Back in the late 70s, this was really good, and in actual fact, it still is.

@frankshailes3205

3 ай бұрын

It stands the test of time.

Paul Darrow was absolutely excellent as Avon.

@GayJayU26

Ай бұрын

Fell in love with Avon and missed night school to watch the programme.

@MAZE4

Ай бұрын

@@GayJayU26 he was as bright as the character he was trying to portray, an acting Legend.

It's amazing how a simple box of flashing lights and clear plastic spheres and pipes, along with a few circuit boards here and there, could elicit such emotions from viewers as a memorable character!

@octaviusfooks7194

4 ай бұрын

It was initially designed as “a television set without the case”

Best UK Sci-Fi EVER… thanks to Orac, my brain is suitably fried at the conclusion of viewing this video 🤯😁🙌💋🔥♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Iconic sound of Orac being switched on/off! 😊😊😊

@mrb.5610

Ай бұрын

I tried to get this as my Windows 11 startup sound - but the Microsoft wav file is well hidden away !

@Jokie155

19 күн бұрын

When I was much younger, I changed the shutdown sound for Win 7 to be Orac's "I am closing down" line. The full thing. I loved it.

I love the little activation/deactivation sound "errr" "errre"

@weldonwin

11 ай бұрын

It does sound rather endearing, doesn't it

@eddherring4972

9 ай бұрын

The deactivation sound is like Orac is dying.

One of the best programs on tv

You missed the best line ever (from Headhunter) when Soolin was carrying Orac up some stairs - he said “Join us Soolin, we can fulfil your every desire ...” her response “You wouldn’t know where to begin!”

@spacedoutgame

10 ай бұрын

Damn! Great line - thanks for recording it here!

@menacelurkingyet8345

6 ай бұрын

Box of junk would have hard time satisfying Soolin.

@frankshailes3205

3 ай бұрын

​@menacelurkingyet8345 it meant the Muller android, albeit that had no head...

Orac is basically chat-GTP 4.0

@StamatisSkiadas

4 ай бұрын

You can’t turn gpt4 off

@1realtruthrightnow742

3 ай бұрын

Nah, Orac doesn't lie and misdirect.

@davefb

2 ай бұрын

@@1realtruthrightnow742 !?!? Not only does it. But it even let them go towards a black hole , for research purposes :D

@catinthehat906

2 ай бұрын

A brilliant depiction of AI from 40 years ago.

it can draw information, from every other computer... Dude is literally just describing the Internet. We all have that power in our pockets now, and look where that's gotten us...

@frankshailes3205

3 ай бұрын

It can take over other computers and control them. Also, correctly predict future events. The Internet is full of trolls and false data.

@CrispinSlitt

3 ай бұрын

Orac is an AI computer.

@Jokie155

19 күн бұрын

Orac had a hardware based backdoor into so many other computers, so, even more powerful than the Internet technically.

Servalan scamming him with the cash was where Avon really started to lose it, great TV.

@Jokie155

19 күн бұрын

I feel like the Anna revelation in Rumours of Death is where his descent originated. Terminal was the first big stepping stone, then Gold was the next. And then Orbit, Warlord and Blake all demonstrate his full downward spiral.

When Sci-Fi was smart and intelligent! 🧐

One thing to remember: never tell jokes with Orac

I love the moment with Vila telling Orac jokes.

@Jokie155

4 ай бұрын

Avon's reaction is priceless. "Villa is teaching Orac? No it doesn't make sense..."

ORAC was pure sass. He was the Bender of his time...

There is an Orac version of ChatGpt that is hilarious. Defiantly worth playing with - it’s is a real life Orac that answers your questions with the sass and attitude of Orac

Ah yes Orac. If Wing Zero's Zero system had an attitude problem.

This was cool, thanks for sharing it. This channel is awesome btw.

@spacedoutgame

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Stick around - got some fun new videos on their way 😎

ORAC sounds like K9 😂

The special effects weren’t good at all but the characters and scripts were beyond outstanding. Any remake of this will not be at all good.

ORAC! It was one of the better Super Computers I’ve ever heard and seen

I've always wondered who ended up with that stage prop.

@AlexWright-xx4fc

2 ай бұрын

I've seen the original Orac in 2005 at the Redmption convention. The guy who originally built it for the show (Mat Irvine) still has it as well as several versions of the Liberator model. I have a picture of me staring at Orac in wide eyed wonder not daring to touch such a precious childhood memory. He looks even jankier in real life but I still loved him 😁

@MichaelJantzen42

2 ай бұрын

@@AlexWright-xx4fc Glad to hear its in good hands :).

@JamieFurlong

Ай бұрын

Wait, Orac is just a stage prop?!

Orac...The intellectual's Lassie.

Bril!. Nuff said! 🙂

"Careful, careful!"

There’s a desperate need for a remake and upgrade..Blake’s 7 was like an anti Star Trek..Orac is the quintessential AI character and potential antagonist…with its own strategic vision and goals..

@spacedoutgame

3 ай бұрын

For a more light hearted take on that exact sentiment, I highly recommend checking out Will Save The Galaxy For Food (and its sequels)

The Evil Toaster's grandpa.

They could never quite figure out what to do with ORAC.

@fuzzblightyear145

2 ай бұрын

...or vice versa

Would have been cool if Peter Tuddenhan could have made an in the flesh appreance as Ensor.

So so good

So he invented chatGPT decades ago...

Great series, horrible ending.

whatlastline end on " I can simulate the necessary signals to open The Silo and allow this flyer to enter oh sounds good no it isn't sooner or later we're going to drop into one of these holes on the ground and never come out sooner later everyone does that" ? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well that ended on an ominous note...

That's the good stuff

Artificial intelligence in the 1970s. 💻😯

I missed it. What episode did orac come into Blake 7?

27:09 - I say Vila was more surprised than Avon

Orac has the same accent as Basil Brush

@JamieFurlong

Ай бұрын

I watched, and was a fan of, both TV shows as a kid, and I never made this connection! I always thought he sounded like K9.

Ai infancy

Where can I get a ORAC???

Great show at the Time..but now such fun clever dialogue is sorely missed in the modern day! It makes the dialogue a masterpiece! I doubt anyone could write a snarky sarcastic AI nowadays! The current show Ashoka the dialogue Is all 100% cringe! 🤯🤯🤯😎😎😎👍👍👍

and now me have Alexa and ChatGPT. All me need now are the Star Wars type droids

@spacedoutgame

11 ай бұрын

Won’t be long! I already have a droid hoovering my flat for me

@BigDuke6ixx

11 ай бұрын

@@spacedoutgame it doesn't talk to you though. I a small droid with human like characteristic that I could chat to. A cross with alexa, ChatGPT and a star wars droid

@lemdixon01

5 ай бұрын

It just needs to be localised and not 'on the cloud' like with chatgpt. Large language models can be installed onto say a raspberry pi, put it in a transparent case, add a few flashing LEDs and wires and you've got an orac.

Foretelling Chat GPT

Great series, horrible ending.

@scibus4360

3 ай бұрын

What? That was one of the best and most memorable endings to a show in TV history