Month: January 2022

Supermarionation voice artist Gary Files on The Secret Service Annual

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Gary Files recently received his copy of our exclusive The Secret Service Annual at home in Australia and wrote to say:

“What a splendid job you have all done. The Secret Service Annual will be here for my daughter and grandchild when I cash in my chips! It has pride of place on my library shelves, or will have when I’ve read it again!”

The actor and Supermarionation voice artist (Thunderbird 6‘s Black Phantom/Captain Foster, Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons‘ Captain Magenta, The Secret Service’s Matthew and UFO’s Phil Wade) went on to recollect:

“When I got my copy of The Secret Service Annual I was tickled pink! There we all were doing our parts in those perky episodes with dear Stanley Unwin. And what memories it’s layout brought back to me.

“For many years now I have been carrying around with me, from country to country, a copy of something I bought for 7 old pence way back in 1967, some time after I had started working for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and their Century 21 company as one of the wonderful voice team. It was a newspaper called Century 21- Adventures in the 21st century!

“Also listed was this information: “Universe Edition 140, Dateline September 23rd 2067”. And so much of it was laid out very much like The Secret Service Annual. What a great souvenir to have for fans of Gerry’s animation to complete the series of annuals that Fanderson members have collected over the years.

“Two other coincidences occurred to me: September is my birthday month and I actually bought the paper on 23rd of September 1967.

“So, if you are a fan of Gerry, and all of us who had the pleasure of working for him – this is a great addition to add to your collection.

“Cheers to you all in Britain from us in Oz during this awful Covid time.”

Gary Files.

Super Space Premiere!

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Enjoy an exclusive taste of what’s in store on Network’s stunning Space: 1999 Super Space Theater Blu-ray box set!

Here’s the classic Destination Moonbase Alpha TV movie – but as you’ve never seen it before! Rebuilt from the high definition restorations created for the series itself, this feature-length adaptation of The Bringers Of Wonder two-parter is presented here as a widescreen special edition featuring enhanced special effects. With an exclusive new introduction by David Hirsch (mastermind behind the original Super Space Theater shows) and Tim Mallett from Kindred Productions (mastermind behind the new restorations), it’s an event no self-respecting Space: 1999 fan can afford to miss!

The movie will be free for everyone with a Network On Air account to watch from 7pm on Tuesday 25th January until 7pm 1st February.

Click here for more.

Century 21 and Action 21 – limited stock of 80s/90s magazines available

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The family of Fanderson founding member David Nightingale are in the process of sorting through his estate, and we’ve offered to try to help sell some of his old stock of Engale products.

We’ve now got a limited stock of Century 21 (the successor to the fondly-remembered SIG) and Action 21 magazines. Just click on the Engale Marketing category in our Shop to see what’s available, and we’ll update this as more products become available to us.

New ‘must-have’ Space:1999 book!

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Extensively trailed in Fanderson Podcast 8, Telos Publishing has announced their forthcoming ‘must have’ book for all Space:1999 fans.

To Everything That Might Have Been: The Lost Universes of Space: 1999 is written by David Hirsch and Robert E Wood with the series’ story consultant Christopher Penfold. The book “delves deep into the early days and development of the show, includes details from recently discovered documentation and correspondence to provide the most detailed view yet of exactly how Space:1999 came to be and how it developed”.

More details as they become available.

 

 

Save up to 60% on hundreds of Network titles

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Network’s winter sale includes over 280 DVD, Blu-ray Discs and Soundtracks with up to 60% off.

Of particular interest to Fanderson members still to complete their collections will be Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons, Crossroads To Crime, Joe 90, Terrahawks, Space Precinct, New Captain Scarlet and The Adventures Of Rupert Bear, made by Mary Turner and John Read after the Supermarionation productions closed.

AUS: History-making Joe 90 DVD from Via Vision

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Australia’s cult and classic film and television label Via Vision is releasing Joe 90 on DVD this February. Details are sketchy but the set includes all 30 remastered episodes “plus special features” for AU$59.95.

This release is surely historic as the package is labelled as “Gerry And Sylvia Anderson’s Joe 90″ – possibly the first time that Sylvia has been credited as such and so prominently for her co-creation. Let’s hope other licensees follow suit.

 

 

Super special offer on Super Space Theater

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Wanting to gen up on the Super Space Theater films whilst you await Network‘s Blu-ray Disc package at the end of the month? Why not get ready by reading the background story of the 13 SST films, and maybe even decorate your room with the beautiful cover art prints?

It’s all in our Super Space Theater book and art print pack – at a super special offer price for January!

Review your purchases to help other fans!

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With, perhaps, a little spare time over the holidays, why not review the products you’ve bought from Fanderson and help your fellow fans?

Unlike some online stores, product reviews in the Fanderson Shop are from genuine club members, so you know you can trust what they say. Unbelievably, some stores use robots or even ‘review farms’ where hundreds of low-paid workers sit, relentlessly hitting the ‘review’ button, and writing what they’re told to say about a product.

But our website only allows genuine members to review our products, as we can only sell to club members. So you know what you’re reading is by a genuine fellow fan.

Why not log in now to write your first review.