Yes, but there is no real leader of the party in the British sense. Outside of holding the presidency or having a selected presidential candidate, the two party National Committee chairs are the peop… (View Post)

The short answer is because Silvia Anderson designed the costumes and liked the look of the purple wigs. If I recall correctly she hand-waved some explanation about the wigs being to prevent the buil… (View Post)

Ah, we’ve moved on to Red Dwarf! (View Post)

And what about the nuclear-powered airliner that has to complete its journey and land within a couple of hours or the radiation from the reactor would kill everyone on board? I’d love to see the safe… (View Post)

Very much so. Space: 1999 was originally going to be season 2 of UFO, focused on the SHADO moonbase, but morphed into it’s own thing. The Andersons and Lew Grade hoped it would be the British answer … (View Post)