Thanks for the information, Robin. Gerry Anderson continuity is a tricky thing indeed, but Fireball XL-5 certainly feels significantly further in the future...
Hi Mike, I think Supercar, Stingray and Fireball XL5 are superior shows compared to the later Supermarionation productions. So I'm happy that Fireball XL5...
... Amen to that! ... *all* of the Anderson shows in the same universe. Actually, not quite all as he relegates Twizzle and Torchy to being mere television ...
In a message dated 7/29/2004 23:34:13 GMT Daylight Time, ra.day@... writes: Interesting that Zero and Ninety fly to the rescue. Yeah....who's minding...
Hi Mike, We discussed the annuals a while back on this group - all of the annual covers are on our website, Sector 25 so we didn't put them here as well. I...
Hello Mrs Gooner, I love the way Fireball XL5 delivers great stories and yet leaves us plenty of room for conjecture. I tend to think that the Nutopians were...
In a message dated 8/1/2004 19:52:16 GMT Daylight Time, ra.day@... writes: Privator....I'm afraid he reminds me of a British tv newsreader from the ...
Hi, No, but now you come to mention it, he could have made a good Privator too. The one I'm thinking of was on Spitting Image quite a bit. But weren't those...
Hello Mrs Gooner, I've changed the subject header to something more appropriate. So your favourite XL5 annual is the 1965, with the 'Heroic Jetmobile Rescue'...
Oddly, whoever wrote Mystery of the Frozen Planet and the next story, Crazy Wanderer didn't understand Fireball Junior. It's as if he'd read about Fireball...
Hi, Mrs. G! Sorry, but things have been 'waaay too busy around here lately. I haven't even been able to get to my Munsters Living Room model kit much this...
Hello Mrs Gooner, Yeah, I was thinking of a different scale of 'jealousy' there. Just a mild put down from Steve since he professes not to be a t.v. fan....
Hi Mrs Gooner, Yes! That's the newsreader I was thinking of. I also thought the Aquaphibian from XL5 to H20 had a similar look too - but more like the Spitting...
In a message dated 8/2/2004 18:20:56 GMT Daylight Time, ra.day@... writes: Yeah, I was thinking of a different scale of 'jealousy' there. Just a mild ...
... Wanderer didn't understand Fireball Junior. It's as if he'd read about Fireball XL5 but never watched it - and made a guess and got it wrong. ... Robert...
Hi Mrs Gooner, I think one of the great things about Fireball XL5 is that the characterization is deep - but subtle. So trying to pin down just how much Venus...
... directly, or by implication. ... in the future. ... 'moved' that date further into the future, 2066, I think. They probably did that because at some time...
Hi Shaqui, I'd just like to briefly continue this sidetrack on to Thunderbirds dating. You say more research means you now believe it was set in 2066. Now, do...
Hi Shaqui, Yes, the comic and annual stories would generally have been written with very little knowledge of the show itself. It could be argued though, that...
I have to object to something Robin said. ... First my bias. I'm a...gulp...television writer. Also XL5 fan since it first aired in Canada in sixty whatever it...
Hi Craig, Thanks for your post. I think you missed my point. I maintain that I *do* read about writers who make a virtue of never watching a show they had a...
Hi Robin Sorry for the delay in replying ... filming went (calendar) it turned out to be set in 2026? ... that actually get filmed that are the real McCoy. ......
Hi Shaqui, I don't recall anything in the original Thunderbirds TV series that shows or speaks of any dates other than 2026. Though there was a newspaper...
On the subject of information from interviews... If you read enough of them, and the biographies, official and un-official, on any t.v. show, I'm sure you will...
I remember when Thunderbirds was aired in the Boston area @1967, the first installment of each episode was led with a "teaser" which gave some background on...
Hello Ed, I'd heard that Thunderbirds was broadcast in two segments sometimes in the USA. Those little extra details sounnd fascinating. nderbirds. That...
Although this isn't a Thunderbirds group, we do often talk about 'related' shows, particularly if it has bearing on Fireball XL5. One mystery about the series...
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