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AD 2004

Monday, 02nd.

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SPACE-AND-TIME TIME!!!

•LUNA THE LOVELY (1976),
Amusing parody of old Universal Pictures "Buck Rogers" serials sets us
straight on all the astrophysics & relativity theory that Hollywood
could never quite manage to get right. Series: "The Universe and I".
Prod: Kentucky Educational Television. 20 mins. ALC


•SPACEBORNE (1977),
Rarely-seen NASA film footage combines to purportedly show the mystery
and grandeur of Man's first ventures into space and on the Moon, if,
indeed, we have ever been there. The best moments from a decade of
discovery are gathered together and transformed into one spectacular
journey in this exhilarating space ballet. The editing and music
transform the images into an exciting visual experience. SPACEBORNE is
as simple as it is effective: film footage shot by NASA astronauts over
the course of the space program (before 1977) is edited together, with
only music for accompaniment. After spending endless hours watching
network coverage of space missions second- or third-hand, it is a
revelation to see the actual film-resolution footage. And after dozens
if not hundreds of artificial space operas, it is an experience of
quiet, irresistible beauty to see this stuff up close. No spoken
commentary. A 1977 Academy Awards(TM) nominee, in the category of
"Short Subjects: Live Action" ( - the 1977 Academy Awards(TM) were
presented April 3, 1978 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles).
Prod Co: Pyramid Films. Prod: Philip Dauber, Berkeley; - A Lawrence
Hall of Science Production, for the Regents of the University of
California, with the cooperation of NASA. 14mins. ALC


•DoDo's ARRIVAL STORY (1964),

"DoDo, the Kid from Outer Space,
DoDo can go, go any place,
With propellers on his heels,
Antennas on his ears,
He's the science-fiction pixie
from a strange atomic race,
DoDo, the Kid from Outer Space.
DODO!!!"

The first episode from the trippy ( - the animation-style of DoDo
resembled the popular Japanese cartoons of the same era, such as
ASTROBOY and THE AMAZING THREE - ) ‘60s caroon series DoDo THE KID FROM
OUTER SPACE, came from Hungarian-born John Halas and his wife Joy
Batchelor, British animators who gave us the animated version of George
Orwell’s ANIMAL FARM, which, doubtless, we all had to endure sometime
during our school years. DoDo was a young alien dude with long pointy
ears and wearing bizarre-looking overalls. He had little whirling
propellers on his heels which enabled him to fly and came from the
"atomic" planet Hena Hydro. He was accompanied by his pet computer
bird, Compy. Compy was a half-mechanical, half-living bird whose mother
flew into a window and and layed an egg on a stack of computer
cards.The cards got processed, egg and all, and Compy was born. Compy
had the unique abilities to show films through the top of his head and
do calculations by spinning his eyes like two reels of a slot machine.
DoDo and Compy spent their days encountering different Earthlings and
learning their "strange" Earth ways. They were assisted by one of Hena
Hydro’s foremost researchers, Professor Fingers, a tall, skinny,
balding man, whose research delved into unresolved mysteries, and who
could invent anything. Professor Fingers had inter-dimensional pockets,
which enabled him to fit objects of any size into his lab coat pockets.
Other regular characters included two Earth children, twins Why and
How. From Hollywood to Loch Ness, from the Pyramids to Paris, DoDo and
his pals had fun at the movies, helped Interpol capture spies ( -
today, it’d be “terrists”), searched for sunken treasure, visited a
rodeo and still had time to keep the world from being sold. Based on
the characters created by Lady Robinson. DoDo THE KID FROM OUTER SPACE
was produced in 1964 and released into U.S. syndication in 1965. Halas
& Batchelor also produced 1961's FOO FOO AND SNIP SNAP (shown in
Britain as SNIP THE MAGIC SCIZZORS), and later animated THE OSMONDS and
THE JACKSON FIVE cartoons for Rankin-Bass and THE ADDAMS FAMILY and THE
PARTRIDGE FAMILY: 2200 AD cartoons for Hanna-Barbera. Prod Co: Halas
and Batchelor Cartoon Films, Anroste Productions. Prod: John Halas, Joy
Batchelor. Dist: Fremantle International. Dir: Joy Batchelor. Anim:
Harold Whitaker, John Smith, Tony Whitehouse, Tony Guy, BRUNO BOZETTO,
Arthur Humberstone. Wr: Joy Batchelor. Mus: Jack King, Johnny Gregory.
Presented By: Joseph E. Levine, Robert Maxwell. Design: Sunniva
Kellquist, Tony White. Originally Released in 1964 (Estimate) in
Syndication. Colour. United Kingdom. 5 mins. ALC


and featuring:

