In 1966 the german television started its own science fiction show about the vessel Orion with its (quite rebellious) crew. Only seven episodes of about 60 minutes were produced, as the production was quite expensive. Also, black and white was still a standard at that time, whereas Star Trek was filmed in color.

    The props were expensive and cheap at the same time: look for plastic drinking cups, an iron, pencil sharpener and faucets were used in the command bridge. The helmets with ventilation holes we already had in another posting.

    More information here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raumpatrouille_–_Die_phantastischen_Abenteuer_des_Raumschiffes_Orion

    by MaexW

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    1. The first picture looks like all of the men are confused by the controls, and the one woman thinks it’s hilarious, meanwhile the other woman is outraged because she knows that she is much more competent

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