Gerry Anderson's fan-page
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his page is dedicated to the person who is for tv-series what John Woo is
for motion pictures, Gerry Anderson. Gerry Anderson is a film-maker who in
the 1960's England made the cult-hit Thunderbirds, this serie is the English
equivalent to Startrek in the USA. His latest production is the
"Space Precinct" in 1994.
Another Gerry page.
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Thunderbirds
The
Thunderbirds
is originaly a tv-serie with string-puppets. The serie was followed by
two movies,
Thunderbirds Are GO
in 1966 and
Thunderbird Six in
1968. Since the strings
somewhat inhibited the movements of the puppets Anderson made their vehicles
the more moving instead. The "Thunderbirds" is a some sort of a
secret agent-organisation who helps the authorities whenever there is a
dangerous and difficul emergency. To help
them they have some of the most increadible machines to help them in their
task.
These machines can do the most increadible thing, they
fly like rockets through the air, drill
through the earth, dive in the ocean and so on, and so on. This is what made
the show so special, to see what new
machines the crew had and what they could
do. The core of the Thunderbirds is the five machines called Thunderbirds 1
through 5, each machine piloted by it's special pilot and with it's unique
capabilites. The organisation is a family called Tracy. The father, named
Jeff Tracy, is the head of the family and
his boys the crew. In the picture above we have (from the left): Parker,
Lady Penelope, Alan Tracy (Thunderbird 3),
Scott Tracy
(Thunderbird 1), Jeff Tracy, Tin Tin,
Gordon Tracy (Thunderbird 4),
Brains, Virgil Tracy
(Thunderbird 2) and John Tracy
(Thunderbird 5).
Theme music for:
Thunderbirds Are Go,
Thunderbirds,
Thunderbirds2.
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The five Tracy brothers, their cook's daughter Tintin, a
scientist named Brains, a ex-safecracker-turned-chauffeur
named Parker, and socialite spy Lady Penelope Creighton-
Ward make up International Rescue, an elite mercy
organization; first hour-long Anderson series; most
popular Anderson show worldwide; Century 21 Productions
produced two feature films, THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO and
THUNDERBIRD 6; reworked into half-hour format for FOX in
1994 and reworked again with live-action footage as
TURBOCHARGED THUNDERBIRDS, part of the AMAZIN' ADVENTURES
syndicated package on most U.S.-based United Paramount
Network affiliates
Space Precinct
The
New York Police Department Lt. Patrick Brogan is assigned
to the "space precinct" of Demeter City in the year 2040;
fourth live-action series; most recent Anderson
production, now running in U.S. syndication and recently
exported to U.K.
Theme music.
Supercar
Mike Mercury tests Professor Popkiss' and Dr. Beaker's
experimental vehicle; start of the Supermarionation era;
first production for ITC
Theme music.
The Adventures of Twizzle
Children's show based on British screenwriter Roberta
Leigh's short stories; 15-minute episodes; tied with THE
PROTECTORS for longest-running Anderson series; first
production for APFilms
Torchy the Battery Boy
Bigger-budget effort, also based on Leigh's stories
Four Feather Falls
Children's western about a lawman with four magical
feathers in his hat
Crossroads to Crime
An young policeman stumbles across a gang of hijackers
operating out of a local cafe and goes on an independent
investigation to infiltrate their ranks and foil their
plans to hijack 20,000 of nickel alloy ingots; only
feature-film production of APFilms; first Anderson live-
action production
Fireball XL5
Colonel Steve Zodiac and a French doctor named Venus lead
the forces of the World Space Patrol at Space City
against invading aliens; first Anderson series to appear
on a U.S. network (NBC)
Get more.
Theme music.
Stingray
Captain Troy Tempest helms the World Aquanaut Security
Patrol's finest vessel against the undersea tyrant Titan;
first series shot in color for ITC
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
"One man fate has made indestructible" leads Spectrum, a
world security force, in their war of nerves against the
Mysterons from Mars; first Anderson show with
proportionately-scaled ("perfectly proportioned")
marionettes; first television production by Century 21
Productions
This is where you'll
find everything and
more.
