To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fireball XL5 on Friday October 28th 2022 there’s a real boss collection of video events lined up throughout the day – and new merchandise ready on the launching rail! The second series to carry the Filmed in Supermarionation banner, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Fireball XL5 first aired in the UK in 1962 and ran …

October is here, which means Halloween is approaching fast! Sure, you could dress up as a Tracy brother, Spectrum Captain or Moonbase Alpha operative for the big Halloween party, but if you’re looking for more unconventional Anderson-themed inspiration for your Halloween costume ideas this year then you might want to consider this collection of spooks, freaks and weirdos that are …

September 13th 1999 was, as Space:1999 itself reminded us during the opening titles of its first season, the date on which the Moon was blown out of the Earth’s orbit along with the 311 men and women of Moonbase Alpha – but over just how long a period of time does the rest of the show take place? With the …

The Fireball XL5 episode Drama at Space City opens with a short section of clips from previous episodes The Doomed Planet and The Triads. Almost certainly only included to boost the episode’s running time, the clips are presented as the memories of Steve Zodiac as he flicks through pages in his diary. Rather than simply show Steve holding the diary …

Most of the Gerry Anderson series stretching as far back as 1957’s The Adventures of Twizzle had enjoyed great success in the field of merchandising. Toys, books, games, comics and more based on every single one of his puppet series were must-have items for young fans, with Thunderbirds in particular getting its logo stamped onto almost every type of merchandise …

As we’ve discussed previously, UFO was a big hit with Italian cinemagoers from 1973 onwards, in the form of five compilation feature films. Indeed, the success of these films was one of the reasons that Italian state broadcast RAI agreed to provide co-financing for the production of Space:1999. Unlike UFO however, Space:1999 would first be seen in Italy on the …

“The Mysterons – sworn enemies of Earth.” Standing between these Martian aggressors and the destruction of the human race is the Spectrum organisation, a global security force that…well, has good days and bad days. When they really commit themselves to fending off the Mysterons, Spectrum truly are second to none – which only makes their more half-hearted attempts to defend …

Captain Scarlet Day is almost upon us! But just why was July 10th chosen in recent years as the date for this annual celebration of all things Spectrum? To find out, we go back to the original 1967 Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons television series, which includes July 10th as a notable date in its second episode, Winged Assassin. Here …

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 second volume of the UFO Comic Anthology is now shipping from the Gerry Anderson Store! Volume Two features 320 pages of colour and black and white strips from TV Action as well as articles and interviews by Anderson comics expert Shaqui Le Vesconte, giving the reader context and fascinating insights into TV Action’s history, artists and UFO‘s life in comics. However, …