•DR WHO AND THE DALEKS (1965),
One word: LAVA-LAMPS. OK, well, I hyphenated it, but, you will
concede, it is a unique concept. And who would ever have thought it of
that those swingin' bachelor-types ( - has there ever been a female…?)
- the Daleks - taste in décor would run to '60s retro?! But yes! So, if
not for a thousand other reasons – original music composed by Century
21 score-meister, BARRY GRAY, being in high contention - you’ve got to
see this flick to know that it really could be true. (I suppose, when
the inevitable remake comes around ( - thank you, Hollywood), those
very dangerous metallic monsters - overgrown tea-kettle look-alikes -
will have Plasma Plates up on the walls.) However, I digress.
The legendary PETER CUSHING ( - best known to some as Grand Moff Tarkin
in STAR WARS [1977]) stars in this fantastic film adaptation - from
those kindly folk from Amicus, who brought us THE TERRORNAUTS (1967)
and DR TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS ((1965) and a zillion other lovelies -
of the beloved BBC-TV serial that captured the imagination of the
world. CUSHING does a fine job as the dotty, likeable Earthling version
of the Doctor, and it's also quite refreshing to see him playing a
*good* guy for a change, after all those Hammer Horror films in which
he played nasties. Playing the Doctor allowed CUSHING to show his
"SNAG"-ggy side, as it were.
CUSHING's Doctor shows Ian Chesterton (Roy Castle) - who is dating the
Doctor's eldest granddaughter, Barbara (Jennie Linden), his fancy new
invention. The whole lot, including young grand-daughter Susan (Roberta
Tovey), go to the backyard and find the famous British-Bobby Call Box,
which the "Whos" have named the T.A.R.D.I.S. Poor Ian falls through the
front-door of the time-machine at the beginning, and, within FIVE
minutes, he and the gang find themselves in a different time and on the
mysterious, distant planet of Skaro, just before the final battle
between the evil robot-like DALEKS and the innocent race of humanoids
they have under siege, the pasty-faced, peacenik Thals, these latter
decked out more like a tribe of camp hairdressers who've wandered off
the set of the VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960). They’re an anaemic-looking
lot, - but you've got to hand it to a race of people who wear blue
eye-shadow and false eyelashes - including the men!
Needing parts to repair their damaged time machine, the company seeks
help in a nearby city, only to be captured and imprisoned by the
machine-bound mutants bent on world domination. The then-current threat
of nuclear annihilation informs the villainy, with Skaro having been
ravaged by atomic war, and with radiation-poisoning an ongoing menace.
To be quite up-front about the important stuff, the music is by BARRY
GRAY ( - THUNDERBIRDS, UFO, STINGRAY, SPACE 1999, JOE 90, FIREBALL XL5,
SUPERCAR, CAPTAIN SCARLET AND THE MYSTERONS, JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF
THE SUN [1969]) and Malcolm Lockyer, but, sadly, doesn't incorporate
the classic television theme tune, by Aussie expat, RON GRAINER.
Further on the Sound front, what a pity about the sound of the Tardis,
though – more to the point, this one doesn’t HAVE one – it's *silent*!
DR WHO AND THE DALEKS is based on the second-televised BBC DW story,
THE DEAD PLANET, which introduced the Daleks to popular culture, and
the catapulted Doctor Who to fame, back in the days when WILLIAM
HARTNELL had the part. It was a frugal production, with a jungle-set
the size of a garden-shed, meant to represent the planet Skaro.
However, it had an intelligent script by Terry Nation, but, in many
ways, was neither better nor any worse than the general standard of
black-and-white British '60s TV drama.
Veteran actor CUSHING makes a fine Doctor and in some ways is better
than many of the TV incarnations, - 'tho, personally, I had always
hankered to see either WILFRED HYDE-WHITE or LAURENCE OLIVIER, or
preferably both, play Who, although probably not at tha same time.
The film's greatest strength is its casting, with the best performance
by far being CUSHING's. His delivery is predictably brilliant, and
helps bring conviction and flair to a script that might otherwise come
off as unbearably campy. As the Doctor he's also just plain likeable -
much more so in fact than his TV counterpart (played by WILLIAM
HARTNELL) who often came off as crusty and gruff. The cuddly
grandfather approach suits CUSHING perfectly. Roberta Tovey as the
young Susan also gives a marvelous performance, something that's a true
rarity among kid actors. Jennie Linden does an adequate job as Barbara,
though her character has no clear role in the story and was probably
just included to suggest continuity with the TV series, while Roy
Castle provides some (generally successful) comic relief with his
portrayal of the bumbling klutz Ian. Kudos also to Barrie Ingham (Thal
leader, Alydon) for actually giving a credible performance from beneath
false eyelashes and a blonde wig.
DR WHO AND THE DALEKS features a humourous component - although not
always intentionally, (as the above implies), most of which centres
around Roy Castle's Ian character – a rough precursor of Bernard
Cribbins' masterful Tom Campbell in the sequel DALEKS' INVASION EARTH:
2150 AD (1966). In the TV version, Ian was a school teacher who was
very much the "Hero" of the early episodes, as opposed to the
title-character, who was very much an anti-hero and catalyst,
essentially a grumpy, senile old trouble-maker, not that CUSHING's
character is a saint, though, either. William Russell played Ian in the
series, and always acted with total and absolute conviction, suspending
any disbelief the viewer might have. Castle's interpretation is very
different and and the role essentially amounts to little more than
comic-relief, though perhaps Castle shouldn't be solely blamed, since
the part is obviously written that way. The lovely Jennie Linden & the
cute, doll-faced Roberta Tovey are both quite good as Barbara & Susan,
respectively. While there were some changes in the supporting
characters from the original ( - Susan was supposed to be 16
originally, but was ~9 or 10 in the movie) the storyline is fleshed out
better in the TV version. Watch for: the Doctor reading The Eagle,
-famous British boys’ adventure paper! Prods: Max Rosenberg, Milton
Subotsky. Prod Co: Amicus, Aaru and Regal. Dir: Gordon Flemyng (DALEKS'
INVASION EARTH: 2150 AD (1966), aka DR.WHO: DALEKS INVASION EARTH: 2150
AD / INVASION EARTH 2150 AD). Wr: Terry Nation (story), Sydney Newman ,
Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky (scr). Cast: PETER CUSHING (Dr. Who),
Roy Castle (Ian), Jennie Linden (Barbara), Roberta Tovey (Susan),
Robert Jewell (Dalek operator). Orig Mus: BARRY GRAY, Malcolm Lockyer.
Set Decor ( - incl. Lava Lamps): Scott Slimon. SPFX: Ted Samuels. 85
mins. RM


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