Podcast
Pod 166 – David Munday Picks His Gerry Anderson Starting Line-up
In a family of brothers where he was the eldest, David Munday wanted to be Scott Tracy and saw his Dad as Jeff...
FAB Facts: The Lost Musical Score of Into Infinity
Derek Wadsworth provided the score for Into Infinity, also known as The Day After Tomorrow. This was the score that got him the...
Pod 165: Thunderbirds Generations with David Munday
There is learning your ABCs, and then there is learning the names of the International Rescue vehicles! Which is more important? Thunderbirds obviously!...
FAB Facts: The Musical Mishaps of Vic Elmes on Space:1999
Barry Gray was the usual composer for many of the Anderson shows until the mid 1970s, but on one episode of Space:1999 the...
Pod 164: Five Star Five – John Lovell and the Zargon Threat
The peaceful planet of Kestra is threatened by the warlike Zargon people. A base has been established on an impenetrable asteroid, but the...
FAB Facts: The Inconsistencies of Captain Scarlet’s End Credits
In the 60s, captioning episodes of TV was an expensive business. As Captain Scarlet had so many characters, a larger cast was needed...
Pod 163: Richard Taylor on Practical FX
Are miniatures disappearing from our world? What is it that makes filming miniatures and practical effects so expensive? (HINT: it’s not the building...
FAB Facts: The Mishaps of Filming Space: 1999’s Soapy Space Brain Episode
During filming of the Space:1999 episode Space Brain, with guest star Shane Rimmer, the climax shows Moonbase Alpha flooded with antibodies in the...
Pod 162 – Richard Taylor of WETA Workshop!
Over the course of his amazing career, Richard Taylor has collected many stories. Stories about Peter Jackson’s collection and preservation of rare Thunderbirds...
FAB Facts – The Original Thunderbirds Stage Show!
In the early 1970s some former Supermarionation puppeteers, now working as Stage Three Productions, created a Thunderbirds stage show. It’s not very widely...