Some photos I took at the Space: 1999 Convention which took place at the Manchester/Oldham Holiday Inn in September, 2026.
One of the highlights was Darrell Simmond’s brilliant replica of the Eagle cockpit.
Photo below shows Myself and Darrell discusing the set.
Another hightlights was wall of original screen-used computer panels owned and restored by Simon Rhodes.
Maya’s original screen-used command Center desk owned and restored by Simon Rhodes.
The convention featured several guests that had appeared in the series.
Nick Tate who played Eagle pilot, Alan Carter.
Anton Phillips who played Dr Bob Mathias.
Photo below; John Hugg who played Eagle Pilot, Bill Frazer.
Photo below: Carolyn Seymour who played Eva Lewis in the episode, The Seance Spectre.
Photo below: Suzanne Peterson (Heimer) who doubled for several women on the series, most notably, Barbara Bain.
Some other guests who had some connection with the series:
Sandy Byrne, widow of writer, Johnny Byrne.
Christien Anholt, son of the late, Tny Anholt talks about the props that his father retained after filming finished.
There was plenty of models and original props displayed:
The original Eagle 2, displayed by Andrew Framton.
Chris Potter brought along his replica Eagle builds.
Mark Craig displayed his scratch-built Main Mission model, and other rooms seen in Moonbase Alpha.
James Winch displayed some original props from UFO:
David Sisson displayed a fine selection of his scratch-built and restored original props from other Anderson series:
Andrew Framton brought along a fine selection of puppets, some with screen-used parts.
A selection of photos showing other models displayed by Andrew Framton, David Sisson and James Winch.
James drove to the convention in his meticulously restored SHADO Jeep.
