Re: TV SF's glorious past ;-)

>Absolutely Barking Stars wrote:
> 
>> I had one of those interceptor toys with the spring loaded missile
>> when I was about 6. Now how old do you feel?
>
>Hmmm. I tended more towards the Lady Penelope's Pink Rolls-Royce with
>the missile firing through the grill, myself. Also the James Bond
>Aston-Martin with the ejection-seat, tyre-slashers, bulletproof
>shield and deployable machineguns. Not bad for a 1/80 scale model
>in metal...
>
>----------------------      <> <>    How doth the little Crocodile
>| Alan & Carmel Brain|      xxxxx	 Improve his shining tail?
>
How about "the Green Hornet's "Black Beauty""- Limo with rocket launcher
and
MGs, "recce satellite" (a sort of flying top) in the boot, and the
Hornet
himself to lean out the window with a gun!  And not a microchip in
sight!
(Various Captain Scarlet stuff too- especially the Angels)

Rob

Rob Paul
NERC Institute of Virology 
Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR	  Tel. (01865) 512361
rkp@mail.nerc-oxford.ac.uk
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