By 1965, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Supermarionation series had become something of a television phenomenon in the U.K., with Supercar, Fireball XL5 and...
By Chris DaleMarch 8, 2019A greater focus on characters The first season of Space:1999 generally emphasised plot over character development, but the Space 1999 Year 2 tried...
By Chris DaleFebruary 23, 2019Thunderbird 1’s most impressive feature is its top speed of 15,000 mph, enabling Scott to race to the scene of any disaster in...
By Chris DaleFebruary 22, 2019Space, the really final frontier Despite following in the footsteps of Star Trek, Space:1999 ended up taking a far more bleak approach to...
By Chris DaleFebruary 21, 2019Billionaire ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy was the man who first devised the idea of International Rescue, but it is his five sons who have...
By Chris DaleFebruary 20, 2019Space Precinct’s journey from original concept to finished television series was a notably longer and more complicated one than any other Gerry Anderson...
By Chris DaleFebruary 15, 2019‘Comedy episode’; two words guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of cult television fans, sometimes even more so than ‘clip show’. There’s...
By Chris DaleFebruary 7, 2019All manner of strange and nasty ailments can befall residents of the Gerry Anderson television universe, from brains melting on the Moon to...
By Chris DaleFebruary 1, 2019Although The Protectors itself can hardly be said to be an entirely forgotten series relatively few people realise that was in fact a...
By Chris DaleJanuary 25, 2019Over the years many television series and feature films have paid tribute to the Gerry Anderson shows in a variety of ways, with...
By Chris DaleJanuary 17, 2019