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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- Plot: Reluctantly reassigned from a case involving a mysterious drowning, Chief Inspector Nathan Spring, shortlisted for the post of Commander of the International Space Police Force, the "Star Cops", becomes embroiled in the investigation of a series of unexplained spacesuit failures on the space station Charles de Gaulle.
Notes: This episode introduces Nathan Spring, David Theroux, Pal Kenzy and Box.
Guest Stars: Moray Watson (as The Commander), Keith Varneier (as Stephenson, Controller), Gennie Nevinson (as Lee Jones), Andy Secombe (as Brian Lincoln).
That was an excellent series back in the day.
Brilliant first episode! Man, I miss this series.
It's crazy how ahead of its time Box was. Move over Siri...
This was 1987 - we'd had HAL, Marvin and the Hitch-Hikers Guide. Hardly original.
@@octaviussludberry9016Box is clearly based on Orac.
@@davemack7577 Which was still later than HAL, Colossus and numerous other AI/android sentients on screen.
@@octaviussludberry9016Indeed but unlike Hal definitely in the portable category.
@@davemack7577 I'll concede, yes, there is that element to it.
One of my all time favorite British SF show from the 80's! I first saw it on PBS in NYC in 1990--immediately fell in love with the setting and characters. Made by the same writer/creator of Blakes& and the evil robots in Doctor Who! Would love a remake some day.
One of my favorite BBC Cop Shows too. Haha I mean favorite scifi shows.
Young folks watching it today would just assume " Box " was the prototype for the " Smart Phone with Siri ".
*"My God ...... it's full of stars"*
@@Bill23799 And how Chris Boucher foresaw Zoom/Teams etc?
@@Bill23799 And talking to Splunk-type data mining AI?
I believe Big Finish (they make audio drama) have new episodes as audio plays featuring the original cast i think.
Best line: _"I don't trust laws I didn't vote for!"_
Thanks for offering all the episodes. We see many Brit shows on our PBS tv here in Minneapolis but never this one. I adore Justin Hayward singing the intro "It Won't Be Easy." Going on his On The Blue Carribbean cruise 2/10/19 - 2/15/19.
It has a great opening and music.
An amazing original series that was way ahead of its time using cutting edge TV technology of the time based in the near future I wish they made more of it
Not perfect, but surprisingly decent zee-gee effects for the era and the budget. Interesting directorial choice to have the two opening crimes parallel each other so closely and ultimately be unconnected. Rather artsy, that. Also nice to a British character so open about how little there is to choose from between corporate USA and the (remarkably) still-extant USSR. Good reminder of how disgusted many folks in the UK were with the US after 7 years of Reagan's policies.
I wonder how long it will be before the US collapses under its own socio-political divisiveness and make this feel even more dated than having the USSR around? We might make it through 2024, but I wouldn't bet money on us getting to the point where the world has international star cops.
The series' theme hooked me. I first saw it on our local public broadcast station. I was dismayed when it was cancelled by the BBC. Showed great potential, the characters were spot on in their roles. The setting were before their time - I so miss Stat Cops.
The theme song sucks.
Excellent this over 50quid on dvd and someone’s put it up for free during the
Lockdown I am binging this one
Theme Music - Great guitar solo by Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues
This was a great Cop Show haha. Oh yeah it also sort of was a scifi series too.
Thank you for casting it here. The special effects were great for their time but it wasn't about that.
It was the writing and the great characters that made this such a good series.
I wonder why it was not renewed for a second series ( season in the USA )
There was an earlier Scifi BBC series based on the Moon made in 1973 called " Moonbase 3 ".
Now process this.....The main character in Star Cops was Nathan Spring played by actor David Calder
The main character in Moonbase 3 was David Caulder played by actor Donald Houston
Coincidence....Irony....Temporal anomaly left because of time travel in the future?
Production was interrupted to a writers strike, and it was in a poor time slot, 830 on BBC2 on a week night, when people would be watching the main channels. It's dark in tone so wouldn't appeal to kids, and was on too late for them anyway. It just doesn't have the charm of other shows, so didn't get good ratings and wasn't renewed.
The irony is that Blake's 7 was made on a Cop show budget!
A friend of mine has written a book about Star Cops...I don't remember this show at all but I want to buy the book to support him. And so, here I am. Really liking what I see so far, and the theme song is beautiful.
Thank you for the information, Ma'am. I'd be very much interested in purchasing a copy of your friend's new book.
Might you or your friend contact me with more information? I can be reached at stjaguar1@gmail.com
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This show was one of my favourite of the 80’s so upset they only made 1 series! Detective’s in space
I LOVED THE SERIES YES SO WHAT IF IT WAS NOT SLICK VISUALS, THE ACTORS GOT ON WITH IT AND MADE IT GOOD TO WATCH
BUT BECAUSE OF WORK COULD NOT SEE ALL THE EPISODES, WAS NOT IMPRESSED THAT YET AGAIN A GOOD SERIES GOT CANNED
AFTER ONE SEASON, THEN HAD THE CHEEK WHEN THEY TRIED TO OVER PRICE THE BOX SET , SO THANKS FOR POSTING
This is a fun show.
