What do the career of Kate Winslet , the current Doctor Who serial publication , Blakes 7 ’s dominatrix villain Servalan , and children ’s tv set have in common ? Unless you pass to be a teenager in the UK during the early ’ XC it ’s unlikely that you ’ll know the response , but what ’s a blog like this for if not to educate , elucidate and make you petition the BBC for a videodisk release of blank out TV show Dark Season ? This six - episode , half - hour children ’s show from 1991 featured Kate Winslet ’s first star use as one of three teenagers investigating abnormal goings - on at their gamey school . Plus , nefarious forces emanate from a headmistress played by Jacqueline Pierce , source of many fetish fantasies for her role as Blake 7 ’s chief bitch Servalan .
Dark Season was also the first writing credit for Doctor Who producer and showrunner Russell T. Davis . The show was full of Who - esque signature , and Who spin - off The Sarah - Jane Adventures bears more than a small similarity to Dark Season ’s format and aesthetic . Despite its place in geek chronicle , the show has carry off to avoid a Region 1 DVD release for years , but here ’s hope that 2008 is the yr that its star will once again shine . If nothing else , it ’s still proficient than Torchwood .
Dark Season[BBC.co.uk ]
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