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5 4 3 2 1 Thunderbirds Are Go! Filmed in VIDECOLOR and SUPERMARIONATION. Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds started 61 years ago today on ITV. @gerryanderson.bsky.social

Engineer Brains

@hhackenbecker.bsky.social

Carlton International had completed a pilot for a Thunderbirds reboot in 2005 but it was axed when Granada bought the company. This would have been wild. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMb-...

youtube.comThunderbirds IRYouTube video by asmyk

The Spaceshipper 🚀

@thespaceshipper.com

Ooooh

30/9/26, 1:08 pm0 reposts1 like

Engineer Brains

@hhackenbecker.bsky.social

"Look, no strings!" Yes, the team had evolved Supermarionation, using rear-sticks instead of wires, adding blinkable eyelids, lighted eyeballs for the Hood & solenoid-controlled silicone cheeks allowing for single-shot expression changes. Wild? You bet!

The Spaceshipper 🚀

@thespaceshipper.com

I have to write about it.

Engineer Brains

@hhackenbecker.bsky.social

There's very little known about it, the whole project was shelved (then canned); that teaser, a couple of BtS clips (also on YT) & a few images showing model sculpting are all that remain. The man to talk to is Stephen La Rivière of Century21 Films (creator of the four Anniversary Episodes).