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Luna Memories

Let us know what you remember about Luna... anything from vivid details to vague half-formed recollections, about the show itself or your reaction to it. Favourite moments, images that have stuck in your mind, the way you used to argue with your brother about which channel to watch. Don't worry if you're not sure how accurate your memory is; it doesn't matter, distortions of reality can be as interesting as faithful reminiscences.

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Jamie - 23 April 2008

Wow. Until this day I never knew my first ever crush was Patsy Kensit! I was only 5 or 6 at the time but I used to fancy her. I wasn't even entirely sure what this programme was called - thank goodness for the Internet :D

I\'d love to see this show again. :(

Bob (info * spring-creative.co.uk) - 12 April 2008

I can't believe I found your site, now I know I didn't have some early fantasy and that the show did exist. A few years back there was a top 100 of kids TV and I got into a conversation with a group of people and no-one remembered it. I then asked everyone I met for months after and still no luck. I really thought I'd imagined the whole thing in a way that kids have imaginary friends. I didn't realise it was Patsy Kensit though and looking at your gallery I don't think I ever saw the second series. I had a serious crush on the main character as well, I would have been 11 in 1983. I wonder if we'll ever see it available on DVD, they don't make kids TV the way they used to.

David Durant (dave * bowsy.co.uk) - 10 January 2008

I last saw "When Did You Last See Your Pater Batch Mix Doner" in 1983 (when I was 10) but I still remember this. Luna eventually gets a print out that details who her parents are. Andy asks her if she's going to leave the habiviron to live with them now. She replies - "I don't know them, they don't know me - they probably didn't even know each other. Why would I want to do that?".

karen (starwarsgeek88 * hotmail.com) - 23 December 2007

I was over 20 when the show first aired but still loved it. Only remembered what it was called today. My main memory is 'Gramps' saying his favourite band was 'Haircut 100'!

Marie - 14 December 2007

I am sure I recall, at the end of one show, the cast did a version of Ralph Reader's "Rolling along on the crest of a wave", which went something like: "We're rolling along on a tidal displacement with a solar flare up there".

Chris C - 24 September 2007

I'm surprised this has only been shown once in the UK. I remember it quite clearly from watching it as a child (I'm 34 now). Things that stick in my mind, are the Bureau Bloke, with his voice changing helmet, and also the conversation Luna had with Gramps about the old days, when they would spend time riding bikes (I think) and eating butter, much to her disgust !!

Dimension_slider - 11 September 2007

Luna,soo little memories(all damnwell forgotten) I loved the show(like all u guys-espically patsy in her short skirt

Richard Phillips (richard * theagency-aberdeen.com) - 24 August 2007

What i can remember about Luna were the helmets that the actors wore, what were they for?

Ian - 29 May 2007

Thanks so much I knew I wasn't going mad this programme did exist but I didn't know it was Patsy Kensit I was very young. For some reason I couldn't accept the new Luna because she had the same name as the old one and I thought they were the same person with different looks it absolutely terrified me. But the scariest part was seeing Andy with all the circuits on the back of his neck. That traumatised me for years so much so that for ages afterwards I was convinced that Colin Bennett was a Robot when he was on TV with Morph and Tony Hart.

Gary - 20 May 2007

I remember the police having some really wacky uniforms, with (I think) big jagged looking voice changing helmets. I think I remember Colin's 'Andy' character posing as one of these police guys? Hazy memories, but we need a petition for that DVD release...

John Clarke (sanebrain834 * hotmail.com) - 20 Jan 2007

I remember Luna fondly and I particularly remember the fact that Patsy Kensit was the first telly girl that made my adolescent hormones go all Leslie Philips, 'Hello??' I also remember being really disappointed when she left; she was the main reason I watched another BBC thing called 'Diana', where she grew up and became Jenny Seagrove. Luna was actually a pretty popular show among my friends at the time, all of whom would use Technotalk. Can I just say I'm really glad to see this site updated too. I tried posting memories last year but they vanished into the ether. Now, how about a push for a DVD release?

Sorry about the missing memories; my ISP must have been playing up - felice

Sue - 23 July 2006

I remember patsy putting her face in a wall machine to get her make up done! and the fluffy alien i think?? and the sets were very colourful and the squidle noise at the end of each ep with the central end cap all good stuff. Love techno talk too what a great invention for 1983 and colin bennett i cannot forget him he made me chuckle a lot - lol.

