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Pod 163: Richard Taylor on Practical FX
Are miniatures disappearing from our world? What is it that makes filming miniatures and practical effects so expensive? (HINT: it’s not the building...
FAB Facts: The Mishaps of Filming Space: 1999’s Soapy Space Brain Episode
During filming of the Space:1999 episode Space Brain, with guest star Shane Rimmer, the climax shows Moonbase Alpha flooded with antibodies in the...
Pod 162 – Richard Taylor of WETA Workshop!
Over the course of his amazing career, Richard Taylor has collected many stories. Stories about Peter Jackson’s collection and preservation of rare Thunderbirds...
FAB Facts – The Original Thunderbirds Stage Show!
In the early 1970s some former Supermarionation puppeteers, now working as Stage Three Productions, created a Thunderbirds stage show. It’s not very widely...
Pod 161 – Richard Taylor of WETA Workshop!
Richard Taylor started out by sculpting from clay harvested in the backyard and building model railroads with his father. These humble beginnings were...
FAB Facts: Married Couples of the Anderverse!
Barbara Bain and Martin Landau, alongside Denise Bryer and Nicholas Parsons are often the most notable married couples who worked on Anderson shows,...
Gerry Anderson Podcast Pod 160 – Samira Ahmed
UFO is more than just a bit of nostalgic fun! It’s also a show with a lot to say about religion, philosophy, race...
FAB Facts: The truth of how Five Star Five fell through
Five Star Five was Gerry Anderson’s answer to Star Wars, but the project never made it past pre-production – until this year with...
Gerry Anderson Podcast Pod 159 – Samira Ahmed
Journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed first appeared on The Gerry Anderson Podcast in 2019 alongside fellow Space:1999 enthusiast Kevin Fong. This time, she...
FAB Facts: Animals of the Gerry Anderson universe!
The FAB Fact on this week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson Podcast concerns animal sidekicks! As a young boy, Gerry Anderson had always...