Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Told you we'd be back this way.  Robinson Crusoe on Mars.  We've looked at the man so now it's time to check out his monkey.

And this is her.

Her name is Mona and doesn't she look lovely in her little orange space suit.

There's not much more to add to that except to say that I really don't understand why more sci-fi films don't chuck a pet space monkey into the mix.  They barely hinder the plot and they're an instant crowd pleaser if you ask me.


Steve

Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

You don't really need to ask what this film is about. The plot, in it's entirety, is in the films title.  It really is the original Robinson Crusoe storyline but set on Mars rather than a desert island.  And what's more, if memory serves me well, it really is rather good.

Commander Kit Draper and Colonel Dan McReady are in orbit around Mars when a malfunction forces them to eject with only Draper and his pet monkey surviving the landing. Draper, played by Paul Mantee, then has to learn to survive in this alien world fighting his own thirst, hunger, madness and even hostile alien slavers.

 

I would love to watch this again but until then I'll stoke the memories with these images and let you know that we'll be back this way again to examine some specifics of the film in future posts.

Steve

Doctor Who and the Moonbase (1967) again

We've already been here the once and looked at these

That's a much clearer image than previously shown, of the spacesuits used by the Tardis crew when they went for a frolic on the future moon.

This

and this

Are images of the slightly different (cheaper looking!) suits worn by the crew of the titular Moonbase.  

The story is one of the lost classics from shows history but I remember reading the Target novelisation many many years ago and now have a huge urge to mount an expedition into the loft to see if I still own a copy.  I seem to remember it had some nice illustrations in as well as being a cracking bit of 60's sci-fi about the Cybermen mounting an attack on the Earth using it's own moon based weather control system against it.

Steve

2001 A Space Odyssey (1968) Gallery 1

Been busy with life of late and have neglected to post anything since Christmas but lets kick the new year off with some classics so good you just just can't have enough images of them.

Steve