UPDATES - February 22 to MARCH 9, 2015

by **chrisbishop** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:22 am

Hello everyone!

New updates this week for you to enjoy!

First, on the FAN FICTION front, Isabelle Saucier returns to us with a new story set in the New Captain Scarlet fandom:

COMING HOME by Isabelle Saucier. Lieutenant Green had always prided herself on being a strong woman. But when she lost her father for the second time, she realized even strong women need a hero sometimes... ff 573

The story is not specifically a Valentine's Day story, but contains romantic elements. So that makes it PERFECT for a February 14th posting!

Check the Fan Fiction updates
page for a link to the story, as well as links to other stories that may interest you!

Secondly... LOTS of news on the MERCHANDISING front:

In France, the long-awaited second volume of Region 2 DVD 'Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons', in its French version will finally be available in March, so to complete the series. As well, Shout! Factory continues its release of Region 1 Gerry Anderson based series with 'Joe 90' in April and 'Supercar' in May. A 'Terrahawks' audio-book will also become available in April.

Also available in March will be the Region 2 DVD 'The Lost Worlds of Gerry Anderson', which will compile 'The Day After Tomorrow', 'Space Police', 'Dick Spanner' and lots of other goodies! 'HD21: The World of Gerry Anderson in High Definition', a Region 2/B blu-ray compilation of key episodes of various series, and the hardback revised edition of "Filmed in Supermarionation" which were both previously only available with the special 'Supermarionation' limited edition boxset are also available, as right now, directly from the Network website.

Check the Merchandising and Trading main page and follow the various links for more information!

by **Marion** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:41 pm

What a lovely story, Isabelle! Very Valentine appropriate.

by **Isabelle** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:11 pm

Thank you! The timing was just right, even if it was not intentional.

Guess Adam is a romantic hero after all. :lol:

by **chrisbishop** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:13 pm

Hi everyone, and welcome to our website's updates reports!

In the last weeks that passed by, we had a few updates that might interest you, in various categories.

From February 22 to March 9, we debuted our upgrade of the CRAFT & EQUIPMENT section. Throughout the following months, this section will entirely be refreshed, to become CRAFT, VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT, with a new page layout, new presentation, and hopefully, new material to complete the information to all those Spectrum vehicles, craft and other stuff that make Spectrum great!

Our upgrade begins with the SPECTRUM PASSENGER JET (SPJ) page. Check it out!

Our LINKS page have been updated as well, with a couple of new links! SPACE MODEL PHOTOGRAPHYis a site hosted by Keith McNeill, who has graciously accept to provide some of his wonderful pictures to adorn the new CRAFT, VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT pages. Go visit and prepare for to be amazed!

We also put the link to the new THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO! official website, dedicated to the upcoming series. If you are not a UK resident, and want to access some of this site feature, we advise you to log in with Chrome and to use the Hola Better Internet Add-On.

We continued our updates of the CAST OF CHARACTERS pages with corrections to the Captain Ochre, Captain Magenta, Captain Grey, Lieutenant Green, Doctor Fawn and Captain Brown pages. More updates are scheduled in the weeks to come.

Our THUNDERBIRDS MERCHANDISING page was also updated, with a wonderful news for North American fans of the original series! THUNDERBIRDS is coming in a DVD boxset in a new, very accessible price - and that's not all! It'll also be available in Region A BLU-RAY! How's that for a news?! You can preorder your chosen media using the links on the THUNDERBIRDS MERCHANDISING page.

And finally, there is also a new THUNDERBIRDS book coming. THUNDERBIRDS: THE VAULT will become available in September, just in time for the 50th anniversary of the classic series!

DVD, BLU-RAY and book are all available on the THUNDERBIRDS MERCHANDISINGpage!

Come next time with more updates!

by **chrisbishop** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:48 am

Hi folks, and welcome to our updates!

