STARBURST

There are only a few major B7 articles in STARBURST. The major ones, in my opinion, are 17, 18, 28, 32, 36, 38, "115", 196, 197, 200, 205, 224, and 233. Of these, 196, 197 and 205 are very nice. STARBURST SPECIAL 21 has a great B7 article. Many issues mentioned don't have much B7. I didn't list two Knights of God (KOG) articles because they didn't mention Thomas, and now I can't find my notes. (I've seen several KOG articles in other magazines where GT isn't mentioned either.)

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6 (Jan. 1979 --Liberator on cover-- Terry Nation interviewed pp. 4-11 and B7 is part of it.
17 (Mat Irvine, only a little on B7 which is true for almost all special effects articles, pp. 28-33. Also B7 awards on pp. 46-49.)
18 (12 full pages on Blake's 7. The 3rd season cast is interviewed pp. 14-19 as is David Maloney pp. 26-31. Liberator on cover. Also, pp. 3, 32 & 42. Rare magazine.)
20 (B7 Special Effects)
21 (Ian Scoones pp. 14-19 and Mat Irvine pp. 44-48 but only a little on B7. Also, pp. 3,5.)
22-24 (Mat Irvine and special effects in all three issues, only a little on B7)
28 (Cover mention. Paul Darrow, pp. 30-35. Also, 2, 3.)
30 (Cover mention. P. 3, which is normally the table of contents. "Mitch" Mitchell/Special Effects on pp. 50-55, only a little B7. Also, letters about the Darrow interview p. 5)
32 (Cover mention. Pp. 2,3,4,21. Jacqueline Pearce pp. 22-27.)
34 (Martin Bower)
36 (Cover mention. Pp. 3,4. Vere Lorrimer pp. 26-28)
38 (Soolin is half the front cover--Glynis Barber pp. 29-31. Pp. 3, 38.)
39 (Cover mention. Jim Francis pp. 20-25 but only some B7. Pp. 2, 3, 28, 32.)
43 (One page about The End of Blake on p. 12. Also, pp. 3, 23, 53.)
64 ( One page on B7 p. 44 with B & W picture of Vila and Tarrant.)
89 (Vere Lorrimer pp. 48-50 and very nice Blake photo inside back cover.)
100 (Space City con 1986 on p. 39. Avon club is mentioned.)
110 (Oct. 1987--Ann Bown of Avon club is interviewed. Nice one page article.)
112 (Gareth Thomas photo and Knights of God--a GT show p. 38.)
114 (Feb. 1988--Robocop cover--one page on p. 31, Fantasia, about Diane Gies--Horizon. Beware that Starburst mislabeled 115 as 114 and the mislabeled 114 is the one that has more B7 in it. You really do not want to buy this issue--the real 114.)
"115"(mistakeningly labeled 114--March 1988--Batman & Robin cover-- B7 cover mention with misspelling. Infamous article celebrating 10 years of B7 which has a lot of errors, including misspellings. Could have been very nice. )
168 (Space City 1992 on p. 35. Also, 3, 9, 18, back cover.)
195 (Blake's 7 blasted on p. 22)
196 (Very good B7 article which has nice GT in it pp. 3, 14-17. Emphasis on seasons 1 & 2. Recommend.)
197 (Part 2 of good B7 article pp. 48-51. Emphasis more on season 3 & 4. Recommend. )
200 (Special issue but no mention of Thomas. Terry Nation pp. 33-38. Others are Darrow p. 81, Lorrimer p. 85, Irvine p. 89, Pearce p. 82, and Francis p. 86.)
205 (5 pp. on B7 Reunion with lots of color pictures pp. 42-45. Cover mention. Also, p. 2. P. 49 has audio tape ad. Extremely nice. Recommend. )
210 (Tiny very cute picture of Thomas & Darrow p. 6. The photo goes with a mention of the Together Again tapes. This is not worth buying the magazine for, but I did anyway.)
224 (Terry Nation tribute pp. 8-9.)
231 (11/97-- B7 radio show, The Sevenfold Crown & GT brief mention p. 8. )
232 (12/97--20th ann. issue of STARBURST but all B7 gets is a small photo on p. 57.)
233 (Jan. 88--Radio play, The Sevenfold Crown, pp. 9-11,12. Nice article. Recommend.)
235 ( 3/98--Darrow on p. 12.)
237 (5/98--B7 videos p. 80.)
258 (Thomas picture on p. 9 with some brief B7 news.)
271 (March '01--Con mention p 11. Article on pp. 23-24 which mentions B7 and there's a picture of Blake and Avon on p. 24.)

STARBURST SPECIALS

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1 (Winter --1987/88--Martin Bower/ B7 model maker article on pp. 42-45, only some B7. A poll article on pp. 59-61 has B7 as the 3rd favorite fantasy program.)
21 (Classic Sci-Fi--very good B7 article. pp. 18-23. Very nice. Highly recommend.)
27 just mentions B7 in a poll on p. 67. It's # 8 in a list of Best TV Shows. Doctor Who is # 9.
STARBURSTS with little B7 are 3, 76, 139, 225, 234, 240, 243, 246, 250, 254, and 257.


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Last updated on 09th of September 2001.