If you ask science fiction fans which television series established and advanced the genre , you'll probably receive a roster of options: The Twilight Zone , Star Trek , The X-Files , Babylon 5 , the Battlestar Galactica reboot, and Black Mirror , to name a few. Although those boundary-pushing titles deserve recognition, one masterfully before-its-time gem remains criminally overlooked , despite retaining enough of a loyal following to qualify as a cult classic . Launching on the BBC in 1978 and running for four seasons, Blake’s 7 quietly but firmly revolutionized sci-fi on the small screen. Although creator Terry Nation 's conceit draws from George Orwell 's novel 1984 and the Robin Hood mythos, in genre terms, Blake’s 7 dystopian etho

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