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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/26/09

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And I just remembered, The Immortal...
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geekzilla
01/26/09

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Can anyone identify the square boxy shuttle between the Cylon basestar and the UFO from UFO? It has red stripe.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/26/09

@geekzilla: Yeah, it's the shuttle from the original BSG. He just made the nose of it a little too flat..
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bluehinter
01/26/09

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Wait a second, I was about to cry foul because there was no Professor Quatermass or Tomorrow People anywhere on that poster, but then I realized an even worse transgression: no Blake's 7!!!

I demand the artist photoshops in a smug looking Avon dramatically brandishing a curling iron, while Roj Blake argues with Adam Brake from Children of the Stones.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
01/26/09

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This is so awesome that I cannot possibly describe the awesomeness.

I saw each and every one of these first-run.

(although there wasn't THAT much norkage, the artist is obviously a bewb man)
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Hamslicer
01/26/09

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SALVAGE ONE is the spaceship upper left corner.

Other Missing:

Holmes and YoYo, :"Detective Holmes is a veteran NYC cop who can't keep a partner because they always die. Then, a scientist finds a way to solve his problems: pair him with an android. This is where Detective Yoyonivich comes in; and the rest, as they say, is history."

There was another android tv show...?

I know:

The Questor Tapes, starring Robert Foxworth!
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/26/09

@Hamslicer: Good catch. I was going to say Holmes and YoYo. And even though it wasn't strictly Sci-Fi, Kolchak: The Night Stalker should be in here. Rod Serling should also have been depicted for his second series, The Night Gallery.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/26/09

@Jrsy Devil's Advocate: I guess Night Gallery is classified as horror.. oh well, sorry Rod.
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John Hazard
01/26/09

@Jrsy Devil's Advocate: I'm sure Rod Serling would rather not be remembered for Night Gallery. He was pretty much just the host-for-hire and the quality of that show quickly declined.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/26/09

@John Hazard: Actually he wrote many of the episodes in addition to being the host. It wasn't until near the end of the series that he got fed up with it.
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NefariousNewt
01/26/09

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Is that an Eagle from Space:1999 I see? And a fighter from UFO?
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SidneyElpenor
01/26/09

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They've got the Phoenix from Battle of the Planets but where is the Argo from Starblazers?
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/26/09

@SidneyElpenor: Exactly what I was going to say...
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bluehinter
01/26/09

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There's no Sapphire and Steel, but I guess that would mean two David McCallum's standing next to eachother, which might get a little bit confusing.
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John Hazard
01/26/09

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I'm sorry to say I can easily identify every character and vehicle in the pic.

Greatest American Hero: Started in 1981, but the vibe was definitely more 70's than 80's. If it was Misfits of Science, I think I'd complain.

Blue Jumpsuit Dude: Adam Quark, from a sci fi spoof show "Quark" about a space garbage truck. Very funny.

Blonde Guy in Brown Coat: David McCallum as The Invisible Man (Phoenix was a good guess though).

German Shepard: The Bionic Dog! (Right?)

Duffle Bag Guy- definitely Dr. David Bruce Banner

Star Spangled Couple: Captain America (awful show with a fun theme song) and Wonder Woman (Cathy Lee Crosby in a weird TV movie).

Twiki is holding the Spindrift, a supersonic airliner from Land of the Giants, which I would argue belongs more to the 60's, though it ended in 1970.

The bulbous ship above Buck Roger's ship is S.I.D. From the awesome show U.F.O.

I must get a poster of this....
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capnrob
01/26/09

@John Hazard: So (from my list of unknown ones), that just leaves the boxy ship near the two UFO ships; I know it ain't Quark's ship (that one was green and bulbous) ... but what is it? I *know* I've seen it.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/26/09

@capnrob: That boxy ship is the shuttlecraft from the original BSG.
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BullfightsOnAcid
01/26/09

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If he's going to include Kathy Lee Crosby from the Wonder Woman TV movie then he should have included Peter Hooten from the Dr. Strange TV movie. Just to be fair.

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Jim Topoleski
01/26/09

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Where is Star Wars and TMP era Star Trek?
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Charlie Jane Anders
01/26/09

@Jim Topoleski: Sorry, I clarified that it's television only. Should have made that clear originally.
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I_Like_Rabbits
01/26/09

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Hey, that flying craft on the far left side, the white one with the delta wings and that you can see the flame from the engines: What the fuck is that?

I have a toy to this day of that from when I was young. the wings in the toy are yellow and plastic (the rest is die-cast) and are retractable/deployable.

I always used it as "generic bad guy ship" when I was younger and I've never seen it before.
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goldfarb
01/26/09

@I_Like_Rabbits: Buck Rogers.

[conceptships.blogspot.com]
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capnrob
01/26/09

@I_Like_Rabbits: That's the fighter-craft from Buck Rogers.

The ones I can't recognize:

The guy next to the Tardis and the Cylon Leader with the funny hands and the brown jacket. The woman he's standing next to is apparently The Bionic Woman, which I didn't get either, but the artist admits it's not that clear.

The spacecraft, upper left corner, just above the Phoenix and the Buck Rogers fighter, the one with the parabolic antennae.

The woman and the man in the vaguely Captain America outfits; is the woman the Cathy Lee Crosby Wonder Woman, perhaps?

The guy with the duffel; I'm guessing it's Bruce Banner, but it doesn't *look* like Bill Bixby.

And the three spacecraft just above the Dalek; the one that looks vaguely like a marital aid with ski landing gear, the boxy one with the red strope, and the disc-shaped one with all the protuberances.

The rest, I got. I'm actually quite chuffed to see Quark get a nod, there. It was one of those better-than-it-needed-to-be series, in some respects, and I'd honestly like to see someone take a shot at that kind of thing again. The closest equivalent I remember is the BBC series _Hyperspace_, which, sadly, spends too much time poking you in the ribs, going "Isn't this funny? Isn't it? Huh? Huh? Look, it's Nick Frost! He's funny, right?!"

At the same time, though - no love for _Space Academy_/_Jason of Star Command_ or _Ark II_?
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Hamslicer
01/26/09

@capnrob: The spaceship upper left hand corner: Salvage 1
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/26/09

@Hamslicer: No, as previously mentioned it's the SID ship from UFO. Salvage 1 is missing.
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goldfarb
01/26/09

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YAY! Man From Atlantis!
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logicbox
01/26/09

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I may be wrong, but I don't see a freakin' death star in that picture. That's my only complaint though, besides a lack of death stars it's an awesome picture.
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goldfarb
01/26/09

@logicbox: it's stuff from televison
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Charlie Jane Anders
01/26/09

@logicbox: Whoops. Added in the fact that it's television only. Sorry! :)
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
01/26/09

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Ok... right off the bat Greatest American Hero? 70's? Don't think so

Otherwise? Fine work.
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