UFO SIGHTINGS - the other shows.

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As promised, this week is a round up of all the props from Gerry Anderson’s UFO that I’ve found in other shows and films. There will be no Doctor Who, but I keep finding these things and felt the need to really wrap up this avenue of prop hunting. The list here is as broad as it is long and really demonstrates just how ubiquitous these items were. I’ve organised it into prop type rather than by time. And I’ll kick it off with a favourite…

WIDE BLUE - as seen in THE GREEN DEATH, THE TIME WARRIOR, THE ANDROIDS OF TARA, and DESTINY OF THE DALEKS plus episodes of THE GOODIES and of course UFO.
JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN / DOPPELGÄNGER, 1969

As mentioned last week, despite me calling them UFO props they actually come from the earlier Anderson live action feature film Doppelgänger. The wide blue computer unit is on the right hand side of this screen grab.
CARRY ON LOVING, 1970
ACE OF WANDS, 1972
BLAKES 7, 1979

From the season 2 episode Killer. On the face of it, this is not the same prop. Both the marque and the body are different colours. But in all other respects they look completely the same so I think this started life as the wide blue computer. 

RECTANGULAR PANELS - as seen in THE GREEN DEATH, THE TIME WARRIOR, INVASION OF THE DINOSAURS, THE MONSTER OF PELADON, THE ARK IN SPACE, THE ROBOTS OF DEATH, UNDERWORLD, THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR, RESURRECTION OF THE DALEKS, and REVELATION OF THE DALEKS and again THE GOODIES and UFO.
THE TOMORROW PEOPLE, 1973
KADOYNG, 1973

A Children’s Film Foundation movie.
GREEN CROSS CODE AD, 1976

At the back of the set on the wall.
THE MUPPET SHOW, 1976-81
Q, 1977
COME BACK MRS NOAH, 1977
BLAKES 7, 1978

The series A episode, Space Fall.
BLAKES 7, 1980

From the series C episode The Harvest of Kairos. The curved panel in the middle of this image is from the Moonbase desk in UFO
MOONBASE 3, 1973

I’ve put this one out of chronological order because, as well as the rectangular panels, it also features….
UFO DESKS - as seen in THE GREEN DEATH, THE MUTANTS, THE MONSTER OF PELADON, THE FACE OF EVIL, and ROBOT, plus of course THE GOODIES and UFO.

JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN / DOPPELGÄNGER, 1969

As with the wide blue computer, these desks turn up here. But is it their origin, because…

OUT OF THE UNKNOWN, 1966

This appearance in a series 2 episode of the classic Sixties anthology, titled The Fastest Draw, would seem to point to another starting point for the desks.
OUT OF THE UNKNOWN, 1969

The episode is called Target Generation and would seem to fall between Doppelgänger and UFO. It also features the small blue ticker tape machine I last talked about here
BLAKES 7, 1980

From Ultraworld, next to the desk is the short brown record player that also turns up in The Green Death and The Armageddon Factor. 

A COUPLE OF RANDOM PROPS TO END
OUT OF THE UNKNOWN, 1969

This is Target Generation again. The tall unit is also in THE GREEN DEATH as well as…
JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN / DOPPELGÄNGER, 1969

of course 😀
BLAKES 7, 1979

And finally, what I called Supermarionation Tapes that appear in the middle of this image from Redemption are also in INVASION OF THE DINOSAURS, THE ARK IN SPACE, UNDERWORLD, and RESURRECTION OF THE DALEKS.

And that’s it folks. At least until I find some more. Have a good one.














































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