Starfleet (not the star trek one)

[L. Arkwright]

Does anyone remember a kids puppet show called starfleet?
Brian May of Queen fame did the theme tune to the show. It had a ship that could come to pieces and reform as a giant red robot. (hah beat that power rangers)

 

[Dave]

I've never heard of this before, and I thought I'd heard of everything

I knew he had a solo album called 'The Starfleet Project' so was that the music used on the show?

 

[L. Arkwright]

The main character always wore a silver helmet. His name was Hiro or Shiro something like that. He had a mate who was black called Hercules and there was a girl in it who had this kinda big beast type bodyguard. It was alot better than Thunderbirds. People actually got killed in this. The enemy flew around in a hyge ship and all the technology seemed to be based on insects. The main baddy was a woman with one eye.......................I think so anyway its been a while.


found this Dave, take a look.

 

[Dave]

Sorry, it brings back no memories at all. I can safely say that I never saw this.

That link is a good site for it though.

 

[triffid]

I remember this .

And thanks to you L.Arkwright the theme tune won't leave my head!!. Well I won't suffer alone I tell you .

Tell the people back at Earth control
Send starship legions to save our souls
Always daring and courageous
Ooo, only they can save us...
Starfleet, starfleet

I used to watch that show a lot when I were a lad, I always wanted the X-bomber as a toy but alas they never seemed to produce one .

 

[L. Arkwright]

LOL, it does kinda stick as well. Your right about the toys. I woulda sold my soul for one. Instead I had to settle for my toy eagles from space 1999. Ahhh nostalgia

 

[triffid]

Originally posted by L. Arkwright
LOL, it does kinda stick as well. Your right about the toys. I woulda sold my soul for one. Instead I had to settle for my toy eagles from space 1999. Ahhh nostalgia

I had one of those Eagles, ahhh the memories . If I remember rightly Corgi bought out two different designs, one was just the normal transporter with the green cockpit section and removable pod section. The other had a blue cockpit section and little radioactive cannisters attached to it's midsection. I also remember the second design made the 10'oclock news, Corgis had to remove the little radioactive insignia from the cannisters because people were mistaking them for the real thing .

Did you ever have any vehicles from the show U.F.O.? I had both the S.H.A.D.O.W. tank and interceptor (The one with the rediculously large missile on it 's nose ).

 

[L. Arkwright]

Hahaha god I remember those. I had one too. They where made by Dinky werent they? I think I'd only had it a week before I lost the big missile thing. I had a Captain Scarlet SPV as well, the blue thing with the pull down catterpiller tracks at the back. I had a toy that was a actionman type figure but he was transparent and you could see little wierd gold things inside of him. He fought against a bady who was purple but he was transparent too. Lol im not making this up but I cant remember the name. Hmm I might start a new thread with this.....

 

[triffid]

Originally posted by L. Arkwright
Hahaha god I remember those. I had one too. They where made by Dinky werent they? I think I'd only had it a week before I lost the big missile thing. I had a Captain Scarlet SPV as well, the blue thing with the pull down catterpiller tracks at the back.

I stand corrected sir, they were indeed made by Dinky, not Corgi (hey I'm getting old, the memory ain't what it used to be ). The last time I saw my Inteceptor it had no windscreen or missile and the landing gear was missing. I never had any of the old Scarlet toys, although a mate of mine had the SPV .

I had a toy that was a actionman type figure but he was transparent and you could see little wierd gold things inside of him. He fought against a bady who was purple but he was transparent too. Lol im not making this up but I cant remember the name. Hmm I might start a new thread with this.....

You've been raiding my old toy box haven't you? The two figures you mentioned were called Cyborg(the clear one with the gold insides) and Mutant and yes I too had these . You could remove bits of their bodies and replace them with various weapons.

 

[L. Arkwright]

Phew thank god you remember them, I had an awful feeling that I'd dreamt them up. Thinking about the name for the doll Cyborg was kinda obvious. Why didnt I think of that? Lol.

 

[Dave]

Brian May of Queen fame did the theme tune to the show.

I've since found out that he didn't write the theme tune, he just was inspired to record a rock version because his son, Jimmy, loved it so much.

Star Fleet is the theme tune for a superb TV sci-fi series broadcast in England for kids of all ages; Japanese visuals and British soundtrack including music by Paul Bliss. The heroes pilot space vehicles which can assemble into a giant robot for land battles. The aliens fly fantastic insect-like craft which spawn smaller fighting machines; all intent on possession of the secret of F Zero One...Having been introduced to all this by my small boy, I became equally obsessed by it, and formed the idea of making a hard rock version of the title theme.

I have to say that, I myself have no recollection of this show from the early 1980's, but I was at University and we poor students didn't have TVs back then. However, it is available on DVD and it sounds brilliant.

 

[chopper]

wow, mega thread bump there, Dave. i too remember this, as does Ian Sales, who had to review the reissued DVDs.... he didn't like it. i can't remember if i ever saw the last episode or not. great saturday morning fun, though.

 

[HareBrain]

I loved this too as a kid. I thought the alien catfish ship was especially cool, and Commander Makara's helmet that had some kind of Imperial adviser built into it.

I have to say, though, that I watched a couple of clips recently and I have no intention of spoiling childhood memories by watching any more of it.

 

[Rodders]

I remember enjoying this as a kid, but other than that not a lot at all. (I remember a character called Hercules who had a huge chin. My dad and me used to call him Jimmy hill.)