Great theme song from Justin Heyward (Moody Blues). Watched this when it first aired in 1987
mid 30s here. found the show a few years back looking for short lived hard sci fi. great show. 5 of 9 eps kick ass.
Loved this series - yes - even the theme music which I have on a 7 inch somewhere...for fans BIGFISH have some Star Cops audio stories - check em out.
Thank you. Loved this when it was first transmitted and yep, even bought the boxset (remember them?). Only 2 negatives - 1) lippy ‘Pal’ Kensey annoyed - really annoyed - me as much as gobby Alan Carter in Space 1999 (only Season 1 natch - S2 being so bad I still ignore it). I’d have shot each/both of them out the nearest airlock early on 2) dreadful theme (unlike Enterprise which kinda grew on us, this one be 100% disposable). So, much like I Clavdivs - despite the cheapo rickety sets and sometimes stilted acting, it remains an enjoyable watch & isn’t that the point? Good ol’ 70s Auntie Beep - “Cheap ‘n Cheerful” [Unlike the American requirements: Space 1999 S2 - “Brash ‘n B/S”. Happy daze.
I like British Science Fiction shows like Doctor Who.
I used to watch this in the early 90s on the old KTEH in San Jose on their "Sunday Science Fiction Nights."
me too
@@Mrdoctile It was a good time in my life, so there's a pleasant association with this.
as we get closer and closer to the year 2027, the clodhopping in effectuality of the British Police Force as depicted here, begins to seem uncanally pre escent.
Woah. That was *cool*.
The music's not bad per se, but it's hard to imagine how it could be more wrong.
This is still brilliant :)
*looks as if there's NO Internet in the future*
definitely an oversight. show is great tho, writing and acting.
Sure there is Internet......Box is the only one who has access haha.
I suppose it's the ultimate destiny of Alexa/Google/Siri etc. where you don't actually need to. You just ask Box what you need to know.
@@simondaniel4028 the show was like 7 years before WWW lol
@@grantalias Show takes place centuries after a galactic nuclear holocaust. lol wtf? what is WWW?
You have to admire any film or TV show whose reach exceeds its grasp. You can see the attempt of a solid hard sci-fi drama series; a realistic portrayal of near future space travel, speculative fiction of future crimes, the rise of artificial intelligence and domestic smart technology. Sure the special effects are dodgy, the sets are held together with sticky tape, the video, sound and editing quality looks cheap, and the wardrobe has dated as bad as any of the worst 80s fashion. But this could have really been something, given a better chance. A big part of its doom was the BBC (and British TV in general, for that matter) have always hated sci-fi, seeing it as "just for kids." Even Doctor Who was being slowly strangled to death at that point, and coming to the autumn of its golden age. A serious adult orientated British sci-fi drama never stood a chance. Gave a good effort though.
Yep, and the BBC's disdain for its own production could clearly be seen in its scheduling. Star Cops was hidden away on BBC2, not a channel known for primetime drama, shown in an awkward 8:30pm - 9:20pm timeslot where it was in direct competition with BBC1's highest rated sitcom. And in the middle of summer, when TV audience were traditionally at their lowest. The BBC knew full well it would be unlikely to attract an audience and therefore they could cancel the show without anyone noticing it even existed in the first place.
BOX makes Siri seem like a precocious toddler wearing her mum's glasses and pretending to be a secretary!
The idea of BOX was brilliant! It presupposed the extent and availability of the internet, the ubiquitousness of Wi-Fi, and the reality of having a bit of AI in our pocket... a thing we all live with, today.
In fact, I liked the idea so much that I wrote a script, and shot a short film with friends in the early 90's, that featured a similar device that went a bit too far in that it independently arranged for the death of the owner's professional rival. But, no worries, it made it look like an accident. ;-]
This was 1987 - we'd had HAL, Marvin and the Hitch-Hikers Guide. Hardly original.
@@octaviussludberry9016 Yes, and in 1971, we had Colossus and The Guardian joining forces... And before that, there was Robbie the fucking Robot!
But none of those is reflected in today's actual technology, which is what I was pointing out. ;-]
Interessante ma senza sottotitoli fatico un po’ a seguirlo….😊
Uneven production but some seriously good writing. "Some days, try as you will, nothing goes wrong." But I can't say that I'm impressed with the theme song. (Bitch, bitch, bitch) ;)
Weirdly chill music for a murder montage O_o
Dreadful theme
SPACE FORCE
That opening dude going into the lake.. damn glad I could never look that bad
Is this a soap opera or a song you get stoned to while you listen to it
Pink Floyd song has to be...
Very cool show. But the sound mixing and editing is truly awful. Misplaced incidental music, muffled dialogue and overpowering background noise... it all lets down the writing and performances sadly.
Can't just be me, surely?!
That's partly as it's shot on video, which is harsh and unforgiving of sound issues especially,
So the 41 year old cop is bald as a 60 year old
Wow...I am 57 with a full head of long blonde hair...and that cop is badly out of shape. 57 and I am shredded...
Lol
Good for you Captain Narcissist.