UFO - Artwork Gallery

 

 

 

Steve

UFO - Alien Helmet (1970)

A couple of scans sent to me quite a while ago by friend to this blog: Tim Armstrong.  If I recall we were discussing where the Doppelganger/UFO spacesuits had ended up and as Tim revealed, with evidence to back it up, that at least one of the alien helmets from the show had been saved for posterity by a collector.

 

Click on image to make larger and read away.

 

Sorry its taken a while, Tim, I had trouble getting them to appear larger than a thumb-nail on my computer but I seem to have cracked it now. 

 

Steve

UFO - Close Up (1970)

Just another episode of Gerry Anderson's UFO with its lovely often recycled space suits.  Here they are looking all yellow and freshly painted from being in Journey to the Far Side of the Sun.

You can even see both types of helmet and all the usual space-tech gubbins a chap might need in space

 No oxygen tanks on the back though, not in this show.  Its all in the shoulder unit

 Hang on a minutes!  What's all this about then

 Wow!  Is that what I think it is?

Blimey Crickey!   And Kubrick was adamant that everything should be destroyed after filming, lest it all get recycled and cheapen his original.

 Not sure?  Think its a copy?

Well, firstly, every other type of spacesuit's chest and back unit from 2001 turned up in Doctor Who and other shows through the 70's so why not this one.  And secondly picture 4 shows this...

which looks a lot like this.... 

...from picture 7.

My best guess is when they picked it out the skip at Shepperton Studios it needed a bit of repair work and the top seems far more likely a place to stick it back on than where it appears on the original.

All that remains is to say thanks to Mr Nowak for leading me to this.  You are a star.


Steve

All this and Christmas Too! (1971)

"Sid's daughter may be pregnant, but he is more interested in catching a pesky mouse. Things are further complicated by visits from an assortment of strange neighbours and relatives. A one-off festive situation comedy starring Sid James" 

This is an exciting find for me.  I grew up watching Sid James on TV and in the Carry On films. A comedy legend and here he is an a previously unknown one-off bit of Christmas nonsense and for reasons I'm not entirely sure of he's in a Doppelganger/UFO space suit.  Sid in a spacesuit at Christmas time is like Pigs in Blankets but for the eyes!  (not entirely sure that will translate outside of Blighty but suffice to say it's a very good thing)


Steve

Assorted Classics - A Gallery in Black and White

 

 

Steve

Moon Gallery

A little gallery of random goodness.  There are dozens of shows and films I could have picked but these are just a few of my favourites.  Everything's been previously blogged so go and explore by clicking the labels below.

2001: A Space Odyssey

 

 Destination Moon

 First Men in the Moon

 Moon Zero 2

 Moonbase 3

 The Mouse on the Moon

 

 Space 1999

UFO

Steve

Behind the Scenes - A 3rd Gallery

For Brad simply because he asked.

 

 

Steve

Behind the Scenes - A gallery

Well known films and TV shows.  Well known spacesuits.  Rare images from behind the camera.

 

I know I've blogged this last one before but its just too good not to include here.

 

Steve