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New Captain Scarlet is Gone!

Details: Category: New Captain Scarlet; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon; Hits: 8110

Less than a year after the debut of the "New Captain Scarlet" TV show in the UK, the official website has gone away. Apparently, as the show is no longer on in the UK, the site no longer needs to exist. I think the logic is a bit flawed, as there is still significant amount of merchandising available in the UK for the Christmas season.

This also signals that there is no chance of additional episodes, plus the likelihood of the show airing outside of the UK is also diminished. A lot of effort and money went into the show, but it seems that once it was delivered, it did not get the level of attention it deserved. I saw practically no coverage in the TV Zone/Starburst magazines, but plenty of coverage of Dr Who. If I was an investor, I would not be happy. What an ignoble end to a great show that died on the vine. I guess the comic is next.

Photos from Convention

Details: Category: News; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 8194

A ton of photos have been placed into the TV21 gallery (see left). This is mostly the items on display at the exhibitition, but also includes some shots of the replica FAB1.

As I did not attend the event, I cannot post any further news on the event. Full details on the convention can be found on the Fanderson site.

Thunderbirds 40th Anniversary CD

Details: Category: News; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 9443

Can it really be 40 years since Thunderbirds first graced our TV screens? That's two generations of kids growing up watching a show that only had 32 episodes. Amazing.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the show Silva Screen is releasing a special deluxe 2 CD set containing not only favourite tracks, but also some unreleased items and other goodies.

Click the "READ MORE" link below for full details

Product Enterprise Supermarionation vehicles

Details: Category: News; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 8817

The company Product Enterprise has been quietly releasing superb large die-cast replicas of vehicles from the Anderson shows over the last year. They started with vehicles from Space:1999 and then recently released a set of vehicles from UFO including the Mobile.

Finally (at least in my mind) they get to the really interesting stuff. By the end of October, they will have available, a Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray and SPV vehicle. Each one is between 170-240mm long (6-9" approx). The Supercar is also available in a "black and white" edition. Each vehicle is priced at £39.99

They also offer a high end range of larger vehicles based on Thunderbirds priced at £299.99. For the fan who has (almost) everything. God help me if they make a high end SPV...

Various News Updates

Details: Category: News; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 7793

I'll post more detail tomorrow, but here are some news updates:

Still no sign of New Captain Scarlet outside the UK (harumph)
Corgi has released FAB1 and Thunderbird 2 vehicles
Joe 90 CD coming in 2006
Perhaps another Anderson-related CD in 2006...

Full details and pics soon.

Captain Scarlet series 2 airs Sept 3

Details: Category: New Captain Scarlet; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 9187

The "second" season of the New Captain Scarlet TV series starts airing in the UK on Sept 3. Lucky buggers. Leading up to this, the "first" series has been airing as a warm up. There are a number of fairly high-profile publicity events taking place to promote the new series. Gerry Anderson did a 30 minute radio interview with the BBC last week. You can listen to it on the BBC site here.

In addition, Gerry will be at Forbidden Planet doing some autographs and Hamleys will be carrying the new range of toys from Bandai.

All this, and no word of broadcast or other releases outside the UK...

Gerry Anderson will be at Forbidden Planet, Sept 10

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To celebrate the launch of the range of New Captain Scarlet toys from Bandai, Forbidden Planet in London will be hosting none other than Gerry Anderson. Gerry will be at the shop between 3pm and 4pm when he will be available for autographs.

Naturally, the theme of this event will be to help promote the new series (currently airing in the UK) as well as the new range of toys. Images of the toys are available in the Photo gallery.

The new range of Captain Scarlet toys from Bandai, are described by Anderson as

TV21 Site Update list active again

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This is basically a good news/bad news posting. The good news is that I have finally been able to get the TV Century 21 site updates newsletter active again. The bad news is that despite many hours of effort, I have been unable to ressurect the original subscriber list. Consequently, we have to start again from scratch. So, if you were subscribed to the TV 21 updates email list, you will need to subscribe again, sorry about that. If you were not subscribed, the TV Century 21 site updates email list is a service I provide to send out emails whenever a new post has been added. If there is interest, I may break it down a bit more, so that we have lists related to interests such as general news, downloads, gallery etc.

If you want to subscribe, simply add your email to the "TV21 Site Update" form to the left, make sure "SUBSCRIBE" is selected and click the PROCEED button. You will receive a confirmation email, which contains a link to click on to verify that you really want to subscribe. IMPORTANT Until you click on this link to verify your request to subscribe, you will not be subscribed!

The emails will probably go out 2-3 times a month at most and each will include details on how to unsubscribe. Just my way of making it slightly easier to use the site.

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