#Gauda Prime Day

[oxideblack]

[pers-books]

The complete first season of Terry Nation’s classic sci-fi adventure series will be published as a collection of brand-new hardback novelisations.

Blake’s 7 debuted on BBC television in 1978 and quickly developed a cult following of fans eager to enjoy the exploits of Roj Blake and his gang of rebels in their battle against the sinister Federation.

Now, for the first time, the original episodes have been adapted into full-length books, featuring lavish photos and artwork, and released as a single box set limited to just 1,500 copies.

Blake’s 7: Origins is due for publication on 27 March 2023, marking 45 years since the original broadcast of the first season’s final episode. The set of seven is now available to pre-order for just £99.99 (plus postage & packing) exclusively here.

Each adaptation comprises two stories from the TV series and has been written by a well-known sci-fi author:

The Way Back/Space Fall by Paul Cornell Cygnus Alpha/Time Squad by Marc Platt The Web/Seek-Locate-Destroy by Gary Russell Mission to Destiny/Duel by Jacqueline Rayner Project Avalon/Breakdown by Steve Cole Bounty/Deliverance by Una McCormack Orac/Redemption by James Goss

Producer and Commissioning Editor Peter Anghelides said: “Our wonderful writers bring their talent, imagination and wit to these new novelisations. Each of them already has an impressive track record as a novelist, not to mention a wide range of other writing in prose and other media.

“Unlike conventional novelisations, which tend to be written before a TV show or movie has been completed, these are all informed by the available reference materials, 45 years of the show, and the inventiveness of our authors. They are all big fans of the series — our very own ‘Blake’s 7’ for this unique collection.

“The Nation Estate very helpfully allowed us to see original drafts written by Terry, some hand-annotated, to reference as the origins of the TV show. Where appropriate, we’re staying faithful to the original series. For example, some draft scripts feature the characters Arco Trent and Brell Klein, who make it onto Liberator – but (spoiler alert) they won’t be escaping Cygnus Alpha in our novels.

“However, along with BBC filming, camera, and rehearsal scripts, those early drafts have informed these brand-new novels for all thirteen episodes of that first season. And with Redemption as the conclusion of Terry Nation’s original fourteen-story run, it’s the first time that any of the second season has been novelised!”

The premium hardback printed books are available to pre-order together in a single collection for just £99.99 (plus postage & packing) here. These books are not available to buy separately.

All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release.

[probably-enjoying-this]

Happy B7 Holidays

[fangirlinglikeabus]

rip gan and travis and zen and cally and jenna and slave and blake and dayna and vila and soolin and tarrant and (probably?) avon

[fanonical]

my favourite thing is when fandoms come together to celebrate painful moments in tv shows

like, in blake's 7 fandom, we celebrate the day that the infamously grim finale aired as gauda prime day even forty years later

[bertilakslady]

Happy Gauda Prime Day!

[jaelijn]

Jaelijn’s Whumptober 2023: Day 11 - Day 20

Find Day 1 - Day 10 here!

(Haven't got around to doing daily tumblr updates, so you get them all at once today.)

Inadequate Options | T | A&/V | Non-Sexual Slavery, Heavy Angst

Sleepy Suggestions | T | A/V | Insomnia, Developing Relationship

Salty Winds | T | A/V | Post-Canon, Grief, past MCD

Bitter Almonds | M | A/&V | Post-Gauda Prime, Poisoning, MCD

Fluid Boundaries | G | A/V | AU: Merpeople

Forgotten Love | T | A | Pre-Series, Torture & Betrayal

Controlling Help | T | A&V | Collars, Canon-Divergent AU: Spacefall

Blind Luck | T | A&V | Canon-Divergent AU: Powerplay

Floral Thrall | T | A/V | Established Relationship, Control Pollen

Orbiting Fates | T | A&/V | Post-Orbit, Angst, Depression

[rebelsandfools]

Rebels and Fools: Issue 6

Happy Gauda Prime Day! And what more fitting day than to, at long last, release a new issue of our digital Blake's 7 fanzine, Rebels and Fools!

Issue 6 is finally here!

Once more a massive THANK YOU again to all contributors, without whom this zine wouldn’t exist. As our readers, please be vocal in your appreciation, in public or in private. You will find ways to contact the individual contributors in the zine, but I’m also always happy to take messages on this blog (ask box!), and appreciation posted into #rebelsandfools is most welcome and will be reblogged here (unless Tumblr eats the tagged posts because, well, Tumblr). And if you happen to be in the mood for a review - there is still space on R&F’s fanlore page!

Click here to get to the pdf download of the zine, or find the link for copy-pasting under this issue’s cover image by the fantastic @oxideblack.

Here is the link to the zine again, and for copy-pasting: 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cdxtvzza4nhay0r/Rebels%20and%20Fools%20-%20Issue%206.pdf

Enjoy the zine!

Sharing and Promotion: You are absolutely encouraged to talk about and promote the zine to Blake’s 7 fans anywhere and everywhere! If you wish to publicly share the zine off Tumblr, please link to the original of this Tumblr post, not the direct Dropbox link. I will be maintaining the link on here, but cannot guarantee that the download link won’t change over time.

