Monday, July 22, 2013

The Cult-TV Faces of: Living Spaceships

Identified by SGB: The TARDIS of Doctor Who 

Identified by Carl: The Axon spaceship of Doctor Who: "The Claws of Axos."

Identified by SGB: Space:1999's Gwent, from "The Infernal Machine"

Identified by SGB: Star Blazers.

Identified by SGB: Gomtuu from ST: TNG: "Tin Man"

Identified by T.S. The Shadow vessel from Babylon 5.

Identified by SGB: Space Cases.

Identified by William Mercado: Star Trek Voyager, Species 8472

Identified by T.S.: Lexx.

Identified by T.S.: Moya from Farscape.

Identified by Wordboy: Talyn from Farscape.

Identified by T.S. The Cylon Raider from the re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica

13 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:53 AM

    6. Shadows from Babylon 5
    9. Lexx
    10. Moya from Farscape
    12. Cylon fighters from Battlestar Galactica reimaging

    -T.S.

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    1. Hi T.S.

      Well done! All your identifications are correct!

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  2. Hi John,

    1 Doctor Who
    3 Space:1999
    4 Star Blazers
    5 Star Trek TNG
    6 Babylon 5
    7 Space Cases
    9 Lexx
    10 Farscape
    12 Battlestar Galactica (2003-2009)

    SGB

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    1. Good morning SGB:

      Well done, my friend. Your identifications are all right, and you even got "Space Cases" which was pretty obscure...

      Delete
  3. Morning John,
    2 Doctor Who: Claws of Axos

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    1. Hi Carl,

      Yes! That's the Axon spaceship from the Pertwee era story "Claws of Axos!" Great job!

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  4. 8 is the spaceship for Species 8472 from Star Trek Voyager

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    1. Hi William!

      Yes, exactly right! That's the ship of Species 8472 from ST Voyager. Well done!

      Delete
  5. 11 is Talyn from Farscape

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    1. Hi Wordboy,

      Nicely done! That is indeed young Tayln from Farscape...

      Delete
  6. Anonymous4:03 AM

    I think the Event Horizon deserves a mention here. Although it did not originate as a living vessel, it returned to Neptune "possessed" after it's voyage into "Hell". It's creator, Dr. Weir, himself possessed late in the film, explained:

    "I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars, but she’s gone much, much farther than that. She tore a hole in our universe, a gateway to another dimension. A dimension of pure chaos. Pure… evil. When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back… she was alive! Look at her, Miller. Isn’t she beautiful?"

    I find that idea particularly unsettling, and that made the Event Horizon one terrifying ship. The idea that it had itself become possessed, and could use your own fears against you, was truly frightening.

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    1. Anonymous,

      I love Event Horizon. Great movie. Only remember the category here: cult-tv. Event Horizon is a movie, thus no mention here.

      best,
      John

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  7. Anonymous7:26 PM

    Ah, I guess that would rule it out then. I wasn't thinking about that.

    Have you ever done a review for Event Horizon? I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

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