Saturday 16 April 2016

Doctor Who The Space Pirates (1969)

Almost forgot this one.
From a small clip of all that remains of episode 1 of this 6 part story starring Patrick Troughton as the 2nd Doctor
Here we see a couple of space pirates laying a space bomb on a space beacon, a sort of small space station along the space lanes

 
 


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  1. Tim Armstrong17 April 2016 at 04:21

    The helmets at least appear to be from our old friend Mr Windack,as for the rest of the suit I cannot say.Heres hoping one day they can find all those lost episodes.
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    1. Steve17 April 2016 at 16:53

      Yes, they had used the windak suits the year before

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  2. John Nowak17 April 2016 at 06:44

    Extra points for turning the camera upside-down.

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    1. Steve17 April 2016 at 16:49

      Yes it makes it harder to see the strings they are dangling from. Its quite impressive for the time I think

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    2. John Nowak17 April 2016 at 16:56

      Oh, absolutely. It's also a subtle psychological trick.

      If an audience sees something fall "down" they will immediately realize it's falling. If it arcs upwards, they might not notice the curve at all.

      The explosions for the first Star Wars film were filmed upside-down as much as possible for that reason.

      And, of course, you won't even look for wires below the actors.

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