JC> After renting a few of the vids recently, seeing the 
 JC> original few with Blake actually aboard the Liberator and 
 JC> then Aftermath, without him...  Well there is not actually 
 JC> 7 crew members, even including Blake.

 JC> Am I to assume that the 7 in Blakes 7 includes Orac and 
 JC> Zen?

Zen only.

 JC> Avon, Villa, Gan, Kelly, Jenna, Blake is 6...

+ Zen, much to Avon's disgust (mind you he was disgusted with the whole
thing, so that doesn't count).

 JC> and in Aftermath Avon, Villa, Kelly, Tarant and umm I 
 JC> forget the other girl's name now, silly...  but that's 
 JC> still 6...

 JC> I'm missing something fundemental I know, but couls someone 
 JC> please be kind and point it out to me without denting my 
 JC> pride too much further?

You are missing something fundamental.  Blake's 7 is not like anything else
in this world.  Nowhere else will you find heros dying, decreasing the
total count, yet still called Blake's 7.  Nowhere else will you find the
leader (Blake) missing from half of the entire series, and still called
Blake's 7.  Nowhere else will you find a bastard as the leader, even
willing to kill his own crew members to save his own skin.  Blake's 7 is a
one and only event.  BFN.

Paul

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