Sylvia and Gerry Anderson - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Sylvia And Gerry Anderson: Encyclopedia Ii - Sylvia And Gerry Anderson - Biography
Anderson was born Gerald Alexander Abrahams on 14 April 1929 in Hampstead, London. The family name was changed by deed poll in 1939. When...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet: Encyclopedia Ii - Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet - The Story
In the year 2068, peace on Earth is maintained by the Spectrum organisation, a super efficient security organisation headquartered in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 21 Number: Encyclopedia - 21 Number
21 (twenty-one) is the natural number following 20 and preceding 22. << 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 >> List of numbers -- I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet: Encyclopedia Ii - Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet - Characters
Captain Scarlet (Paul Metcalfe) Leading Spectrum field agent, a 32 year old dual-nationality (British/American) former USAF and Special F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mystery Science Theater 3000: Encyclopedia Ii - Mystery Science Theater 3000 - History
Mystery Science Theater 3000 first aired on local TV in the Twin Cities on KTMA-TV, a UHF station (not a cable access channel, as is some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tokusatsu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tokusatsu - Perception Of Tokusatsu In America
The United States has seen almost every Godzilla and Gamera film, as well as many Japanese kaiju films up to the early 1970s, but mainstr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 21 Number: Encyclopedia Ii - 21 Number - In Sports
Great twenty-ones include Mike Eruzione of the 1980 Men's Gold Olympic Hockey Team, Roberto Clemente, Hall-of-Famer of the Pittsburgh Pir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mystery Science Theater 3000: Encyclopedia Ii - Mystery Science Theater 3000 - History
Mystery Science Theater 3000 started with a short run on Minnesota UHF station KTMA channel 23 from November 24, 1988 to 1989. Just as it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space: 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - Space: 1999 - Series Overview
Space: 1999 was the first attempt since the demise of Star Trek in 1969 at producing a large-scale weekly science fiction series, and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 21 Number: Encyclopedia Ii - 21 Number - In Sports
Great twenty-ones include Mike Eruzione of the 1980 Men's Gold Olympic Hockey Team, Roberto Clemente, Hall-of-Famer of the Pittsburgh Pir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 21 Number: Encyclopedia Ii - 21 Number - In Sports
Great number twenty-ones include Mike Eruzione of the 1980 Men's Gold Olympic Hockey Team, Roberto Clemente, Hall-of-Famer of the Pittsbu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Scarlet: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Scarlet - The Story
The basic premise, played out over 32 episodes, was that a special International group, Spectrum, defends the Earth from the insidious pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stingray Tv Show: Encyclopedia Ii - Stingray Tv Show - Story And Characters
"Stand by for action! We are about to launch Stingray! Anything can happen in the next half-hour!" These words, accompanied by a montage ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space: 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - Space: 1999 - A Resolution Of Sorts
Fans were upset by the lack of narrative closure, particularly in that the ultimate fate of the Alphans was never resolved. Years later, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space: 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - Space: 1999 - Space: 2024?
Johnny Byrne has since revealed that Message was intended as a back-door pilot in hopes of promoting enough interest in the series to con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space: 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - Space: 1999 - Episodes
Individual episodes were intended to be broadcast in almost any order. The only guidelines are that Breakaway should be the first episode...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space: 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - Space: 1999 - The Rise And Fall Of Series 2
The second season was, putting it mildly, problematic. Following the departure of Sylvia Anderson following her separation and subsequent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mystery Science Theater 3000: Encyclopedia Ii - Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Dvd
Since the show has been off the air since 2004 (and there have been no signs of it coming back), much of MST3K's loyal fanbase rely on DV...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mystery Science Theater 3000: Encyclopedia Ii - Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Dvd
Since the show has been off the air since 2004 (and there have been no signs of it coming back), much of MST3K's loyal fanbase rely on DV...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stingray Tv Show: Encyclopedia Ii - Stingray Tv Show - Voice Actors
The character of Marina is unique among Supermarionation characters in that she never speaks, with the exception of the episode 'Raptures...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mystery Science Theater 3000: Encyclopedia Ii - Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Episodes
A complete list of the 198 full episodes (and one unaired promo) of Mystery Science Theater 3000, including details and brief synopses of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space: 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - Space: 1999 - Series Flaws And Criticisms
One of the major criticisms of the show was its scientific accuracy. Generally the writers seemed to have very little understanding of as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space: 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - Space: 1999 - Books Comics And Media
A number of novels were published in the mid-1970s, consisting of novelizations of televised episodes and some original novels. Authors i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space: 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - Space: 1999 - Motion Picture Releases
Four films were culled together from various episodes of the series in the 1970s and 1980s. One aim was to provide content for new US and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Scarlet: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Scarlet - Puppets
Whether the puppets of the various Anderson series were modelled on real people, and who those real people were, is the subject of some q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tokusatsu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tokusatsu - The Legacy Of Eiji Tsuburaya
Eiji Tsuburaya (1901-1970) is perhaps the most famous tokusatsu kantoku in Japan, and is responsible for bringing the famous characters G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tokusatsu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tokusatsu - Suitmation Technology
Suitmation (スーツメーション) is the term used in Japan to describe the process in tokusatsu movies & TV used to portray a mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 21 Number: Encyclopedia Ii - 21 Number - In Human Affairs: Age 21
21 had been the age of majority in England and Wales before that age was lowered to 18 with the coming into force, on 1 January 1970, of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 21 Number: Encyclopedia Ii - 21 Number - In Mathematics
Twenty-one is a Fibonacci number, a Harshad number, a Motzkin number, a triangular number and an octagonal number, as well as a composite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mystery Science Theater 3000: Encyclopedia Ii - Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Premise
Two mad scientists, Dr. Clayton Forrester, played by Trace Beaulieu, and his sidekick Dr. Laurence Erhardt, played by Josh Weinstein, lau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mystery Science Theater 3000: Encyclopedia Ii - Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Cast
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The guys. Joel Robinson — Joel Hodgson (1988–1993) Mike Nelson — Michael J. Nelson (1993–1999) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tokusatsu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tokusatsu - Famous Tokusatsu Monsters And Superheroes
Whereas Godzilla has become a worlwide household name, Ultraman and Kamen Rider are considered the two greatest influential model Japanes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tokusatsu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tokusatsu - Japanese Fan Films
As pop-culture fandom in Japan grew and grew in the 1980s, a fan-based group called Daicon Film, now called Gainax, was formed by Hideaki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Scarlet: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Scarlet - Original Novels
Several novels based upon the series were published in the late 1960s: Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, John Theydon (pseudonym for Jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space: 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - Space: 1999 - The Basic Plot
The show involved the plight of the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha following a calamity on September 13, 1999. When a huge nuclear waste d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Scarlet: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Scarlet - Later Productions
The rights of the show were sold to ITC Entertainment, Lew Grade's production company which co-produced all the Anderson shows from Thund...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Scarlet: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Scarlet - Characters
Spectrum personnel have military ranks and colour based code names (hence Captain Scarlet), headed by Colonel White. Other characters inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tokusatsu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tokusatsu - Tokusatsu Around The World
The tokusatsu technique has been copied around the world, thanks to the popularity of Godzilla films. One could say that this is the high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tokusatsu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tokusatsu - Confusion Of The Term Outside Japan
There is currently a misconception in countries outside Japan (including the United States, to an extent) that the term tokusatsu refers ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space: 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - Space: 1999 - Concepts And Plot Points
The concept of travelling through space encountering aliens and strange worlds is similar to Star Trek and Lost In Space, although the cr...   » Read the article