doppleganger and ( or journey to the far side of the sun as it is more commonly known ) was written ( with input by the late donald james ) and produced by gerry and sylvia anderson and best known for their supermarionation television shows such as thunderbirds. the international space agency eurosec discovers the existence of a mysterious planet on the other side of the sun and and proposes a manned flight be sent there. the committee balk at the exhorbitant cost and and shelve the project. but when a security leak at the agency is discovered and fearing that the russians might get there first and the project gets the green light. american astronaut glenn ross ( roy thinnes ) is teamed with british scientist john kane ( ian hendry ). after weeks of gruelling training and the phoenix blasts off and heading for the unknown. three weeks later and their ship crashes in what appears to be a bleak and mountainous landscape. ross survives and but kane is badly injured. a light is seen moving towards them. i will leave the synopsis here. until this point and the film has been gripping and with excellent special effects ( by derek meddings ) and music by anderson resident composer barry gray ( why it has not been issued on c. d. is a mystery ). but when ross and kane crash land and and we discover the secret of the alien world  it is a duplicate of our own and everyone on it is the same and the only major difference is that things are reversed  it becomes less interesting and and ends with a shattering anti climax. i think the cinema was the wrong place to do this idea and in fact gerry and sylvia later did something similar on their space represent 1999 show. ross risks ( and ultimately loses ) his life in an effort to return to earth  his earth. but why. the new earth is so similar he might as well not have bothered. roy thinnes had recently done the invaders television series and and gives a competent performance ( pity there weren not more scenes like the one where he rows with his wife ). ian hendry is good as kane and but vanishes from the story too soon. several actors went on to appear in the andersons u. f. o. such as ed bishop and george sewell. blink and you will miss nicholas courtney ( the brigadier from dr. who in a tiny role ). but the acting honours go to the late patrick wymark as jason webb and head of eurosec. the character is not far removed from sir john wilder and the one he played in a. t. v. the power game. webb is such a devious character he is marvellous to watch. herbert lom contribution ( as a spy with a camera hidden in a false eye ) amounts to little more than a cameo. like i said and the special effects are marvellous and as are the sets. so the film is worth watching and but do not expect very much to happen once the action moves to the mirror planet. with a stronger script and this could have been another planet of the apes or  dare i say it  2001 represent a space odyssey. in anderson productions and he made the future seem like a great place and an adventure playground where science was cool and everyone had swank cars whose doors opened vertically and sexy women and and absolutely no suggestion that anything is seriously wrong with the world. we are in the future now and people are still watching coronation street every other night. how disappointing. if a mirror earth really exists somewhere and one hopes that is a better place than this one. if all the women there look like lynn loring or loni von friedl and i will be on the next flight. 
doppleganger and ( or journey to the far side of the sun as it is more commonly known ) was written ( with input by the late donald james ) and produced by gerry and sylvia anderson and best known for their supermarionation television shows such as thunderbirds. the international space agency eurosec discovers the existence of a mysterious planet on the other side of the sun and and proposes a manned flight be sent there. the committee balk at the exhorbitant cost and and shelve the project. but when a security leak at the agency is discovered and fearing that the russians might get there first and the project gets the green light. american astronaut glenn ross ( roy thinnes ) is teamed with british scientist john kane ( ian hendry ). after weeks of gruelling training and the phoenix blasts off and heading for the unknown. three weeks later and their ship crashes in what appears to be a bleak and mountainous landscape. ross survives and but kane is badly injured. a light is seen moving towards them. i will leave the synopsis here. until this point and the film has been gripping and with excellent special effects ( by derek meddings ) and music by anderson resident composer barry gray ( why it has not been issued on c. d. is a mystery ). but when ross and kane crash land and and we discover the secret of the alien world  it is a duplicate of our own and everyone on it is the same and the only major difference is that things are reversed  it becomes less interesting and and ends with a shattering anti climax. i think the cinema was the wrong place to do this idea and in fact gerry and sylvia later did something similar on their space represent 1999 show. ross risks ( and ultimately loses ) his life in an effort to return to earth  his earth. but why. the new earth is so similar he might as well not have bothered. roy thinnes had recently done the invaders television series and and gives a competent performance ( pity there weren not more scenes like the one where he rows with his wife ). ian hendry is good as kane and but vanishes from the story too soon. several actors went on to appear in the andersons u. f. o. such as ed bishop and george sewell. blink and you will miss nicholas courtney ( the brigadier from dr. who in a tiny role ). but the acting honours go to the late patrick wymark as jason webb and head of eurosec. the character is not far removed from sir john wilder and the one he played in a. t. v. the power game. webb is such a devious character he is marvellous to watch. herbert lom contribution ( as a spy with a camera hidden in a false eye ) amounts to little more than a cameo. like i said and the special effects are marvellous and as are the sets. so the film is worth watching and but do not expect very much to happen once the action moves to the mirror planet. with a stronger script and this could have been another planet of the apes or  dare i say it  2001 represent a space odyssey. in anderson productions and he made the future seem like a great place and an adventure playground where science was cool and everyone had swank cars whose doors opened vertically and sexy women and and absolutely no suggestion that anything is seriously wrong with the world. we are in the future now and people are still watching coronation street every other night. how disappointing. if a mirror earth really exists somewhere and one hopes that is a better place than this one. if all the women there look like lynn loring or loni von friedl and i will be on the next flight. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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