Before there was Precinct 88, Officer Jane Castle, and the planet Altor, there was Precinct 44 East, Officer Cathy Costello, and the planet Zar XL5 – to name but a few of the differences between the 1994 television series Space Precinct, and its original pilot episode filmed 8 years prior, Space Police: Star Laws. A lot can change in 8 years. While there are several recognisable elements of Space Police that made it into Space Precinct, I really feel like we’re assessing two completely different beasts, produced in two different eras of Gerry Anderson’s career.
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Ep 21 – Terrahawks
Special Agent Chloe – the dog – is called in to select this week’s adventure for Jack and Katherine. Chloe chooses Terrahawks, and Katherine is left to make her judgement on Expect The Unexpected, the opening story to one of Gerry Anderson’s most bizarre television series.
Ep 18 – Dick Spanner, P.I.
Plunge into the Big Pear with this week’s podcast as Katherine and Jack explore Dick Spanner’s first mysterious adventure. Will the whacky humour win over Katherine or has Jack made another dumb move by showing her this series?
Ep 9 – Space Police
Get ready for another action-packed episode of Operation Anderthon, during which Katherine complains repeatedly about the length and lack of character development in the Gerry Anderson pilot film, Space Police – the bizarre predecessor of Space Precinct.
Dick Spanner P.I. – LEGO MOC
Terry Adlam’s mechanical private eye, Dick Spanner, was brought to life by Gerry Anderson’s team at Bray Studios in 1986 using stop motion animation. LEGO and stop motion animation have a long history, and Dick Spanner P.I. is an absolute cracker of a series full of tongue-in-cheek humour, so I thought it was about time I captured the character in LEGO form.
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