# Anubis headed men? Half-remembered 70s SciFi **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131 "2009-06-18T01:26:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/1 "2009-06-18T01:26:08Z")
I have a half-remembered memory, that caused me to have nightmares, of a cheesy 70s (or maybe 60s, but I seem to recall it was in colour) science fiction TV show that had anubis-headed men, in an Egyptian themed episode, that were very imposing and frightening. I thought it was from _Doctor Who_, but the closest match to those memories would be _Pyramids of Mars_, and I can’t find any pics of that which match my memory, so that’s probably not it. It may have been a show along the lines of _[Children Of The Stones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Stones)_ or _[Sapphire And Steel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire_and_steel)_. It had that UK cardboard-studio-set synthesised soundtrack feel to it. I would’ve watched it sometime between 1975-1979, in New Zealand, but it wasn’t locally made. Can anyone shed some light? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/2 "2009-06-18T03:36:01Z")
The villain in the Doctor Who was an Egyptian god and, IIRC, did have something like [the Anubis head](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramidsofmars.jpg), but his henchmen were robots disguised to look like mummies. The time frame also fits. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/3 "2009-06-18T05:34:40Z")
No, what I remember was distinctly a jackal-headed guard. That image just looks like a weird humanoid mask. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/4 "2009-06-18T15:17:03Z")
[This post brought to you by Anubis Markets, Anubis Markets, shop at the sign of the Jackal-Headed Man for food so good, you can eat it!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_d_e6p2-Y) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/5 "2009-06-18T15:44:20Z")
The Pyramids of Mars did show Sutekh unmasked at the end, although the OP description doesn’t seem to match. And for the record, Set (=Seth, Seteh, Sutekh, etc.) wasn’t jackal-headed like Anubis (who was the gatekeeper to the underworld, but not an evil guy). Just _what_ Set had the head of- the "[Seth Animal"](http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&safe=off&q=seth+animal&revid=2139616734&ei=3F86SqKrC42lmQfc5bDsBA&sa=X&oi=revisions_inline&resnum=0&ct=broad-revision&cd=1)- is a matter of lively debate. The earliest depictions of Set look to me more like an aardvark than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/6 "2009-06-18T17:22:04Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > No, what I remember was distinctly a jackal-headed guard. That image just looks like a weird humanoid mask. Hmmn. I seem to remember a couple of jackal-headed guards in _Pyarmids of Mars_. (after some research) [Here is a picture.](http://www.mental-hygiene.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/corridor.jpg) They were the Guardians of Horus; one always lied and the other always told the truth. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/7 "2009-06-19T00:17:37Z")
Well, that doesn’t match my memory, but it’s the closest we’ve got so far. I don’t think it’s what I’m after, though. I think it must have been a different show than Doctor Who. Was it [Space 1999](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_1999)? Was it [Nobody’s House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbIFsMALnLs)? Was it [Rentaghost](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtheVEW9lZA)? Was it [The Tomorrow People](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xez4o1ujOPI)? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/8 "2009-06-19T00:57:12Z")
Sounds like villains from an episode of **The Secrets of Isis**. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/9 "2009-06-19T01:02:34Z")
Are you sure it was that long ago? Stargate had villains like that, but that was from the 1990s. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/10 "2009-06-19T01:09:16Z")
Are yuo sure it wasn’t [Doctor Who and the horns of nimon?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtDG-Q1uZ9U) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/11 "2009-06-19T01:10:34Z")
It’s most definitely before _Stargate_. The latest I could possibly concede it may be is 1981, but that’s doubtful because I was not prone to nightmares at that age. I’ve never heard of _The Secrets Of Isis_. I don’t think it screened in New Zealand. _Horns Of Nimon_? That’s a Minotaur, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![anubisreturns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@anubisreturns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anubisreturns)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/12 "2013-11-02T12:33:52Z")
GuanoLad, you posted this 4 years ago, but I stumbled across your message while searching for Anubis and Doctor Who on google. I joined this site just to answer your question! I’m fairly sure you’re thinking of The Tomorrow People - because I was scared by this storyline as a kid too! In fact it’s a 3 episode story from 1975 called ‘Worlds Away’, check out this page: [Island of Terror: The Tomorrow People: World's Away](http://islandofterror.blogspot.com.br/2011/06/more-for-burning.html) Are those the images you remember?! They were the Kulthan, who left a ‘psychic damper’ in the Egyptian pyramids (hence the Anubis link) to delay humankind’s emergence… Hope you get to see this some day! ---
**Author:** ![anubisreturns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@anubisreturns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anubisreturns)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/13 "2013-11-02T13:08:45Z")
In fact, by the wonders of YouTube: [The Tomorrow People-Worlds Away-Part 1 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3l7penC0lI) Definitely a jackal-headed guard! See the end of this clip. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/14 "2013-11-02T17:38:59Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > The Pyramids of Mars did show Sutekh unmasked at the end, although the OP description doesn’t seem to match. > > And for the record, Set (=Seth, Seteh, Sutekh, etc.) wasn’t jackal-headed like Anubis (who was the gatekeeper to the underworld, but not an evil guy). Just _what_ Set had the head of- the "[Seth Animal"](http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&safe=off&q=seth+animal&revid=2139616734&ei=3F86SqKrC42lmQfc5bDsBA&sa=X&oi=revisions_inline&resnum=0&ct=broad-revision&cd=1)- is a matter of lively debate. The earliest depictions of Set look to me more like an aardvark than anything else. Oh my god, Set is [Trumpy!](http://cdn3.whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/trumpy2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/15 "2013-11-02T18:55:51Z")
I remember an episode of the Rod Serling 1972 TV series \*Circle of Fear \*that had Anubis men and it scared the hell out of me when I was little. I don’t know what episode was but I’m pretty sure the series. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anubis-headed-men-half-remembered-70s-scifi/500131/16 "2013-11-03T21:36:39Z")
> [@anubisreturns](#): > > In fact, by the wonders of YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3l7penC0lI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3l7penC0lI) Definitely a jackal-headed guard! See the end of this clip. Good find. (And excellent choice of username BTW). 🙂 I can’t know if this is what **GuanoLad** was thinking of, but _Tomorrow People_ certainly did screen in New Zealand – I recall several stories as scaring the snot out of me as a kid. (And it’s nice to see that the opening credits can still elicit a shudder). 🙂