Blake's 7 (TV Series)

Blake (1981)

Peter Tuddenham: Orac, Slave

Quotes 

• Avon : Orac, what proof do we have that Blake is on Gauda Prime?

  Orac : That is where his trail ends.

  Tarrant : What trail? Explain.

  Orac : The chain of cause and effect amounts to a trail, if you can follow it.

  Vila : I can't even follow you.

  Orac : Everything has an effect on everything else around it. It is not easy to trace one line through the pattern of infinity, but in this case, I have. Blake is on Gauda Prime.

• Orac : Law must be established before the benefits of law can be restored.

  Avon : It is the day of the bounty hunter.

  Avon : [cut to close-up of Vila]  Thieves,

  Avon : [cut to close-up of Dayna, pan to Soolin]  killers,

  Avon : [cut to close-up of Tarrant]  mercenaries,

  Avon : [cut to close-up of Avon; he smiles, continuing]  psychopaths, are as unwelcome now as the farmers once were.

• Slave : Uh, I don't wish to interrupt, Master...

  Orac : Then kindly don't.

  Slave : I wasn't talking to you.

  Orac : You were attempting to override a superior system. Be silent.

• [Scorpio is about to crash] 

  Orac : The ground is very close, sir.

  Tarrant : I know that!

• [Scorpio's alarm goes off] 

  Tarrant : [everyone rushes to their flight positions]  Slave, what's wrong?

  Slave : Well, nothing is actually wrong, sir, yet.

  Avon : Explain the alarm, Slave.

  [alarm cuts out] 

  Slave : I had to get your attention, Master, and I was forbidden to speak unless spoken to.

  Avon : All right, you're spoken to. What is it?

  Slave : I beg to advise you, Master, that we're approaching the planet Gauda Prime.

  [the crew visibly relaxes] 

  Slave : And Scorpio is under attack!

  [an explosion rocks the flight deck]