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What does day 4 of the advent calendar bring?…

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CHARITY ADD-ON – JOURNEY TO THE MOON MINI-ALBUM!

We have a small number of our Journey To The Moon mini-album CDs, available in return for a donation to our advent charity – Actors’ Benevolent Fund.

Place an order for Fanderson merchandise totalling over £10*, and you can add Journey To The Moon for a donation of just £5. This item cannot be purchased on its own.

*See Advent Calendar terms and conditions for exclusions

See all of our Charity Fundraising items.

Advent Calendar terms and conditions apply, in addition to Fanderson’s standing Terms and Conditions.

Day 3, and what’s on offer today?…

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CHARITY RAFFLE – THUNDERBIRDS MONOPOLY!

Thanks to our good friends at Winning Moves, we’re raffling a brand-new Thunderbirds Monopoly game to one lucky Fanderson member, raising funds for our advent charity – Actors’ Benevolent Fund.

Tickets cost just £1 each, and you can buy as many as you like to increase your chance of winning.

Raffle closes at midnight, 31st December 2023.

See all of our Charity Fundraising items.

Advent Calendar terms and conditions apply, in addition to Fanderson’s standing Terms and Conditions.

What’s behind door 2 of Fanderson’s 2023 advent calendar?…

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CHARITY AUCTION – PARKER (THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN)!

Thanks to our good friends at Robert Harrop, we’re auctioning a brand-new Parker figurine dressed ready to hunt The Abominable Snowman, and raising funds for our advent charity – Actors’ Benevolent Fund. This is one of a limited edition of just 200 models, released in 2018.

Place your bid using this short form. We’ll update this page regularly with the current highest bid. You can increase your bid by completing the form again. Only the latest completed form from each member will be considered.

Auction closes at midnight, 31st December 2023.

See all of our Charity Fundraising items.

Advent Calendar terms and conditions apply, in addition to Fanderson’s standing Terms and Conditions.

Open the first window on Fanderson’s 2023 advent calendar…

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CHARITY RAFFLE – SCALEXTRIC FAB 1!

Thanks to our good friends at Scalextric, we’re raffling a brand-new FAB 1 to one lucky Fanderson member, raising funds for our advent charity – Actors’ Benevolent Fund.

Tickets cost just £1 each, and you can buy as many as you like to increase your chance of winning.

Raffle closes at midnight, 31st December 2023.

See all of our Charity Fundraising items.

Advent Calendar terms and conditions apply, in addition to Fanderson’s standing Terms and Conditions.

It’s that time for giving (and getting) again…

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Christmas is a time for giving so, once again, from this Friday 1st December until Christmas Eve we’ll have something special every day for club members in our online advent calendar, and by being part of it you’ll be helping people in need.

We’ve checked our storage units, cupboards (even down the back of the sofa!) and, thanks also to our generous partners and friends, we’ve got some great goodies for Fanderson members. We’ll be raising vital funds for our 2024 charity, Actors’ Benevolent Fund.

Alison Wyman, Chief Executive Officer of the Actors’ Benevolent Fund, writes:

“I wanted to write on behalf of the Actors’ Benevolent Fund to thank you very much for choosing the ABF as Fanderson’s charity of the year 2024! 

“The Actors’ Benevolent Fund (ABF) has a long history of supporting actors and stage managers in times of need, for the past 140 years. We are living in incredibly challenging and uncertain times, with a rising cost of living and a decrease in funding for the Arts, resulting in fewer opportunities for actors and stage managers. This has created significant financial pressures as well as challenges with mental health and wellbeing. Our help is needed more than ever, and we are working to create new and relevant ways to provide support which reflects the needs of the acting and stage management community today, so the ABF is making the greatest possible difference.

“So far in 2023 we have seen a significant increase in the number of people we have helped compared to in 2022, and our plan is to reach even more people and expand our range of support. We have already started this through providing Cost of Living grants and launching a podcast focused on wellbeing.

“The need is great and we are determined to support this community which provides so much meaning and inspiration to others. We are grateful for any support members can provide to enable us to achieve this.”

