Some old photos of my Product Enterprise Skydiver. Sadly, I believe that the original die cast tooling for the Diver part is lost, so it's unlikely this model will ever be re-released.
Oh, I forgot, a second one for Dr Who, that was actually shot underwater. The others were dry for wet, with the Red Dwarf one being shot through a narrow depth tank.
The Dr Who dry for wet was 'Cold War', featuring Mat Smith. The Story was mostly set inside a 1980s Soviet nuclear submarine. I helped build the close up miniature section of the conning tower and missile launch tubes, as well as a deep sea rockface and an above ground arctic landscape, for an emergency surfacing (as in 'Ice Station Zebra'), at the end. The underwater Dr Who shoot was for 'Thin Ice', starring Peter Capaldi. It was a sequence in which he puts on a Victorian, or possibly Georgian, diving suit and drops through the ice on the frozen Thames, to explore below. I sculpted, moulded and fabricated most of the 1/4 scale diving suited figure (though not the head or helmet).
Not sure they still do on Dr Who, or Red Dwarf, as these jobs were a few years ago now. And with AI coming down the track, even the CGI people are on borrowed time, I think.
Incredible shots Scoop, they're TV show quality in my eyes! Century 21 will be phoning any day!
ReplyDeleteThanks Woodsy. Another repost which always does well.
DeleteGreat moody, dry for wet, 'underwater' work Scoop.
ReplyDeleteCheers Mish. You probably did a few underwater set ups yourself in your time.
DeleteTwo for Red Dwarf, one for Dr Who and one for Good Omens.
ReplyDeleteOh, I forgot, a second one for Dr Who, that was actually shot underwater.
ReplyDeleteThe others were dry for wet, with the Red Dwarf one being shot through a narrow depth tank.
Good stuff. Can you remember the name of the Dr Who story?
DeleteThe Dr Who dry for wet was 'Cold War', featuring Mat Smith. The Story was mostly set inside a 1980s Soviet nuclear submarine.
ReplyDeleteI helped build the close up miniature section of the conning tower and missile launch tubes, as well as a deep sea rockface and an above ground arctic landscape, for an emergency surfacing (as in 'Ice Station Zebra'), at the end.
The underwater Dr Who shoot was for 'Thin Ice', starring Peter Capaldi.
It was a sequence in which he puts on a Victorian, or possibly Georgian, diving suit and drops through the ice on the frozen Thames, to explore below.
I sculpted, moulded and fabricated most of the 1/4 scale diving suited figure (though not the head or helmet).
That's great, Mish, I'll now have to check out those stories. It's good to know that they still used proper miniatures in amongst the CGI.
DeleteNot sure they still do on Dr Who, or Red Dwarf, as these jobs were a few years ago now. And with AI coming down the track, even the CGI people are on borrowed time, I think.
ReplyDeleteThat's sad, Mish. Real models combined with CGI seem to work out these days, but I can see AI killing film and TV.
DeleteIt won't kill it, but it will change it, big time.
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