Instant Picture Panorama No.2: Ocean Deep (K50)

Background & cover by Patrick Tilley; transfers by Frank Wheeler (Patrick Tilley Associates).

As with all of the first five Panoramas, Waddingtons eventually updated the transfers, having them reprinted in 4-spot colour; here is the original monochrome set cover, followed by the 1971 version:

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Patrick Tilley's amazing background remained the same across all versions:

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There were two sheets of transfers with every monochrome Panorama, but only with Lunar Base & Ocean Deep were one of the sheets white. The serial number has a "W" (for "White", presumably!) added, so in this case it's "K50W".

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The job of recolouring Frank Wheeler's brilliant original monochrome artwork can't have been pleasant. Some sets were more successful than others; this one worked out pretty well.

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You can see how the (as yet unknown) artist has converted the characters from the white sheet by using the simple expedient of drawing a thick black border around them…

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Picture Credit: The SPLAT Scan Archives