CAUTIONARY NOTE: In view of all the contradictory information circulating presently on the net - readers must be advised that although this site makes all in its powers to verify every bits of news and its veracity, some details over information may be revealed as FALSE over time. This site will provide with updates and detailed info as it will become available, and will make amendments when necessary.

News to upcoming events regarding the world of Captain Scarlet - and sometimes other Gerry Anderson's related shows - will be posted here for your information!

If you ever learn of interesting news, you're invited to contact me, and we'll let people know about it. And if you have any comments to offer, regarding a subject offered on this page, you can also write and tell me about it.

CAUTIONARY NOTE: In view of all the contradictory information circulating presently on the net - especially in regard of the upcoming CGI series - readers must be advised that although this site makes all in its powers to verify every bits of news and its veracity, some details over information may be revealed as FALSE over time. This site will provide with updates and detailed info as it will become available, and will make amendments when necessary.

GERRY ANDERSON'S NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET, SERIES 2 DVDs RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2006 - PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY ONLINE AT AMAZON.CO.UK

As announced earlier this month, the long awaited series 2 of New Captain Scarlet will be available in DVD on September 18, 2006. The second series will be offered as a complete box set, and as four individual discs, just like Series 1 last year.

A complete series boxset, containing ALL of the 26 episodes of the series will also be available, as a very affordable price, so fans who didn't buy the first series as yet, might be waiting for this boxset instead.

No image of the covers are available at the moment, and there is no details concerning the discs, or what the extras would be, for any of the sets. This website will keep you informed on new developments as they become available.

For now, you can always pre-order your copy of New Captain Scarlet Series 2, at Amazon.co.uk, by clicking the following banner, or the complete set or any of the individual discs, by clicking any of the links below.

The three remaining individual DVD discs containing the rest of the episodes from Series 1 of New Captain Scarlet will become available to public on January 30, 2006. Each disc will contain three episodes of the series. The extras are unknown, although it is highly possible that those discs have the exact same content as those from the 4-discs set that was released. No cover art is available at this point.

If you want you can pre-order either of the discs at Amazon.co.uk, by following the links below. The first individual disc, and the entire DVD set are, of course, still available, and you can visit New Captain Scarlet Merchandises page to find the links that will bring you right to them, on Amazon.co.uk.

January also seems to be the month chosen by Corgi for the much-awaited release of their model for the Rhino, from the New Captain Scarlet series. The Rhino will be sold separately, or as half of a special set which will also comprise the now classic and famous SPV, from the original Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons series. The SPV will also be sold separately - and will also be available in January.

Issue 3 of the New Captain Scarlet Magazine is now available, and this time is offered with a pair of Spectrum binocular. The photo-novel strips continues, with the adaptation of the second half of Part 2 of "Instrument of Destruction. Character data now focuses on Destiny Angel, and you will also find information about the Falcon fighter. Issues 1 and 2 are still available, and can be bought online at Star Trader.

An update of the New Captain Scarlet Merchandises page had been made to now include washing and bathing accessories that seem to be exclusively available at Boots.com. So far, only a Captain Scarlet washing mitt and a Cheetah bubble bath bottle are available. But other items might eventually come to complete the list.

As promised in an earlier announcement, a new page has been created on this website, listing available and upcoming merchandises from the New Captain Scarlet CGI series - with links to where to buy them online. All you have to do is follow this link to find this new page. Many of those items are available in time for Christmas - so give yourself a gift - or your children a gift, and check out this list. As it the list is probably not complete, you are invited to contact the webmaster with whatever information you may provide on other merchandises. Web links to articles, pictures and/or merchants will be appreciated.

The New Captain Scarlet Annual that was supposed to hit the stores this Summer as been postponed. The news has been confirmed by Egmont Books Ltd. This site doesn't have news of when the Annual will be released - even if it'll be released - but as soon as we have further information on this subject, we'll make sure to let you know.

You probably remember that, some months ago, this website forum offered visitors a possibility to ask questions to Gerry Anderson concerning the new CGI series. And as you probably also know, Mr. Anderson was kind enough to accept answering those questions - that you may find, listed on this page, along with their respective answers.

Now forum member Aegis, our contact within the technical team of New Captain Scarlet, is offering us a new opportunity, this time to ask another batch of questions to David Lane, supervising director of the new CGI series, and Wayne Forrester, the voice of the new Captain Scarlet.