Today, we have a new fan fiction story for you from one of our main collaborator, Hazel Köhler:

DEATH AND TAXES
Original series Suitable for all readers
by Hazel Köhler. Even in these days of electronic communications, it’s nice to get a proper letter. Of course, some letters are nicer than others... ff 574

Some of us who were on the know have been waiting a very long time for this story! And let me tell you, it was worth the wait!

New updates coming soon!

by **chrisbishop** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:46 pm

Welcome folks to another updates from Spectrum Headquarters!

This week, we have another fan fiction story to offer you:

TRAINING GROUNDS
by Isabelle Saucier. Even if technically it's not Lieutenant Green's job to protect Colonel White,she feels it's her duty to be able to do so. After the events on the Proteus, she found out she still had some things to learn. About the job, and about who she trained with. Contains adult situations. (New Captain Scarlet story) ff 575

Meanwhile, although it wasn't specifically announced on our updates page, we continue to upgrade the presentation of our online library of fan fiction stories. Stories from authors such as D. Lynn Bivens, Kimberly Murphy, MMK, Ralph Morton, Richard A. Spake, Gerald James Seward and Nike have been upgraded. More will follow in the next months, until ALL the stories are through. In the meantime, we invited you to revisit these stories and to discover them again!

See you very soon!

by **hazel** » Sun Apr 05, 2015 3:17 pm

Well done, Isabelle! A good, tight story with some lovely characterisation. Loved it!

by **chrisbishop** » Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:01 pm

New update this week, on the Fan Fiction front, with a new story!

LOSS OF INNOCENCE
by Hazel Köhler. Paul Metcalfe learns the hard way that some evil never stays dead... ff 576

This story is intended for mature readers only, as it contains violence and explicit adult scenes. Clicking to the link will take you to a warning page who will ask you to confirm that you understand this, before you go through the last step to access the story.

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

Additionnally, most of the upgrades for widescreen presentation of all the stories have been completed. Some minors details still need to be attend to to some of the stories. So in the meantime, we invite you to contact us if you see any glitch that needs our immediate attention.

See you very soon, folks!

by **Isabelle** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:33 am

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I haven't written that much in years, but ever since I stumbled on NCS by chance last Summer, the floodgates are open and I can't stop. And I'm having loads of fun!

by **chrisbishop** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:09 am

Hello everyone and welcome to new updates for the Spectrum HQ website!

As I forgot to announce the updates last week, we'll have two weeks worth of updates this time around. Sorry about that, people! Real life got in the way.

On April 12, we had a loads of MERCHANDISING updates. Starting with a blu-ray release of "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" - otherwise known as "Doppleganger". The North American disc is all-regions, so that means that people from all around the world should be able to view it on their blu-ray player! We took the opportunity to create a page especially for this movie:

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/si ... ganger.htm

By the way, we also took the opportunity to move ALL of our non-Scarlet related marchandising pages to S.I.D. Database! So all the backgrounds have been modified accordingly.

In Australia, things are moving! A 50th anniversary release of a Thunderbirds DVD boxset is now available! Check it out at http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/si ... rbirds.htm.

And that's not all! Still in Australia, a new DVD giftset, containing all the episodes of Captain Scarlet, Stingray and Joe 90 is also available. Titled the "Gerry Anderson Collector's Gift set" this huge boxset is certainly a nice way to start your own collection, at a nice affordable price!

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

For April 19th, 2015, we moved on with our upgrades of the Craft, Vehicles & Equipment page with a new presentation of the Angel Interceptor page. With new pictures, new material, new information offered to all our fans. Check it out! The pictures alone are worth the detour!

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/an ... eptor.html

And finally, last but not least, we have a new fan fiction story listed, from Isabelle Saucier, who offers us another New Captain Scarlet story:

TRAUMA
When Lieutenant Green dispatched an Albatross to retrieve Captains Scarlet and Blue in Alaska, she didn't expect the bad news that followed... Set right after the Storm at the End of the World episode. ff 577

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

All our updates can also be found on the updates page:

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

Oh, and get this! We complete the modifications of our fanfiction pages, which are now all compatible to widescreen reading, with a now much more appealing visual!

Come back again soon for more updates!