Space 1999

[Less]

Just watching a re-run of the sci-fi prog' Space 1999 on itv4, Oh my God how dated it is.
I remember watching it first time around I think it was made in the mid 70's and 1999 seemed such a long way off at the time, but even back then it seemed quite amateurish compared to such things as 'Star Trek', but I'm determined to watch this episode right to the end.
After all it might be rubbish, but it's British rubbish and was made by Gerry Anderson the father of such wonderful programmes as Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, and Joe 90,

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[flashy]

i wasn't born then so i aint a clue what your on about

 

[maxwell silver]

You remember that other one Less....UFO.Ed Straker,Peter Gordinho(who,if i remember right used to be on variety progs as PG & HIS DANCERS )Cost sod all to make plus had the added mystery of never seeing any aliens.....what a con

 

[chav1]

ahh i remeber having teh dinky toys of teh space craft and the woman who could turn into any animal she liked but occasionaly turned into a monster against her will and had to be locked up

 

[Tinkerbelle]

Oh bloomin heck Less, you've got me wracking my brain trying to think of the one that was shown early mornings at weekend when I was a kid I was just trying to explain it to mthead but he ain't got a clue what I'm on about it which makes it even more frustrating!!

 

[flashy]

yee i know your 4 months older than me, but how come you know about it and i dont ??

 

[Tinkerbelle]

..... Because I'm ace and you try .......

 

[lancsdave]

Oh bloomin heck Less, you've got me wracking my brain trying to think of the one that was shown early mornings at weekend when I was a kid I was just trying to explain it to mthead but he ain't got a clue what I'm on about it which makes it even more frustrating!!

Give us a clue and I'll ask my Dad if he remembers it.

 

[panther]

god i remeber that too....what about blake 7??

 

[Tinkerbelle]

I can't explain it proper Dave, which is bugging! It had human actors, not puppets. The 'monsters' were pretty terrible effects lol! Sounds like any other 70's/80's sci-fi programme doesn't it

 

[lancsdave]

Lost In Space ?

 

[Tinkerbelle]

I don't think it's that

 

[Less]

Was it any of these?

Gerry Anderson productions

TV series (and broadcast dates)

* The Adventures of Twizzle (1957-1959)
* Torchy the Battery Boy (first season only) (1960)
* Four Feather Falls (1960)
* Supercar (1961-1962) - first Supermarionation production.
* Fireball XL5 (1962-1963)
* Stingray (1964-1965)
* Thunderbirds (1965-1966)
* Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons (1967-1968)
* Joe 90 (1968-1969)
* The Secret Service (1969)
* UFO (1970-1971)
* The Protectors (1972-1974)
* Space:1999 (1975-1977)
* Terrahawks (1983-1984, 1986)
* Dick Spanner, P.I. (1987)
* Space Precinct (1994-1995)
* Lavender Castle (1999-2000)
* Firestorm (2003)
* Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet (2005)

 

[Tinkerbelle]

None of em spring out Less. I'll have a quick Google at images with those titles, see if I recognise any characters.

 

[accymel]

Mmm i think i know the one u are getting at ..... Land of the Giants ??

 

[Tinkerbelle]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Mel OMG !! That was doing my head in!!!

 

[accymel]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Mel OMG !! That was doing my head in!!!

Whooo Hoo i remembered it as we used to watch it on CH4 on sunday afternoons [days before sky eh?] LOL

 

[Tinkerbelle]

We did indeed

It nearly caused a domestic here lol! mthead kept saying "IT'S LOST IN SPACE!" ....... I bl**dy knew it wasn't!! lol!

 

[accymel]

We did indeed

It nearly caused a domestic here lol! mthead kept saying "IT'S LOST IN SPACE!" ....... I bl**dy knew it wasn't!! lol!

OMG pmsl!!! not another lol gawd cant beleive i got it only after a little clue

 

[Tinkerbelle]

LOL! In fairness I wasn't explaining it right well