Science Fiction in the 70s was AWESOME!

monkeyfudge

Taken from here:
http://dusty-abell.deviantart.com/art/NOW-IN-COLOR-only-smaller-70s-110357385

mike65

My youth in a picture! Wait! Where Judge Dredd? Just cos he never made it to the screen (back then) don't mean he was not the Guv'nor.

Pigman II

Is that TV only? A good few of those shows can thank Star Wars for their very existence.

stovelid

I loved the Eagle. Best spaceship ever.

monkeyfudge

Battlestar Galactia was influenced by the Old Testament... not Star Wars... at least that's the excuse that worked for them in the court case.

mike65

Pigman II wrote: »

Is that TV only? A good few of those shows can thank Star Wars for their very existence.

Logans Run 1977 from film 1976, based on book 1967. Space 1999 1975/77, Wonder Woman 1974-1978 based on comic book. Dr who 1963, Planet of the Apes 1974 based on films, based on Monkey Planet 1963, etc!

Tis true that the likes of Spider Man (tv movies) and BSG wouldn't have got made in 1978 without Star Wars success.

Whats the spaceship with the ski-ramp landing gear from? UFO?

r3nu4l

FAIL!

At least one of those shows is from the 80's!

The greatest American Hero (Guy on the far right of the picture with the red suit and cape) ran in the US from 1981 to 1983.

Apart from that little fault, it's brilliant! So many shows I remember there

Ruu_Old

Used to love the Invisible Man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3pZR9JEFs8

keefg

Some great memories there.

CLADA

mike65 wrote: »

Whats the spaceship with the ski-ramp landing gear from? UFO?

Buck Rogers on the left, one of the interceptors from UFO on the right, shown fairly regularly on ITV 3 OR 4

Ann22

I loved the Invisible Man too. Remember Space 1999? I liked that too:).
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=8DF9nDJZrdA

Capt'n Midnight

stovelid wrote: »

I loved the Eagle. Best spaceship ever.

+1

The ship above the ape is one of the moon based interceptors from UFO all right

G-Force is there too


Still trying to recognise
the blonde below spiderman [bionic woman with mega boob job]
the familiar guy in blue suit between apollo and starbuck, really bugging me that,
- if it's maxwell smart then they really need 99
- if it's the robot cop then where is his partner
blonde in front of the dalek


Who's missing ?

CLADA

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

+1

the familiar guy in blue suit between apollo and starbuck, really bugging me that,

The Dr from lost in space ?

mike65

Thats Richard Benjamin from long lost cult series "Quark".

Flaccus

Does anyone remember an awesome show called the Fantastic Journey (not to be confused with the movie the Fantastic Voyage). Ran for 10 episodes in 1977. It used air on Fridays at 4pm after Chopper Squad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Journey

mike65

Yep, saw it in that slot in around 1979/1980 I think. RTE seemed to have 4.30-5.30 earmarked for Sci-fi as Space 1999 also aired then.

Capt'n Midnight

mike65 wrote: »

Thats Richard Benjamin from long lost cult series "Quark".[/img]

ta

no don't remember it

was getting mixed up with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_&_Yo-Yo

mike65

Ah Jasus Holmes and Yoyo! Forget that ever existed.

Flaccus

Hahah...

Anyone remember "The powers of Matthew Star"
about some alien kid with powers...all I remember is this dissapearing trick he used do in a phonebooth

Other good ones were Man From Atlantis (used be on Sat. morning with Anything Goes, so probably strictly early 80's), Fantastic Journey (Friday afternoon, so much better than Mystery Island but only ran for 10 eps),Earth 1999,Lost in Space,Flash Gordon (why could they never land a rocketship..always crashed),Greatest American Hero,Battle of the Planets, Battlestar Galactica and of course the Gemini Man.

BrookieD

ahhh, Buck Rogers starfighter is just the best looking ship i ever did see as a kid.
I remember 1981 xmas morning and this was my pressie.

Edit, forot to add, my 6 year old now plays with the same toy..... and he loves it.....:-)

Flaccus

Can't believe I left out Buck Rodgers. That Wilma Deering in the tight lycra outfit was a babe The princess in the gold outfit was nice too