Favourite moments from 'Fanderson' Con

These are my personal favourite experiences of the convention.

Meeting Ed Bishop is of course a memorable experience. I enjoyed
speaking with him a little, about places in Scotland he is familiar
with (not Aberdeen, sadly :^ ), and to have him let me take his
photograph.

Meeting Dolores Mantez was also memorable. I have to say that some
recent photographs I have seen of her don't do her justice; as my
photo of her in the photos section shows, she is still very
attractive ! And a very nice person too !

My favourite panel discussion included directors David Lane and Alan
Perry, along with John Hough, who had (like Dave and Alan) directed
episodes of the Anderson series 'The Protectors'. Alan spoke of once
having been working with David Lane and Derek Meddings (not
on 'U.F.O.'). A sequence had to be filmed from a helicopter they were
on board, with a hole in the floor to film through. Alan did the
filming, suspended over the hole, supported only by Derek Meddings'
belt tied around him, held by Derek ! Then - to get a sufficiently
dramatic drop in altitude - Derek got the pilot to switch the engines
off for a few seconds ! The helicopter went into a free-fall spin,
and the engines were switched on again while the rotor blades were
still spinning quickly enough to return to normal power; but as Alan
said, if the health and safety authorities had found out what they
did, none of them would have been allowed to work in the film
industry again !

The funniest moments were undoubtedly the spoof films shown late on
Sunday afternoon. Introduced as though they were genuine by a
straight-faced Chris Bentley, they lampooned (among
others) 'Space:1999' (original working title, 'Holy Sh*t - The Moon's
Gone !', allegedly), and coined a new 'Space:1999' fan oath - 'By the
Lost Marbles of Freiberger !' I was in tears of laughter during these
films.

Andy

>"andy_lovie" <[hidden email]>
wrote:
Thanks for sharing your fav moments, Andy! I'm still categorizing mine, so
I'm keeping a low profile about that. But wasn't Dolores stunning? She
hasn't changed at ALL!!! And so very sweet.

>My favourite panel discussion included directors David Lane and Alan
>Perry, along with John Hough, who had (like Dave and Alan) directed
>episodes of the Anderson series 'The Protectors'. Alan spoke of once
>having been working with David Lane and Derek Meddings (not
>on 'U.F.O.'). A sequence had to be filmed from a helicopter they were
>on board, with a hole in the floor to film through.

THAT was a great moment at the Con! You could see those guys having the
time of their lives risking life and limb for a good shot!

>The funniest moments were undoubtedly the spoof films shown late on
>Sunday afternoon. Introduced as though they were genuine by a
>straight-faced Chris Bentley, they lampooned (among
>others) 'Space:1999' (original working title, 'Holy Sh*t - The Moon's
>Gone !', allegedly), and coined a new 'Space:1999' fan oath - 'By the
>Lost Marbles of Freiberger !' I was in tears of laughter during these
>films.

I loved these too. And wasn't Chris a gem? I'm used to American hosts at
Cons, who are so full of themselves, you'd think they were more in demand
than the guest stars! But Chris was simply a pleasure. He made the entire
weekend come together so well, in spite of all the minor letdowns.
Denise

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