Alert 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, 2021As discussed on this week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson Podcast, multiple techniques were used to show puppet scale guns firing in Supermarionation...
By Chris DaleOctober 17, 2021Across thirty-nine episodes, the crew of Fireball XL5 faced a variety of dangerous adversaries as they patrolled Sector 25. In addition to the...
By Chris DaleJuly 31, 2021From the control room of XL8, Steve Zodiac and the others watched speechlessly as the rock Colossus advanced slowly towards them. It must...
By Andrew ClementsJuly 23, 2021The mighty retro motors of XL5 roared into life, slowing the huge craft as it approached the bizarre cluster of asteroids ahead. Captain...
By Andrew ClementsJuly 16, 2021