Day: 1st July 2011

Hnady Household Hints for the Single Alien Officer: Part 2

1st July 2011
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More of our own Homeworld Hints! M: Marshmallows: Want a pedicure after all that time in space? Use marshmallows to separate your toes before applying nail varnish! N: Newspapers: Stuff your spacesuit with newspapers and leave it for a few days to remove unpleasant odours. Works well on suitcases and trunks (and transport cylinders). O: Oatmeal: Still suffering the effects of long haul space flight? Dry itchy skin? Here is…

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Handy Household Hints for the Single Alien Officer: Part 1

1st July 2011
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In anticipation of our eventual conquest of the new world, we have devised a list of handy hints that will enable our brave colonists to use all available resources to ensure their survival. These have all been rigorously tested and approved by our scientists. A: Aluminium foil: Toast your own sandwich. Cheese sandwiches wrapped in aluminium foil can be turned into an instant hot and tasty snack by using an…

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Gordon Carew: The UFO SHADO Pistol Project

1st July 2011
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Making the dream a reality: Gerry Anderson – The UFO SHADO Pistol Project The Gerry Anderson UFO SHADO Pistol Project began with the first UFO incident in September of 1970.  I was seven years old.  I saw the first episode of a new TV series called UFO.  I was hooked from the opening credits.  The opening credits features flashes of alien invasion, advanced rockets dogfighting in space, living on the…

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Chris Thompson: Eagle Transporter

Eagle Transporter A rare image for me, a picture of an Eagle transporter flying… not “just rebounded off the ground” type flying , proper flying. My original intention was to do a sort of “Flight of the Phoenix but it didn’t quite work but I liked the Eagle taking off in the middle of a hot spartan desert. With the dust cloud being done in Vue 9 with everything else I decided…

1st July 2011
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Shot in the Dark (Part 1)

1st July 2011
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Dawn broke over Tracy Island, the sun just peeping over the horizon and bathing the small dwelling in a golden light, infiltrating the cracks in the proud house resting atop one of the numerous hills that littered the land. Birds greeted the new day with a burst of song, each trying to outdo each other. The only other sound that could be heard was that of a few of the…

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The Shepherd – Hefted (Chapters 8 & 9)

1st July 2011
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Chapter 8 Wednesday afternoon to midnight. The library had been warm. That was about all John Shepherd could say. The computers so slow and inefficient that it was not worth even attempting to get into the police files that he hoped might hold some clues to his situation. He had spent a couple of hours reading newspapers and journals, enjoying the silence and the peace, but, eventually hunger and unease…

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Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons: Crisis (Part 2)

1st July 2011
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Chapter 2 The Swiss chalet was large and comfortable, obviously a family home. A series of framed photographs stood on the Grand piano, showing the various members of the family. Starting with a wedding group the collection had grown to encompass the new members as they had been born and later, started school. There was even one, taken only a few weeks ago, showing the whole group skiing in the…

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Future Imperfect (Time Paradox 1)

1st July 2011
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Time: Somewhere around 1985 and 2302. Place: England   He remembered running. Something was behind him, chasing him. He remembered cussing mentally because somewhere in his headlong run, he’d lost his gun. Gun. Why would he carry a gun? Why would he be upset that he had lost one? He lay there in the crisp white room, between crisp white sheets and listened to the beep, beep, beep of the…

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