Even though I used to watch the late-70s TV show Blake’s 7 I don’t remember much about it beyond its cheap-as-chips BBC sets and effects. But I do vividly remember Jacqueline Pearce who played Servalan, the evil Supreme Commander of the Terran Federation (I had to look that up) and the main villain of the show.
Sadly, Jacqueline died the other day and my Twitter feed was full of (mostly) middle-aged men reminiscing about her so I wasn’t the only one she left an impression on.
She certainly stood out with her striking face, imperious manner, and outrageously glam outfits. I was especially taken with her close-cropped black hair which gave her a Punk/Goth vibe that was very in style at the time. Her and Sandra Douglas as Ursa in Superman II were like the science fiction versions of Siouxsie Sioux — dark and dangerous but very sexy. You’d let them crush your resistance and take over your planet anytime.
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Sarah Douglas wasn’t in the same league: she looked like Jarvis Cocker in a boiler-suit. Servalan flouncing across the BBC quarry dressed as Shirley Bassey, heels and all, was so incongruous as to make even duff episodes (e.g. ‘Moloch’) almost like David Bowie videos.
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