Post by Bolingbroke on Apr 19, 2021 9:15:35 GMT
Hello! This is a piece of media I saw as a young child in the mid 90s, although it's possible it was made earlier. From what I remember of the quality I would guess late 80s to mid 90s. I saw this in the UK so it could be an English production, but there's a detail to contradict that (see below). It was live action. I do not remember if it was a film or TV show, but given the weak plot it seems more likely to be either an episode of a TV show or a low budget TV movie. It most likely aired on the BBC, though could have been ITV or Channel 4.
Here is what I remember of the plot. A group of people were sneaking around on a grey space ship which had been taken over by aliens/monsters. The aliens looked kind of like colourful Cousin Its, like a big mop, although maybe made of tinsel? And they might have had googly eyes? These were very frightening to me as a small child. In order to escape the situation, one of our heroes used her shapeshifting powers (I believe she is the only one who had these powers) to infiltrate the aliens. She first transformed into a cockroach to sneak under the door and perhaps spy/eavesdrop on the aliens. We don't have many cockroaches in the UK so this makes it more likely to be a US/Aus/etc. piece of media. It is however possible that she turned into a beetle and I misremembered it. She then took on the appearance of the aliens and returned to discuss her findings with the rest of the group, remaining in alien form.
I was terrified of these aliens and they've stuck with me ever since, although I am sure they looked very silly. From the tone and what I remember to be low budget quality, it feels like it could be an episode of classic Dr Who, but I've never found anything matching the aliens' description when trawling the Dr Who wiki for this. Maybe an old episode of Star Trek? Big thanks if anyone can find this.
Here is what I remember of the plot. A group of people were sneaking around on a grey space ship which had been taken over by aliens/monsters. The aliens looked kind of like colourful Cousin Its, like a big mop, although maybe made of tinsel? And they might have had googly eyes? These were very frightening to me as a small child. In order to escape the situation, one of our heroes used her shapeshifting powers (I believe she is the only one who had these powers) to infiltrate the aliens. She first transformed into a cockroach to sneak under the door and perhaps spy/eavesdrop on the aliens. We don't have many cockroaches in the UK so this makes it more likely to be a US/Aus/etc. piece of media. It is however possible that she turned into a beetle and I misremembered it. She then took on the appearance of the aliens and returned to discuss her findings with the rest of the group, remaining in alien form.
I was terrified of these aliens and they've stuck with me ever since, although I am sure they looked very silly. From the tone and what I remember to be low budget quality, it feels like it could be an episode of classic Dr Who, but I've never found anything matching the aliens' description when trawling the Dr Who wiki for this. Maybe an old episode of Star Trek? Big thanks if anyone can find this.
