Talk:One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

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[edit] The Steam Lorry - Prototype?

In this film, the steam lorry is almost as much of a star as the dinosaur – the two being fairly inseparable throughout! However, I have failed to identify the model on which the lorry was based.

It is superficially similar to the products of the Sentinel Waggon Works, as it is clearly an 'undertype' waggon. (See traction engine for terminology, if steam lorry is still a redlink (give me a chance, I don't have much Wiki-time!)) However, the vertical boiler (which is very small!) is over to the one side of the cab, which would surely unbalance it? It is unlike any I have seen before, so I have a strong suspicion that it was entirely fictitious, and, like-as-not, built on a diesel truck chassis.

I have no proof of any of this, which is why it's on the talk page rather than the article itself....

Incidentally, the lop-sided boiler leads to a continuity error in this film. During the chase sequence, between the shots of Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards, there is a 2-3 second sequence where the boiler/chimney – usually on the right as we look at the vehicle – suddenly switches to the left!!

And another? I haven't re-studied it closely, but as the Rolls Royce leaves the station (which is Marylebone, by the way) at the start of the film, I'm sure that in the right background you can see the front view of a 'modern' (for 1975) bright red van. It has a large windscreen and looks not unlike a Mercedes...

EdJogg 01:20, 14 February 2007 (UTC)