Journey well Patrick , you will be missed

Originally posted by Terric
Rest in peace Sir Patrick Moore, you are a legend.

Indeed. A great loss.

I was always incredibly jealous of my postman who was also an amateur astronomer; he used to have tea with Moore and Brian May!

What a character.. He will be missed.. RIP Sir Patrick Moore...x

longest running series of any TV program in the world, RIP good man.

Should be more shows like his Educational/Scientific programs on TV instead of the crap we get. I'm gonna miss him, what role model!

Sir Patrick Moore will always be an inspiration for myself and 1000's of other people who have looked up to the heavens to see the Moon and stars over all of my life time, and watching him on TVs The Sky At Night program, well things will never be the same for me.

Patrick, you are one heck of a star up there and you will always be.

I always remember his interview with Neil Armstrong, it was so illuminating about the Moon and space. R.I.P. Patrick.

He was also a World War II veteran. He joined the armed forces at the age of 16 at the outbreak of the War by lying about his age. He served in RAF Bomber Command, reaching the rank of Flight Lieutentant. He lost his nurse fiancee during the War when a bomb hit her ambulance. He never married as it was only her who he loved and he never forgave the Germans over her death. He said in his autobiography that "if I saw the entire German nation sinking into the sea, I could be relied upon to help push it down."

He also, of course, hosted the monthly The Sky at Night since it first started in April 1957. Until today it was the world's longest-running TV show with the same presenter.

Just a few days ago I watched this month's edition of The Sky at Night and it's not nice to think that that was his very last episode.

From 1992 to 1998 he hosted the British TV gameshow GamesMaster - he was the Gamesmaster - which was the first British TV show dedicated to computer and video games. As well as video game reviews, the show featured contestants who competed against each other on video games, with the winner being given the coveted Golden Joystick trophy.

Not only that but he was also very much against Britain being in the EU and was a patron of UKIP. He campaigned on behalf of Douglas Denny (UKIP) for the Chichester constituency in the 2001 General Election. In the late Seventies until 1980 he was chairman of the anti-immigration United Country Party.

He will be very much missed.

Have always loved The Sky At Night and it was criminal how short the show was and how late it was on... and also loved him as The GamesMaster


Also saw his house in Selsey and actually saw him walking around there too.


The guy was legendary and his enthusiasm just so infectious.


They just said on the news that his early maps of the Moon helped the Americans plan their moon landing.