Series D

The fourth and final season of Blake's 7 known as Series D was broadcast in 1981 from September through to December. This was much later than the previous three seasons which were broadcast earlier in the year. It consisted of 13 episodes.

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Series D was a major change to the show's setting, following the destruction of the Liberator in Series C's Terminal the crew gain a new ship – Scorpio which first appears in Rescue. Cally is reported as dead by Avon, though a body is not shown, although her voice is heard offscreen. A new character; Soolin is introduced in the first episode, she joins the crew in the following episode Power.

None of the episodes of Series D were written by Terry Nation. Chris Boucher remained in the role of script editor.

Servalan returns in this season as Commissioner Sleer, having reinvented herself and her position in the new Federation, which following the aftermath of the galactic war in Series C is rebuilding its empire.

Every episode of this series is a single word long.

The final episode of this season Blake remains one of the bleakest endings to a television series. With the return of Roj Blake it ends with all of the cast appearing to die at the hands of the Federation or Avon.

#	Title	Writer	Director	Broadcast date	Notes
1	Rescue	Chris Boucher	Mary Ridge	28 September 1981
2	Power	Ben Steed	Mary Ridge	5 October 1981
3	Traitor	Robert Holmes	David Sullivan Proudfoot	12 October 1981
4	Stardrive	Jim Follett	David Sullivan Proudfoot	19 October 1981
5	Animals	Allan Prior	Mary Ridge	28 October 1981
6	Headhunter	Roger Parkes	Mary Ridge	2 November 1981
7	Assassin	Rod Beacham	David Sullivan Proudfood	9 November 1981
8	Games	Bill Lyons	Vivienne Cozens	16 November 1981
9	Sand	Tanith Lee	Vivienne Cozens	23 November 1981
10	Gold	Colin Davis	Brian Lighthill	30 November 1981
11	Orbit	Robert Holmes	Brian Lighthill	7 December 1981
12	Warlord	Simon Masters	Viktors Ritelis	14 December 1981	Final appearance of Servalan.
13	Blake	Chris Boucher	Mary Ridge	21 December 1981