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| Double Deckers British TV series 1968 (Color 3.5 Minutes) |
Storyline
In this episode of what is a classic British children's TV series, a toyshop is featured that stocks quite a few MMM items. Below are links to one particular scene, as well as to some screenshots to show what's there.
The Double Deckers are a small gang of kids, having their headquarters in a London double-decker bus in their own secret yard. One of the kids is Brains, who does all kinds of experiments in his laboratory inside the bus. In this episode he's trying to formulate a substance to make somebody invisible.
One of his friends is Doughnut, who primarily thinks of food. Doughnut visits a toyshop, where it soon becomes clear he's not a favourite customer. After he has fondled a few toys, the shop owner and his elderly assistant grab hold of him, determine he doesn't have any pocket money, and then throw him out of the shop. He next visits a bakery where much the same thing happens.
Doughnut then returns to the yard, and finds nobody there. While rummaging through Brains' laboratory in search of food, he finds a plate of green goo - and eats it. After scaring one of his friends, he discovers he has become invisible. This opens up some possibilities of course...
Scaring a street sweeper along the way, the invisible Doughnut returns to the toyshop, which he turns into chaos. The baker is next, who ends up on the floor covered in cake.
Doughnut then returns to the yard, where he gives his friends a merry chase until... the invisibility wears off. His friends don't let on they can see him, and get him to return to the toyshop for some more fun.
Inside the toyshop, he performs another prank on the astonished assistant, before being grabbed in turn. Just as he is about to get beaten with a pair of cricket bats, he wakes up in the bus amongst his friends and the whole thing was just a dream...
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| The Double Deckers gang |
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| The yard |
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| Brains and Doughnut in the laboratory |
Front Door
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| Visible are 3 Crawlers, one Bubble, 2 Matt & Sled cards, 2 Power Limbs cards. |
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Front Door - Major Matt Mason Details Highlighted
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Shop Counters
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| 2 Stations, one of which has a Crawler as a winch |
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| 2 Crawlers, one Matt & Sled card |
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Shop Counter - Major Matt Mason Items Highlighted
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Shop window
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| Items mentioned above plus a Firebolt on the right |
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Shop Window - Major Matt Mason Items Highlighted
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On counter next to back office door
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| 4 Capt Lazers, UniTred & Bubble, Firebolt |
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4 Capt Lazers, UniTred & Bubble, different view
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| Later on, the UniTred and Bubble are gone |
Next to cupboard door
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| 2 Matt & Sled cards. |
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Next to Cupboard Door - Detail
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On wall behind third counter
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| 2 Matt & Sled cards, 1 Power Suit card. |
(btw: the strange contraption on the counter looks hand-built, and will probably have been a special prop made for this episode).
Movie clip - Invisible Doughnut turns toyshop into chaos
Episode discovered by Martin Gainsford, description and screen shots by Paul Vreede
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