As for the previous batch, questions will be examined by the forum administrators, and a selection will be made so to keep the most relevant amongst them. The selected questions - when we'll have a reasonable number of them - will be listed on this site. They will then be forwarded to David Lane and Wayne Forrester, through our ever helpful contact - Thank you for this new opportunity, Aegis!

So if you have questions you want to ask to both David Lane and Wayne Forrester, now is your chance. If you're a member of the forum, just click to the CGI board, and check under the Questions to David Lane and Wayne Forrester topic. If you are not a member, never fear: you can always leave your questions on the Guests and Visitors board. We'll make sure your question(s) will be added to the list.

You might have noticed the ad above since last week. As a reminder: the DVD release for Season 1 of the New Captain Scarlet series in CGI is due to hit the stands next Monday, October 17. Check your local video and DVD stores, or order it online, but if you are a fan, don't miss the opportunity to own this set.

Fans reviews of 'Second Season' of the new series have been raving, and everyone agrees that it is so far much better than the first season. There's much comments about this on the CGI section of the Spectrum Headquarters forum, as well as other interesting comments about different aspects of the show. and we invite you to drop by to check it out. You don't have to be a member to read the comments.

Issue 1 of the New Captain Scarlet Magazine has hit the stores as well, and is presently available. I'd like to thank Mr. William Potter, from John Brown Jr. to provide me with a copy of the mag (impossible to get from me here in Canada!), and I wish the project all the success it deserves. The mag is of good quality, with strikingly beautiful artwork, and well-done. Aimed at young readers, the mag comes with a Spectrum shooter toy.

Unfortunately for now, the mag is not available online. This website suggests that you try to online magazine, or collectors stores that you know about and see if they won't be providing the mag at some point.

In the upcoming weeks, this website will provide information and pictures on the New Captain Scarlet toys. Stay tuned!

The second batch of New Captain Scarlet episodes (dubbed 'season 2), containing episodes 14 to 26, starts airing on UK Television on September 3. Still a part of MOM (I'm hearing groaning from my many of my English friends and contacts), on CiTV, the show will be shown on Saturday mornings. No news concerning a possible rerun of what was left of the first 13 episodes that had started being aired during the Summer.

The promotional campaign for the new batch, an various merchandises for the new series (including the DVD set for the first 13 episodes) is presently in full gear, and details of the many interviews and events are presently listed on the Fanderson site. An interview given to Simon Mayo on BBC Radio Five on Friday, August 26, can still be listened to on their webpage. Click on the 'Gerry Anderson' link you will find on the right of the page.

This one presented by CiTV, the competition offers the chance for the grand winner to win a full assortment of New Captain Scarlet toys. Comprising action figures of Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue and Captain Black, a Deluxe Skybase set, the Deluxe Rhino, the Hummingbird, the Stallion Raid Bike, a Deluxe Cheetah and a Spectrum communicator - all signed by Gerry Anderson. To win this full set, you have to answer one question and tell in 50 words or less who is a real-life superhero - and why.

The competition is open to residents of UK only. There is no age restrictions, but people under 16 must obtain permission from their parents or guardian before entering the competition. One entry per person. Be sure to read the other rules.

To enter the competition, click here. Good luck - and if you win, be sure to tell us!

The following press release has been received from Forbidden Planet Press Office this week:

"The mag, aimed at young fans of the new CGI series, will feature comic strip, puzzles, Spectrum missions, personnel and vehicle data, competitions and science fact files. Every issue includes a free Spectrum gift. Issue One is launched on Wednesday 12th October.

As it's too soon [...] to have any readers, I'm writing to ask if you can contact any fans of the new series who are in our target readership of 5-10 year-olds. I am looking for letters and drawings about the series to publish in the first few of issues. EVERY LETTER OR DRAWING PRINTED WINS A CAPT SCARLET PRIZE!

The deadline for Issue 1 is crazy. I need artwork and letters by next Monday, 15th. Any later and they can be considered for Issues 2 and 3.

Please note, the pictures and letters need to be about the New CGI series, not 'Classic Scarlet'. [...]"

William Potter,
New Captain Scarlet
John Brown Junior
The New Boathouse
136-142 Bramley Rd,
London
W10 6SR.

Contributions can also be emailed to: Captainscarlet@jbjunior.com

Some weeks ago, the Spectrum Headquarters Forum has been gathering questions to ask Gerry Anderson and his team about the new CGI series. Many interesting questions have been received, and have been taken into consideration for our selection; after adding them to an accompanying text, that selection has then been handed to our friend, Forum member Aegis (of the Indestructible Productions), who had offered to forward these questions to whom it may concern!

