at the end of the film. Television The original 1965 series Lost in Space used a "Freeze-frame cliffhanger" in its first two seasons (59 episodes). The 1970s television series of Wonder Woman had its episodes end with a freeze-frame of Diana Prince smiling. The opening sequence of the Mary Tyler Moore Show ended with a freeze-frame of Moore tossing her hat in the air. The American TV show NCIS—a spin-off of the series JAG—often uses freeze-frame shots. In the production, they were referred to as "phoofs" or "foofs" due to the sound effect that accompanied them, which was created by NCIS'''s creator and executive producer Donald P. Bellisario hitting a microphone with his hand. These short black and white freeze frames depict an event that will occur later in the episode, and usually last for three seconds. The technique first appeared in the fourth episode of the second season of NCIS, Lt. Jane Doe, and was employed in every episode since, with a typical episode containing four or five freeze frames with main characters or occasionally one-off or recurring characters. Freeze frames were parodied in the 1982 sitcom Police Squad!. Each episode ended — and the credits rolled over — a "freeze frame" shot emulating those of 1970s dramas. However, the scene was not actually frozen. The actors simply stood motionless in position while other activities (pouring coffee, a convict escaping, a chimpanzee throwing paper) continued around them. The freeze-frame cliffhanger to Part Three of the Doctor Who serial The Deadly Assassin'' (1976) has been described as "notorious in BBC history" and "caused such uproar when it originally aired that it had to be altered for future broadcasts". References Cinematic techniques