While the bulk of the costume budget went to the assorted futuristic costumes, Fletcher designed and made the tweed suit and white waistcoat sported by Robert Preston in his role as disguised alien Centauri. The look is slightly 'out of time', as of course an alien probably would get Earth fashion a little wrong.
Fletcher's costumes, designed in collaboration with
famed production artist Ron Cobb, lean to a more militaristic vibe compared to his costumes for the
Star Trek films. The jumpsuits worn by the 'Starfighters' are beige, with ribbed panelling and futuristic tubing evoking real-world flightsuits.
The other uniforms of the 'Rylan Star League' follow a similar cut to the Starfighter uniforms, this time in powder blue with white lining. Some of the jumpsuits are worn with futuristic bell-shaped helmets.
Other technicians wear a white version of the blue uniform, worn with all-white versions of the Starfighters' caps. The uniforms depicted here were bespoke-made like the blue ones above.
The majority of extras wear off-the-rack mechanic overalls minimally altered with strips of fabric, and worn with blue versions of the custom-made caps.
The commander of the base, Enduran (Kay E. Kuter) wears a white suit coated in grey pattern lining (a similar design motif used in many of Fletcher's
Star Trek costumes) and worn over a white top with a black pattern resembling a tie. Sadly this outfit is never seen fully up close.
Enduran has several aides with him in one scene, as well as several deleted scenes; these are thus even more elusive, and the blue suit has still not turned up on auction sites yet.
The Ko-Dan fleet is commanded by Xur (Norman Snow) whose uniform is of a similar cut to the uniforms of the Rylan starfighter personnel, but made up of black fabric and leather, with differing symbols in place, and wearing a metal headpiece with it.
His servants wear a grey version of the Rylan technician jumpsuit, with black lining.
Under Xur's command is Lord Kril (Dan Mason), who together with his lieutenant sport bright orange-red and black jumpsuits fixed with plastic armour plating, gauntlets and boots, and worn with two ridged plastic helmets, with some slight differences.
Kril and his lieutenant wear helmets, Kril's fitted with with a moving eyepiece. The helmet appears to be Ron Cobb's design, rather than Fletcher's - I'm not a fan of the helmet design much, and far prefer Robert Fletcher's original costume sketch.
The Ko-Dan soldiers are in similar uniforms but entirely orange-red in colour, and worn with concealing helmets to hide their less than humanoid faces, as well as the chest armour being in a different shape. The helmets are a particular memorable design especially, with the eyes fixed onto them seeming almost insectoid.
