A mysterious stranger comes among a group of people.A mysterious stranger comes among a group of people.A mysterious stranger comes among a group of people.
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- TriviaAfter the first broadcasts in 1964/65, the series sat in the Australian Broadcasting Commission's archives for over 50 years without being shown again. During 2019 it was digitally remastered and then re-released on the ABC's streaming platform (iview), one episode per day, between late January and early February of 2020.
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Reissue this on DVD immediately!
I remember these two serials as being particularly excellent. Ron Haddrick as the enigmatic Adam Suisse (his alien accent made people think he was Swiss - hence the last name) and the ever-friendly Varossa, played by a very young Reg Livermore. Everyone thought it highly innovative that the aliens on "Babylon 5" had foreign accents because English, despite what you see in the movies, is not the first language of people from another planet. Nope, "The Stranger" did it first!
I seem to recall one of the kids was English - presumably to sell the series to the UK. The suspense leading up to the revelation of the alien presence was very well maintained and the flying saucer shuttlecraft was a really cool design. So good I can still draw it 40 years later.
These serials should be released on DVD asap, especially the first one. To be strictly accurate I believe the first serial was the one called "The Stranger". The second was called "The Stranger Returns".
UPDATE: Watching the restored episodes on the ABC website now I realise that they were all one season and the BBC split them into "The Stranger" and "The Stranger Returns". Apologies for any confusion but great job on the restoration job, ABC!
Please can we have a DVD or Blu ray Boxset now, please?
Also I wonder what a colourised version would look like!
I seem to recall one of the kids was English - presumably to sell the series to the UK. The suspense leading up to the revelation of the alien presence was very well maintained and the flying saucer shuttlecraft was a really cool design. So good I can still draw it 40 years later.
These serials should be released on DVD asap, especially the first one. To be strictly accurate I believe the first serial was the one called "The Stranger". The second was called "The Stranger Returns".
UPDATE: Watching the restored episodes on the ABC website now I realise that they were all one season and the BBC split them into "The Stranger" and "The Stranger Returns". Apologies for any confusion but great job on the restoration job, ABC!
Please can we have a DVD or Blu ray Boxset now, please?
Also I wonder what a colourised version would look like!
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- foreverknight47
- Jun 19, 2004
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