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Why? Its ITV, coming off from from the Andersons UFO, not Star Trek, that oly started to gain cult status.we don’t see Space 1999
Why? Its ITV, coming off from from the Andersons UFO, not Star Trek, that oly started to gain cult status.we don’t see Space 1999
That reminds me add a few more Anderson series eg Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and others to th SF series independently to STWhy? Its ITV, coming off from from the Andersons UFO, not Star Trek, that oly started to gain cult status.
I'm sure there was a 90s remake of the tomorrow People. Given there's a lot of old shows being revived on kids TV right now we're probably due a new one!That reminds me add a few more Anderson series eg Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and others to th SF series independently to ST
For other British SF
Quatermass
Terry Nation apart from the Daleks also wrote Survivors and Blake s 7
Also in the 70s was the Toomorrow People
As noted Space 1999 is a British production from a production team doing SF series from the late 1950s onwards why should they stop their successful run. It Was on screen BEFORE Star Wars so the investment has already been madeYou don’t get Space 1999 (and it’s great ships the Eagle) for the same reason as you lose most other “space opera” on TV. No SW. So no jumping on the band wagon and you also don’t get the example of SW selling toys (that they didn’t even have) so the TV shows and the folks investing in them don’t have the knowledge of how much money can be had from toys to help make a profit. So with no HUGE Sci Fi craze. You probably don’t see expensive Sci Fi on TV.
You probably lose some Sci Fi cartoons as well. And a LOT of Sci Fi toys don’t get mad either.
But did ST influence those commissioning and writing the shows? I imagine they'd be different if they still exist.As noted Space 1999 is a British production from a production team doing SF series from the late 1950s onwards why should they stop their successful run. It Was on screen BEFORE Star Wars so the investment has already been made
Now it is British so not expensive SF. See Dr Who and Blakes 7 for other examples of cheap SF all before Star Wars
Unfortunately is was in the 2010s and I tuned off after the first quarter hour w a s a gunfight. I thought this w a s totally out of characterI'm sure there was a 90s remake of the tomorrow People. Given there's a lot of old shows being revived on kids TV right now we're probably due a new one!
I remember one from when I was a kid, mid 90s, unless it was a repeat of the 70s show? There's a history of good sci fi on UK kids TV: Chocky, the demon headmaster, Dr who itself, tomorrow People.Unfortunately is was in the 2010s and I tuned off after the first quarter hour w a s a gunfight. I thought this w a s totally out of character
Yes probably but the core concepts would not change. The ideas came out of written SF as well as standard TV Tropes. In the early 1970s Star Trek was not this massive thing. I would expect the writers to be aware of it but the Anderson production was funded because of their own ideas with the same money source going back to the 1950sBut did ST influence those commissioning and writing the shows? I imagine they'd be different if they still exist.
The UK might be more of a driving force for sci fi. As I say the idealism and progressive elements of ST would be missing in the US so UK sci fi might fill the void?Yes probably but the core concepts would not change. The ideas came out of written SF as well as standard TV Tropes. In the early 1970s Star Trek was not this massive thing. I would expect the writers to be aware of it but the Anderson production was funded because of their own ideas with the same money source going back to the 1950s
The biggest US impact on UFO were using US Autos as futuristic British ones from the just 10 years into the future of 1980, and Wigs would be really popular on the Moon, for some reason.But did ST influence those commissioning and writing the shows? I imagine they'd be different if they still exist.
I mean what astronaut is ever seen without their wig?The biggest US impact on UFO were using US Autos as futuristic British ones from the just 10 years into the future of 1980, and Wigs would be really popular on the Moon, for some reason.
Planet of the Apes series was an early leader in that.let's not forget how movie merchandising would be probably take longer to come back without Star Wars