Ricky Atterby (r_atterby * yahoo.com) - 7 July 2006

THANK YOU!! I knew i wasn't going mad by remembering Kensit from a telly show i watched as a little one... All i rally remember about it is her and the "Bing! Bong! Prepare For Bureau Visitation" warning but i was very young. Gonna get myself a look round this site and Notalge my head OFF!!! Cheers..... Ricky

Duncan Bayne (dhgbayne * gmail.com) - 4 July 2006

Just listed Luna on my blog as one of my favourite shows when I was a kid. As with some of the posters here, I had quite a crush on Patsy Kensit at the time. Chris, could I please have your friend's email address? You see, I have this Nigerian relative who has a business proposition that I'm sure would interest him ;-)

Chris Robinson - 24 June 2006

This is great to find a site all about Luna! Whenever I see Patsy Kensit I remember her in Luna. I was 13 when it was on and I had a HUGE crush on Patsy, in fact, I remember convincing a friend (succesfully) that I knew her, and that she was my girlfriend! Unfortunately, apart from Patsy's short skirt, I can't remember much detail now :(
Hopefully we can help to get the DVD out.

Neil Morris - 28 May 2006

I clearly remember the phrase "efficient sun start" which was used instead of "good morning". What brilliant writing. Does anyone have access to any of the scripts?

Check back later for updates to the site; I have a lot more information to put up now, but need to find time to do something with it - felice

Colin Bennett - 13 May 2006

Thanks guys. I didn't think anyone remembered, he said sadly, though I am thilled to read what the other eccentrics (for whom it was written) thought. It's good to know you realised that there was much more to it than we pretended. Colin B.

Brant - 4 February 2006

I seem to be the only one of my pals that remembers this show - I was 9. I can hardly remember anything about it other than Luna was foxy (assume it was the Patsy kensit Luna) and that the boy kid listened to music that was just high pitched noise - always remember Luna if I hear Techno (is my memory correct?)! I note that all of the memorys on this site are from 2001. Whats going on?

Er... oops? Sorry, I got distracted for... a few years... But the site was updated till late 2002, not 2001! - felice

Jeff Usher - 19 December 2005

Probably the first time I fancied a girl on TV... that scene when Luna beamed into the living quarters with those immortal words " Hello, I'm 72 batch 19Y"..... could that skirt actually be any shorter ;-)

VinceH - 9 September 2002

"The last time la-luna, I light my fires and wave it for the new moon on monday..." IIRC, it was forbidden to own records - and I have a *very* vague recollection that Gramps' collection included Duran Duran.

Stephen - 22 August 2002

Hi, thought I was the only one to remember this show. only thing i recall is that line in the lyrics which went somethimg like 'mix it up into a critical pie..?' and her yellow outfit and the fact that Luna was replaced by a new actress in season 2 as Patsy Kensit was no doubt destined for greater things... that's all i remember because i was only about 5 or 6 at the time. also, my older brother seemed to enjoy it more than i did, but then he's straight- unlike me!!

You mean you didn't find Brat incredibly sexy? ;) I'm not straight either, but I don't recall experiencing the attraction to Luna reported by many viewers - felice

Luke Ross - 17 March 2002

I remember one of the episodes in which Colin Bennet's character was having problems of some kind and was trying to recite Hamlet.. ' to be or not to be, that is the quagmire' I laughed for a week, and it still sounds funny today. Love the MP3 of the theme also, oh to be 12 again!

That would probably have been "You're Only As Multi-Tocked As You Perceive", though I could be completely wrong - felice

Christopher Kenworthy (christopherkenworthy * hotmail.com) - 17 March 2002

I remeber it being strangely moving.

But I also remember my schoolmates saying it was full of innuendo. There was this famous line, something like, 'Get tea. 40D, big cups.' Which was meant to be a reference to a bra, or something. A friend of mine claimed that it was riddled with this stuff, but I never noticed.

Eeep! I didn't notice when I was a kid either, but I suspect you're right... those batch numbers can't have been accidental - felice

Dave (gallushendo * lycos.com) - 11 January 2002

All I remember, or had forgotten until I stumbled on to this site, was that yellow dress driving my adolescent hormones wild. I think it was the first crush I had. Thanks for bringing back those memories.

