Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)

One off special of the Blackadder comedy series, sees a future version of Blackadder in a battle armour space suit.

I'm going to judgement call the spacesuit element due to the corrugated air hose attached to the helmet.

 

 

Steve

On the Silver Globe (1988)

On the Silver Globe or Na srebrnym globie to give it its original name, is a 1988 Polish film directed by Andrzej Żuławski and based on the novel by Jerzy Żuławski.  I had never heard of it up until a week or two ago, where it was described to me as being a very weird film, as in "Zardoz" levels of weird.

Now this is a good description for me because although we almost never talk about Zardoz around here - because it lacks spacesuits - it is actually one of my all time favourite films. Which just puts Na srebrnym globie, even higher on my; to see list.

I'll let you know after I've tracked a good copy down but in the mean time if anyone wants to agree with me that Zardoz is a work of genius or discuss the merits of; On a Silver Globe ,then join me in the comments section below.

Thank you again to Tim
Steve

Red Dwarf S2 Episode 3 - Thanks for the Memory (1988)

The crew wake up after celebrating the anniversary of Rimmer's death, only to find four whole days have passed and they've got no memories of the previous four days. But when they find the ship's black box on a moon, they slowly learn what happened over the past four days.


Steve

Red Dwarf S1 Episode 5 - Confidence and Paranoia (1988)

Lister contracts a mutated pneumonia virus. The hallucinations of his fevered brain materialise in solid form, and suddenly the ship is beset by herring rain and exploding 16th century Mayor of Warsaw. When his fever breaks, Lister wakes up to find he has created personifications of his confidence and paranoia.

Steve

Destiny's End by Tim Sullivan - cover Ron Walotsky (1988)

Ron Walotsky in detail

 

Avon Books, 1988 

 

Steve

Venus Prime II - Maelstrom by Paul Preuss (1988) Jim Burns

Venus Prime II - Maelstrom (1988)

 

 

Steve

 

Red Dwarf (1988)

The cult TV show from the BBC ran from 1988 to 1999 and was then briefly resurrected for the Easter weekend of 2009.  In total then that all adds up to eight and bit series worth of comedy sci-fi which in its self is quite impressive.

I don’t know how I feel about the show any more.  I was there from the start and although the production values got better and better as it went along I’m not sure the jokes did.  Or maybe it just kept telling the same jokes but with more sophisticated delivery, either way it out-stayed its welcome in my house and I never bothered to watch the 09 specials.  And with all that said I do feel the urge to acknowledge that it had a great original premise, a good cast of characters and riffed off its sit com roots as much as its sci-fi.

Anyway we’ll be back round this way more than once as the show chucked up a number of different space suits over the years.  We’ll start with this one though seen briefly but repeatedly in the show’s opening credits.

On closer inspection; yes it is an Outland helmet and possibly an Outland backpack (worn at the front in order make room for the paint cylinders on Lister’s back).

 

Steve