Space Police: Star Laws (1986)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: not broadcast
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 53 mins (later re-edited to 24 mins)
Format: colour
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CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: An Anderson Burr Picture
Producers: Gerry Anderson, Christopher Burr (uncredited)
Associate Producer: Bob Bell
Production Manager: Derek Whitehurst

SCRIPT
Script: Gerry Anderson, Tony Barwick
Series Creators: Gerry Anderson, Christopher Burr

DIRECTION
Director: Tony Bell
1st Assistant Directors: Vic Smith, Bernard Hanson (uncredited)
2nd Assistant Director: Keith Young (uncredited)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lighting Cameramen: Alan Hume, Harry Oakes, Paddy Seale
Camera Operators: E. Michael Anderson, David Litchfield, Tony Strachan (all uncredited)
Camera Assistants: Jonathan Earp, Keith Thomas, Richard Brierly (all uncredited)
Grip: Malcolm Huse (uncredited)
Lab: Rank Film Laboratories

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Alan Killick
Assistant Film Editor: Max Hoskins
Video Editor: Roo Aitken (uncredited)
Video Editing: The Moving Picture Company (credited only on the alternate, 24 minute edit)
Video Post Production: Carlton Television

MUSIC
Music: Christopher Burr, Gerry Anderson (uncredited)
Soundtrack Designers: Motion Control (credited only on the alternate, 24 minute edit)

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Neil Kingsbury
Boom Operator: Paul Filby

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Basil Newall
Hair: Jeanette Freeman
Wardrobe: Iris Richens

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Malcolm King
Special Effects Technician: Terry Adlam
Galactronics Director: Christine Glanville (uncredited)
Galactronics Operators: Christine Glanville, Tina Werts, Lyn Beardsall, Chris Harper
Armpits and Slomo: Richard Gregory (uncredited)
Animatronics Designer: Miki Labaguitgeirsdottir (uncredited)
Animatronics Model Designer: David Hayes (uncredited)
Animatronics Assistants: David Dunsterville, Ian McKinnon (both uncredited)
Friendly Alien: Julian Bell (uncredited)

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Director: Steven Begg
Head of Department Model Shop: Ben Tuszynski (uncredited)
Model Makers: Mark Woollard, Paul Robbesn, John Weller, Quentin Plant, Ben Hall, Barry Jones, Philip Gooch

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Mark Harris
Prop Maker: Jeremy Richards
Illustrator: Barry Jones (uncredited)
Draughtsman: Simon Lamont (uncredited)

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Doreen Sloan
Assistant to Producer: Mary Anderson

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
With acknowledgments to Hurco International

LOCATIONS
Studio: Bray Studios

CAST
Shane Rimmer (Lt Chuck Brogan)
Catherine Chevalier (Officer Cathy Costello)
Christine Glanville (Officer Tom)
Lyn Beardsall (Officer Harry)
Jan King (Officer Dick)
Tina Werts (Officer Bats)
David Healy (voice of Officer Tom)
Jeff Harding (voice of Officer Dick)
Kate Harper (voice of Officer Harry)
Gary Martin (voice of V. Lann)
Desiree Erasmus, Tony Sibbald, Ian Tyler, Peter Whitman, Kerry Shale (additional voices)

SUMMARY

Lieutenant Chuck Brogan is in charge of Space Police Precinct 44 East, based on the planet Zar XL5. He leads the fight against gang boss V. Lann who is now aiming to assassinate the President by sabotaging a monorail he is travelling on to Ultraville. Brogan and his team must race against time to save the President's life...

NOTE

This pilot for a planned earlier version of for Space Precinct (1995) was never broadcast on television.

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Space Precinct (1995)

REFERENCES

BOOKS

The Complete Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Episode Guide by Chris Bentley pp.270-271 (Richmond: Reynolds & Hearn Ltd (2003) ISBN: 1 903111 41 2)
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KEYWORDS

aliens, criminals, the future, monorails, police, robots

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009