Saturday, 13 September 2025

A LOOK BACK AT LONDON: 2024 GUESTS

 While our American cousins are celebrating Breakaway Day at the Los Angeles Space: 1999 convention this weekend, I look back at some of the guests I managed to photograph last year at the London: 1999 event.

Fan favourite Nick Tate, who played Eagle pilot, Alan Carter at the controls of the Eagle Cockpit, built by Darrell Simmonds and others.

Catherine Schell, who played Maya.

Anton Phillips, who played Dr Bob Mathias.

The late Clifton Jones, who played Computer technician David Kano.

Clifton Jones with Suzanne Peterson, who was Barbara Bain's stand-in.

Dee Anderson, daughter of producer, Sylvia. During the first season she visited the Space: 1999 set several times during filming, and her former husband , Vic Elms co-wrote the first season theme.

Italian actor Gianni Garko, who played Captain Tony Cellini in the episode, Dragon's Domain.

Entertainer, Jess Conrad, who played Mark Sanders in the episode, The Lambda Factor.

John Hug who played Eagle pilot, Bill Fraser.


Yasuko Nagazumi who appeared as Command Centre data analyst, Yasko.

Peter Duncan who played Cantar in the episode, The Exiles.


Jack McKenzie, with his wife Rosemary. Jack appeared as a technician in four episodes: Breakaway, Black Sun, Earthbound and The Last Sunset.

Quinten Pierre who played Alpha security guard, Pierce Quinton.

Special effects wizard, Brian Johnson.

Journalist and writer, Samira Ahmed, who won the BBC's Celebrity Mastermind, with her chosen subject, Space:1999.

There was several other Space: 1999 guests at the event which, sadly I just didn't get to as there was so much going on.

2 comments:

  1. You say Vic Elms co wrote the 1st season theme.
    I've never heard of him.
    I thought Barry Gray wrote it alone, no ?

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    1. Vic Elms, is credited on the end titles, Mish. He was married to Dee Anderson , and wrote the guitar parts for the first season theme, along with incidental music for the episode, 'Ring Around the Moon '. He was also in the band, Christie, which had a hit with the song, Yellow River.

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