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MELODY ANGEL
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Real name : |
Magnolia Jones |
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Place of birth : |
An unnamed Cotton farm, Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
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Date of birth: |
10 January 2043 |
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Height: |
5 Ft. 2 Ins. |
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Weight: |
121 Lbs |
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Eyes: |
Brown |
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Hair: |
Black |
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Other Distinguishing features: |
None |
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Voice provided by: |
Sylvia Anderson |
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Characteristics: |
None |
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Spectrum rank and attributions: |
Angel aircraft fighter pilot, helicopter pilot. Often
acts as pack leader.
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Personality profile: |
On duty, Melody is a pillar of strength. She’s tough
and determined, giving encouragement to her fellow pilots in difficult
situations. Off duty, Melody’s strong personality makes her the leader
amongst the Angels. Her favourite hobby in her spare time is learning
languages, and at the last recorded incident Melody was trying to master
the Japanese tongue, presumably with Harmony’s help.
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History: |
Born on a cotton farm in the south of the USA, Magnolia
Jones was the odd one out of the family. Having four older brothers, she
grew up as a “tomboy”, playing and thinking like a male. Often playing
truant from school with her brothers. Magnolia wasn’t very bright at
school, presumably due to her missing so much time. She therefore left
school at age 15 to take up her passion for motor racing (even taking it
up professionally at one point), a sport she excelled in. Magnolia’s
parents then agreed that she’d spent far too long living like a boy and
it was about time she became a “lady, and so they sent her off to an
unnamed finishing school for girls in Switzerland. Magnolia hated this
idea, until she discovered she was now allowed to fly. Flying became a
passion for her and after being expelled from this school for unruly
behaviour (this finishing school obviously did nothing to calm her
masculine nature), Jones joined the World Army Air force (2061, aged 18).
Magnolia loved the air force life, and began training as a test pilot
where her courage and nerves of steel made her the most renowned test
pilot of the WAAF at that time. During her test flight of aircraft
XKF.115, base control lost radio contact with her somewhere over the south
seas, and she was feared dead. The search for her lasted three weeks and
all hope was lost, then suddenly a year later (2063) she reappeared having
scratch built herself an air-worthy craft form the salvageable wreckage of
the XKF.115 After this Magnolia left the WAAF to concentrate purely on her
flying, and backed by money given to her by her father, thankful for her
return to safety, she set herself up as a flying-taxi service aimed at
luxury inter-city flights for business executives. Then in 2065 her great
determination and flying skills brought her to the attention of the
selection committee for the new Spectrum organisation who approached her
and she eagerly accepted the challenge of becoming one of their pilots,
Melody Angel. Whilst usually only an Angel Interceptor pilot, when not on
duty as such, Melody Angel has been on call as a Spectrum helicopter
pilot.
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Notes of interest: |
Along with Lieutenant Green, Melody Angel was one of
the first major black character in a television series, Supermarionation
or otherwise.
Sylvia Anderson, wife of Gerry Anderson, was
co-producer of the series. She created the characters and the format with
him and co-wrote the pilot , as she did with other Anderson shows.
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| While performing the voice of Melody Angel, Sylvia
takes a deep and rich South of the United States accent. Asides from
Melody Angel, she also provides a number voices for female supporting
characters. Previous to “Captain Scarlet”, she plays female and child
voices in “Supercar”, was also Venus in “Fireball XL5”, the voice
of Marina in one episode of “Stingray” and her most famous
characterisation, Lady Penelope in “Thunderbirds”. After Captain
Scarlet, she continued to give voices to Ada Harris in “Joe 90” and
Mrs. Appleby in “The Secret Service”.
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A recent picture of Sylvia Anderson. |