And now the exiting news is: The questions have been answered - by Mr. Anderson himself! And you are now able to read both questions and answers on this page, in the exact format in which they were received!

The next 13 episodes ('Season 2') will start airing in the Fall, but no date or viewing slot has been announced so far. It is unknown at this point if the first series of 13 episodes will also be reprised before the Season 2 run - which might still be possible considering that the second viewing of the show seems to have stopped 4 episodes before it was completed. Stay tuned for news on that subject.

The Japanese company Bandai will soon offer a full range of New Captain Scarlet toys (which should have been slated to coincide with the original Fall viewing. The TV Century 21 site offers a photo gallery of those toys, which look rather stunning. In collaboration with Bandai, the Teen Today Site is presently promoting in UK a New Captain Scarlet give-away contest. Enter to have the change to win a prize package of New Captain Scarlet toys!

A selection of those toys will be available in UK in Argos Stores. Most of them can't be ordered online and can only be reserved and picked up at the store. Other stores are expected to offer the toys as well. Check online for availability.

Last newsletter from the official New Captain Scarlet site also announce that 'wheels are in motion to broadcast the show worldwide. The most notable recent news is that French broadcaster TF1 have obtained the rights to screen the New Captain Scarlet in France.

Specific airdates for France and other countries will be announced through the [official] site as they become known.'

In the last weeks, the Spectrum Headquarters Forum has been gathering questions to ask Gerry Anderson and his team about the new CGI series. Along with my very helpful team of moderators, I'd like to thanks everyone for their interest and contribution to this project. We received many interesting questions, and took them all in consideration for our selection. Now this selection has been made, and, after including them into a very nice letter written by one of our moderators (Thank you, Clya "Doc" Brown!), they have been sent to our contact within the production team (And thank YOU, Aegis, for offering to forward these questions to whom it may concern!).

The questions are as follow. We're hoping to receive answers for them (or some of them) eventually, and we're hoping to post those answers here, for you all to check, as soon as they will be available.

Dear Mr Anderson,

Firstly we’d like to thank you so much for finding the time to read our little list of questions relating to the ‘New Captain Scarlet’. Should you be able to respond, we’d like to post your replies (with your permission, of course) on our fan website, www.spectrum-headquarters.com, which is maintained by Chris Bishop, a Canadian fan of the original Captain Scarlet who needless to say is waiting impatiently for the opportunity to see the new CGI series.

We’re very much an international group of Scarlet fan, We’re very much an international group of Scarlet fans, from countries all over the globe (The Americas, Asia, Europe, all the way to Australia, etc.). Most of us use aliases, by the way – they’re included in parenthesis after each question – but please don’t let that fool you with regards the sincerity of our interest in your work, as exemplified by the following introductory paragraph and question, which comes from another of your staunchest fans in Canada:

Mr. Anderson: Please let me begin by taking this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude for many, uncounted hours of imaginative enjoyment (specifically, fan-fiction) based on the programs that you and your creative teams produced in the 1960's. In the years since the original Captain Scarlet left my local airwaves, I have been privileged to have encountered a number of other enthusiastic Classic Scarlet fans who have become pen-pals and e-pals and very close friends, immeasurably enriching an already busy life. While this spin-off may have been unintentional, do you find it gratifying that your various programs have inspired such positive and long-lived effects among members of your original audience? (Doc Denim)

Doc Denim’s one of many foreign fans who – much to their frustration – haven’t been able to see the new show yet, so we’d like to ask two questions immediately on behalf of all of them:

Are there plans afoot for showing the New Captain Scarlet in countries other than the UK? And if so, could you tell us which countries and whether Australia is included? And when? (Chris Bishop & Elentari)
Already the presenters of MOM have referred to fans wanting to buy the DVD of the series when it appears. Can we assume it’ll follow hot on the heels of the TV premiere in the UK? (Doc Brown)

The Old vs the New

Many of our group are old enough to remember the original series with much affection, and therefore inevitably have a number of questions concerned with some of the changes that have been made when creating the new series:

Are there any elements of the original series that you would have chosen to retain, but were unable to? (C21)
What was the rationale behind the changes to the original series’ characters that do appear in the new series? (Lt Flaxen)
Of the innovations introduced (other than technical production aspects) in the new Captain Scarlet, which do you consider the greatest improvement? (C21)
Is this new series closer to your original concept of Captain Scarlet and how has that concept developed over the decades? (Shaqui)

