#Fanderson exhibition

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⚠️ NEW EVENT ⚠️

On 24th October 2024 (7pm) there will be a talk hosted by the exhibition team at The Hub at St Mary's in Lichfield! Tickets are £10 and must be pre-booked through the website linked here or use the QR code on the poster below:

It looks like the team will mostly be talking about the shows and their production history through the items at the exhibition, plus interviews with guests Phil Ford and Marc Silk.

It's primarily a Thunderbirds focused exhibition, so I think the addition of "time lords" in the title comes solely from Phil Ford being one of the guests (he wrote and produced for a couple of Dr Who episodes, plus the spinoff series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures). Alongside his Dr Who work, his bio claims he is best known for being a head writer on New Captain Scarlet - the 2005 CGI reboot of (and not to be confused with) the original 1967 Supermarionation series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

Voice actor Marc Silk will be best known amongst Thunderbirds are Go fans as the voice of Captain Rigby. His Supermarionation connection comes from being the voice of Troy Tempest in the 2021 Big Finish audio adaptation of the spin-off novel Stingray: Operation Icecap. He also provides various voices in the ongoing Stingray: Deadly Uprising - Marine Minutes minisodes, available on the official Gerry Anderson YouTube channel.

If any of this info has piqued your interest then please follow the links provided to The Hub at St Mary's website for more details. If you can't make it to the talk, then there's still time to see the exhibition detailed in my original post until the 2nd of November this year.

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Space: 1999 - The Complete Series ULTIMATE EDITION (Trailer)

Imprint Television: Space 1999 Ultimate Edition

SEPTEMBER: 1999. The most devastating explosion in the history of mankind blasts the moon out of orbit. On it are 311 men and women determined to survive. From the legendary team of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (Thunderbirds, UFO), SPACE: 1999 was launched with the highest budget for any science fiction series in television history. Bringing together Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, with Barry Morse, the series became a cult hit with its futuristic premise and ongoing story of struggle against the unknown, heightened by the high production values and special effects employed at the time.

Now, SPACE: 1999 can be seen as never before with every episode digitally restored from the original 35mm elements, with an unrivaled collection of Special Features all, brought together in this ULTIMATE EDITION featuring deluxe hard-box packaging.

Limited to only 2000 copies at

Via Vision

ImportCDs

Deep Discount

Special Features and Technical Specs:

1080p High-definition presentation from the original 35mm elements

Newly remixed 5.1 and Original ‘as broadcast’ mono audio tracks

48-page booklet featuring articles on the series from Fanderson – the Official Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Appreciation Society

Audio Commentary on “Breakaway” and “Dragon’s Domain” by series co-creator Gerry Anderson

Audio Commentary on “Ring Around The Moon” and “Death’s Other Dominion” by series expert Scott Bosco

Audio Commentary on “Dragon’s Domain” by writer Johnny Byrne and story consultant Christopher Penfold

Audio Commentary on “The Testament of Arkadia” by series co-creator Sylvia Anderson

Audio Commentary on “Dragon’s Domain” and “The Metamorph” by film writer Anthony Taylor

Text Commentaries on “The Last Sunset” and “Space Brain”

“These Episodes” Featurette

Extensive Episode and Behind-the-scenes Image Galleries

Isolated score tracks on 46 episodes

“Guardians of Piri Remembered”

“Memories of Space” Featurette

Sylvia Anderson on “Live Action”

“Clapperboard” – Vintage Featurette

Lyons Maid Ice Lolly Advert

Textless titles and episode material

Unfinished Opening titles for “Breakaway” and “Missing Link”

Alternate opening and closing titles

Ad-break bumpers

Martin Landau and Barbara Bain U.S. Premiere Intro and Outro

Vintage Series One Promos

Barry Gray’s Theme Demo

Behind-the-scenes: “Model Shop” with Brian Johnson commentary

“Seed of Destruction” Series One Version

“Mission to Moonbase Alpha” Interview with Barbara Bain

“Into the Uncertain Future” Interview with Nick Tate

“Brain Behind the Destruction” Interview and director Kevin Connor

“Moonbase Merch” A Tour of SPACE: 1999 ephemera with author John Muir

Outtake from Series Two

Cosmos: 1999 Featurette

Blackpool “Space City” Exhibition Advert

“Unexposed: Behind-the-Scenes of Series Two” 1976 vintage documentary

Series Two Archive Interviews

Series Two Promos and Trailers

Series 2 Textless Footage

Original Production Audio

“Destination Moonbase-Alpha” Feature Film version in High-definition

“Alien Attack”, “Cosmic Princess” and “Journey Through The Black Sun” Feature Film versions in Standard-definition

Trailers for “Destination Moonbase-Alpha”, “Alien Attack” and “Journey Through The Black Sun”

English subtitles

DTS HD 5.1 surround

LPCM 2.0 Mono

Isolated score track on 46 episodes

1.33:1 (original broadcast aspect ratio)

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54321 FAB! The Art of Supermarionation

- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

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54321 FAB! The Art of Supermarionation

- Japanese Thunderbirds merchandise

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Attention Supermarionation fans! There is currently a FREE exhibition run by the Fanderson society showcasing puppets, toys, art, comics and more at The Hub at St Mary's, Lichfield.

The exhibition is open Tuesday - Friday (9:30am - 4pm) and Saturday (9:30 - 3pm) until 2nd November 2024.

It's a very small exhibition (literally just a corner in a community centre above a public library, so not really worth coming a long way especially for) but if you happen to be in the area I'd say it's definitely worth checking out! There are lots of items on display - mainly commercially available toys, but also some replica and original puppets and artwork. It was really sweet to hear people reminiscing about the shows and pointing out which of the toys they owned when they were kids. There's also a free quiz and colouring pages available for children.

For anyone not able to visit the exhibition, I've done my best to take photos of everything there. I've sorted them into the posts linked below:

• Behind the scenes production photos

• TV Century 21 comics & posters

• Japanese Thunderbirds merchandise

• Thunderbirds puppets and toys

• Fireball XL5 & Stingray

• Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

• Joe 90 & The Secret Service

• Supermarionation vehicles

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54321 FAB! The Art of Supermarionation

- Supermarionation vehicles

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54321 FAB! The Art of Supermarionation

- Thunderbirds puppets and toys

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54321 FAB! The Art of Supermarionation

- TV Century 21 comics & posters

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54321 FAB! The Art of Supermarionation

- Behind the scenes production photographs

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54321 FAB! The Art of Supermarionation

- Fireball XL5 & Stingray

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54321 FAB! The Art of Supermarionation

- Joe 90 & The Secret Service