Two episodes
K oquillion might have been a man in an alien suit, but two ‘real’ alien species featured in The Rescue – the non-speaking Didonians, whose sudden appearance in the second episode causes Bennett to fall to his death, plus Vicki’s planteating pet ‘Sandy’ the Sandy Beast, unjustly blasted dead by Barbara using a flare gun. Initially envisaged as a much more dragon-like creation, Sandy was given a couple of Koquillion-like features in its eventual realisation… perhaps to suggest Bennett’s inspiration? Although credited solely for the voice of the rescue ship captain, actor Tom Sheridan was inside the costume, hauling it along.