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Tony Attwood’s Blake’s 7 sequel Afterlife is getting a new lease of life at Big Finish.

In the 1984 story, developed from an idea by screenwriter Chris Boucher, the surviving members of Blake’s rebellious crew continue their fight against the Terran Federation, while the sinister Servalan tightens her grip on the galaxy.

Afterlife has long been out of print but will soon be available once more in audiobook format. This new reading is performed by Alastair Lock, who regular Big Finish Blake’s 7 listeners will know as the voice of Orac and Zen.

Nine million people watched the dramatic final episode of the Blake’s 7 TV series. And not one could ever forget – or fathom – the final catastrophic shootout on Gauda Prime.

Did Blake’s death really mean the end of the fight against the evil forces of the Federation? Was the vulnerable thief Vila killed – or just wounded? What happened to the computer Orac? Would the scheming Servalan regain her old powerbase?

And what of Avon himself, the unbeatable, unpredictable paranoid who had ended it all?

The audiobook will come packaged with a PDF download of the original 2,000-word glossary for the novel.

Producer Peter Anghelides said: “When we released the audiobook of Paul Darrow’s prequel novel Avon: A Terrible Aspect, we knew we wanted to do the same with Tony Attwood’s Afterlife, because it’s the other original novel from the time of the TV series that bookends the whole of Blake’s 7.

“The book was first published by Target Books in 1984 – appropriately enough, a year that’s long associated in literature with a dystopian world ruled over by a dictatorial leader. Four decades later, we are revisiting that world of a faceless bureaucracy cruelly directed by an uncaring supreme commander.

“Following directly on from the explosive TV finale, Afterlife reveals not only the consequences for our heroes from Scorpio, but also what happened to the character most significantly absent from that story – Servalan herself. Now fans can hear these startling events brilliantly read by the familiar voice of Alistair Lock in this brand-new reading.”

This audiobook contains adult material and may not be suitable for younger listeners.

Blake’s 7: Afterlife has a running time of seven hours and fifty minutes, and is now available to pre-order as a digital download for £21.99, exclusively from http://www.bigfinish.com.