Blake's 7 - Killer (1979)

Another of our irregular: "Not really a spacesuit but..". blog posts.

From the second series of Blake's 7, episode 7; Killer, are featured these ill considered outfits.  If I remember correctly - I worked through the box sets a couple of years back - these are not spacesuits but rather protective outfits worn by a Federation boarding party.

Now I'm not going to tell you they look like this fella...

...because that's sort of obvious but I might mention that they look very similar to these suits...

..from Come back Mrs Noah, (1978) blogged all the way back in December 2010.


Steve

Salvage 1 - Golden Orbit (1979)

There's two suits from this Salvage 1 two part story; The Golden Orbit.  There's the usual Vulture crew outfits as seen in a previous blog post and there is also that old favourite, the Men Into Space helmet and suit combo which has just been everywhere.

Images are not the best but good enough to recognise what we're looking at. I watched a few episodes back in the day but nothing really ever stuck in the memory.  Not a bad show it just didn't really have many directions to go in.

Thanks for the pointer Andy, another new one to me

Steve

Wheelie in the Stars - Nicholas Fisk (1976)

Art byJohn Rose (1979)

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RIP Nicholas

 

Steve

Starblazer - Space Fiction Adventure in Pictures - A Large Gallery (1979 onwards)

Starblazer - Space Fiction Adventure in Pictures was a British small-format comics anthology in black and white published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. There were 281 issues in all with the first published in April 1979 and the last published in January 1991.

 

 

 

If you would like to see even more covers of a none space suited variety then go here:

http://monsterbrains.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/starblazer.html

 

...its a very cool blog full of all kinds of wonderful put together with love.

Steve

Alien (1979)

A fantastic picture showing the alternative spacesuits from the 1979 Classic.  My guess is Scott kept moving the same ones around from set to set to maintain the cluttered functional aesthetic of the Nostromo.  We've looked at them before in pictures like the one below but some pictures are worth showing more than once and this times it's in Black and White so that must make it art!

Steve

Quatermass (1979) - Part 2

This is Quatermass part 2 in as much as its the second spacesuit seen in the TV show but actually features in episode 3 of Quatermass IV, unless you are more familiar with the film edit which is known as Quatermass: The Conclusion.  Confused yet?  All you really need to know is it's very good.

These suits are on screen a little longer and seen much more clearly than the Russian Cosmonaut who dies in episode 1, as viewed through a TV monitor, and blogged previously.

Anyway, what we are looking at here is a "ventilation suits", as seen in various other films, shows and pop videos of the time.  This looks like its been lined and padded and has had a few extra details added such as silver cuffs and some forearm controls buttons.  It's an impressive job!

Steve

Quatermass (1979)

A few seconds from episode one; The destruction of Russian and American space crafts as viewed from the TV studio monitors. (i.e. the images are poor by default).  Highly recommend the TV show but don't go to it looking for spacemen because this is it.


Steve

David B Mattingly - Gallery

1979

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Steve

The Usborn Book of The Future (1979)

Fantastic book, ridiculously expensive to buy now but chock full of facts and images of what the future might look like from 1979.

So go here... http://life.enhasa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/The%20Usborne%20Book%20of%20the%20Future.pdf to see the full book as a PDF but before you do that soak up these beautifully evocative Spacemen pictures selected for your imagination's pleasure

 

 

 

Steve

Light My Fire - Amii Stewart (1979)

A brief but memorable appearance for the Space 1999 spacesuits in this video for a Doors cover from back in 1979.  Highest chart position was 5, if anyone wants details of a tangential nature.

 

 

 

Steve