A quotation from Chris Boucher

   THE DOCTOR: Now drop your weapons, or I’ll kill him with this deadly jelly baby.
   LUGO: Kill him, then.
   THE DOCTOR: What?
   LUGO: Kill him, then.
   THE DOCTOR: I don’t take orders from anyone. [Eats jelly baby] Take me to your leader.

Chris Boucher (1943-2022) British TV screenwriter, script editor, novelist
Doctor Who (1963), 14×04 “The Face of Evil,” Part 1 (1977-01-01)

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Boucher, Chris - Doctor Who (1963), 14x04 "The Face of Evil," Part 1 (1977-01-01) | WIST Quotations

THE DOCTOR: Now drop your weapons, or I'll kill him with this deadly jelly baby. LUGO: Kill him, then. THE DOCTOR: What? LUGO: Kill him, then. THE DOCTOR: I don't take orders from anyone. [Eats jelly baby] Take me to your leader. (Source (Video); dialog confirmed)

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A quotation from Chris Boucher

   LEELA: I know, I know, there’s no such thing as magic.
   THE DOCTOR: Exactly! To the rational mind, nothing is inexplicable, only unexplained.

Chris Boucher (1943-2022) British TV screenwriter, script editor, novelist
Doctor Who (1963), 14×05 “The Robots of Death,” Part 1 (1977-01-29)

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"I always liked Chris Boucher saying that when he wrote Avon, Avon has two motivations for everything. He has the selfish motivation, and the more noble motivation, and then it's up to you to decide what's really motivating him."

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Good writing sticks to telling the characters' story, in all it's messiness, and leaves the audience to interpret what it all means. Is Blake or Avon a hero or a villain? That's up to the viewer to decide.

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Straight Outta The Federation: A Blake's 7 Podcast: #26 Straight Outta the Federation: Star One

Straight Outta the Federation discusses the action, drama and suspense of Chris Boucher's Star One, where an unexpected alien invasion is on the interstellar horizon, a changing of the guard may be inevitable and an earned cliffhanger that will keep of us talking till the next episode.   Write to us at or   Reach us on Twitter @sofederation  

As we approach the 36th anniversary, how much do you know about #StarCops ? 👨‍🚀🌙

How did #ChrisBoucher 's vision of 2027 pan out? Read more here:
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Star Cops

Star Cops is a British science fiction television and audio drama, first broadcast on BBC 2 in 1987. It was devised and co-written by Chris Boucher, who went about writing it as a cop drama set in space. Boucher had previously written for other science fiction shows such as Doctor Who and Blake's 7. He had also written for other police dramas such as Juliet Bravo and Bergerac. Boucher had intended this series to be set "forty years in the future", giving it a setting of 2027. The drama foresees

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Thursday 6th July marks 36 years since the start of cult classic #StarCops. The series is still going strong on #BigFinish with legacy cast and new faces. #ChrisBoucher 's vision lives on in audio, seeing the Star Cops venture to Mars!

Why not read more about its nail-biting first episode on the Star Cops Wiki?
https://starcops.fandom.com/wiki/An_Instinct_for_Murder_(TV_story)

An Instinct for Murder (TV story)

An Instinct for Murder was the first episode of the first series Star Cops, written by Chris Boucher and directed by Christopher Baker. It was broadcast on BBC 2 on 6 July 1987. It introduced David Calder in the lead role of Nathan Spring. This episode acted as the pilot for the series, and saw Nathan Spring being dragged, against his will, into a case with spacesuit sabotage on space station Charles de Gaulle. Chief Inspector Nathan Spring prefers things Earthside, thank you very much. But when

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Raptors drain a season-high 20 threes, take down Hornets

The Toronto Raptors used a rare hot shooting night, making 20-of-44 three-point shots, to top the Charlotte Hornets 132-120 in the first of two-straight matchups between the two squads.

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Happy Gauda Prime Day! I'll be commemorating the 41st anniversary of the final episode of Blake's Seven, and remembering its author, Chris Boucher, who died ten days ago, by watching "Blake" at 7.20 GMT this evening.
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Sooner or later we're going to drop into one of these holes in the ground and never come out

Chris Boucher died last week. He was the script editor for all four seasons of *Blake's 7*, and wrote 9 episodes, 7 of which would appear in my Top Ten episodes of *Blake's 7*. *I have loved his wr...

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