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TRADING
PAGE
VARIOUS
& FEATURED ITEMS
On
this page, you'll find various items of interest, that you might want to add to
your collection. These items can also be listed in other pages of this site
(such as books) - Simply follow the links for each items to the site which
is selling them. I'm not selling anything personally. Each of these
site are independent from my own. But if you have a question, you may ask
me, and I'll see if I'm able to find the answer for you.
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PLEASE!
CAREFULLY READ THIS IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TAPES AND DVD:
Be
aware of the different Regions and recording Formats. UK
tapes and DVD are PAL format - and DVD discs are Region 2, which
means that, PAL TAPES ARE ONLY COMPATIBLE WITH UK VIDEO SYSTEMS
AND REGION 2 DVD DISCS ARE ONLY COMPATIBLE WITH EUROPEAN PLAYERS
-- THEY WILL NOT WORK ON US EQUIPMENT. Unless you have
a system that will enable you to play them (multi-system and
multi-Region/region free player, or something similar), you will
not be able to view those medias in North American machines, which
use NTSC RECORDING FORMAT, AND REGION 1 for DVD discs. The
same is true the other way around.
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UPDATES
FEBRUARY 25, 2008
COMICS INTERNATIONAL MAKES SPECIAL OFFER TO GERRY
ANDERSON
FANS
EUROPES
LEADING TRADE PAPER Comics International is to continue its unique
coverage of classic TV SF in British comics with six installments devoted
to the shows of Gerry Anderson.
Written by
Shaqui Le Vesconte
, the worlds leading expert on
Anderson
in comics, this mammoth and exhaustive series is to showcase artwork by
some of the worlds top illustrators who brought the fantastic worlds of
International Rescue and Spectrum to life on the page, including such
greats as Frank Bellamy, Ron Embleton and Mike Noble.
This special series begins in CI #205 (March 2008) under a special tribute
cover [see below], with an
overview of
Andersons
45-year long association with comics. With each succeeding 100-page issue
also featuring an appropriate
Anderson
cover, Part 2 (CI #206) focuses on the early years spotlighting
Four
Feather
Falls
, Supercar, Fireball
XL5 and Stingray
in the 60s weekly, TV Comic.
Part 3 (#207) is dedicated to the many strip incarnations of Thunderbirds
while Part 4 (#208) features Captain
Scarlet and the Mysterons and everyones favourite programmable
boy genius, Joe 90. Comics
based on Andersons live action projects, UFO,
Space:1999 and others are
explored in Part 5 (#209) while Part 6 (#210) wraps it all up with a look
at Project SWORD, Agent
21, Starcruiser
and those other Anderson concepts seen only in comics form.
Andersons
many creations have not just appeared in British titles. His vivid futures
hold global appeal to young and old alike. Accordingly, the six-parter
will also explore various international editions.
Cosmic Publications is offering Gerry Anderson devotees an exclusive a
money-saving opportunity to have these six special issues delivered direct
to their door every month as they come off the presses. Not only is it
dropping its usual 12-issue minimum, but it is offering six issues for the
price of five! Get #205-210 for just 15 (19 first class) in the
UK
; mainland
Europe
25/36; rest of the world $60 (air)/$46 (surface).
SUBSCRIPTION
INSTRUCTIONS: email subscriptions@comics-international.co.uk
with your name, address and payment details quoting reference FAB01 OFFER
or send to: Comics International (Department FAB01),
8 Galliford Road
, Maldon,
Essex
CM9 4XD
,
England
. PayPal [sales@comics-international.co.uk]
and all major credit cards accepted. Make cheques etc payable to Cosmic
Publications. Subscriptions enquiries telephone: 01621 877231 [011-44-1621
8772321 from
North America
].
ABOUT SHAQUI LE VESCONTE: He is a 40-something fan of television and
comics. By day, graphic artist; by night, researcher and writer of
articles on television, comics, television comics, and anything between.
