Uncategorized
Captain Scarlet: The Juggernaut – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
Night had fallen over the peaceful hills of the English countryside. The lights were dimming in quaint villages as everyone prepared for bed....
Thunderbirds Danger Zone Live Play!
Tonight, 8th September 2022, Monkeys with Fire are doing a live game of our recent card game Thunderbirds: Danger Zone. Using characters and...
FAB Facts: UFO’s Ed Bishop and his inspiration for Ed Straker
In order to inform the cold and calculating nature seen in SHADO’s Commander Straker, Ed Bishop recalled a documentary about an American missile...
FAB Facts: The Ex-Disney Artist that Sketched for Gerry Anderson Shows
At the turn of the 1960s, before characters went to sculpting in Four Feather Falls and Supercar, they were first sketched by someone...
FAB Facts: When Roger Ebert insulted Thunderbirds – and the fanbase!
The 2004 Thunderbirds movie drew criticism from many sources, one of which was the popular American film critic Roger Ebert – but he...
FAB Facts: Terrahawks started life as an anime series?
Following the success of various Anderson shows in Japan, at one stage Gerry was approached to pitch a show to a Japanese network...
FAB Facts: How deep-fake was used in Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted has now been released on Britbox, and features Gerry Anderson telling his story in his own words. Deep-fake...
FAB Facts: When real hands were used in Supermarionation
To film the puppets doing complex motions, live action footage of hands were often shot during Stingray, Thunderbirds and beyond. In once instance,...
“They crash him, & his body may burn…” The History of The Spectrum!
From its fifteenth episode (The Trap) onwards, viewers of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons were treated to a new version of the show’s...
FAB Facts: Star Fleet/X Bomber; often confused for an Anderson show!
Star Fleet (or X Bomber in its country of origin) is a Japanese sci-fi puppet show that aired in the 1980s, sometimes mistakenly...