Red Dwarf (1988)

The first seven seasons of cult science-fiction series had its visual effects handled by veteran BBC designer Peter Wragg; whilst the bulk of his team's duties was handling the miniature effects and custom-made props, it also meant he was in charge of the series' special makeup effects, such as Kryten's angular facial makeup. Wragg was not present on the eight series, which had its visual effects for the most part realized as CGI.

Wragg's design for Kryten went through several subtle variations; the first version of the Kryten mask was made for actor David Ross in the second season episode 'Kryten' - the mask was complemented by sculpted, mechanical-looking gloves.

The makeup then went through a revision when the character returned in the following series, now played by Robert Llewellyen; Wragg's new prosthetic would go through several subtle variations throughout each season, always complemented with sculpted gloves. The updated Kryten prosthetic noticeably had a less pale colour and grill for the earholes.

A similar face prosthetic and gloves were made for Judy Pascoe as the female android in 'Camille'. When the series had an attempted American remake, makeup artist Jeff Farley copied Wragg's Kryten design for the ill-fated pilot episode.

The first of the series' one-off monsters was the title creature of 'Polymorph'; as per the episode spoofing both Alien and The Thing, the Polymorph itself feels inspired by the xenomorph and fleshy Thing abominations. The Polymorph was realized as a puppet, overlaid on the screen with video effects in order to appear larger than it was.

The Pleasure GELF in 'Camille' was realized as a perfomer underneath a sculpted prop, operated the eyestalk from inside to make it move.

The 'Mutton Vindaloo Beast' in DNA was a performer in a sculpted bodysuit, designed to be fleshy with a large sheep skull for a head; obscured thanks to fast direction and moody lighting in the episode itself, it is thanks to behind the scenes photos that the creature suit can be seen properly.

Another barely seen monster was the Unspeakable One in 'Terrorform'; seemingly designed to resemble the xenomorph of the Alien films, all that really can be seen clearly is the silhouette of the actual puppet - I really do hope behind the scenes images or auction photos come out eventually!

The title monsters of 'Psirens' were another 'man in suit' method; in this case the suit was designed to resemble a large bipedal insect, with a bulbous head and horn-like protrusons on the top of its back.

The namesake of 'Emohawk: Polymorph II' was like the original Polymorph realized as a puppet, but this time as a much smaller hand-puppet designed to resemble a fleshy alien bird.

This episode also introduced the more ape-like 'GELFs' that also would act as antagonists in various episodes of the following season; these were designed in a typical manner to 'gorilla suits' but with more fleshy, human-like chest torso prosthetics, with facial prosthetic makeup complimenting it.