With Kim Stevens, Shaqui is responsible for websites about puppet series Space
Patrol and Sara
& Hoppity, The
history of Gerry Anderson comics, and has written for Star Trek
magazine and the website Look-Out. A fourth website, about the Junior TV
Times, Look-in, is currently in preparation.
ABOUT COMICS INTERNATIONAL: Acquired by Cosmic Publications at the end of
2006, CI was launched in April 1990 to fill a need for a trade magazine
for the
US
and
UK
comics industry. From its 48-page 4,000 copy debut, it has expanded to a
100-page monthly with many pages in full colour and a circulation in
excess of 24,000. Read internationally by fans, collectors, publishers and
creators, it is the independent guide to the world of English-language
comics.
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NOVEMBER 11,
2006
CLASSIC
CAPTAIN SCARLET - PLAYSTATION 2 GAME (REGION 2) - TO BE RELEASED BEFORE
CHRISTMAS
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Captain
Scarlet (PS2)
from
Amazon.co.uk
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The
news had been announced quite a few months ago in a press release -
but now it seems official. Blast will be releasing a new
Playstation 2 game based on the classic Captain Scarlet series. Age
rating for this time is 3 years old +, and will only play on Pal European
Playstation 2.
From
publicity sheet:
Play
as Captain Scarlet. Get behind the wheel of the Spectrum Patrol Car and
the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle for high-speed, mission-based combat racing
in exotic locales.
3
Modes of play - Pursuit, Escape And Race .
Explosive
weaponry - Machines Guns, Rockets, Mines and Bombs ; Features the iconic
Spectrum Patrol Vehicle as well as the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle.
16
Adrenaline filled missions.
Includes
a remixed Captain Scarlet music track.
The
game is due for release before Christmas, but the information we have
doesn't give us a precise date as yet. This website will give
you further news as it comes along. Just cross your
fingers this game doesn't follow the fate of the previous 'Retaliation' PC
game...
In the
meantime, the game is available for for
Pre-order from Amazon.co.uk.
Just click the image or the link for order.
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UPDATES,
JULY 2, 2006:
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COMPLETE
GERRY ANDERSON - THE AUTHORISED EPISODE GUIDE (PAPERBACK) -
2006
REVISED EDITION!
 By
Chris Bentley,
with
a foreword by Gerry Anderson
The Complete
Gerry Anderson - The Authorised Episode Guide has been updated
and revised for this new paperback edition, which features over 30 pages
of new material - including a complete episode guide to ALL 26
episodes of New Captain Scarlet (plus full cast and crew lists, credited
and un-credited), a fully upgraded guide to Four Feather Falls, Space:1999
cast additions and Australian world premiere broadcast details, plus new
photos throughout.
Paperback, 376 pages
Reynolds & Hearn
2006 edition ISBN
1-905287-23-2 |
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SCI-FI
& FANTASY MODELLER - VOLUME 2
 100
page, all-colour, limited edition!
Second
volume of exclusive modelling and FX stories is available now via the www.scififantasymodeller.co.uk
website. All
orders are mailed out within twenty four hours of receipt (excluding
weekends).
Volume
Two brings you :
-
An
in-depth review of Fine Molds 900+ part Millennium Falcon kit.
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Studio-scale
Y-wing project ogle at the craft that was three years in the
making.
-
A
review of Titan Find's Blake's 7 Liberator kit.
-
Cyclops
'sculptorial' (a fascinating article that, in words and pictures
shows, step by step, how to create a castable master fantasy figure).
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Explosive
miniature effects from the Christmas Invasion Dr. Who episode.
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Mike
Tucker on building miniature Alien Worlds and creatures.
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Classic
Captain Scarlet Angel Aircraft scratchbuild (5 page feature).
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Massive
Zero- X replica scratchbuild (7 page feature).
-
 Product
Enterprise release update and reviews including exclusive report on
the SPV (2 page feature).
