Lunar Module

Maybe most of you already know this, but not myself. Recently I bought a dvd of the older version of The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. The dvd features tons of extras. On disc two the feature name the Douglas Adams Omnibus showed what was the UFO Lunar Module being blow up in a old Brit sitcom called " Out Of The Trees". This was a FX effect that really look like the Module prop was actually destroyed! Does anyone know anything about this? I'm curious to know if this was the actual prop. Martin Michael

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:32:58 -0400
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> Maybe most of you already know this, but not myself. Recently I bought
> a dvd of the older version of The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
> The dvd features tons of extras. On disc two the feature name the
> Douglas Adams Omnibus showed what was the UFO Lunar Module being blow
> up in a old Brit sitcom called "Out Of The Trees". This was a FX
> effect that really look like the Module prop was actually destroyed!

So the UFO lunar module model died in the name of comedy? Oh dear .. :D


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Does anyone know anything about this? I'm curious to know if this was
the actual prop. Martin Michael

Hello, I'm knew to the group and very interested in the models of UFO.
Is this an American DVD as I cannot find anything more than a clip of
what you mention on my UK copy?

Regards,
Barrington

Most of the UFO prop models can be viewed in detail at the Starship Modeler
Website

_http://www.starshipmodeler.com/Other/ufo_ref.html_
(http://www.starshipmodeler.com/Other/ufo_ref.html)

take a look! Gordon.


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To my understanding the U.K. sitcom " Out of the Trees" was a short live series made in 1974 by Douglas Adams. The actor who played Auther Dent in the HitchHikers Guide stared in it. The video clip I saw showing a Lunar Module being destroyed is one of the features of the "HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy" dvd put out by the BBC in 2002. As Gordon mention there are other props. This Lunar Module was probaly one of many. Martin

> Most of the UFO prop models can be viewed in detail at the Starship
Modeler Website

Cloudster.com is another good source of photos and screencaps.

Chiz,
Barrington

effect that really look like the Module prop was actually destroyed!
Does anyone know anything about this? I'm curious to know if this
was the actual prop. Martin Michael

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I believe when Century 21 studios were shutting down and throwing
everything out that Ian Scoones (who worked there in the 60's) and
Mat Irvine of the BBC fx unit went there in a van and loaded up with
stuff they could use. If you watch the Dr Who story Frontier in
Space you can see a heavily modified lunar module and the space
capsule from "The Man Who Came Back" (in fact you see more of it
than in the UFO episode!). I'm a bit undecided whether the space
limpet bomb is in it as well as a spaceship from Joe 90. So yes I
believe that the lunar module in "Out of the Trees" was probably one
of the props from UFO but I cannot find this clip on my disc (there
is nothing called Douglas Adams Omnibus on mine). As to whether they
blew the model up I cannot say.

Chiz,
Barrington