Posted in BBC, Events dear boy. Events, Science Fiction at 12:00 on 4 June 2019
I was sad to see that Paul Darrow has died.
As Avon in the BBC TV SF series Blake’s 7 he provided the grit in the oyster which turned it into a pearl. (There wasn’t much TV SF about in those days in the UK – Doctor Who apart – so we were grateful for what we could get.)
There’s a hint of Davros in some of Darrow’s delivery of his lines in this compilation of Avon’s put-downs.
Paul Valentine Birkby (Paul Darrow): 2/5/1941 – 3/6/2019. So it goes.
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Posted in Events dear boy. Events, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction at 22:00 on 4 June 2015
I saw in today’s Guardian Tanith Lee’s obituary.
Despite her prolificity, I don’t recall reading much of her work (SF, Fantasy and Horror in the main) but her name was familiar to me. I may have noticed at the time that she wrote two episodes of Blake’s 7 but it wasn’t something I had at my front of my mind.
She was notable as being the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award for best novel (for her book Death’s Master.)
Tanith Lee: 19/09/1947 – 24/5/2015. So it goes.
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