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Photo
update on Lee Allwood's replica Supermarionation puppet heads.
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Comet's
Martian Handling Machine kit reviewed.
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Making
futuristic props for a low-budget SF movie.
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Exclusive
and extensive! - Dr. Who series 2 feature - the re-imagining of the
cybermen - profusely illustrated and written by Neill Gorton of
Millennium FX.
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Vehicles
of the imagination meet the amazing All Terrain Scout Craft,
plus other fantasy hardware scratchbuilds guaranteed to get those
creative juices flowing.
Join
for the 100-page thrill-ride that is Sci. Fi and Fantasy Modeller Volume
Two -
Order
your copy today!
www.scififantasymodeller.co.uk
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THE FUTURE WAS
F.A.B.: THE ART OF MIKE TRIM
Mike Trim built models for Thunderbirds and quickly turned
his talents as a painter and designer to creating the sets and
machines of the Andersons' science fiction shows from the 1960s and
1970s. This new book features his concept drawings and
paintings together with his famous record album artwork.
Contains over 275 color and black and white illustrations, drawings,
paintings, model concepts, blue print drawings, and artwork.
Paperback, 160 pages
Hermes P. Publisher
Available
on July 30, 2006. You can pre-order at Amazon.co.uk |
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MY FAB YEARS! by
Sylvia Anderson
From Amazon.co.uk site: "[...]Definitive behind-the-scenes
history of the great British sci-fi television series and movies of the
late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s: "Supercar", "Fireball
XL5", "Stingray", "Thunderbirds", "Captain
Scarlet", "Secret Service", "Joe 90",
"Doppelganger", "UFO" and "Space: 1999" from
their co-creator, Sylvia Anderson."
Containing over 200 rarely seen photographs with detailed remembrances
of what made these ground-breaking shows so memorable.
Available in hardcover, paperback and as a signed edition by Sylvia
Anderson.
208 pages
Hermes Press
Available in September 2006. You can pre-order at Amazon.co.uk |
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GERRY
ANDERSON: THE MONOCHROME YEARS (17 DISCS BOX SET)
First released last Fall,
this hard-to-find, huge boxset will be offered again next Fall. This
is the ultimate collection of all of Anderson TV Series, filmed in black
and white. The 17 discs set, spanning from 1959 to 1962, contains
the following shows:
Original fullscreen
presentation
English language
48 hrs and 45 mins.
(approx.)
Region 2, PAL Format (UK and
the rest of Europe)
Release
date: September 11, 2006
You can
pre-order at:  |
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GERRY
ANDERSON BOX SET: STINGRAY, CAPTAIN SCARLET & THUNDERBIRDS
As a
perfect companion for 'The Monochrome Years', this DVD set - which was
also previously released a few months ago but has since then became hard
to find - is presently offered again. Containing all the episodes
from the three favourite Supermarionation shows, Stingray, Captain Scarlet
and Thunderbirds, this huge set of 18 discs is the economic and
practical answer for any fan still not owning them to finally get
them all at once!
18
discs
Original
fullscreen format presentation
English
language
57hrs. 35mins
Region 2, PAL Format (UK and
the rest of Europe)
Available at  |
UPDATES,
APRIL 22, 2006:
| NEW CAPTAIN
SCARLET BANDAI TOYS AVAILABLE AT BANDAI UK
In the last weeks, Bandai launched its new
series of New
Captain Scarlet toys. Colonel White and Destiny Angel joined the line of action figures -
bringing the set to five figures now, with Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue
and Captain Black. In addition to these, two new sets of mini
vehicles have also been added to the two previous releases: Set C
comprises the Rhino and its Albatross transporter, along with a mini
figure of Captain Blue, while set D features the Stallion Raid Bike, the
Cheetah and the Druzniuk Tank, along with a figure of Captain Black.
Both the Rhino and the Tank come with sounds effects, provided by LR44
batteries.
