Servalan
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| Servalan | |
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 Jacqueline Pearce as Servalan |
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| Race | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Portrayed by | Jacqueline Pearce |
| First Appearance | Seek-Locate-Destroy |
| Last Appearance | Warlord |
| Status | Alive, In Exile |
| Affiliation | Terran Federation |
Servalan is a character in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7, played by Jacqueline Pearce.
Servalan first appeared as the Supreme Commander of the Terran Federation, in charge of the Federation's military force. She was principally concerned with organizing efforts to destroy Blake and crush resistance to the Federation's rule. She was quickly revealed as cold, calculating and ruthless sociopath who was not above using her sex appeal and charm to get what she wanted. She several times sacrificed entire planets to advance her ambitions.
Just before the Andromedan Invasion, as Star One begain to fail, she staged a military coup and became President of the Federation. After the Intergalactic War, she began concentrating her efforts on capturing the powerful Liberator in order to cement her position. However, her rule was unstable. At least one coup (Rumours of Death) almost toppled her. During this time, she developed an intriguing adversarial chemistry with Avon, who respected her ruthlessness but distrusted her. They would spend the second half of the series alternately flirting and trying to kill each other.
And after her disastrous attempt to capture the Liberator at Terminal, she was deposed and became a fugitive from Federation justice. She began to seek power again under the alias Commissioner Sleer, killing at least 29 people to protect herself and her identity as Commisioner Sleer, including the blind Ardus.
During the episode "Sand", Servalan revealed to Tarrant that she had one romantic interest in her life, Don Keller. When he disappeared on planet Verne, "power became my lover" and she began her ascent up the Federation ranks. Later, she would only demonstrate any interest in men who challenged her, such as Avon or Jarvik. She would, however, quickly turn on them, when they disappointed her.
Terry Nation originally intended the character to make one appearance. She was not seen in the series finale but was presumably alive and using the wealth she accumulated in the episode "Gold" to rebuild her power base.
In Tony Attwoods noncanonical "Afterlife", she was shot to death by a resistance fighter.
| 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 |
