History Recap / BlakesSevenS3E6CityAtTheEdgeOfTheWorld

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Location shooting had to be cut down thanks to the same storm that devastated the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Fastnet_race 1979 Fastnet Yacht Race]] (that's why so many outdoor shots involve people standing in gullies out of the wind). An extra studio-filmed scene on Vilaworld was added as {{Padding}}.

* BreatherEpisode: A comedy episode before the DarkerAndEdgier "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E7ChildrenOfAuron Children of Auron]]" and "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E8RumorsOfDeath Rumors of Death]]".

* DeathByMaterialism: Bayban is convinced the remaining wealth of the planet is locked up behind the door. Turns out the planet's resources were used up millennia ago, but he refuses to listen to Kerril and dies trying to blast his way inside.

-->'''Bayban:''' Now you will open that door, or I will open you from [[SlashedThroat there, to there]].

--->'''Cally:''' Vila, we thought we'd lost you.
--->'''Avon:''' But every silver lining has a cloud.

* CoolGate: The MacGuffin is actually the door to a vault containing a [[CasualInterstellarTravel long-range teleporter]].

* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Bayban tells Avon to GetItOverWith as he'll go down in history as "The man who killed Bayban!" Cally promptly offers to shoot him instead. "I'd like to be famous too. How about the woman who killed Bayban?" The younger Dayna chimes in with: "Or better still, the ''girl'' who killed Bayban."
* IWillTearYourArmsOff: Vila threatens an (absent) Tarrant with this gem.
-->"I'll get you for this, Tarrant! I'll rip off your arm and beat you to death with the wet end!"

* MacGuffin: The PowerCrystal for the Liberator's main blasters.

* NoOSHACompliance: The starship could have just sent a signal to open the door when it reached its destination, instead of requiring an unwilling sacrifice every couple of millennia. On the other hand the genetically-engineered compulsion to go through the door would ensure the entire population went through when the time was right.

* SeeTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: Dayna gives this trope when giving a handgun to Cally. "Killing range is only two hundred, so aim for the whites of their eyes."
* SexEqualsLove: Though there's also a [[FireForgedFriends near death experience]].
* SexyDiscretionShot: One so chaste it could have been from UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode era. Kerril takes off her gunbelt and puts her arms around Vila. Next time we see them, they're [[SleepingSingle lying on separate beds]] [[RightThroughHisPants fully clothed]], [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vila_after_7243.jpg bathing in the afterglow]].

* BreatherEpisode: A comedy episode before the DarkerAndEdgier "Children of Auron" and "Rumors of Death".

* ActionGirl: Kerril (at first), Dayna shows her talent for destructive devices, and Cally is ''finally'' shown shooting someone on-screen.

-->'''Avon:''' It's a pity we're not all as reliable as Zen.
-->'''Cally:''' But I thought ''you'' were.

-->'''Cally:''' Vila, we thought we'd lost you.
-->'''Avon:''' But every silver lining has a cloud.

-->'''Vila:''' All my life, for as long as I can remember, there’s been people like you.
-->'''Tarrant:''' And I thought I was unique.

-->'''Sherm:''' You've 25 minutes left.
-->'''Vila:''' Who told you that?
-->'''Sherm:''' Captain Bayban.
-->'''Vila:''' I didn't think you could've worked it out for yourself.

-->'''Vila:''' I think I've just made the biggest mistake of my life.
-->'''Orac:''' In the light of your previous record, that seems unlikely. I would predict that there are far greater mistakes waiting to be made by someone with your obvious talent for them. ''[[[BigShutUp Vila switches Orac off.]]]''

-->'''Vila:''' (to Bayban) You have a reputation for straightforward mayhem that's second to none. I've been an admirer of yours for, um, well, for as long as I can remember. Well maybe not that long, I mean, uh, you're not that old, are you? But, uh, then again, you did start very young, didn't you..."

-->'''Orac:''' Under the box which is ten centimetres from your right hand.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Beyban speaks fondly of his mother ("Wonderful woman. Truly evil personality.").