Zoë Voices Blake's 7 Audio
07 April 2010
According to the official Blake's 7 website, Zoë has voiced the character of The Pilot for the Blake's 7 Audio Adventure ZEN: Escape Velocity. The audio adventure is part of the BLAKE’S 7: THE EARLY YEARS series, published by the UK-based independent production company, B7 Productions and stars Zoë, Jason Merrells, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Alistair Lock as Zen.
THE EARLY YEARS is a prequel series of stories that explores the origins of key Blake's 7 characters prior to them meeting rebel leader, Roj Blake. This latest entry to the ever-expanding series takes a new twist, concentrating on a character that doesn’t breathe or have any parents, the synthetic intelligence ZEN.
When Roj Blake first stepped on board the mysterious, derelict alien spaceship Liberator, his every movement was monitored by the ship’s controlling intelligence, ZEN. Luckily, Blake and his rebel crew managed to gain the ‘confidence’ of this creation from an alien world and so was able to use the Liberator in his quest for justice against the Federation. But the origins of ZEN have remained a mystery, until now.
What terrible catastrophe left the Liberator drifting and shattered? What drove the ship’s intelligence to murder its original crew? What dark secrets lie at the heart of this alien machine? And are Roj and his crew really safe on board the Liberator?
The story is told from the point of view of one of the original Liberator crew, the human Pilot, played by Zoë. How a human without a past came to be on board this alien vessel will be just the beginning of this spine-tingling tale. For Zoë, playing a character with no past was an exciting challenge:
“With no past to draw from, the emphasis was on Pilot’s instincts. It was important for me to strike the right balance between portraying an innocent who is seemingly starting life afresh and in Pilot’s case, an old soul, whose innate wisdom and fighting spirit, tells her that all is not what it seems.”
Story 2.1 ZEN: ESCAPE VELOCITY
Written by James Swallow | Directed by Andrew Mark Sewell
Release: 26 April 2010 | RRP: £10.99 | ISBN: 978-1-906577-09-4
Featuring Zoë Tapper, Jason Merrells, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Alistair Lock as Zen.
Richard T Kelly has reported in his blog, a change to the title of his forthcoming 30 minute play (Jennifer), which stars Zoë and Andrew Buchan. The play is to be aired on Channel 4 as part of the "Coming Up" film season for 2010.
A five-disc series one and two Survivors DVD set for the US (Region 1) was released on 27 April 2010 (the day that the final episode of series two was broadcast on BBC America). This edition is currently available for order from the US Amazon.com site.
