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Tuesday, 31 May 2011

The Solarnauts



One of our recent cinema features on EI was The Night Stalker.  Since it's a slow day, here's a bonus feature: The Solarnauts, an unaired pilot also directed by The Night Stalker's John Moxey. 
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3 comments:

  1. eonTuesday, 31 May 2011 at 04:52:00 GMT-7

    The good guy leader looks as wooden as one of the Tracys (especially his hair), and the villain looks like the Mekon in Dan Dare.

    Add in the inexplicable spaceship (just what propels it?), and it's a nearly perfect Gerry Anderson pastiche'.


    On the plus side, the girls are cute.

    cheers

    eon

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  2. jayessellTuesday, 31 May 2011 at 07:49:00 GMT-7

    eon...
    I was about to say I missed seeing the strings!

    Remember 'Planet Patrol? ('Space Patrol' in the UK)?

    The orbital city looks like the one they had!
    (Down to the Monocar tubes!)

    {As God is my witness, I thought Slim was a Veneusan female!}


    Anyway.. I'll try to find time to watch the entire episode.

    Go easy on the ship design, it makes as much sense as warp nacelles.

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  3. eonWednesday, 1 June 2011 at 04:12:00 GMT-7

    Having now watched all of it, I give it a B overall. Plus extra credit for Martine Beswick in skintight silver. ;-)

    cheers

    eon

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