Updated Skydiver Operative Scan

Hi all,

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by someone who was writing a
magazine article about UFO for an upcoming issue of the UK magazine
"TV Zone" (which will probably be available in about 2 months). The
author was looking for some UFO photos to illustrate it with, and I
told him to look at my website for photos, and one of the photos that
he really liked was of Georgina Moon, the unnamed Skydiver operative
(the scripts named her Sylvia Howell) who was always talking about
"boosters" :-) The original scan wasn't the best of quality, so I
asked Bill Cotter to rescan his photo and I did some touchup work on
it, and have updated the version on the website:

http://ufoseries.com/character/skyOp.jpg

It's still not the best of quality, but it's the best we're going to
get until we find a better source for the photo.

This photo has always struck me as a bit odd, because what's she's
wearing to cover up her breasts is more revealing than what she
actually wore in the series! So I'm wondering if this was a test
shot, or a shot made especially for a men's magazine, etc...

Anyway, thanks again to Bill for rescanning this, and be on the
lookout for an article about UFO in an upcoming TV ZONE magazine!
The author asked me several questions, so it's possible that this
article may actually have as many blatant errors. Also, it may have
some not-so-usual photos to illustrate it, and who knows, perhaps
even a plug for my website! We'll see...

Marc

>The author asked me several questions, so it's possible that this
>article may actually have as many blatant errors.

Heh, heh... I meant to say that the article may NOT have as many
blatant errors in it...

Unlike my e-mails... :-)

Marc

Good job Marc! Very nice photo of Georgina(I will not make the obvious joke)
Moon.
I like you have always wondered about her costume or lack there of. This
photo is indeed more revealing than what you see in episode or other photos.
I was considering the possiblity that perhaps somehow in finishing the
episodes in editing they sort of airbrushed them to make them less revealed.
Now before anyone says that isn't possible I happen to know it was done in
films. The one that I can think of the title of right off had is the 1945
version of THE WICKED LADY. In this film lead actress Margeret Lockwood's
character was giving to wearing very low cut dresses. They was so low in
fact that the American release of the film was delayed while they raise Miss
Lockwoods neckline frame by frame. So they might have done the same with
Georgina's breasts. Only people who know for sure are Gerry and Sylvia
Anderson and Georgina Moon. A good question to ask if every we get the
chance and people get tired of asking about the wigs and how the miniture
work was done.:-)

James K.


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>I was considering the possiblity that perhaps somehow in finishing the
>episodes in editing they sort of airbrushed them to make them less revealed.

Interesting theory, but there are other publicity photos (shot while
the series was filming) that clearly show that Georgina was wearing
something less revealing than that other photo shows. For example,
here's one:

http://ufoseries.com/temp/moon.jpg

So I think that that other photo is likely a test shot, before they
figured out what to put underneath the mesh.

Marc

Well it is less revealing but since it seems to be taken from a episode
rather than a posed publicity shot it might be that the still was made from a
from of the series after the editing to hide her was done. It hard to tell
anyway as she is standing in a shado(w) and the photo is cropped just about
where anything of interest or objection might show.

James K.


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>Well it is less revealing but since it seems to be taken from a episode
>rather than a posed publicity shot

Uhhh, that *was* a publicity shot, James, but if you don't believe it,
then you must certainly believe that *this* is a publicity shot:

http://ufoseries.com/temp/moon2.jpg

(this has my vote as one of the strangest UFO publicity shots ever!)

Marc

Gee Anthony, when and if I were to hear the sound of hoof beats behind me I
first get out of the way.
As too what it would have cost back then who knows? As to if it was
really done? Like I said only GA, SA and Georgina know. But do remember
that movie I mentioned and several others that were similarly changed before
release. I only said it was a possibility not the only answer. Just because
something seems unlikely doesn't mean it might not be the answer. Otherwise
you might find yourself get stepped on by Zebras because you know they don't
live in your part of the world and didn't get out of the way. <g>

James K.


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If you say it was a publicity shot I will take your word for it Marc. As to
the new shot I have seen one very like this on the cover of Communique not to
long ago. Not the same pose but very similar. It is sort of where I got the
airbrushing idea. You can see that something is covering her breasts but not
what. However in the series you can see her back and sides very clearly show
she isn't wearing a bra or anything else that would cover her front so
completely.

Nice photos by the way! <vbg>

James K.


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>....I have no interest in Straker in his pajamas(from "Kill Straker") or in
the tiny >glimpse of his chest, no not me.

KA-THUD !(sound of James hitting the floor in total shock)


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Even though my family has waged biological warfare on me since school let
out (We're all sick) having these pictures has certainly made the
weekend....interesting.

Or should I say, KERPLUNK!

