Editing Blake's 7 (section)

== Legacy ==
''Blake's 7'' deviates from the good-versus-evil [[Dualistic cosmology|dualism]] in ''[[Star Wars]]''; ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''{{'}}s 'feel-good' future; and the episodic structure of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref name="McCormack-2005"/> ''Blake's 7'' also influenced ''[[Hyperdrive (British TV series)|Hyperdrive]]'' and ''[[Aeon Flux]]''.<ref>"Forever Avon" special feature on the Blakes 7 series 4 UK DVD</ref> It has also been alleged to have influenced ''[[Farscape]]'' and ''[[Firefly (TV Series)|Firefly]]'', albeit [[Joss Whedon]] denied that it had been a conscious influence on the latter.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Horáková |first1=Erin |title="Boucher, Backbone and Blake – the legacy of Blakes 7" |journal=Strange Horizons |date=22 August 2016 |url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/boucher-backbone-and-blake-the-legacy-of-blakes-7/#note1 |access-date=13 July 2023}}</ref> 
Television playwright [[Dennis Potter]]'s final work ''[[Cold Lazarus]]'' was inspired by the show.<ref>
{{Cite book
| last = Stevens
| first = Alan
| author2=Moore, Fiona
| title = Liberation. The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Blake's 7
| year = 2003
| publisher = Telos
| location = England
| isbn = 1-903889-54-5
| pages = 199–200
| chapter = Afterword}}
</ref>

''Blake's 7'' remains fairly well regarded. A poll of United States science-fiction writers, fans and critics for John Javna's 1987 book ''The Best of Science Fiction'' placed the series 25th in popularity, despite then only having recently begun to be broadcast in the US.<ref>
{{Cite book
| last = Muir
| first = John Kenneth
| title = A History and Critical Analysis of Blake's 7, the 1978–1981 British Television Space Adventure
| year = 2000
| publisher = McFarland
| location = Jefferson, NC
| isbn = 0-7864-2660-8
| pages = 25–26
| chapter = Critical Reception}}
</ref>
A similar poll in Britain conducted for ''[[SFX magazine]]'' during 1999 put ''Blake's 7'' at 16th place, with the magazine commenting that "twenty years on, TV SF is still mapping the paths first explored by Terry Nation's baby".<ref>
{{Cite journal
| editor-last=Golder
| editor-first=Dave
| date=April 1999
| title=The Top 50 SF TV Shows of All Time
| journal=SFX
| issue=supplement to issue 50
| page=14}}
</ref>
During 2005 ''SFX'' surveyed readers' top 50 British telefantasy shows of all time, and ''Blake's 7'' was placed at number four behind ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' and ''Doctor Who''.<ref>
{{Cite journal
| editor-last=Bradley
| editor-first=Dave
| year=2005
| title=The Top 50 Greatest UK Telefantasy Shows Ever
| journal=SFX Collection
| issue=22
| pages=50–51}}
</ref>
A similar poll conducted by ''[[TV Zone]]'' magazine during 2003 for the top 100 cult television programmes scored ''Blake's 7'' 11th.<ref>
{{Cite journal
| last=Spilsbury
| first=Tom
| date=June 2003
| title=The Top 100 Cult TV Shows Ever
| journal=TV Zone
| issue=163
| pages=21–27}}
</ref>

Dutch musician [[Arjen Anthony Lucassen]] was inspired by ''Blake's 7'' in naming his side-project [[Star One (band)|Star One]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arjenlucassen.com/starone/so_index.html |title=Arjen Lucassen website |publisher=Arjenlucassen.com |date=1 November 2010 |access-date=15 December 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723133432/http://www.arjenlucassen.com/content/arjens-projects/star-one/ |archive-date = 23 July 2011}}</ref>

In 2004 a 15-minute comedy [[Short film|short]] entitled "Blake's Junction 7" debuted at several film festivals around the world. It was directed by Ben Gregor, written by [[Tim Plester]], and featured [[Mackenzie Crook]], [[Martin Freeman]], [[Johnny Vegas]], [[Mark Heap]] and Peter Tuddenham. This parody depicted the characters taking a break at the [[Newport Pagnell services|Newport Pagnell]] motorway service area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/cult/2004/09/23/14386.shtml |title=Review: Blake's Junction 7 |access-date=9 December 2006 |date=23 September 2004 |work=BBC Cult |publisher=BBC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016000010/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/cult/2004/09/23/14386.shtml |archive-date=16 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title = Little things we like: Blake's Junction 7
| author = Leigh Singer
| url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1286763,00.html |date = 20 August 2004
| access-date =26 January 2012 | work = Guardian Unlimited Arts}}</ref> During 2006 the BBC produced a 30-minute documentary ''The Cult of... Blake's 7'' that was first broadcast on 12 December on [[BBC Four]], as part of a ''Science Fiction Britannia'' series.<ref>{{Cite AV media
| people = Stevens, Toby; Tyler, Alan (Executive Producers) & Followell, Tony (Director)
| title = The Cult of... Blake's 7
| medium = Television programme
| work = BBC Scotland
| location = United Kingdom
| date = 12 December 2006
}}</ref>