Science Fiction Collection

The filming of Dr Who - Daleks characters across the river from Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. 1964

Tom Baker, actor who plays the fourth incarnation of The Doctor in BBC TV series Doctor Who, pictured in character, 9th July 1975

Space Collage Surreal Art
Samantha Hearn

Thunderbird II takes off in Slough film studios during filming of the Thunderbirds series. 6th October 1965

Alien, artwork
Alien, computer artwork

Star Wars Exhibition on display at the Science Museum, London, 30th December 1977. C-3PO, android programmed for etiquette and protocol

The March of intellect, 1829. Artist: Heath, William (1795-1840)
The March of intellect, 1829. Found in the collection of British Museum

Derek Ware (left) teaches a Saracen (Valentino Musetti) how to fight, while William Russell who plays Ian looks on during filming for the Dr Who story The Crusades at the BBC studios in Ealing

Derek Ware fight co-ordinator runs through the fight scene with the Saracen (Valentino Musetti) and Ian (William Russell) during a break in filming the Dr Who story The Crusades at the BBC studios in

Filming started today at Shepperton Studios of "Daleks Invade Earth"
Filming started today at Shepperton Studios of " Daleks Invade Earth". Roberta Tovey is pictured with her friends the Daleks. 31st January 1966

VERNE: 20, 000 LEAGUES. Only one of its arms wriggled in the air, brandishing the victim like a feather. One of Captain Nemos sailors seized by a giant cuttlefish

Neptune seen from its tiny, distant moon, Nereid

A spacial phenomenon in the cosmos

Doctor Who, actor Tom Baker - the 4th Doctor - pictured outside Acton rehersal rooms with assistant Sarah Jane Smith played by actress Elisabeth Sladen. 9th December 1974

Doctor Who, actor Tom Baker - the 4th Doctor - pictured outside Acton rehersal rooms with assistants Sarah Jane Smith played by actress Elisabeth Sladen and John Andrews played by Ian Marter

Getting to know people is always an important part of starting a new job. And its especially arduous for 21 year old actress Maureen O Brien

TV Programmes Doctor Who Daleks sighted on Westminster Bridge. 1993

The Saracen (Valentino Musetti) and Ian (William Russell) during filming the Dr Who story The Crusades at the BBC studios in Ealing. 16th February 1965

The Saracen (Valentino Musetti) and Ian (William Russell) during filming the Dr Who story The Crusades at the BBC studios in Ealing. 16th February 1965

Derek Ware fight co-ordinator runs through the fight scene with the Ian (William Russell) during a break in filming the Dr Who story The Crusades at the BBC studios in Ealing. 16th February 1965

Derek Ware fight co-ordinator runs through the fight scene with the Saracen (Valentino Musetti) and Ian (William Russell) during a break in filming the Dr Who story The Crusades at the BBC studios in

Derek Ware fight co-ordinator runs through the fight scene with the Ian (William Russell) during a break in filming the Dr Who story The Crusades at the BBC studios in Ealing. 16th February 1965

Derek Ware fight co-ordinator runs through the fight scene with the Saracen (Valentino Musetti) and Ian (William Russell) during a break in filming the Dr Who story The Crusades at the BBC studios in

Louise Pajo (as Gia Kelly) and fellow actress (name to be confirmed) rehearsing a scene from the BBC science fiction series Dr Who " Seeds of Death"

Jean Marsh as Sara Kingdom on the set of Dr Who in a 12-part serial The Daleks Masterplan. 3rd December 1965

Elisabeth Sladen in the courtyard of BBC Television Centre after it was announced that she will play Sarah Jane Smith, a bright young journalist on a womans magazine who becomes the Doctors assistant

Transparent Man Walking in Desert
Australian Views Photographers: Donald Iain Smith

Astronaut standing on the edge of a lake of liquid methane at the bottom of a large
An astronaut is standing on the edge of a lake of liquid methane at the bottom of a large impact crater. Exploring the moon of a distant gaseous planet is a lonely

Doctor Who, TV Series, Scene from story called "The Chase", eighth series
Doctor Who, TV Series, Scene from story called " The Chase", eighth series, season 2. Pictures show the confrontation between The Mechonoids

Doctor Who, actor Tom Baker - the 4th Doctor - pictured with assistant Leela played by actress Louise Jameson, the Doctors first alien companion & new cast member K9 a robot pet dog 6th October 1977

