Thursday 17 June 2010

Things That Go "Bloody Hell" In The Night

Thanks to David Slater have just watched Gene Roddenberry's 'Spectre', his occult and Brit filmed TV movie from the 70s. I was organising Star Trek conventions back in those days and, along with a bunch of other people, Gene invited me onto the set for the day. So there we were, in Asmodeus's tomb, when I go and prod what I thought was a dummy leaning up against one of the fake pillars. Turned out to be Gordon Jackson, who was playing the Scotland Yard detective, having a kip between takes. He wasn't best pleased. After all these years, sorry Gordon. Mister Jackson. Sir.
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5 comments:

  1. Chris Hinchley17 June 2010 at 10:42

    Lol - have known you for 31 yrs and have never heard that one!

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  2. Mike Wild17 June 2010 at 11:31

    Bloody hell, have I never bored you with that? How many other surprises do I have up my sleeve?

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  3. David Slater17 June 2010 at 23:47

    Ha, reminds me of the legendary incident on a shoot of The Six Million Dollar Man. Filming in a real fairground funhouse one of the crew prodded what he thought was a dummy and that, too, proved to be human! Unlike Gordon Jackson, though, this was long dead and mummified and later identified as the corpse of Wild West outlaw Elmer McCurdy…

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  4. Anonymous18 June 2010 at 15:22

    I've heard the story before Mike, a few times as I recall...back in the good old days. I'd forgotten it until now!

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  5. erlton30 October 2014 at 13:27

    have you seen new shop in houldsworth mill shopping village onLiving dead bodies but some unusual Dr Who bits

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