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One of my friends has a full size ex BBC one in his living room.
Cybermen were much scarier though because they *could* climb stairs. Even if they looked a lot like blokes in silver boilersuits with accordions and plumbing for ears. Modern ones are much tougher looking.
If you want a really badly made Dr Who alien "The Ark in Space, 1974" is one such. Amazing what you can do with green paint and bubblewrap.
https://randomwhoness.com/2016/11/11/imagination-bubble-wrap-and-the-ark-in-space-1974/
If you go even further back there were plenty of worse aliens in the likes of "Plan 9 from Outer Space". A film that was so bad that it became good again and
had a cult following (along with others of that ilk). I can't recall the film now but another alien was obviously two blokes under a carpet!
On 2/04/2024 11:55 pm, Don Y wrote:
<https://mega.nz/file/cjoXCCiT#zphWlIXeN02hkivnJb0uxZDxSZyRQFQu8LpPIfbP25s> >>Daleks were famous as the cheapest and least convincing aliens ever seen
on a TV screen.
The image presented seems to be of some things that might do something practical, and are not nearly tawdry enough to qualify as Daleks.
OTOH, Robbie the Robot (/Forbidden Planet/, /The Invisible Boy/, etc.) epitomizes what a robot *should* look like! (though the newest rendering
of Marvin is an amusing, modern take -- the original was depressingly pathetic!)
I was more interested in Lady Penelope's car. It would be super cool
to drive down the street as if nothing unusual about it! (and watch
other cards get into accidents at the distraction!)
On 02/04/2024 16:03, Don Y wrote:
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Nah, Robert was the best.
OTOH, Robbie the Robot (/Forbidden Planet/, /The Invisible Boy/, etc.)
epitomizes what a robot *should* look like! (though the newest rendering >> of Marvin is an amusing, modern take -- the original was depressingly
pathetic!)
https://gerryanderson.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_the_Robot
I'm sure the theme music from 'Fireball XL5' - of which Robert was crew - was used for the closing credits of the film 'Apollo 13', but I can't find a reference. Maybe it was just UK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=EbSFOaBySjo
On 2024-04-02, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
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With the cheese-shaped head it looks more B-9 from "Lost in Space"
https://www.metv.com/stories/the-robot-from-lost-in-space-was-nearly-destroyed-in-a-fire
On 2024-04-02, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
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With the cheese-shaped head it looks more B-9 from "Lost in Space"
https://www.metv.com/stories/the-robot-from-lost-in-space-was-nearly-destroyed-in-a-fire
On 4/6/2024 4:37 AM, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2024-04-02, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
<https://mega.nz/file/cjoXCCiT#zphWlIXeN02hkivnJb0uxZDxSZyRQFQu8LpPIfbP25s> >>With the cheese-shaped head it looks more B-9 from "Lost in Space"
https://www.metv.com/stories/the-robot-from-lost-in-space-was-nearly-destroyed-in-a-fire
I think they may have been covid-related. The "heads" appear to have vents. >Possibly to disperse some disinfectant? (esp if they are on motorized bases)
On 4/6/2024 4:37 AM, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2024-04-02, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
<https://mega.nz/file/cjoXCCiT#zphWlIXeN02hkivnJb0uxZDxSZyRQFQu8LpPIfbP25s> >>With the cheese-shaped head it looks more B-9 from "Lost in Space"
https://www.metv.com/stories/the-robot-from-lost-in-space-was-nearly-destroyed-in-a-fire
I think they may have been covid-related. The "heads" appear to have vents. Possibly to disperse some disinfectant? (esp if they are on motorized bases)
On 4/6/2024 4:37 AM, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2024-04-02, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
<https://mega.nz/file/cjoXCCiT#zphWlIXeN02hkivnJb0uxZDxSZyRQFQu8LpPIfbP25s> >>With the cheese-shaped head it looks more B-9 from "Lost in Space"
https://www.metv.com/stories/the-robot-from-lost-in-space-was-nearly-destroyed-in-a-fire
Ha! The unit on the right has the designation "R2Z2"! :> (can't read the designation for the one on the left due to bad camera angle).
On 2024-04-06, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
On 4/6/2024 4:37 AM, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2024-04-02, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
<https://mega.nz/file/cjoXCCiT#zphWlIXeN02hkivnJb0uxZDxSZyRQFQu8LpPIfbP25s>
With the cheese-shaped head it looks more B-9 from "Lost in Space"
https://www.metv.com/stories/the-robot-from-lost-in-space-was-nearly-destroyed-in-a-fire
Ha! The unit on the right has the designation "R2Z2"! :> (can't read the >> designation for the one on the left due to bad camera angle).
It appears to be "ROSIE" or "R051E" a reference to "The Jetsons"
perhaps.
<https://mega.nz/file/cjoXCCiT#zphWlIXeN02hkivnJb0uxZDxSZyRQFQu8LpPIfbP25s>
On 4/2/2024 5:55 AM, Don Y wrote:
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Apparently, the "breeding pair" sold for some $3K! Wow! Glad I didn't
bid on them as my ~$25 offer (for the opportunity to take them apart
and see what's inside) would have likely offended! :>
On 2/04/2024 11:55 pm, Don Y wrote:
<https://mega.nz/file/cjoXCCiT#zphWlIXeN02hkivnJb0uxZDxSZyRQFQu8LpPIfbP25s> >>Daleks were famous as the cheapest and least convincing aliens ever seen
on a TV screen.
The image presented seems to be of some things that might do something practical, and are not nearly tawdry enough to qualify as Daleks.
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