The Fireball XL5 episode Drama at Space City opens with a short section of clips from previous episodes The Doomed Planet and The...
By Chris DaleJuly 19, 2022What started as a peaceful mission of exploration quickly became a nightmare fight for survival. Steve Zodiac stared around the huge chamber deep...
By Andrew ClementsJuly 15, 2022The majority of the Anderson shows to feature family units often (although certainly not always) spotlighted the father – be it Jeff Tracy,...
By Chris DaleJune 19, 2022You may be wondering how the number 90 cropped up in both Fireball XL5 and Joe 90. It turns out Gerry Anderson simply...
By Chris DaleJune 15, 2022Alert signals rang out across the control room of Space Tracking Station Galileo. Within moments a pair of operators had trained powerful scanner...
By Andrew ClementsJanuary 14, 2022The Little Golden Books were a popular book series published in the 1940s onwards. During the 60s, Supercar and Fireball XL5 both had...
By Chris DaleDecember 16, 2021One of the most important aspects of any television production is a great theme tune, and the Anderson shows were blessed with some...
By Chris DaleDecember 5, 2021Undeterred by the fact that they live one hundred years apart, Dr. Beaker and Professor Matic have been getting their heads together. The...
By Chris DaleNovember 23, 2021Natural phenomena do not think or feel or act with hostile intent, but that doesn’t make some of them any less deadly. “Matt!...
By Andrew ClementsOctober 22, 2021Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s much-loved Supermarionation series has been remastered in High Definition from original 35mm film elements for this special edition Blu-ray...
By Chris DaleOctober 20, 2021