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Delta, early 1975

The 15 foot long model of the spaceship Daria, from the episode Mission Of The Darians, was cannibalised to make spacestation Delta for the film. Parts would later be seen as buildings of Moonbase Alpha in Space: 1999 Year Two. This photo shows it being built in the ballroom studio of Bray Studios (the Moon from 1999 can be seen through the door). Note the boxes for Airfix Hawker Harrier and Tamiya Chieftain tank, used for kit parts.

Details of the Delta ship during construction, photos thanks to Martin Bower.

The Delta model in front of black velvet for filming, on stage 3 of Bray Studios (the largest purpose built studio at Bray, this stage was 14m by 12m; confusingly, this was called stage 2 until 1973, and renamed as stage 4 in the 1990s).


Copyright Martin Willey.