The cult film Barbarella : Queen of the Galaxy was based on a French comic strip 'Barbarella', created in 1962 by Jean Claude Forest.
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Psychedelic, camp and extrememly aesthetically pleasing Barbarella was like an animated comic-strip with real actors. It had enough shag-pile carpeting, mod styling, hokey special effects and free love philosophy to create a film that, in 1968, combined to make a truly memorable experience for 14-year-old boys (and possibly some 14-year-old girls) everywhere.
Barbarella introduced such characters and concepts to us as the Mathmos, Duran Duran and the positronic ray. Possibly one of the most well-known stripteases in film was the opening scene, in which the "triple-rated, five-star astronatrix" strips completely in zero-gee, exposing fabulous thighs (although she was rumoured to have taped them) and impossible hair. "Pretty, pretty..." Barbarella gets up to all sorts of adventures including giving an angel the will to fly and sampling essence of man. Adding to the overall splendour of the the film were extraordinary costumes designed by . In the course of the film, which covers only a few hours, Barbarella makes at least seven costume changes.