 The
toys are presently sold directly on the Bandai
UK site, along with all the previously released New Captain Scarlet
toys. For more details, and to order these items, you can check
the CGI
Merchandises page.
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UPDATES,
FEBRUARY 21, 2006:
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 SCI-FI
& FANTASY MODELLER
 Book
One of 'Sci-Fi & Fantasy Modeller', the new-format, 100-page,
all-colour publication from the team that produced Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Models magazine throughout the '90s is available now via the Sci-fi
& Fantasy Modeller website.
On-line ordering facilities,
plus full details of Book One's contents, including how to make a
Supermarionation replica puppet, Fanderson convention foto-report -
and article on a new garage Stingray kit, on site.
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UPDATES
AUGUST 3, 2005:
| TORCHY THE BATTERY BOY
- SERIES TWO DVD (PAL, REGION 2) RELEASE DATE
 For the first time ever, the complete second
series of Gerry Anderson's original Supermarionation series will be
available on September 5, 2005. Offered in a boxset of 2 discs, this
release from Network DVD has a running time of 350 minutes, comprising all
26 episodes of the second season, in glorious black and white.
You
can pre-order your copy of Torchy the Battery Boy - The Complete series 2
at Amazon.co.uk,
by clicking the link below. |
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Torchy the Battery Boy - Volume 2
350
minutes
2
discs (Region 2, PAL format)
Black
and white
Network
DVD
Release
date: September 5, 2005.
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| LAVENDER CASTLE
COMPLETE SERIES - REGION 2 DVD PAL FORMAT (UK ) - RELEASE DATE!
 Gerry
Anderson's 1999 animated series Lavender Castle will be released on
Region 2 DVD September 9 2005. For the ever, the complete series
will be available. The two-disc set will feature all 26 10-minute
episodes of the fantasy series, which tells the adventures of Captain
Thrice, and the crew of the spaceship Paradox, in search of the
legendary Lavender Castle, which they must find before the evil Dr. Agon.
Originally presented on British television as two
separate series in 1999 and 2000 by ITV, Lavender Castle has not been
broadcast again to date in the UK (It was however recently
broadcast in Australia). The upcoming release of the entire
series will present an occasion for many Anderson fans to actually own the
complete series.
You
can order your pre- copy of Lavender Castle
at Amazon.co.uk,
by clicking the link below.
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Lavender Castle - Complete DVD set
??? minutes
2
discs (Region 2, PAL format)
Colour
Universal
Pictures Video
Release
date: September 19, 2005.
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UPDATES
MAY 11, 2005:
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FOUR FEATHER FALLS DVD SET
- REGION 2 PAL FORMAT (UK)
 Gerry
Anderson's first puppet series is now available to own!
This
new, highly collectible 4 discs DVD set (Region 2, PAL format) contains all the 39 episodes of the series - which had not been seen anywhere on
the planet for years Now Network is releasing them for the first time
ever, with all episodes digitally remastered to their original, clear black and
white format. Running time will be of 585 minutes, plus extras,
which still have to be confirmed.
This is information taken directly from the Network site:
"When
Sheriff Tex Tucker saves a young Indian boy, his father – a great Indian chief
– gives him the gift of four magic feathers. Two of them allow the Sheriff’s
companions (Dusty the dog and Rocky the horse) to talk and the other two allow
his guns to fire automatically whenever he is in danger. This charming
puppet series was Gerry Anderson’s first Supermarionation series – a process
which uses electronic lip-synch and eye movement, a technique he was later to
perfect on shows like SUPERCAR and THUNDERBIRDS..."
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You
can order your Four Feather Falls DVD set at Amazon.uk.co, by clicking the
link.
Other upcoming DVD
releases from Network include The Secret Service (possibly date set in May) and
a new release of Space: 1999. Dates to be confirmed.
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UPDATE APRIL 9, 2005
FEATURED
ITEM!
