Originally Posted by Lord Smexy: “I always thought it was adorable when the Master was watching the Clangers and thought they were a real alien species.”
I thought he knew they were fictional and that he was making a joke to Trenchard.
lovely replies, i like the string dresses too, and the way they shuffle, and cry out when one was blown up in the mine field, luckily it didnt die it just ran off very funny
Originally Posted by Michael_Eve: “Well, their string dresses are a bold fashion statement, I'll give them that. Not sure about 'cute' though!”
Yes, apparently soon after it was screened in the UK (around March '72) cloth retailers couldn't keep up with the demand for string vests and were scratching their heads as to why. There's a growing body of evidence now to support that this show (and of course The Sea Devils attire) played no small part here in the string vest becoming a 70's fashion icon.