UPDATES: February 2011

by **chrisbishop** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:36 am

Hi guys!

New updates this week! All right, we don't have new stories to offer you, but we sure have some news that might interest you! And indeed, it IS in the News section of the website that we have our updates this week! Go to the page to find out what's going on in the world of Captain Scarlet - and Gerry Anderson!

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/news.htm

Amongst these news, you'll find out a very special announcement at the same time. THE SPECTRUM HEADQUARTERS WEBSITE IS CELEBRATING ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY! And people are invited to participate to the celebration! Check the news page, as well as the invitation letter we have posted on this website:

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/invitation.htm

Oh yeah... The announcement is also in the rotating banner at the top of this forum!

Come back soon for the first posting of this 10th year of existence for Spectrum Headquarters!

by **chrisbishop** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:02 am

New updates today, on this 10th anniversary day of the Spectrum HQ website.

In the "World of Captain Scarlet" section, a new page has been added, presenting various historical Organisation Charts drawn for the Peace-Keeping Forces of the World.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/page2.html
http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/wo ... harts.html

In the "Links" section, we have a new link, for the website of 'TLC European' Found by accident, it is worth visiting for the very interesting pictures you'll find there. I won't say more, I will leave you the surprise!

Check the link, not far from the top of the page at http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/page7.html

Valentine Day is coming, and we have a treat for you on that occasion. Come back for it!

by **hazel** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:41 pm

That chart is an amazing piece of work! Very easy to follow.

by **chrisbishop** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:39 am

New updates as this week starts with the most romantic day of the year. So what is more natural then but to present a few romantic stories, set on a new romantic page?

As you all know, the Spectrum HQ website doesn't have a challenge for Valentine's Day, but nearly each year, some of our regular authors submitted stories specifically for this occasion. So this year, we offer them a small gif, that's been long-delayed: within the Fan Fiction section, we now have a "Valentine's Day Stories" page! http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... ne_day.htm

The link can be found on the main fan fiction page, as well as on all the fan fiction sub-sections pages. Of course, all the stories are still acccessible through each author's page, as well as on the Archives page.

And consequently, two new stories have been added to our collection this year:

THE CHOCOLATIER'S HOUSE, by Skybase Girl. New Captain Scarlet. With Valentine's Day approaching, someone is checking inspiration for a very special gift.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... _house.htm

FROM THE HEART, by Caroline Smith. Captain Ochre struggles to find the right words to say to a former lover as Valentine’s Day approaches.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... _heart.htm

Thanks to both authors for these wonderful gifts!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

by **Marion** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:20 am

What a lovely idea and what splendid stories!
Thanks for that, Chris, and well done to the Valentine Day authors - Caroline Smith and Skybase Girl...

:grin:

by **hazel** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:42 pm

Yes, a couple of lovely stories to mark Valentine's Day. Well done, both of you.

by **Skybase Girl** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:17 pm

Thank you for your kind words!

As the author of one of this year's Valentine's Day stories, I would like to pay tribute to the brilliance of my fellow writer, Caroline Smith.

Check out "From the Heart", everyone. And when you've read it, don't stop there. Read it again, because only then will all the little subtleties, the nuances, creep through. This is prosaically elegant writing at it's best.

Well done Caroline, glad to have you back !

by **Elentari** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:45 am

I enjoyed From the Heart very much.

I have to say that Skybase Girl's story is the first Captain Scarlet fanfic I've ever read that made me feel hungry. And let me tell you, a Coles supermarket home brand 'Nut Delight' bar just doesn't cut it. :cry:

by **Carrie** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:47 pm

I too thank you all for your 'sweet' feedback. 0---0

Yes, during this tough spell in my personal life when I've had real problems concentrating on writing, I'm very glad that I've been able to complete a story (albeit very short) in this iconic year of the website.
Thanks for all your support, my good friends.

Skybase Girl - I'd like to return the compliment. You have a very sophisticated 'first person' style, whether female (NCS Ochre - Blood & Candlesmoke) or male (NSC Blue - The Chocolatier's House). Both viewpoints ring true to the ear, and in this Valentine's Day story, you have drawn Blue with such a perfect mixture of bravado, pithiness and concern for the woman he loves. What a clever idea, to express your feelings for someone through chocolate! Brava!!!

Mind you, what's really scary is that you rendered him so sympathetically, and realistically, that I might be in danger of actually liking this character.....
(Quick, find me a sofa I can hide behind, Marion's after me! :grin:

)

Chris, nice idea about the Valentine's Day page, there ARE a decent number of stories, I was quite surprised! Only, just don't expect one from me every year...(meep)
:grin:

by **lee evens** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:04 pm

The Valentines story was lovely!! Well written!!
He loves choclate as much as i do!! :grin:

Well done!

by **chrisbishop** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:22 am

New updates this week for your enjoyment!

First: in the FAN FICTION section:

SECOND CHANCE, by Keith Ansell. A short story, filling the blank from the first episode, of what happened to the real Scarlet, between the SSC crash and the fall from the Car-Vu.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... chance.htm

Previously posted in 2004 on Unity City ( http://unitycity.sfdaydreams.com ) this story is now part of our website. I want to thank Keith for his contribution, and I salute our colleagues at Unity City, who are doing a great job promoting Gerry Anderson shows!

Next: from Space City ( http://spacecity.sfdaydreams.com ) the sister site of Unity City, a link to a new FIREBALL XL5 book, "Out of Time", written by Robin Day.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/tr ... reball.htm

And finally, two new links have been added to the LINK page:

- The TV Tropes page on Captain Scarlet
- David Sission Models

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/page7.html

Come back soon for more goodies!

Chris

by **hazel** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:12 pm

I love TV Tropes! Be careful going in there, though - every article has dozens of links that make you think mmm, that looks interesting. Before you know it, you've completely lost track of what you were originally looking at, and hours have slipped by. Why God Why (http://whygodwhy.forumotion.com/login.forum?connexion), another forum on which I post occasionally (and the successor to GodAwful Fan Fiction), has a rule that all posts linking to TV Tropes must carry the warning "This link could steal your life!"

And it's good to see Second Chance here, too. I think that was one of the first Scarlet fanfics I ever saw.