New from Reynolds & Hearn:
THE
COMPLETE
GERRY ANDERSON
THE AUTHORISED EPISODE GUIDE
HARD COVER, 2005 REVISED EDITION
Chris Bentley
Foreword by Gerry Anderson
A
new, hard cover, revised edition of "The Complete Gerry Anderson, the
Authorised Episode Guide" has been released by Reynolds
& Hearn Limited. First published in 2003, in a soft cover
edition, this book, written by Chris Bentley - with a foreword by
Gerry Anderson - contains all the goodies of the first edition
(episode guide to all Gerry Anderson's TV productions, feature films,
unscreened pilots, etc.) and has been painstakingly revised, cover to
cover, for this new edition. This time it includes additional
material such as the Eternity project, Firestorm and the New Captain
Scarlet CGI series, alternative versions of Thunderbirds episodes, and
more detailed information that could be found in the first edition.
A new cover art featuring the New Captain Scarlet (seen here) reflects
these changes and additions. Over 50 pages worth of new material
have been added to this already impressive book, which hit the
stands on May 3rd, 2005.
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Amazon.co.uk.
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UPDATES
MARCH 21, 2005:
TORCHY THE BATTERY BOY AND SUPERCAR ON DVD, REGION 2 (PAL FORMAT)
First
of upcoming releases of Gerry Anderson's series this year by Network, Torchy the
Battery Boy - one of the earlier Gerry Anderson's puppets productions -
is now available, for the first time on DVD, since April 11,
2005. In a project to make the complete series available for the first
time ever, this set comprises all the 26 episodes of the first series.
Series 2 is to follow somewhere this year. Definitely a children series, Torchy
the Battery Boy follows the adventures of Torchy, and all the other toys
of Topsy-Turvy Land.
You
can order your copy of Torchy the Battery Boy - Series 1,
at Amazon.co.uk,
by clicking one of the links below.
Two
weeks later, Network then releases Supercar - the Entire Series - for the
first time ever in U.K. The entire run of 39 episodes from Gerry
Anderson's original Supermarionation series is comprised in this unique DVD
region 2 box set, telling the 39 episodes adventures of Mike Mercury and
friends, and the extraordinary Supercar. Many fans of the series
will want to own this unique piece of collection, which will also include as a
bonus the independently-produced documentary programme Full Boost Vertical:
The Supercar Story.
You
can order your copy of Supercar - The Entire Series
at Amazon.co.uk,
by clicking one of the links below.
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Supercar - The Entire Series
975
minutes
6
discs
EXTRA:
Full Boost Vertical: the Supercar Story
Black
and White
Network
Release
date April 25, 2005
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TEAM
AMERICA: WORLD POLICE!
Okay,
not really a Gerry Anderson's production. Okay... not REALLY something for
under-aged kids to watch. But definitely worth mentioning on this site for
any interested adult to see. Team America: World Police is the crude,
explicit, violent, sometimes bad-tasted, and controversial movie by Trey Parker
and Matt Stone (creators of the equally non-politically correct South Park TV
series), where all the characters are puppets - a-la-Thunderbirds style.
The movie, one of last Summer's success sleepers in theatre, follows the
adventures of a team of not-so-apt terrorist fighters, who watch over the
world from their secret headquarters inside Mount Rushmore - and leap into
action whenever stereotyped baddies threaten world peace.
It's
the same kind of humour you find in South Park, so if this the kind of humour is for
you, you'll enjoy this movie.
Team
America: World Police is available ince May 17, 2005 in North America
(Region 1) and since on May 23, 2005 in UK, in Region 2.
The Region 1 version of the movie is available in three different
editions: a full screen format, a wide screen format and a special
collector's unrated edition, wide screen format.
To
order any of the copies of Team America: World Police, either in U.K. at Amazon.co.uk
, or North America, at Amazon.com
, you can simply click one of the links below.
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Team America - World Police
(Region 2 - Pal Format)
Paramount Home Entertainment,
2004
Directed
by Trey Parker
Voices
by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, etc.
