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September 1999

Ed Bishop will be at the FAB CAFE

Ed Bishop will be at the FAB CAFE (111 Portland Street, (centre of) Manchester, England) (tel. UK 0161 236 2019), east side of Portland Street a bit north of the junction with Whitworth Street), starting at 8 pm on Tuesday 28 September 1999. Ed Bishop was the voice of Captain Blue in Captain Scarlet and was Commander Ed Straker in UFO.

CGI Captain Scarlet?

From the FAB-L list: A source had a chat with Ed and he said that on the 7th of September, Gerry Anderson called him and asked if he would be interested in doing five minutes of work for Carlton, the company that currently holds the copyrights to the Andersons' shows. Carlton is interested in reviving CAPTAIN SCARLET AND THE MYSTERONS and Gerry wants Ed and Frances Mathews to re-create their voices for this computer generated imaging (cgi) production.

Don't get too excited because this is only the first step in a long process of getting a show into production. The 'powers that be' then have to decide if there's a market for it and who they would want as the voice artists. I know one person who's still alive who won't be asked back to be an Angel. So Ed will do this trailer, but there's no promises this will ever see the light of day, it will be made into a new series or if Ed will get to be Captain Blue again. Ed was very excited about this so let's all hope he won't be disappointed.

August 1999

David Holliday dies

David Holliday (who did the voice of Virgil Tracy) died of cancer at the end of August. He had been suffering from cancer for several years. He had been in hospital for a couple of months undergoing treatment. He will be missed.

 

July 1999

Collectable toy auction in London!

Christies, the auction house, is having a toys auction on Thursday 22nd July. The auction contains some items of interest to collectors of Gerry Anderson memorabilia. No models or props, however.

The following is the list of Anderson items, along with lot numbers and estimated selling prices.

16 . Dinky Captain Scarlet - metallic red 103 SPC, in vacuform packaging, pale metallic blue 104 SPV and white 105 Maximum Security Vehicle, in original boxes