Gerry Anderson (Pavel Vachtl)

Television series (and broadcast dates) ● The Adventures of Twizzle (1957–1959)● Torchy the Battery Boy (first season only) (1960)● Four Feather Falls (1960)●Supercar (1961–1962) – first Supermarionation

production.● Fireball XL5 (1962–1963)● Stingray (1964–1965)●Thunderbirds (1965–1966)● Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–1968)● Joe 90 (1968–1969)● The Secret Service (1969)● UFO (1970–1971)● The Protectors (1972–1974)

HOOD

Ben KingsleySophia Myles

Jonathan Frakes (Ryker ze ST NG)

You must wear a purple wig to fight UFOs...

1969: series of toys produced by Century 21 Merchandising (associated with Gerry Anderson's

Century 21 Productions), and two series of comic strips and text stories

The Protectors

The series was started in 1971 and ended in 1973. Each episode was about a half-hour long and told the story of a group of private eyes for hire. They were Harry Rule (Robert Vaughn) the Contessa di Contini (Nyree Dawn Porter) and Paul Buchet(Tony Anholt). Rule was an American living in London. The Contessa was English who lives in Italy and Buchet was French. It was produced by Gerry Anderson and Reg Hill. (Thunderbirds, UFO, Space: 1999) Other characters were Rule's housekeeper Suki and the Contessa's chauffer Chino.

Investigator + Secret Service

● Space: 1999 (1975–1977)● Terrahawks (1983–1984, 1986)● Dick Spanner, P.I. (1987)● Space Precinct (1994–1995)● Lavender Castle (1999–2000)● Firestorm (2003)● Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet (2005)

Feature films ● Crossroads to Crime (1960)● Thunderbirds Are Go (1966)● Thunderbird 6 (1968)● Doppelgänger (1969) aka Journey to the Far Side of the Sun

(US title)

Brian Johnson, Mike Trim + Derek MeddingsBrian Johnson is a specialist for television and movie special effects. He is best known for his special effects work on Thunderbirds, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Space: 1999, Alien, Aliens and Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ● For his work on Superman, in 1979 Derek

Meddings was awarded a shared Special Achievement Award for special effects by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

● He was also nominated for the 1980 Oscar (Best effects, visual effects) for his work on Moonraker, for the 1990 BAFTA Film Award for best special effects for Batman, and posthumously for the 1996 BAFTA Film Award for special effects for GoldenEye.

2008 animated movie starring Matthew Cureton, Ioan Gruffudd, Brian Cox, Neve Campbell, Roger Moore, Brian Blessed, Rula Lenska and Ruby Wax. It is currently awaiting release.