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Blakes 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. Created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer best known for creating the popular Dalek monsters for the television series Doctor Who, it ran for four series between 1978 and 1981. It follows the exploits of a group of political renegades, led by freedom fighter Roj Blake, and was inspired by sources as diverse as The Dirty Dozen, Robin Hood, Brave New World, Star Trek, classic westerns and real-world political conflicts in South America and Israel. Chris Boucher initially served as script editor on the series, claiming that while Nation wrote the plot outlines, it was he who provided the dialogue and characterisation. He became the prime show-runner during the third and fourth series when Nation moved to America.