“Nigel, would you be a love and start putting some England flags up around town? If you can, try and provoke some of the locals to have a go at you. Also, did everyone get the memo to stock up on crates of cheap lager? Oh - and please remember to remove your shirts when walking in the road!”

Red Dwarf nailed this with Toastie

In case anyone is in any doubt, I absolutely f***** LOVE the Foundation TV series. All of it!
It is THE benchmark hard SF series of the 21st century so far. It’s what I’ve been waiting for for soooo long, and I cannot wait for the next instalment.
Please let it be soon!

One of the many things I like about the Foundation TV series is how it weaves parts of the OG novels’ prequels into the ongoing plot line. In S3, there seems to be even more of it: with Day insinuating himself into Mycogen and Demerzel revealing herself to Gaal Dornick I got even more tingles!

Yeah I saw it - fun times 😆

Duel is a very decent episode, pitting Blake & Travis head to head quite early on in their ongoing battle. It could’ve made for a pretty good finale.
However their story is not over just yet…

I’ve watched this story so many times it’s unreal. It was title of the second Blake’s 7 VHS when they were released as omnibus compilations of three stories to a tape back in the day. But this is the first time I noticed that it was directed by the wonderful Douglas Camfield!

Blake stumbles in to help his friend and Travis springs forth! The two men fight!
But I’m not gonna tell you how it plays out, heh heh. If you know, you know, but if you don’t then you’ll just have to watch it yourself. Go on. It’s pretty good!

First thing the following morning, the Mutoid bat-blood-sucker hogties Jenna. Travis just about stops her gorging on Jenna’s life essence and the trap for Blake is set!

Luvley new VFX shot of … um… Mars??
Actually it’d be pretty cool if the Duel was happening on one of the Martian moons…

Avon is bored and turns himself in for some shuteye. Then Terry Nation gives him the best lines of the series so far 🙌

Meant to say… The Liberator isn’t going anywhere. So to help pass the time, the crew are treated to watching the action unfold via the ship’s scanner.

Each of the duellists is ‘granted’ a companion to help raise the stakes. Blake has Jenna & they spend the night up a tree fending off carnivorous bats.
Travis gets his Mutoid pilot who spends the night up a tree draining blood from carnivorous bats.
(BTW is it wrong to find Mutoids just a tad sexy?)

With the Liberator and Travis’ pursuit ship locked together, the two enemies are transported to the planet where they must duel to the death. Sinofar explains that her race was destroyed by warfare and that both men have a lesson to learn.