At the Denver Comic Con, DT mentioned Blake 7 as one of his favorite sci fi series. In January, it was reported that a Doctor Who/Jessica Jones director was working in a revival (admittedly not the first tim one has been considered).
The eponymous captain Blake was originally played by a Welsh actor. The second-in-command (with whom Blake was often shipped by slash fic writers) sounds like a perfect Tennant character.
One can dream, right?
Oh, my. Well, first of all, thank you for sharing this with me! It's been lovely to hear drips and drabs of what David said and spoke to folks about at the two cons he did this past weekend.
But as soon as I read the words "Blake 7" in your ask, I felt activated like some sort of sleeper agent and immediately flashed back to Michael and David in an interview with Ali Plumb/the BBC for GO 2. David says that the opening scene of season 2 is set in space, and Michael makes a comment about likening it to sci-fi, and mentions...yep, you guessed it: Blake 7...
Now, I do realize that David has mentioned Blake 7 previously, over the course of many years, because it seems to be a favorite show of his. But this is yet another instance of David either referencing or outright mentioning Michael in a long line of mentions across multiple interviews over the last two weeks. We had the mention on Live with Kelly and Mark (where David was the one who brought up Michael/Traitors, unprompted), and mentions made by the hosts on The One Show, and BBC 2 radio.
Following that, there was also David making an appearance in the Criterion Closet as part of the Rivals promo tour, and two of the movies that he chose (A Matter of Life and Death and The Great Escape) are also two of Michael's favorites.
Then yesterday, one MORE Michael-adjacent reference happened with a clip from another of David's interviews where he was asked to pick a favorite piece of classical music...and chose Mozart's "Requiem." As we know, Michael has been in several productions of the play Amadeus (including one coming up for the Welsh National Theatre next year), and David referenced the film Amadeus as well:
But perhaps my very favorite of the multitude of Michael mentions was this little moment described by a fan who saw David at Fan Expo Philly on Saturday. David just casually mentioning that he's going to see Michael next week...
I absolutely love that David just let that slip. Quietly, without fanfare or fuss--perhaps without even thinking about it, because seeing Michael is such a common occurrence for him. It revealed to me more about their relationship than anything we've seen or heard in a long time, and felt so oddly reassuring given the lack of interviews or any sort of promo involving the two of them for GO 3.
And so it's all of this taken together--mentioning or referencing Michael repeatedly, directly or indirectly--that just warms my heart so much. It's that they have so much in common, love the same TV shows and music, and are clearly able to share that with each other. There is no question that Michael is on David's mind (and likely vice-versa), and I am so delighted to know they are a continued, steady presence in each other's lives.
So to your question, I know absolutely nothing about Blake 7 beyond the title, but I can only imagine that the revival you mentioned is one of numerous possible projects for Michael and David to work on together next. And while we certainly can dream of that, it almost feels superfluous given how beautifully sweet and lovely the reality of them is...
