This is a small selection of electronic modules that were built to fit into existing props, custom set pieces and games in a TV series called Mission 2110.
It was filmed on a barge of container ships that were put out of service temporarily during a man-made recession, when fuel costs were artificially inflated to the point that older and slower ships were more cost effective to use. They went back into normal service shortly afterwards which was part of the reason the show didn't continue, since it would have been hard to find a set that matched the awesomeness of a huge container ship.
The original concept was for it to be a tangent of the Dr Who franchise, and the storyline for Mission 2110 was written by one of the Dr Who writers.
It was filmed on a barge of container ships that were put out of service temporarily during a man-made recession, when fuel costs were artificially inflated to the point that older and slower ships were more cost effective to use. They went back into normal service shortly afterwards which was part of the reason the show didn't continue, since it would have been hard to find a set that matched the awesomeness of a huge container ship.
The original concept was for it to be a tangent of the Dr Who franchise, and the storyline for Mission 2110 was written by one of the Dr Who writers.
Hey Big Clive! I'm Stu Goldsmith and I played Caleb on Mission 2110 – I have a bio-rod in a glass case on my shelf, happy days! I was always told the "bubbled gel" was shower gel? It's evaporated now sadly, but it lasted for years!
Mission 2110 was very unfairly biased against robots. And that yellow cable at the end of episode one … I very much doubt that was rated for a gazillion Volts, right next to inexperienced child-soldiers. Tz, tz, tz. ;->
However, this inspired me to build an evil looking, slowly flashing red LED out of a 2000uF cap, a 10k pot and a npn transistor, raped as reversed breakdown diode.
@BigClive Didn't realize you were a movie star along with all your other work. Neat stuff and had to be a cool experience to boot. Thanks as always.
I don't think Clive has realised how many ingenious devices he has contributed to the world. It makes you wonder if we would be as technologically developed as a society without him and his work!
Such a great idea & with no time & space to even work in, WOW!!!!!!! See what a mean? Should be a Gojillionaire by now. That was really johnny on the spot with that design Clive. There is nothing that you can't do.
.Ok so I have to ask. Any Doctor Who?
Clive, can you explain to me why Darlington arrays are still (or seem to be) popular for projects like this? What are the benefits of Darlington transistors?
Isn't it that transistor current is limited by the drive current * gain, plus there is the voltage drop, compared the low on-resistance of MOSFETs? As I understand it, MOSFETs are only driven with a voltage on the gate and a pull-down resistor to turn it off, and they can switch a higher current. It seems to me that unless you're switching milliamps, that mosfets are always preferable.
Lol, I used to watch that show, also I think it's awesome that Bigclive worked on this kind of stuff 😛
My dad is an editor, and I'm an audio technician and an electrical engineer so this stuff interests me
But, please, what were the reasons for stopping the show? We will NEVER KNOW how the story would have ended. And of course, I still remember the cliffhanger after Series 2, so that couldn't have been the end. I know what I saw! Can't SOMEONE let us know how everything might have ended? I even saw Stuart Goldsmith (Caleb) was on CBBC's The Dog Ate My Homework not so long ago – and NO mention was made of Mission 2110 whatsoever. I don't mean to sound needy, but I really really loved the show for some reason, I still don't know why it affected me so much. Can I not get some more information from anyone?
love the prop stories. you are a man of many talents!
You program everything with MPASM?
I see one of the Mission 2110 robots has now shown up in an episode of Yonderland! That's the first non-BBC program I've seen them in. Still has the Dot-it clone in the chest piece shining brightly…
Brilliant! If you have any more props/stories from other shows I'd love to see them.
PICs and ULN2803s – a wonderful combination – you can drive anything with those two!
Watched an interesting time travel movie yesterday – Predestination. It features a carefully selected prop – an Arduino Pro Mini – that must have cost the props department all of $3.
Love you jobs you have done tell us more mate