Robert Clarkson - 23 December 2001

I was surfing the memories of my youth while simultaneously surfing the web when LUNA dug itself out of my sub-concious (i think "BLOODY HELL!!" was the phrase i used aloud). I instantly wondered if any one else remembered this show or if it was just my diseased mind playing tricks on me, but here you were and what a great site. My only memories of the show was that i loved it and had a MASSIVE crush on Luna (i was only about 9 o.k!!)who i only later found out was Patsy Kensit. I also loved the fuzzy orange pet and the fact that it had that bloke from the BBC1 Art Show Take Hart in it playing an android or something similar. As you can see my memories are vague and patchy but this site helped me fill in the blanks, Thanks.

arty - 1 December 2001

It amazes me that nobody has remarked how sexy she was- especially to a spotty 13 year old which is what I was at the time. I used to sit mesmerized by her lovely legs, praying for a glimpse of her knickers under that short skirt!

anthonyberet - 12 November 2001

I do remember one moment when the family was in a museum (perhaps) looking at models of lambs, and thinking they were cute. One of the dimini's asked "what were they for?", and Gramps said they used to eat them, -well acted grossed-out looks from Luna and Brat...

Dante (NuclearYeti * Hotmail.com) - 6 November 2001

Hello from New Zealand! I think "Luna" was a fantastic show; it screened here in about 1984, I was about 7 or 8. The theme tune is what struck me at first - on hearing it I wanted to learn what all those weird phrases and terms meant. I remember it being a claustraphobic, orwellian world, yet the characters all posessed an independent spirit, bending the rules somewhat.

I remember seeing an episode in which a young boy (Brat?) assists Luna in some kind of game of tennis, with a remote controller for her arm, I believe. It was this huge, obscene silver arm sticking up from a box, and moving it caused Luna's arm to move, much to her irritation.

That sounds like it might have been "It Isn't How You Vict or Slunk But How You Co-participate" - felice

Incidentally, I believe "Red Dwarf" copied this idea in Season 5 Episode 5, "Demons and Angels", with some evil characters making a remote controller device for Lister.

Mark Green (mark * antelope.demon.co.uk) - 26 October 2001

Well, there was a very brief clip of Luna on a before-they-were-famous show over here in the UK, which included Patsy saying ".. I hope you won't mind having kind of a big sister.. besides, I am a class one laser-blazer-phaser champion!" The voice she says it in (think of a little kid saying "really, really, REALLY big!") made me break down laughing.. :)

If Luna was a comedy, it surely was dark.. let's see, the first episode has a girl who's going to be executed (!) for losing her citizen's ID card (!!), and she's going to be executed by being put in the garbage disposal (!!!!).

Anyway, since we have this message board handy, how about we try and cobble back together a techno-talk dictionary from people's memories? (I remember a bunch of people who used to talk that way at school..) I'll kick off.

Oh, and I remember one episode where Luna and the others were sitting cross-legged in the middle of the habiviron singing "We shall not be moved". The bureaubeing locked them in some kind of paralyzing beam.. THE GOVERNMENT INSTALLS PARALYZING BEAMS IN PEOPLE'S HOUSES FOR POLICE USE!! DYSTOPIA OR WHAT!?

Heather - 22 October 2001

I remember being about 10 or 11 when _Luna_ was shown on New Zealand television, in the early afternoons. I remember being enchanted by the bizarre futuristic dialogue and the concept of children being born without parents. (For several reasons I suppose that might have appealed to me...) I also remember explaining to my younger brother that, yes, it was supposed to be a comedy: but in the absence of a laugh-track, he replied confusedly, how would you know when something was supposed to be funny? Which says a lot for the standards of television humour, I think.

Reading the lyrics of the theme song on this site, I felt a shiver of recognition for something that I used to really enjoy a long time ago and which I thought everyone in the world had forgotten.

Felice - 22 October 2001

For some reason my clearest recollection of the series is Gramps sadly looking out a window at the world beyond the Efficiecity, remembering his youth when people could actually live out there. Aside from that, I have strong impressions of the series, but I can't recall specific scenes. did Mother (a computer?) announce messages with "Bing bong!"? Did the family pet (was that Jazzmine?) make a sort of weird meeping sound? However vague my memories, I definitely enjoyed the show greatly as a child - it was something unique.

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