise. Guessing if he’s not available it will be Glynis for the season 4 documentary (she’s briefly in the season 2 release with the Jaqueline Pearce documentary which suggests they may have already filmed something else)
Colin being on the season 3 documentary isn’t too much of a surprise. Colin has a good working relationship with the director Chris chapman who has worked with him numerous times and Chris even wrote a big finish for him. Hopefully he’s also on the commentary as well.