(New Yorkers don't kerplop!)

Thanks for all the hard work guys! That Carlin picture with Georgina Moon
would be a great one to get autographed at a convention!

And the Fraser picture! Wow!

Alright, I'm a pig, I admit it! We never get pictures like this on the
Space 1999 list! (Except for those Catherine Schell kicking pictures!)

I dunno, Phil!! That pic of Catherine in the blue dress from the Catacombs
Picture of the Week is pretty tasty!!

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Merkel" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Updated Skydiver Operative Scan


> Alright, I'm a pig, I admit it! We never get pictures like this on the
> Space 1999 list! (Except for those Catherine Schell kicking pictures!)

----- Original Message -----
From: <[hidden email]>

> In a message dated 6/29/02 3:46:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [hidden email] writes:

> As for the Linda Simmons gratuitous upskirt shot, that's sexist,
disgusting,
> degrading to women (did Ms. Simmons ever hear of knickers?) uncouth, and
> why in the hell didn't they ever have a revealing shot of Straker equal to
> that? <g>

<snort>
Seconding!

>Although in "SubSmash" if you look closely in the scene where
> Straker struggles to get to the tube where Nina is trapped, if you watch
his
> backside, you'll see the edge of his knickers.

And well before that, when he tries to get Chin up there...
You get to see a glimpse of da mole, too...
:-1
Tried to make a capture of that, but, hey, he's too fast!

>Not that I'd personally be
> interested in anything like that....

Moi (n)either...

>I have no interest in Straker in his
> pajamas (from "Kill Straker" )

Well, iz in pajamas at the end of Subsmash, too, chère...
8-)

>or in the tiny glimpse of his chest, no not me.

Ah. Well.
You needed not mention it... Iz obvious enough!
:-1

> Amelia (who doesn't prevaricate well) ; - D

Non?

--AnnEddy
<as if I have time to spend watching Subsmash in any detail these days....
Hey! What a nice grin when Paul mentions that they won't die from radiation
sickness! Should try to capture *that*!>

At 11:03 PM 6/29/02 -0400, you wrote:
>I dunno, Phil!! That pic of Catherine in the blue dress from the Catacombs
>Picture of the Week is pretty tasty!!
>
>Kevin


The curtain rod throws me off a little bit though! : - ) As for good
looking women, I think UFO beat Space 1999 out by a bit but I do love
Catherine Schell! Meeting her in NYC was a great high point for me.


Almost all of the pictures of the week in the Space 1999 Catacombs are
great (I go there every Saturday to check out the updates!)

here's a link for those interested

http://64.246.32.216/~catacombs/main/newpic.html

and here is a direct link to one of my all time favorite pictures from
Space 1999

http://64.246.32.216/~catacombs/main/images/space/spy2pfire5.jpg

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--- Excited Amelia wrote:
>
> CHRISTIAN!!! Anny and I have a job for you, we want to see
> the mole in EBF! And I'm not talking underground mammal,
> either! <g>
> [snip]
> Amelia (awaiting Christian's mole picture,tapping her toes
> impatiently)

Hey, friends,

couldn't you see me spending a quiet and relaxing Sunday? :-)
OK, I will work on your wishes but only AFTER the final of the World
Cup. :-P

Christian
(holding a DVD box in his hand and thinking whether there is possibly
still time to make one or two frame caps before the final...? No,
there is only time for dinner left. :)

> Well,for the sake of my absent companion Yuchtar, a better expression is
when
> Straker tells him " Colonel Foster get off this boat, you're breathing my
> oxygen!"
>
> Amelia (awaiting Christian's mole picture,tapping her toes impatiently)

In Ed's commentary on this episode he says that is his fave line. I enjoyed
Ed's commentary I just wish there had been more of it. He is such a sweetie.

Sheila

"A dEdicatEd Ed Strakerite"

[hidden email] wrote:
> Gee Anthony, when and if I were to hear the sound of hoof beats behind me I
> first get out of the way.
> As too what it would have cost back then who knows? As to if it was
> really done?

I doubt it, I really think they'd just reshoot, wouldn't you? Or
just edit her out. She can't have been prominent in more than a
couple of minutes of film anyway.

James

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--- Amelia wrote:
>
> Brazil won, what is this, a matter of Priorities? I don't
> give orders to have them ignored,and I've given ten years
> trying to have a screen capture of a Straker mole and I
> won't let some young punk like you mess things up, *BOY*.
> That's what life is all about, the screen captures you
> don't make...
> (dodging ripe fruit thrown at her )
> (ok,ok,I'mgoing now)<g>

ROTFL!!

OK, OK, because I like your speech I'll be after it :-)

*Boy* Christian
(searching for his DVDs)