Stardrive
| Science Fiction Convention | |
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| Name: | Stardrive |
| Dates: | planned for 1990? |
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| Type: | pro-con, guests |
| Focus: | Blake's 7 |
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| Founder: | Terry Nation and Paul Darrow |
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Stardrive was the name of the Blake's 7 for-profit con series planned by Terry Nation and Paul Darrow.
They were to have been run by Laurie Cohen and Decima Productions.
This was the con series that, in part, set off the massive controversy that became The Blake's 7 Wars.
From a Flyer
You've heard Terry Nation speak about a Blake's 7convention tour — this is it.
Stardrive will consist of a group of conventions on consecutive weekends, to be scheduled this coming fall or winter.
Terry Nation, Paul Darrow, and Michael Keating are committed to this tour — and they will be in attendance at all conventions on the tour. Other guests may also join us along the way.
At the moment our plans are quite tentative. What is NOT tentative is that we need your advice, your ideas, your programming suggestions to make Stardrive a success. We want these conventions to be uniquely exciting — and we're willing to take some chances to accomplish that.
How many times have you said, I've always wanted to see 'X' at a convention." or "If only the guests would do...."? Well, this is your chance — tell us about it. If it's feasible, we'll try it!
We are at ORAC this weekend. If you'd like to speak with us, look for someone with a Stardrive button, or write to the Decima Productions box listed below.
Further Reading
- Dalek Man, London. Having scrambled British SF TV expectations, Terry Nation considers reshaping fan conventions (a January 1990 article in Starlog discussed Terry Nation's plans to recreate fan cons as a for-profit con, cons that Nation would control and reshape. It illustrates the theory that where there are fans, there is money to be made.)