Zeiss

Last picture show: Me with the venerable Zeiss projector at the London Planetarium on the evening of 1995 January 2. The projector had just given its last public show – which, as it happened, was also the final showing of the programme I had written for them, called Planet Earth. The Planetarium was then closed for a six-month refit during which the Zeiss projector, in operation since the Planetarium opened in 1958, was removed to make way for a computerized Digistar II. Hence I can claim to be the man whose show closed the London Planetarium, albeit temporarily. However Madame Tussauds, owners of the Planetarium, administered the coup de grace themselves when they closed the attraction completely in 2006.


	Last picture show: Me with the venerable Zeiss projector at the London Planetarium on the evening of 1995 January 2. The projector had just given its last public show – which, as it happened, was also the final showing of the programme I had written for them, called Planet Earth. The Planetarium was then closed for a six-month refit during which the Zeiss projector, in operation since the Planetarium opened in 1958, was removed to make way for a computerized Digistar II. Hence I can claim to be the man whose show closed the London Planetarium, albeit temporarily. However Madame Tussauds, owners of the Planetarium, administered the coup de grace themselves when they closed the attraction completely in 2006.





	Opening night: Me in high-albedo jacket with Mum and Dad on opening night of the Planet Earth show, 1993 February 8. One from the family album.




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