That's NOT what I said at all.
The Tholian Web Spacesuits
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That's NOT what I said at all.
It could have been worse.
Where is that from? That looks worse than the two cloth spacesuits seen in Lost in Space "Flight into the Future," which were re-used from Destination Moon (1950).
Their hair will be dry any minute now!
It could have been worse.
When did he design those suits? 2001 came out in April 1968, the week after Trek aired its last new Season 2 episode. And the movie's trailer must have been out sometime before that.
Those suits were probably designed sometime between May 31, 1968 (when the first draft teleplay was delivered) and August 5, 1968 (when filming started).
Production on 2001 began way back in mid-1965, and the media were hyping the movie well in advance -- Esquire magazine did a few pages on the upcoming sci-fi epic in its May 1966 issue. So it's theoretically possible that Bill Theiss could have seen photos of the 2001 spacesuits. Theoretically.
From what Harvey said, he would have had the opportunity to see the film itself before he designed those suits.
I can’t tell you if Theiss saw that Esquire spread, but interestingly enough, it is among the Roddenberry papers at UCLA (not that whole issue - just the 2001 pages - part of the larger folder of technical clippings).
I liked the Tholian spacesuits too! Especially since the metallic heavy gear spacesuits seen in ENT were too average and too easy to imitate like something similar is to be seen in the new Netflix version of Lost in Space next month!
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Thank you. Wondering if we can tie that helmet to a character.
There were only 4 made (I believe). The MCCoy helmet sold at the Christie’s auction in 2006 (with the body piece, without the neck piece). I know where the neck piece is. The other helmets - just don’t know whether they survived. This would potentially be proof either the McCoy or another helmet made it to at least the Mork era.
I looked at it with as much hi-res as possible and I don't think there's a name. Maybe it was made for the show.
I would guess it was covered rather than removed as removed would likely damage the helmet to some degree. And no sign of a name.
Sure, possible. But I meant maybe they made the props for Mork. Or bought or borrowed some that someone else made personally made. It could just be the lighting, but those props look pretty new in the Mork shot, not 40 or so years old.
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