The TV21 Connection

A number of questions arose on the subject of tie-ins and related merchandising, and in particular the legendary comic ‘TV21’:

During the 1960s, the comic ‘TV21’ provided fans with a tie-in to several of your series, to say nothing of all the other merchandise that proliferated at the time. With a whole new generation of fans potentially clamouring for Scarlet-related material, are there any plans for something similar this time around? (Doc Brown)
Speaking as editor of the 'Gerry Anderson Complete Comic History' website, I feel that the new series is far closer to the 'TV21' version of 'Captain Scarlet' than the original series. Were you perhaps inspired by the 'TV21' strips, which were freed of the constraints of the puppets, and had more adventurous storylines and action elements than perhaps the original series allowed for? (Shaqui)
Can we expect to see comprehensive character bios and full hardware specs for the series developed, in a similar way to the original 'TV21' versions of the original series? And if so, when and where? (Shaqui)

The New Captain Scarlet

Many other questions relate solely to aspects of the new series:

All of us were very pleasantly surprised by the earlier than expected transmission date of the New Captain Scarlet. Why was the series launched in the UK in February 2005 rather than September, as it was understood had originally been planned? (Carrie)
Were you disappointed at the way the early episodes were broadcast – with large gaps between the halves and then with graphics over the screen? And is there any news of the rumoured repeat UK showing as a stand-alone programme rather than part of MOM? (Shaqui)
On a purely personal level, as creator of both original and new series, how successful do you feel 'New Captain Scarlet' to be? (Shaqui)
Is there a limited amount of motion capture that is used for each episode due to lack of time or difficulties in the motion capture process? (Lt Green)
Was it a conscious decision to make the voices somewhat less distinctive as the characters' ability to convey emotion by facial and physical expression increased? (Lt Flaxen)
Many people grew up with your creations and will have been influenced by them in their choice of career, probably including many of your current production team. Do you find that that makes for a particularly dynamic working environment? (Yorkie & Doc Brown)
Are things just like the old days? How does a typical day unfold, and which part of it is the most enjoyable from your point of view? (Yorkie)

The Future

Now that we’ve had the opportunity to see the potential of CGI in the context of Captain Scarlet, the final question is not in the least bit difficult to predict:

Given that (the fates willing) 'New Captain Scarlet' is the success you want it to be, what does the future of CGI/Hypermarionation hold now? A second series of Scarlet? A revival of another Anderson show like 'Thunderbirds'? Or something totally new? (Chris Bishop, Shaqui & Yorkie)

There – that’s all of them! If you could find the time to respond to any or all of them, we’d be thrilled. In the meantime, may we wish ‘The New Captain Scarlet’ a long and successful run, and you personally every success with any new ventures that you might be planning.

Yours most sincerely,

The members of the Spectrum Headquarters Forum.

USE THE SPECTRUM HQ FORUM TO ASK A QUESTION TO GERRY ANDERSON ABOUT THE NEW CGI SERIES.

This project has been proposed by members of the Spectrum Headquarters Forum, following that simple question:

"If Gerry Anderson monitored this website and decided to answer questions on his new CGI Show... what would you ask him?"

It is all probable that Gerry Anderson himself doesn't monitor the website, but maybe there would be a possibility to forward the questions to him. In this eventuality, it has been suggested that this project be announced on this page. You might want to visit the Spectrum Headquarters Forum and check the CGI board, to see what it's all about. Questions will be examined by the forum administrators, and a selection will be made so to keep the most relevant questions. The selected questions - when we'll have a reasonable number of them - will be listed on the forum. Then, if it's at all possible, they will be forwarded to Gerry Anderson, in the hope that he will agree to answer them.

So if you have questions concerning the new shows, things you are wondering about, now's the time to ask. If you're a member of the forum, just click to the CGI board, and check under the Questions to Gerry Anderson topic. If you are not a member, you can leave your questions on the Guests and Visitors board.

No comments from me, since I didn't see it yet. And won't be seeing it before some time - it's a long way before it'll come to this side of the Atlantic. But reactions on the Spectrum Headquarters Forum have been interesting, so we're waiting with bate breath... You are invited to give your own reactions to the new show on the Forum. If you are not a member, you can use the 'Guests and Visitors' board to leave your messages. Please abide to the Forum rules of respect and politeness.

Issue 50 of the FAB magazine has revealed new information about the upcoming CGI series. Amongst those information, names of the characters and titles listing for 20 of the 26 episodes. Script of 22 of those episodes have been written, and the 20 episodes which titles follow are presently in production: