Old School Scope - from The Avengers

[Shark Bait]

Months ago I was watching an episode of The Avengers. It had some nice old school scopes being used as props.

I had some time today, so I tracked it down on YouTube. The portion of footage that has the scope I would like starts at 40 seconds. Part 2 of 5.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRX8RjLdJGE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRX8RjLdJGE)

Scattered through parts 1, 3, 4 and 5 are some other scopes as well. At least one of them was a mock up.

Diana Rigg (as Emma Peel) is alright too. :thumbsup:

[Shark Bait]

This is a really nice piece of kit as well. They went to a bit of effort with the props for this show.

Part 1 of 5 at 1 min 45 sec

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SGryLKfdI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SGryLKfdI)


Edit: Not so sure about the scope shown at 4 min 35 sec. Looks good though.

[doppler]

Used to love watching the avengers when I was a kid. If you are interested in looking at old classic scopes, I came across this site http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/. There are some wild scopes

Check this 16" out.

[Shark Bait]

Thank you Rick. That site is a gold mine.

[Astro_Bot]

Yes, I always thought so. I have the complete Avengers set on DVD.

The scope is interesting, but that spherical mounting would need a bit of maintenance, I'd imagine.

[doppler]

Check this link out from that web site some big scopes here http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/cave/cave74.pdf

[MattT]

Great links Stu and Rick. Gonna take a bit of time to trawl though this lot! Lucky it's holidays. Love these old school scopes.
Matt

[Shark Bait]

It is fair to say that Mrs Peel's detective skills were probably better than her observations. :D

The Avengers, From Venus With Love - Part 4 of 5

Check out the footage at 2 min 20 sec:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBFb5j42wec (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBFb5j42wec)

[brian nordstrom]

:D Thanks Stu and Rick .
Stu , I had such a crush on Emma Peel when I was younger , And now I know why , she is HOT !

And Rick , thank you , this is going to kill lots of time during the long wet nights of this wet season , what a gold mine .

And that Newt looks like the origonal " Porta Ball" scope ?
Brian.

[brian nordstrom]

;) Stu , She can come around to my place any night and I will teach her how to use a scope :lol: .
That origonal porta ball has no focuser ? it has a secondary tho ?
Emma is welcome any time ..
Brian.

[Wavytone]

LOL.. Diana Rigg is 74...

I'm old enough to remember that episode on its first airing here.
As for that school scope... They were and are complete junk.

[Shark Bait]

I was thinking along the same lines Brian, and then Wavytone dragged me back to reality (kicking and screaming).

[brian nordstrom]

:help: Kicking and screaming alright , but we all grow old , and when Emma ( Daina ) was 20 ,,, HOT!!! :hi: .
I will still teach her how to use my scope . even today , I bet she is a lovely lady .
Brian.

[Suzy]

:lol::lol::lol: you guys!

She's still as gorgeous as ever and she can come observe with me anytime too.:lol:

This pic was taken in 2006.
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btw, I didn't know until now that she's a Dame!