Elisabeth Sladen with Jon Pertwee standing in the courtyard of BBC Television Centre after it was announced that she will play Sarah Jane Smith

A spaceship in orbit over Mars moon, Phobos, with the red planet Mars in the background
The landing struts on this Mars-bound spaceship are deployed and checked in orbit prior to landing on the red planet. Mars is seen here some 93, 000 kilometres away from the its inner satellite

An alien planet and its moon in orbit around a red giant star

A lone Star Fighter pilot looks around the alien landscape after a crash landing
A lone Star Fighter pilot looks around the alien landscape, in which he was forced to make an emergency crash landing after his ship developed technical problems

Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula
Pillars of Creation are part of the Eagle Nebula and are made of interstellar dust and gases

The universe is a place of intense color and beauty

B-29 Superfortress planes under attack from Japanese Nakajima Ki-84 fighter planes
American B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers under attack from Japanese Nakajima Ki-84 fighter planes during World War II

Saturn seen from the surface of its moon, Rhea. It is the largest of Saturns airless satellites. It was discovered in 1672 by Giovanni Cassini

A futuristic alien plant harvest

Dr Whos arch enemies the Daleks pay a visit to Woolhampton Primary School in Berkshire 22nd May 1972. The children appear to being having great fun with their new friends in the schools playground

Jon Pertwee as Dr Who and Katy Manning as Jo Grant seen here with Bessie the Doctors Edwardian Roadster car during filming of " The Time Monster" at Swallowfield Park in Berkshire

Actor William Hartnell - the first Doctor - pictured during rehearsals at Television Centre 21st May 1965. Doctor Who Story - The Chase, starring The Daleks

Zienia Merton, actress, starring as chinese bride Ping Cho in Doctor Who episodes titled Marco Polo. On set, filming. 21st February 1964

Mary Tamm is to join Dr. Who in his adventures when the long-running series returns to BBC-1 September 1978. She plays Romana, a Time Lady

Josette Simon and Steven Pacey join the cast of Blakes Seven when the space adventure series returns to BBC-1 for a thirteen week run beginning on Monday, January 7th. January 1980 80-00021-003

An astronaut surveys his situation after being marooned on a barren planet. Ominous clouds form in the distance while his scorched capsule is nearby

A herd of dinosaurs walk past a flying saucer lodged into the ground
A herd of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period, walk past a giant flying saucer lodged into the ground after a bad landing

Vintage Space Barbie 2
Samantha Hearn

Doctor Who, actor Tom Baker - the 4th Doctor - pictured with assistant Leela played by actress Louise Jameson, the Doctors first alien companion & new cast member K9 a robot pet dog 6th October 1977

A scene from the Dr Who tv series, the story is called "The Chase"
A scene from the Dr Who tv series, the story is called " The Chase" The scene show a confrontation between the Mechanoids large spherical robots originally built by humans in order to help

Extras dressed as Cybermen seen here on location near Arundel during the filming of the Dr Who story called The Silver Nemesis. 28th June 1988

What a carry on! A protesting Carole Ann Ford is being threaten and carried off by a Voord, an outer space creature with webbed hands and feet

Artists concept of an astronaut falling towards a black hole in outer space. Gamma Rays erupt from the poles as a nearby nebula is pulled in

Artists concept of Epsilon Eridani, a possible habitable planet
Epsilon Eridani is another factual solar system similar to our own. Scientists put this system on a promising list of potential life-bearing planets due to the their position within the habitable

Artists concept of an impact crater on Jupiters moon Ganymede, with Jupiter
Artists concept of an impact crater on Ganymede, about 10 miles in diameter, dominates a scene otherwise defined by a dozen long ridges

The mysterious Bermuda Triangle where aircraft and vessels vanish
For decades the area known as the Bermuda Triangle has been a place of deep mystery as ships, aircraft and people have all mysteriously vanished, never to be seen again

An alien being directing its spacecraft to make crop circles

Television programme - Dr Who - Actress Jackie Lane who plays Dodo a companion of the Doctor, in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who 18 February 1966

Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor behind the wheel, Christopher Bowen as Mordred (suit of armour) Jean Marsh as Morgaine (wearing crown)

