Soolin
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Soolin is a fictional character
from the British
science fiction
television
series Blake's 7
, played by Glynis Barber
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Soolin met the survivors of the Liberator
on their return from Terminal at the beginning of Season Four. Dorian's companion and lover, she was a skilled gunfighter. She had learnt her trade at a young age after her parents were murdered by hired mercenaries on Gauda Prime. Learning how to be proficient with a gun, she tracked down the killers and avenged her parents' deaths.
After Dorian's death, she initially disappeared in the Xenon base but then reappeared and offered to "sell my skill" to Avon's group. Prone to sarcasm and highly suspicious, she was nevertheless loyal to the Scorpio
crew and would occasionally hint at greater depth in her character. She also displayed keen intelligence, figuring out the identity of Cancer in "Assassin", for example.
Soolin was shot down by Federation guards in the series finale. Although the fate of the crew was never officially revealed, Glynis Barber stated in an 2006 interview that she would not have returned for a fifth series, so it is probable that Soolin was killed.
Glynis Barber coincidentally appeared as a mutoid in Season One's "Project Avalon". The two characters were presumably not related.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
from the British
United Kingdom
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science fiction
Science fiction
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television
Television
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series Blake's 7
Blake's 7
Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...
, played by Glynis Barber
Glynis Barber
Glynis Barber is a South African actress of Afrikaner descent, born and brought up in South Africa. She was born Glynis van der Riet. When she was five years old, her parents divorced, and she and her mother moved to Johannesburg. She is best known for her portrayal as Sgt...
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Soolin met the survivors of the Liberator
Liberator (Blake's 7)
The spaceship Liberator is a fictional starship featured in the first three seasons of the BBC television series Blake's 7.-Background:...
on their return from Terminal at the beginning of Season Four. Dorian's companion and lover, she was a skilled gunfighter. She had learnt her trade at a young age after her parents were murdered by hired mercenaries on Gauda Prime. Learning how to be proficient with a gun, she tracked down the killers and avenged her parents' deaths.
After Dorian's death, she initially disappeared in the Xenon base but then reappeared and offered to "sell my skill" to Avon's group. Prone to sarcasm and highly suspicious, she was nevertheless loyal to the Scorpio
Scorpio (Blake's 7)
Scorpio is a fictional spacecraft featured throughout the fourth season of the British science fiction television series Blake's 7. It is a freighter, noted by Tarrant as an early Mk IV "Wanderer-class" planet-hopper....
crew and would occasionally hint at greater depth in her character. She also displayed keen intelligence, figuring out the identity of Cancer in "Assassin", for example.
Soolin was shot down by Federation guards in the series finale. Although the fate of the crew was never officially revealed, Glynis Barber stated in an 2006 interview that she would not have returned for a fifth series, so it is probable that Soolin was killed.
Glynis Barber coincidentally appeared as a mutoid in Season One's "Project Avalon". The two characters were presumably not related.