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FAB Facts: The evolution of gunshot effects in Supermarionation shows!

As discussed on this week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson Podcast, multiple techniques were used to show puppet scale guns firing in Supermarionation shows! Gunshots started off in Four Feather Falls mostly as paint on negative film – and later evolved into miniature charges and even lights on the end of guns by Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet!

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Chris Dale

Writer, editor & voice actor on Big Finish's Doctor Who, Terrahawks, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet audio ranges. Host of the Randomiser on the Gerry Anderson Podcast.

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