I started to watch this film out of curiosity more than anything. I just wanted to see what Zena Marshall looked like when she was not playing the part of the Eurasian villainess, Miss Taro, in the very first James Bond film, Doctor No.
I must admit, she looked just as alluring as a Laboratory Assistant in a Government Space Research Establishment as she did in Doctor No.
The first part of the film gave the impression that it was going to be a serious and thought-provoking study of the work carried out at a space laboratory. The storyline suggested that the first part of was going to be about the Head of a Government Space Research laboratory at odds with the Treasury about lack of funds to finance their research, with the added suspense of receiving strange signals, and believed to be from Outer Space.
However, as soon as Charles Hawtrey bumbled through the door, I knew that this film was never meant to be completely taken seriously. All it needed was for Sid James to burst into the laboratory, chasing after Barbara Windsor, with Hattie Jacques looking on reprovingly, it would have made a pretty good "Carry-On" film.
I haven't given this film a rating as I do not think that it would be fair on those who put so much effort into its production, where the only creditable performance being that of Patricia Hayes as a comic char lady.
The first part of the film gave the impression that it was going to be a serious and thought-provoking study of the work carried out at a space laboratory. The storyline suggested that the first part of was going to be about the Head of a Government Space Research laboratory at odds with the Treasury about lack of funds to finance their research, with the added suspense of receiving strange signals, and believed to be from Outer Space.
However, as soon as Charles Hawtrey bumbled through the door, I knew that this film was never meant to be completely taken seriously. All it needed was for Sid James to burst into the laboratory, chasing after Barbara Windsor, with Hattie Jacques looking on reprovingly, it would have made a pretty good "Carry-On" film.
I haven't given this film a rating as I do not think that it would be fair on those who put so much effort into its production, where the only creditable performance being that of Patricia Hayes as a comic char lady.