Vila Restal
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Vila Restal is a fictional character from the British science fiction television series Blake's 7, played by Michael Keating.
A native of Earth and a member of the lowly Delta grade criminal underclass, Vila is a liar, a drunk and a petty thief who escapes with Blake and joins the crew of the Liberator. However, his cowardly nature hides a raw intelligence and lock-picking abilities that make him very useful to Blake and the others. He and Avon are openly contemptuous of each other, but there is an underlying respect between the two, perhaps because they acknowledge each others' capabilities and capacity for self-preservation.
During the fourth series episode Orbit, Avon plans to throw Vila out of the airlock of a spaceship that is sinking due to the heavy load. Although they survive this ordeal, there is no more respect between the two.
Vila is the only character to appear in all 52 episodes of the series.
[edit] Trivia
For the episode Orbit, while Avon is looking for Vila to throw out of the airlock, a few seconds of the scene were cut out where Vila was hiding and in tears, shaking. Michael Keating recalls that these few seconds were cut because the director thought that it was too intense.
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| Roj Blake | Kerr Avon | Vila Restal | Jenna Stannis | Olag Gan | Cally | Zen | Orac | Dayna Mellanby | Del Tarrant | Soolin | Slave | Servalan | Travis |