Doppelganger (a.k.a. Journey to the Far Side of the Sun)
Feature-length film about two astronauts who discover a
mirror-image Earth; first live-action feature film from
Century 21 Productions; many actors and props reappeared
in UFO
Joe 90
Nine-year-old Joe McClaine is the World Intelligence
Network's top spy, thanks to the Brain Impulse
Galvanascope Record And Transfer machine that transfers
brain waves and knowledge patterns through a pair of
glasses; character-based series rather than technology-
based
Theme music.
The Secret Service
Father Stanley Unwin and his gardener Matthew are an
unlikely spy team for British Intelligence Service
Headquarters--Operation Priest, thanks to the Minimizer,
a device that shrinks objects and people; only Anderson
production set in the present day (1969); first to
combine live action and puppetry, substituting a full-
body double (comedian Stanley Unwin) for Father Unwin in
motion sequences
Theme music.
U.F.O.
Former Air Force Colonel-turned-studio executive Ed
Straker leads the super-secret Supreme Headquarters Alien
Defence Organisation, headquartered beneath England's
Harlington-Straker Studios; first live-action show; last
production for Century 21 Productions
Find out more.
Theme music.
The Protectors
Harry Rule, Contessa diContini, and Paul Buchet are the
movers and shakers behind an elite private security and
investigative agency; first production by Group 3
Productions; second live-action show; along with TWIZZLE,
has the most episodes of any Anderson production
The Investigator
An alien investigator shrinks two humans to miniature
size to prevent the defiling of significant artifacts in
this unsold pilot; combination of live-action and
puppetry; puppets resurfaced in a Jif commercial, the
last Supermarionation production
Space 1999
Commander John Koenig must keep 311 colonists together as
their base on the moon hurtles through the galaxy after
an atomic waste explosion on the dark side of the moon;
third live-action show; last joint production of Gerry
and Sylvia Anderson; second season produced by STAR
TREK's Fred Freiberger
Find out more.
Theme music.
The Day After Tomorrow (a.k.a. Into Infinity)
NBC SPECIAL TREAT episode, about two spacefaring families
who are en route to Alpha Centauri; intended as a pilot
but not picked up; shot between seasons of SPACE:1999 and
costarred three SPACE:1999 players; narrated by Ed Bishop
(UFO's Ed Straker)
Terrahawks
Dr. Tiger Ninestein leads an elite planetary defense
force headquarted in a secret base in South America;
first Anderson series without Sylvia Anderson's
involvement; first puppet show using the Supermacromation
technique; all but three episodes solely written by
Anderson regular Tony Barwick
Dick Spanner P.I.
Mild-mannered robot private detective Dick Spanner
wisecracks his way through impossible-to-follow sight-
gag-filled plots; series of shorts for Channel 4's
NETWORK SEVEN series, later condensed into two hour-long
shows for Channel 4; characters animated by stop-action
animation puppetry rather than Supermarionation or
Supermacromation
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Supermarionation
Gerry Andersson
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Ola Mårtensson:
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Time-stamp: <2012-10-23 13:53:57 ola>
The
Thunderbirds
is originaly a tv-serie with string-puppets. The serie was followed by
two movies,
Thunderbirds Are GO
in 1966 and
Thunderbird Six in
1968. Since the strings
somewhat inhibited the movements of the puppets Anderson made their vehicles
the more moving instead. The "Thunderbirds" is a some sort of a
secret agent-organisation who helps the authorities whenever there is a
dangerous and difficul emergency. To help
them they have some of the most increadible machines to help them in their
task.
These machines can do the most increadible thing, they
fly like rockets through the air, drill
through the earth, dive in the ocean and so on, and so on. This is what made
the show so special, to see what new
machines the crew had and what they could
do. The core of the Thunderbirds is the five machines called Thunderbirds 1
through 5, each machine piloted by it's special pilot and with it's unique
capabilites. The organisation is a family called Tracy. The father, named
Jeff Tracy, is the head of the family and
his boys the crew. In the picture above we have (from the left): Parker,
Lady Penelope, Alan Tracy (Thunderbird 3),
Scott Tracy
(Thunderbird 1), Jeff Tracy, Tin Tin,
Gordon Tracy (Thunderbird 4),
Brains, Virgil Tracy
(Thunderbird 2) and John Tracy
(Thunderbird 5).