Continued from part 1… An uncredited Mario Capaldi took over for the last complete b/w strip The Machine Maker, which starts with Rule and the Contessa taking a break at her villa in the Italian Alps. A strange hand-made mini-‘helicopter’ with a message for help involves them with an eccentric who believes he is the famous Renaissance artist and inventor …

The Spectrum hovercraft was the primary guest vehicle of the Captain Scarlet episode Traitor, in which Captains Scarlet and Blue investigated several hovercraft accidents at Spectrum’s Koala Base training facility in Australia. This four-seater vehicle (two crew and two passengers) was shown being used by the base’s cadets for training exercises, although the episode did little to clearly establish the …

The first episode of Space:1999‘s second season received a special fall preview on at least three American television stations in August 1976, ahead of its official launch in September. This in itself was not unusual, since many broadcasters wanted to create excitement for the new shows on their fall schedules, although what makes this broadcast of particular interest is the …

Continued from part 2… 1998 On July 27th, the UFO episode The Cat With Ten Lives was among the programmes broadcast at very short notice in place of rained-off cricket coverage; specifically, the NatWestTrophy quarter-final match between Leicestershire and Warwickshire. UFO aired at 6.25pm, following the similarly unscheduled The Simpsons episode Bart’s Friend Gets a Girlfriend. Back in 1996, the …

Wilfred Greatorex may not be a name familiar to many Anderson fans, since it doesn’t appear on any completed Anderson production. However, he created (or co-created) several highly successful television series over the course of his life, including Secret Army, Man at the Top, 1990, Hine – and most relevant to the Anderson story, The Plane Makers and The Power …

Bad Water County sees more than its fair share of strange and unexplained activity. This includes everything from terrorist bomb threats and hostage situations to strange lights in the sky, and even the occasional extra-terrestrial visitor turning up at the Pete’s for Eats diner and eating all the cutlery. Thankfully, the good folks of Bad Water can sleep soundly in …

The third episode of the second season of Thunderbirds is not exactly a standout instalment of the series. Alias Mr. Hackenbacker largely re-treads similar ‘aircraft in distress’ territory as the Fireflash episodes, while also throwing in a fashion show subplot that isn’t to everyone’s tastes. It’s a perfectly decent episode, just not one that should in theory generate much interest…were …

Space:1999 fans are in for a real treat in this post by Shaqui Le Vesconte about Victor Pemberton’s treatment for ‘Space:1999 – Planet of the Eye’… Victor Pemberton is a name well known to fans of British telefantasy, associated with Doctor Who, Timeslip and Ace of Wands, among other series such as Adventure Weekly, Tightrope and The Adventures of Black …

Elegant, charming and often faced with deadly danger, Lady Penelope is International Rescue’s invaluable London Agent… but did you know that she also had a sideline as a detective? In the days of legendary British comic TV21, fans could write to Lady Penelope and Parker and ask them to investigate famous people and report back via letter. One fan who did …

Many enthusiasts of Gerry Anderson’s arguably most famous creation, Thunderbirds, know that the inspiration for the series had something to do with his older brother Lionel, who fought and died flying for the RAF in the Second World War. Many believe too that the name, Thunderbirds, stems from Lionel’s wartime pilot training in the United States, flying from an air …