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Grammar[edit]

In a recent revision somebody changed "theirs" to "their's". Sorry: that's completely wrong. Possessive pronouns do not contain apostrophes! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lee M (talk • contribs) 01:07, 16 December 2003

Question about edit[edit]

I downloaded a version of "Operation Luna" from the internet which consists of 12 not 13 episodes. Episodes 11 and 12 are longer than the others and appear to contain the final three episodes of the original show, with 12 (original) cut in two and divided between them. Who is responsible for this edit? I assume it was done in order to fit the broadcast into a single season of 3x4 weeks? Danceswithzerglings (talk) 09:36, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I must say, I'm confused now.[edit]

WHAT series was it exactly that was uncovered on those 16-inch discs that the BBC engineer restaurated so well? Was it the original 1953 version of the series (still called "Journey into Space") or the sort of abridged re-recordings, i. e. those renamed to "Operation Luna", from 1958? Nowhere in the article this is pointed out without making the reader wonder...-andy 77.190.13.179 (talk) 21:23, 20 September 2013 (UTC) It was Operation Luna, The Red Planet and The World in Peril - not the original 1953 Journey To The Moon. This is all spelled out in the article (even on 20 Sep 2013). Kmm1965 (talk) 04:02, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am confused as well. Between 1975 and 1980 I was a producer at the BBC Transcription Services and I recall listening to a set of 12-inch transcription discs of Operation Luna with a view to tightening them up for reissue. So how come only 16-inch disks were found in 1986? Perhaps I was listening to Journey to the Moon. It was the one where the first episode is entirely taken up by launch and at the end Lemmy says something like 'Cor Jet, that was rough. It will have broken all the valves in the radio set'. Delverie (talk) 15:17, 9 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Critical Analysis (absence of) References Needed[edit]

Suggestion for improvement : On one level this radio dramatisation is an entertaining if at times unintentionally (with hindsight) hilarious dramatisation of a post war book. On the other there is clearly scope for some mention of its Cold War influences, post war context and position within an overall decline in Britain's global status and power specifically the abject failure of its 1950s aerospace programme. I would have thought this was necessary as the BBC has always taken its propaganda role very seriously - especially in the field of light entertainment. There must be references to critical discussion which might usefully be included in this article. 94.1.166.134 (talk) 11:27, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]