Blake's 7 (TV Series)

Redemption (1979)

Peter Tuddenham: Zen, Orac

Quotes 

• Roj Blake : Orac, why won't you give us the background to that prediction?

  Orac : Because that would invalidate the prediction.

  Roj Blake : And if we knew the future in detail we could change it, and so it wouldn't be the future.

  Orac : Correct. That is the paradox of prediction.

• Roj Blake : All right, Zen, standby to run it *again*, at *half* speed.

  Zen : Confirmed.

  Avon : Slow or fast, it will still look the same.

  Roj Blake : How long have you been there?

  Avon : I was here when you came in.

  Roj Blake : Why didn't you speak?

  Avon : I had nothing in particular to say. Besides, you looked as though you were planning something you didn't want the rest of us to know about.

• Avon : Now then, Orac. Are you going to function or are you not?

  Orac : All principal circuits are operating at full capacity and cannot receive new programs at this time.

  Roj Blake : Well, *clear* the circuits! This is priority!

  Orac : Circuit clearance and reprogramming will take precisely one hour and thirty-seven point nine seconds.

  Roj Blake : That could be just a little late.

  Orac : [Testily:]  State your program requirements; they will be implemented when capacity is available.

• Zen : Sensors register missile emission.

  Vila : Blake, there is no point in going on; we're finished. At this range we haven't a *chance*. She can't *miss* us.

  [the ship explodes precisely as Orac predicted]