One caveat on promotion: you cannot use the cover image or any content that is not your own in full or in part for the promotion of the zine (or any other purpose, really) without the explicit permission of the editor (me) and the creator of the content in question - if you plan a bigger piece on/promotion of R&F, contact the editor. You are not permitted to profit financially from this zine in any way, including but not limited to promotion and/or sharing of the zine.

Contributors: You are absolutely allowed to post your own work elsewhere, as long as you don’t submit it to another zine. I would, however, ask you to wait just one little week until December 28th 2022 before doing so, just so people have time to appreciate the zine in full first, and that you mention the zine and link back to this post when you do. There is also an AO3 collection, if you want to add your works there. For now, you can absolutely point people to the full zine and highlight where to find your content, if you want. Please do not use any submissions to the zine to make financial profit. And finally: thank you again for your wonderful submissions!

[thisbluespirit]

It’s the 40th anniversary of Gauda Prime, so I thought I should offer more than a reblog, so have this! 

When I first got on tumblr I did a series of posts tagged Why Classic Who Fans Should Watch Blake’s 7 (It’s great, and unlike most 21st C souls classic dw fans are prepared re. terrible SFX and beige telly faults - and if you like it, it’s one of the best rides you’ll ever have with a TV series.)  Also, it was created by Terry Nation and made by a whole bunch of other Classic Who people.  You will fall over at least ten of them every episode.  They also nicked each other’s props as a bonus.  It is literally part of the DW EU.

(I cannot reblog those posts because I accidentally deleted my first tumblr while trying to change my url and delete a sideblog.  It was very B7, really, because tumblr offer you no take-backs if you do that.  It’s just all over & you have no one to blame but yourself and the system.)

BUT I also combined it into a Dreamwidth post!  So please follow the link above for a Non-Spoilery intro to a show that is awesome but which you will 100% spoiler yourself for if you ever try to search for anything on it online whatsoever.  (I mean, if you like spoilers, do that.  If you prefer not to be, DON’T DO IT.)

@captain-aralias​ also did an intro one time, which was very different but also entirely intended to oppress people into the fandom by talking about its excellence, so you could also check that out!

(may be spoilers in comments of both posts, so do watch out for that.)

In short, we are all mourning today in B7 fandom.  If you want to have the genuinely fun time that will enable you to join us in our broken hearted remembrance, now is a great time for it - it’s even legitimately available via BritBox!  (Piratical approaches are fairly traditional and fandom-appropriate, though.)

[oxideblack]

[gaudaprimesocialclub]

In honour of Gauda Prime Day, we present a song: Gauda Prime Apartment Complex

Featuring vocals by @foreignobjecticus, guitar by @bunn1cula and lyrics by @sothatsagoodthing. Based on Mariners Apartment Complex by Lana Del Rey.

Lyrics:

You took my sentence out of context At the Gauda Prime Rebellion Complex I ain’t no Federation tool

I’m the man, the legend, the master Yeah I know, my face is a disaster But you’ll still follow in my shoes 

And what you’ve done in the years since I’ve seen ya You almost look like a die-hard believer Maybe you’ve forgiven me my sins

So kiss me now and say that you’ll join me Finally you found us, you found me I set all this up, waiting for you

We’ll find a way, just take my hand You look confused, and honestly you seem a little mad What’s with that gun? Don’t point it here, that’s where I am

BANG–BANG–BANG

They mistook my acting for evil I fucked up, I know that, but Deva Can’t a guy just do the best he can?

Catch a dude and sell him for money Think about it, it’s really kinda funny, How could Avon ever fall for that?

How could he think that I’m a deceiver? I’ve put on weight but I’m still a leader! And the bastard shot me where I stand!

But maybe now he’s here he’ll join the resistance Can’t keep us apart, no matter the distance Come on Avon, give it one more try

We’ll both agree it’s Tarrant’s fault Maybe this time we’ll talk about our feelings, not just shout It’s not so bad, it’s not like you made out with Servalan Wait? What was that?

[bruinhilda]

Happy PGP Day!

It’s post Gauda Prime, and it’s time to pick up the pieces and/or write fix-it fanfic!  Let’s raise a pick-me-up glass of Soma and celebrate!

[oldtvandcomics]

Ever heard of Gauda Prime Day? You people might enjoy it.

The fact that we celebrate the day 80% of the main characters die as like our international fandom holiday really says just about everything you need to know about the Les Miserables fandom I think

[fanonical]

Happy Gauda Prime day to all who celebrate

And by ‘celebrate’, I mean weep quietly into my hot chocolate

[raineszramski]

Gauda Prime Day

Because it's Gauda Prime Day! (If you're A Blake's 7 fan, you'll know what that is), Tim on Twitter made a shrine out of my Roj Blake illustration.

[jaelijn]

No Gauda Prime Day Calendar this year, folks.

Reasoning of sorts, in case you missed it, here.

I might still be posting some B7 things, random gifs and possibly some little drabble-y fics I've been writing for a break from the Untitled PGP Longfic, especially for "Orbit" Day and GPD, but yeah. Nothing official happening this year.