I think these photos were from an episode of the Dream Curse storyline; am I right?  Or is it the one from the original Adam "Experiment" sequence where Vicki was telling Barnabas how terrified she was of Cassandra and he found himself staring a little too intently at her neck?  (I do love that scene.)

gothick,

i don't know if these photographs were specific to any episode.my guess is that they were taken sometime in early 1968.

but my avatar is actually a still from the episode you speak of with the scene between vicki and barnabas(which i loved too).
i just noted this recently when i happened to re-watch this episode.barnabas is staring longingly at vicki's neck and the avatar is vicki at the moment she turns around and glances at barnabas.she asks barnabas if he's alright and he excuses himself and beats a hasty retreat to dr.lang's place and once again miss winters dodges a bullet.

happy 40th!!!

when i first started watching nearly five years ago i had no idea what an addict i'd become.i had never before become so involved in any type of entertainment but it's proven to be a fun hobby.

as i do every year on the birthday i'll watch episode one.

i agree with barnabas' bride that when joan bennett is given good material to work with she usually rises to the occasion.sometimes when her characters are on the back-burner she just phones it it.

leviathan is a controversial storyline.some people absolutely despise it.but one thing i did like about it was that elizabeth was given some meaty material.liz could easily have been left "out of the loop" on this one.a clueless outsider in her own house.drifting about the periphery with a tea-tray worrying about carolyn.but she was included in the plot and i think icy "leviathan liz" had some really great scenes(although i do concede that the plotline as a whole was preposterous).

i also agree with pansity about tom jennings as a vampire.those bulging eyes.that wagging tongue.it was d.s. at it's camp worst(although i did like don briscoe in some other roles).that this plot occured concurrently with the adam storyline to me represents the moment when the show's producers decicively left the adult audience and actively persued those kids that you-know-what.later on i think the writing returned to more adult friendly storytelling.

Thanks for the report, it sounds like it was a pleasant event.

You know, I think they do know when they run into a fan elsewhere, even if you don't say you are. There's probably some look in our eyes or an aura of subdued excitement or something that sets off the fan radar.

that's so true arashi.

it's a very strange sensation when you meet one of "them" for the first time.the first d.s. actor i ever met in person was diana millay at the 2003 fest.for some reason she had her table set up before anyone else.as it happened i had recently completed the laura collins storyline(which i adored)so i was just mesmerized by her.

later that weekend when i met nancy and kathryn i had that same feeling.but these actors were attending an event held for d.s. so they were probably expecting intense fan reaction.

as for the event with alexandra like i said she was polite.but still something told me she somehow knew i wasn't exactly a huge fan of documentaries about community gardens.

i kept my cool...but you guys know how creamy i think victoria is.

i don't believe it's technically her "theme" but there is a piece of music they always used for vicki in 1967.

it always brings to mind her standing on the terrace in the moonlight,fountain tinkling,waiting for burke to show up.

carolyn:"oh mother relax he's just a biker.it's not like i'm dating...i don't know...some sort of artificailly created frankenstein type monster or a slimy creature from earth's ancient past."

I find it rather amusing that some nights the family is up ALL HOURS and this appears to be the norm, while other nights they are all in bed by 9:00! If the family kept such odd hours, imagine what the servants sleep patterns were like.

that is so true!

some nights these people are just up until near dawn.other times(especially liz)it's lights out at sundown.

perhaps because certain characters could only function at night they needed to maximize that time so you have some nights that stretch into a week's worth of episodes.

good topic pansity.

you're right about the timing of all this.the types of industries that first built the collins' family fortune(whaling,shipbuilding)would have been in steep decline by the 1960's.

also a factor to consider is simply how the show's plotting changed over time.

when the show began in 1966 it was a traditional "soap opera" so things like family fortunes in decline were common storylines.

once the show centered on supernatural plotting that type of thing became less important.especially during the time travel storylines.

setting up a backdrop of immense wealth here created a more colorful atmosphere.there could be elaborate sets and costuming.servants could be worked into the plot.a grudgeful townspeople.apart from the main estate and its outbuildings there could be private mausoleums and cemetaries.all the types of things only great wealth could support.

and of course that old chestnut about how the vast collins' family wealth and position could do things like rewrite the town's records and history books must have made for writing the family as hugely wealthy irresistable for the show's writers.

i noticed that during 1970 parallel time the family's finances seemed to be in great shape too and even during the present time episodes after awhile there is no mention of financial straights and they just seemed to be quite rich...again allowing for a more colorful backdrop.