Del Tarrant
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| Del Tarrant | |
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 Steven Pacey as Tarrant |
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| Race | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Portrayed by | Steven Pacey |
| First Appearance | Aftermath |
| Last Appearance | Blake |
| Status | Unknown, Presumed Dead |
| Affiliation | Resistance |
Del Tarrant is a fictional character from the British science fiction television series Blake's 7, played by Steven Pacey.
Del Tarrant was a skilled pilot, trained in the Federation Space Academy, who stole a pursuit ship and began running contraband in the outer planets and getting involved in wars. He rose high on the Federation's "wanted list". During the Intergalactic War, he went in against the Andromedans and his ship was destroyed in the first salvo. He was picked up by a Federation ship and acquired a uniform. When that ship was destroyed, he was picked up by the damaged Liberator and presumed by the Federation officers aboard to be in charge. He cooperated with Avon to kill the Federation officers and take back the ship, after which he became a member of the crew, replacing Jenna as their principal pilot.
Tarrant was intelligent, cunning and worldly, but could also be arrogant and impulsive. He was also heroic and idealistic - when the Liberator was being pulled into a black hole, he stopped Avon from abandoning the ship on the idea that "we all go together."
He and Avon has frequent "alpha male" clashes over who was in charge of the ship. And while his idealism was central to this conflict, it also afforded Avon some tactical advantages. He would sometimes use Tarrant's headstrong approach to distract the enemy while he found a more devious solution. Despite their conflicts, Tarrant went out of his way on a number of occasions to save Avon's life. He tended to bully Vila, which Avon castigated him about in "City at the Edge of the World".
Tarrant's brother, Deeta, was killed by an android in the Teal-Vandor Convention. Tarrant avenged his death to prevent a war, although he could not bring himself to shoot the android in the back. Tarrant had brief romantic involvements with Servalan and Zeeona.
Tarrant was seriously injured in the crash of the Scorpio when he heroically stayed at the controls so that the others could escape. He was later gunned down during the final shootout on Gauda Prime. However, in Tony Attwood's noncanonical "Afterlife", he had simply passed out from his wounds (although he was later killed by wild animals on Terminal).
| Blake's 7 |
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| Blake's 7 – The Television Series |
| History of Blake's 7 | List of Blake's 7 episodes | Blake's 7 actors |
| The Blake's 7 Universe |
| Terran Federation | Liberator | Scorpio | Planets | Intergalacic War |
| Roj Blake | Kerr Avon | Vila Restal | Jenna Stannis | Olag Gan | Cally | Zen | Orac | Dayna Mellanby | Del Tarrant | Soolin | Slave | Servalan | Travis |
