UPDATES: August and September 2011

by **chrisbishop** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:45 am

Another week, another update!

This week, we offer you a new story, which just had been added to our collection. A New Captain Scarlet story, this time, and an original Thunderbirds crossover:

THE FUTILITY OF DUTY, by Cat 2. A silly game between the Angels brings back memories of a lost love to Melody. ff 468. New Captain Scarlet/Thunderbirds crossover.

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

Other updates are to come in the next weeks. So stick with us for more!

by **doc gold** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:06 am

Sounds good!!

by **chrisbishop** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:18 am

It's been a couple of weeks since last updates, but let me assure you I do not stand iddle!

This week, the Spectrum HQ website offers you new updates.

On the MERCHANDISING side - we added new items on the RELATED INTERESTS page:

On the INDESTRUCTIBLE HEROES section: The "Highlander" movies series, have been added, as well as "Highlander: the TV Series", "Highlander: the Raven", "Highlander, the Animated TV Series", and "Highlander: The Search for Vengeance" anime movie.

On the new section GAMES (Still in Merchandising), you will find a whole line-up of "Cluedo" and "Clue" games - which we added for obvious reason! Not all the versions of the game have been added to the page, so we provided you with a link that you can follow to either Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com for other available versions.

Games and DVD are available at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/me ... erests.htm

On the SECRET SERVICE and PROTECTORS pages - for the French-speaking fans of Gerry Anderson (and those who'd like to add them to their collection!) the DVD boxsets of each series, dubbed in French and available from Amazon.fr (France-based Amazon) have been added!

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

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

On S.I.D. DATABASE - It was about time we added the link to the SCAMMERTAINMENT website, where you can find the three very interesting and so funny accounts of how a scambaiter tricked scammers into thinking they were talking to a real-life Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward!

http://siddatabase.spectrum-headquarter ... links.html

Have fun and come back again soon!

by **chrisbishop** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:58 pm

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new updates report for the Spectrum Headquarters website!

This week, with the acquisitions of new source material, we have updated information on the characters for the CGI New Captain Scarlet series.

The following pages have been added:

- DOCTOR GOLD
- HARMONY ANGEL
- RHAPSODY ANGEL
- MELODY ANGEL
- SYMPHONY ANGEL.

Additional information were also added to the other characters as well:

- CAPTAIN SCARLET
- CAPTAIN BLUE
- COLONEL WHITE
- DESTINY ANGEL
- LIEUTENANT GREEN
- CAPTAIN BLACK
- CAPTAIN MAGENTA
- CAPTAIN OCHRE
- CAPTAIN GREY

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/sk ... l/cast.htm

And a new page has been added, containing a table listing the REGULAR CAST APPEARANCES in all the NCS episode:

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/sk ... arance.htm

Consequently, some minor details found on the characters pages from the Original Captain Scarlet series have been updated, regarding their CGI counterparts.

Enjoy the information and have a good end of the week!

by **Skybase Girl** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:00 am

Good to see some new information regarding NCS!

But I am curious to know where it came from, Chris, since we previously had so little biographical information about the characters.

by **chrisbishop** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:14 pm

Hi Skybase Girl!

That's a very legitimate question. If you check the small prints at the bottom of the main NCS cast of characters page, you'll notice all the sources listed there. There's a new one, that I just added:

'The Complete Gerry Anderson - The Authorised Episode Guide'

That's the 2008 edition of the Episode Guide, and nearly all of the missing information that were added to the pages come from there, believe it or not. The rest, I've also added, after checking the other sources a little more thoroughly (for example: I totally forgot about Doctor Gold's details, found on a saved paged of the defunct website!)

If other information comes along, I'll be sure to add it as well. So if anyone found something interesting, from a source that could be checked, please tell me about it!

by **Skybase Girl** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:13 am

That's really interesting, Chris.

I have the 2006 version of "The Complete Gerry Anderson" and I didn't know there was a later version. I can see that the extra info about Dr Gold came from the original bio on the now defunct website, but I was curious as to where the other stuff came from, such as the details about Magenta, Grey, Ochre, etc and the other Angels.

If this has come from Chris Bentley's updated book, do we know if the additional information has come from original character sources ( Gerry, scriptwriters, etc) or has it come from the imagination of Mr Bentley?

by **chrisbishop** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 6:09 am

I think we can safely assume this comes from official sources, as the complete title of the guide is "The Complete Gerry Anderson - the Authorised Episode Guide". The book has a foreword by Gerry Anderson himself. The information about the NCS series that we already knew is in the book, and we know that this was from official sources. The rest of the information for other productions seem also accurate and within what we know of what was officially published on them. Some of the information in this book is so detailed, it's clear it obviously is a work of love, that required a lot of legwork and researches. I do not think Chris Bentley would have included invented details to mix with official stuff - without running the risk of being told off, I believe! .

So I would think this is very safe to assume that Mr. Bentley had access to official materials. He certainly has the means and the contact to get his hands on this stuff - which some of it might have been available to public at some point, but that we might have missed if we blinked!

I also have the 2003 edition of the book, which was published before the released of NCS, and then bought the 2005 edition that you have - a hard-cover book, featuring New Captain Scarlet on the dust cover, and which contains only the first half of the series. The 2008 edition features on its cover one of the beautiful Captain Scarlet painting by Ron Embleton - the one where Scarlet is threatened to be run over by a tank. It not only contains the last half of the series, and the information that was missing on the characters, but also a lot more information that you can dream on, and includes lots of productions that were not in the previous editions, such as a listing of the audio-adventures and, yes - Firestorm and Thunderbirds 2086.

I had seen the book in England on my last visit last Spring, but neglected to buy it (not enough space left in my luggage, would you believe...) but I had the opportunity to find it online on eBay and bought it right away. I recommend it to any Gerry Anderson fan. It's a must have.

by **doc gold** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:49 pm

Thanks!! Love to hear new news on NCS!!