A Fanderson agent based in Japan has informed us of yet another Thunderbirds advert - this time for NEC.
Look out for Thunderbird 4's new role and accessing the Internet from the Airport Control Tower.
A high quality version of this can be seen here.
http://www.express.nec.co.jp/products/thunderbirds/movie/index.html
In addition the New Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and The Secret Service (Japanese title 'London Shirei X') .are being shown in Japan on Super! drama TV. Note these links are all in Japanese.
http://www.superdramatv.com/line/c_scarlet_new/index.html
http://www.superdramatv.com/line/joe90/index.html
Gerry's Appearance In Bristol - 20th May 2008
It was Gerry's first visit to Bristol. The audience, which consisted of a good mix of "casual" viewers, fans of all ages and Fanderson members, had an opportunity afterwards to meet Gerry at a brief signing session. After being very well received, the only gripe most people seemed to have was that the session wasn't long enough!
Gerry Anderson graced Bristol's Watershed Cinema on Tuesday 20th May as part of the city's Festival of Ideas, in association with the West of England Design Forum.
Those attending were treated to a walk through his career from the early days of Twizzle through to New Captain Scarlet, presented in an interview style interspersed with illustrative clips from the shows and anecdotes of his experiences at the studios and working with some of the characters we've come to know and love.
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Brains Stays Hydrated With New Thunderbirds Advert
An advert featuring Brains dancing has received over half a million hits on the internet. You can see the advert at the Brains themed website www.staydrenched.co.uk. You can also see the making of the advert there as well. This advert follows hot on the heels of the Thunderbirds Spec Savers advert which was shot using techniques exactly as per the 1960s Gerry Anderson productions. Further details of this advert, featuring Virgil and the Hood, can be seen on the link below. It includes a link to high quality version of the advert. http://tandemfilms.blogspot.com/2008/04/strings-attached.html
New Thunderbirds Novel - Chapter 1 Now Online
Chapter 1 of the first brand new Thunderbirds novel since the mid sixties is
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now available to read online.
Published by FTL Publications under licence by Granada Ventures, the book is due for publication in the United States and Canada in June 2008.
The contents of chapter one have caused plenty of healthy discussion on the Fanderson Yahoo Groups.
Barry Morse, Space:1999's Victor Bergman, Has Died
Barry Morse, Professor Victor Bergman in the first series of Space:1999, died on the morning of February 2nd. He was 89.
Although he was always highly critical of Space:1999, particularly its writers, producers and costume designers, he was also very supportive of its fandom, appearing at many conventions over the last 30 years, both in the UK and overseas - his most recent appearances being Fanderson's own 'Destination Moonbase Alpha' and 'Countdown to Disaster' events in September 2005. He was also one of the contributors to Fanderson's 'The Space:1999 Documentary' programme.
Aside from Space:1999, he will also be remembered by fans for his TV starring roles in The Fugitive, The Adventurer, The Zoo Gang and Whoops Apocalypse, as well as for his various other genre credits: Welcome To Blood City (1977), The Shape Of Things To Come (1979) and his guest roles in episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, The Invaders, The Starlost, The Martian Chronicles and Space Island One.
Fanderson will pay tribute more fully in FAB 59, but in the meantime other publications have been remembering Barry Morse, including The Guardian and The Times in the UK, and CBC and the Toronto Sun in Canada.
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Fans may be lucky enough to see Matt Zimmerman in 2008 in Fiddler on the Roof, the classic musical of true love versus tradition. Matt is the alternative Teyve to Henry Goodman (classed as Understudy) in the production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the Savoy Theatre.
their website for further details.
Blackpool Illuminations Department is in the process of selling its giant model of Thunderbird 3, as seen in the 2004 Thunderbirds Movie. Weighing 8 tonnes and 15.5m tall, the mammoth structure has a footprint diameter of 7m and is built to withstand a force 8 gale. Other items include a My Little Pony tableau from the 1980s and a range of horses from a carousel displayed in 1997.
All visitors are welcome to the sale which takes place on Wednesday January 30th between 10am and 4pm at the Department’s Rigby Road site.
Billed as the greatest free show on Earth, Blackpool Illuminations is an autumn lights festival that attracts 3.5 million visitors every year. The sale is the first of its kind to be open to the public and represents a unique opportunity to own a piece of Blackpool’s colourful past.
For further details and an online catalogue, visit
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