GALACTIC SPECIAL EFFECTS GUESTS

Some photos of the (galactic) guests at Smallspace 10.

John Leeson who provided the voice of K9 for most of it’s appearances. He also appeared in person in the Doctor Who story, ‘The Power of Kroll’, and two Blake’s 7 episodes, ‘Mission to Destiny’ and ‘Gambit’.

Here’s a group shot of several of the blokes who work, or who have worked providing special effects for several BBC TV productions including co-organiser of Smallspace, Mat Irvine.

Mike Tucker, who began his career working for the BBC effects department during the mid 1980’s, is an award winning special effects expert, and an Effects Supervisor for his company, The Model Unit, which he formed following the closure of the BBC effects department in 2004. He was one of the principal effects crew on ‘Red Dwarf’, and worked as an effects assistant on the final four series of the original ‘Doctor Who’. He went on to work on the revived series starring Christopher Eccleston, as model work supervisor.

Nick Kool,(above centre) here wearing the Model Unit tee shirt, is a senior visual & special effects technician who has worked on Red Dwarf and the revised series of Doctor Who. He also worked on the Netflix film, Enola Holmes 2, which starred Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) and Henry Cavill (Man of Steel, The Witcher)

Alan ‘Rocky’ Marshall, is a model maker, creature effects technician, visual effects designer and senior visual effects technician. He’s worked on Red Dwarf, the revived Doctor Who and the Anderson Entertainment minisode, Firestorm. He also worked on Casino Royale (2006) and the TV series, ‘As Time Goes By’.