Filming at the BBC Ealing studios for Dr Who story call "Moonbase"
Filming at the BBC Ealing studios for Dr Who story call " Moonbase" which sees the return of the Cybermen. Our picture shows: The Cybermen building a weapon on the moons surface

Jules Verne, c1878, (1912). Artist: Gaspard-Felix Tournachon
Jules Verne, c1878, (1912). Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) a French novelist, poet, and playwright known for adventure novels. Verne has a profound influence on the early genre of science fiction

The bright star Rigel eclipsed by a moon of a hypothetical planet
Rigel is one of the two brightest stars in the constellation Orion. It is a blue-white giant star. We see it here eclipsed by a moon of a hypothetical planet

Deborah Watling who played the Doctor Who Companion Victoria Waterfield 1965 vfr1

UFO, TV Series. Actresses from the science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth, pictured during photo-call to promote the series outside Hall of Memories, Birmingham, 15th September 1970

Astronaut with message / 3D illustration of space suit wearing male figure holding blank cardboard sign isolated on white studio background

Lance Guest & Catherine Mary Stewart, actors who star in new science fiction film, The Last Starfighter, as characters Alex Rogan & Maggie Gordon, in London for royal premier next week

Catherine Mary Stewart, actress who stars in new science fiction film, The Last Starfighter, as character Maggie Gordon, in London (arrived from Los Angeles earlier today)

Colin Baker, new Doctor Who, the 6th, with actress Nicola Bryant, who will play his - 25th - assistant Peri, photo-call, Friday 19th August 1983

Nicola Bryant, actress, who will star in Doctor Who, as his - 25th - assistant Peri, photo-call, Tuesday 5th July 1983. Full character name, Perpugilliam Brown

Doctor Who, new assistant Leela played by actress Louise Jameson, the Doctors first alien companion. 26th October 1976

Jean Marsh as Morgaine whilst on location filming for the Dr Who story Battlefield. 16th May 1989 Picture taken at Hambleton and Rutland Water, East Midlands

21 year old Nicola Bryant seen here being introduced to the press as Doctor Whos first American assistant. She plays Perpugilliam " Peri" Brown, a wealthy young American botany student

Doctor Who actress, Wendy Padbury, a 20 year old actress who has been signed up by the BBC as the new companion of Doctor Who. Pictured at her home in Holland Park

Rocket Blastoff

Control desk DP249336
Coal and Oil Fired Power Stations: Cottam Power Station, Outgang Lane, Retford, Nottinghamshire. Control room showing unit control desk and lighting above

Control desk DP249335
Coal and Oil Fired Power Stations: Cottam Power Station, Outgang Lane, Retford, Nottinghamshire. Control room showing unit control desk and lighting above

Black and White
Tal Paz-Fridman

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Filming started today at Shepperton Studios of "Daleks Invade Earth, " a thrilling science fiction adventure that promises to transport audiences to a world beyond imagination. As the cameras roll, the iconic Daleks come to life, their metallic exteriors gleaming under the studio lights. VERNE: 20, 000 LEAGUES takes us on an extraordinary journey beneath the waves, where only one of its arms wriggles in the air, brandishing unknown wonders lurking in the depths. Amidst this spacial phenomenon in the cosmos, Thunderbird II gracefully takes off at Slough film studios during filming of the beloved Thunderbirds series. The futuristic aircraft soars through imaginary skies with precision and grace, captivating viewers' hearts and minds. Behind-the-scenes glimpses reveal intense training sessions as Derek Ware teaches Valentino Musetti's Saracen how to fight. With every move meticulously choreographed by Ware himself, these scenes promise heart-pounding action and adrenaline-fueled excitement. Meanwhile, Tom Baker breathes life into his portrayal of The Doctor in BBC TV series Doctor Who. His enigmatic presence fills each frame as he battles against time-traveling foes across London's iconic landmarks. Big Ben stands tall as Dalek characters roam nearby - a testament to both classic storytelling and cutting-edge special effects. As Ian (William Russell) joins forces with Valentino Musetti's Saracen for an epic showdown against evil forces threatening humanity's existence, Derek Ware runs through fight scenes with them tirelessly. His expertise ensures that every punch lands perfectly and every kick resonates with power. Science fiction has always pushed boundaries and ignited our imaginations like no other genre can. From intergalactic wars to underwater adventures and time-traveling escapades - it transports us beyond our wildest dreams while exploring profound themes that resonate deeply within us all.