JUNE UPDATE

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Hello folks! It’s time once again to take a look at some new finds for stuff I’ve already posted about. As is often the case, I am indebted to those who have suggested things I had missed.

Last week I posted about the Cyber-Ship from The Invasion. This prop also appeared in Spearhead From Space, The Mind of Evil and Colony in Space.  





THE KROTONS, 1968

This was suggested by @scribblinggin.bsky.social It’s not identical to The Invasion prop but definitely shares the same lineage. In my post on these props I mentioned an appearance of a similar object in Ace of Wands. Just like that variant, this prop from The Krotons has the central sphere sandwiched between two thick disc shapes, elements that are common to the Invasion ship.
THE POWER GAME, 1969

Here is one that closer resembles the ship from The Invasion. This sixties boardroom drama is the last place I would have thought to look for a prop. So thanks goes to @zoesfeatherboa.bsky.social for pointing me in this direction. And if you look to the left of the image you’ll see another alumni from The Invasion, it’s the Cyber-Planner! And below that is a familiar looking dome.  




Yes it’s one of the dome props seen throughout the Sixties. These props appear in The Space Museum, The Dalek’s Master Plan, The War Machines, The Wheel in Space, The Mind Robber, and Spearhead From Space. 




THE POWER GAME, 1969

The dome gets a lovely great close up.




This grey reel to reel computer comes from the James Bond films. In Who it features in The Green Death, The Three Doctors, The Hand of Fear, The Pirate Planet, The Armageddon Factor, Destiny of the Daleks,  City of Death, and The Happiness Patrol. 


SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM, 1973

I posted this screen grab before as the small blue prop on the left is from UFO. You can see the grey one on the right.



These heat exchanger plates turned up several times in the late 70s and into the Eighties. As well as appearances in Alien, Blakes 7, and Red Dwarf they are also in Destiny of the Daleks, Shada, Warriors Gate, and Terminus. 


INSPECTOR MORSE, 1992

@scottcardiff.bsky.social spotted these plates being painted in a episode of Morse.



And finally it’s this wedge shaped console from Dalek’s Invasion Earth 2150AD. On telly it was in The Space Museum, The Claws of Axos, and Colony in Space.





THE TERRORNAUTS, 1967

Here it is in another film. The Terrornauts was an Amicus Production.



















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