UPDATES: May 2009

by **chrisbishop** » Sun May 10, 2009 4:06 pm

Just a small update this week: a few more pictures and additionnal information has been added to the Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue biography pages.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/page3.html

by **Marion** » Sun May 10, 2009 6:03 pm

BTW, Chris - On the Captain Blue biography page it is stated that:

It was the Captain Scarlet Annual (1967) that gave details of Adam Svenson’s full ‘career background’ (Winning a full scholarship to at Harvard University at 16, disappointing his father by joining the World Aeronautic Society, and so on…) The book also stated that he was transferred to the Security Department with the task of weeding out ‘enemy agents’ from the service.

The later 1993 ‘Official Captain Scarlet Annual’ states that Adam Svenson:
‘…won a transfer [from the WAS] to the U.S. Security Department to become an active secret agent. With a force of 20 hand picked agents, he set about revolutionising his command in Eastern Europe – with such success that Bereznik, the breakaway dictatorship opposed to the World Government took exception to the improvements and on three separate occasions attempted to kill him. Each time Svenson managed, by ingenuity and quick thinking, to save himself.’
There is no explanation of why this background information was changed.

I don't think we knew at the time, but there is a small 'free sticker' booklet issued with TV21 in the 60s, that gives biographical details and that says:

He did his job with such success that he soon won a transfer to the U.S. Security Department to become an active secret agent.
With a Force of 20 hand picked agents, he set about revolutionising his command – with such success that Bereznik, first to notice the improvement, attempted to kill him on three occasions, but each time Svenson managed, by his ingenuity and quick thinking to save himself.

There is still no explanation of why the details were revised, but I assume that is where the 90s annual got the idea from.

by **chrisbishop** » Mon May 18, 2009 2:32 pm

CAST OF CHARACTERS:

ThE first of our 'supporting characters' pages is now online. Captain Brown has received the new layout and info treatment.

And this takes care of what remained of our old layout for the characters.

I also brought a slight alteration to the Doctor Fawn's page to report the recent demise of the talented Charles Tingwell.

Next: brand new pages will be added for Captain Indigo and the World President.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/page3.html to access the pages.

Stay tuned!

Stay tuned!

by **Kambei** » Tue May 19, 2009 3:56 pm

I would just like to give you a major vote of thanks :-;)

for creating and maintaining the main website. It is proving very useful to me at the moment.

by **Marion** » Sat May 23, 2009 10:11 am

Hear, hear!
Colonel Chris deserves everyone's thanks for her tireless work on the site, which is now THE source of information on CS - both series.
She even did an international interview on live radio to promote the show! 8M-M)

by **Carrie** » Sat May 30, 2009 11:17 pm

The supporting cast characters are superb, and it's quite evident that a lot of work has gone into creating that table. Truly comprehensive, and adds to the site, keeping Spectrum-Headquarters at the top of the tree, for sure!
Nice job, Colonel Chris... [go-1-go]

by **Brindlewhite** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:44 pm

Absolutely fantastic Colonel Chris, your site just gets better and better, there is just so much to see, I love just browsing and surfing and......... well, its just awesome!!! [go-1-go]

by **RhapsodyAngel8** » Sun May 31, 2009 9:55 pm

I agree - the amount of work that must have gone into setting up the site in the first place, not to mention maintaining and updating it, must be phenomenal. It is a site to be very proud of. 8M-M)

Thank you so much for all you do, Chris. Much appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed. :grin:

by **MMK** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:14 pm

Just got off-duty :oops:

but....

Thanks Colonel Chris!
As usual, everything you do towards/to/for this site is much appreciated!
O-beer-O