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From: sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu (Doug Mohney)
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Subject: Re: *Doppelganger* (was Re: Vulcan? No, not Spock or Haphaestus)
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Date: 15 Apr 93 22:22:19 GMT
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In article <1993Apr15.170048.1@fnalf.fnal.gov>, higgins@fnalf.fnal.gov (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey) writes:

>This was known as *Journey to the Far Side of the Sun* in the United
>States and as *Doppelganger* in the U.K... Later, they went
>on to do more live-action SF series: *UFO* and *Space: 1999*.
>
>The astronomy was lousy, but the lifting-body spacecraft, VTOL
>airliners, and mighty Portugese launch complex were *wonderful* to
>look at.

They recycled a lot of models and theme music for UFO.  Some of the
concepts even showed up in SPACE: 1999. 



    Software engineering? That's like military intelligence, isn't it?
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