I don’t often post music videos on Blogtor Who but I though I’d share this delightful science-fiction fueled fare from popular beat combo, Camera Obscura. The promo for their latest single, Troublemaker, is brimming with various references to British sci-fi shows such as Blake’s 7, The Tomorrow People and of course, Doctor Who – watch it in the player above.


Then I thought about what would make a video that looked futuristic in
an Eighties way, on a tight budget and British sci-fi jumped out at
me.
an Eighties way, on a tight budget and British sci-fi jumped out at
me.

budgets, never as glossy as their US cousins, they settled for a more
down to earth (or stuck on earth) look. Doctor Who had its hero trapped on earth to save on space travel for much of the Seventies.


yesteryear; low budget and futuristic in an Eighties way. It’s also a
postcard from Glasgow. It occurred to me that cult sci-fi classic Death Watch
(1980) being filmed in our fair city, gave us an opportunity to
re-visit some of the shots from there 33 years on.
An excuse to dress up in ‘futuristic’ retro fashions and get teleported about, meet some
Autons (or “Not-ons”, for copyright issues), use some “state of the art” special effects and generally have fun paying tribute to these shows.

Autons (or “Not-ons”, for copyright issues), use some “state of the art” special effects and generally have fun paying tribute to these shows.

We hope we’ve done them justice and it re-creates a feel that
made geeks of so many of us back in the day.
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Not bad. Of course it's released the day the remake of Tomorrow People debuts in the States, too.
Smart that. Wonder if the pylon is a nod in the direction of 'The Changes'?