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The Liberator is returning to Big Finish with the release of an exclusive Blake’s 7 story, and a sneak peek into future plans.

The company’s ongoing range of Blake’s 7 audios is changing, with the end of one set of adventures, and the beginning of many more. “I realise that people have been waiting for a while for an announcement about Blake’s 7 from Big Finish,” producer Cavan Scott tells Sci-Fi Bulletin. “We have been listening to them, but have been unable to answer due to licence negotiations – but I’d like to thank all the Blake’s 7 fans out there for their patience. The wait is going to be worth it, I promise!”

Volume 12 of The Liberator Chronicles, now scheduled for April 2016, will be the last in the series, but “2016 will mark the start of a brand new era for Blake’s 7 at Big Finish,” Scott explains. “We’ll see new missions, intriguing new characters and the return of some real fan favourites.

“We’re also working hard to give The Liberator Chronicles the send off the award-winning series deserves, as it makes way for explosive new adventures for Blake’s brave band of rebels. The writers will be new to the range, the first of many we hope to be introducing to the Liberator Chronicles’ successors. The writers may be new, but the adventures themselves will tie together some of the Liberator Chronicles’ ongoing stories.”

A special B7 story is being released to tie in with the announcement. The Liberator Chronicles: Remnants is an exclusive download, written by Simon Guerrier, and starring Paul Darrow and Sally Knyvette. After a disastrous mission to the planet Laresh, most of the crew has been wiped out. Avon and Jenna are the sole survivors, reunited aboard the Liberator. With their plans in tatters, will Blake’s Two stay together… or go their separate ways to seek refuge in a galaxy pitted against them?

“Remnants is a brilliant story, straight from series B, and is David Richardson’s last Blake’s 7 story in the producer’s chair. I promise I haven’t shot him. Honest,” Scott jokes.

Remnants can be downloaded now for just £6.99. “As a special thank you for being patient,” Scott adds, “we’re also making Remnants available free of charge to customers who have already pre-ordered Blake’s 7 – The Liberator Chronicles: Volume 12. They will find the title ready to download in their Big Finish account!”