Approx.
1h45
EXTRAS:
To be determined.
Not
recommended for under aged.
Release
date: May 23, 2005
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Region
1
Full
Screen Edition |
Region
1 Wide
Screen Edition |
Region
1
Special
collector's
Unrated
edition |
Release
date for North American various versions: May 17, 2005.
UPDATE FEBRUARY 1rst, 2004
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GERRY ANDERSON CLASSICS - TRIPLE PACK DVD SET (Region 2, PAL format)
From Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd.
This recent DVD release is a good introduction
to the worlds of Gerry Anderson - or can be added to any die-hard fan's
collection. This triple pack features 19 chosen episodes of
the three series 'Captain Scarlet', 'Stingray', and 'Joe 90'. In total,
475 of entertainment.
You can buy this set directly at Amazon.co.uk,
using the following link.
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3 Gerry Anderson Classics
- Supermarionation - Joe 90 / Captain Scarlet / Stingray
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UPDATE NOVEMBER 9, 2003:
THE
COMPLETE BOOK OF GERRY ANDERSON UFO NOW AVAILABLE.
In
the same format as "The Complete Book of Captain Scarlet", "The
Complete Book of Gerry Anderson's UFO" has been released, an ultimate
guide to the live-action TV series of 1969 - published by
Reynolds & Hearn Limited, and written by Chris Bentley, author of
The Complete Book of Thunderbirds, The Complete
Book of Captain Scarlet and The Complete Gerry Anderson - The Authorised
Episode Guide - and with a foreword by Ed Bishop.
The
book includes a comprehensive production history, and features interviews with
cast and crew, exposé of the SHADO organisation - with personnel profiles and
vehicles descriptions, episode guide, broadcast history, tie-in merchandise,
etc. With 176 pages of text and over 500 photos, many of them presented to
public for the first time, and a foreword by Ed Bishop himself, this book should
be a must for any fan of the popular sci-fi series!
The
book is available at any good bookstores. You can also buy it at Fanderson Sales (If you are a Fanderson member) or
at Amazon.co.uk using the following link:
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THE
SECRET SERVICE REGION 1 DVD SET RELEASED ON DECEMBER 30, 2003
For the
first time ever and EXCLUSIVE FOR REGION 1 (North America - USA & Canada),
THE SECRET SERVICE!
The
last and the more obscure of Gerry Anderson Supermarionation Series, will soon
be released on Region 1 DVD (North America) by A&E Entertainment.
Counting only 13 episodes, the series related the adventures of Father Stanley
Unwin (played by... Stanley Unwin) a crack Secret agent (!!!!!!!!) and his
gardener Matthew, whom, with the help of a very neat invention, can be reduced
to the size of a midget doll and be carried around in a suitcase... The
series might be of interest for Captain Scarlet fans, as some episodes featured
the Scarlet puppet, in the role of mild-mannered agent Paul Blake... Not
well-known as the series had not been broadcast largely in UK, it will soon be
available for people to own on DVD. For Region 1 DVD players only (North
America) , or for those living in the UK owning a player able to read Region 1
discs.
The
DVD set can be pre-ordered at Amazon.com, using the following link.
The
Secret Service - The Complete Series
A&E
Entertainment
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UPDATE JULY 21, 2003:
"PORTAL
31" - ADVENTURE IN THE 31th CENTURY
 For
Century 21 fans, "Portal 31" is a A4, 28-page
fanzine with colour covers dedicated to the legendary "TV21"
comic of the 1960s, produced by Keith Ansell from and Graeme
Bassett. Very interesting articles can be found in this relatively
new fanzine. Although Issue #1 isn't available anymore, Issue # 2 is
presently available for you to buy at the Star
Trader online catalogue. Go to the catalogue, click on the 'Film
and Television of Gerry Anderson', then 'Magazines and Miscellaneous'.
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THE
COMPLETE