We’ll also pop a little freebie in with every Fanderson merchandise* order placed in December – these four picture cards, produced in 2014/15 to publicise our The Future Is Fantastic! convention. They’re the perfect companion to our The Future Is Fantastic! picture card set, or if you collect the original 1960s/70s Barrett’s/Bassett’s cards from Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons, UFO and Space:1999)!

Come back on Friday, 1st December to open the first window!

*Whilst stocks last. Excludes club memberships, Silva Screen products, event registrations, charity auction bids or charity raffle tickets.

See all of our Charity Fundraising items.

Advent Calendar terms and conditions apply, in addition to Fanderson’s standing Terms and Conditions.

Please note our last order days for Christmas, and see the various additional postage options available with merchandise orders.

 

UPDATED: Talking Thunderbirds

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UPDATED 26/11/23: Judith Shutt added

UPDATED 6/11/23: Wanda and John Brown episode being broadcast on TPTV, Thursday 30th November at 19:40

UPDATED 1/11/23: Richard Conway added

UPDATED 19/10: Wanda and John Brown added

Talking Pictures TV’s online catch-up streaming service – Encore – is featuring exclusive short interviews with people who worked on Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s masterpiece series Thunderbirds.

Filmed by Fanderson member Jeff Smart, the Talking Thunderbirds series includes:

Puppet Operator Judith Shutt

Visual Effects Assistant Richard Conway

Puppeteers Wanda and John Brown

Art Director Bob Bell

Director and Writer Alan Pattillo

Voice Artist David Graham

Encore is a free service – watch via the red button on internet-connected Freeview TVs,  or register to gain access to a wealth of classic television and films.

Santa’s coming a little early…

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Santa’s sack is full to busting with FAB Annuals and FAB Express magazines for all Fanderson members! He’s having to start his rounds early!

Our winter mailing was completed today, so FAB Express 105 and FAB Annual 2024 should soon start landing in current members’ homes (we can now start putting them in packages for new members too). Hopefully most, if not all, club members will receive their packages in time for Christmas.

Of course, when we publish a new magazine the previous issue is added to Fanderson Sales to buy, so members can now get FAB Express 104, and those who want to buy a second (or more) copy of FAB Annual 2023 can get them now. As the mailing has been a little later than we planned, we’ve extended our Annual Affair promotion until the end of December too.

 

Please ensure you order in good time for Christmas, and see the various additional postage options available with merchandise orders.

 

Order in good time for Christmas

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We know, it’s not even December yet, but for some countries we’ll need to get merchandise orders on their way as soon as possible if they’re to arrive before Christmas!

You can see Royal Mail’s full details of last posting dates here, but to allow us time to package your order up and get it in the post, here’s a summary of ‘last order’ dates that will apply to the majority of Fanderson club members:

  • 6th December – Australia, Japan and New Zealand
  • 11th December – Europe, USA and Canada
  • 18th December – UK (20th December if you add the optional Special Delivery payment to your order)

We’ll do our best to fulfil orders as quickly as possible, but we cannot guarantee orders will arrive by Christmas. If in any doubt, please place your orders as soon as you can. Remember, they’ll show as ‘complete’ in your online account once they’re in the post. Of course, we’ll save up any packages we haven’t been able to mail in time for Christmas and send them as soon as possible afterwards.

[AUS] Thunderbirds on 9Gem

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Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Thunderbirds is showing on 9Gem in Australia from 18th November.

You can see Thunderbirds in 30-minute instalments on 9Gem:

  • Saturday 18th November at 06:00 AEST (when it’s followed by Adventures In Rainbow Country, starring Stingray‘s Lois Maxwell)
  • then daily from Sunday 19th November at 04:00 AEST

You can also watch 50-minute versions on the 9Now online service.

If you know about one of Gerry and Sylvia Andersons’ productions being broadcast, please let us know so we can share the news!

UPDATED: Captain Scarlet originals to be auctioned

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12/11/23: updated with hammer prices in red

Propstore will be auctioning over 1,800 unique and original items in one of the world’s largest auctions of film and television memorabilia between 9th and 12th November 2023, including original items from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s 1967 series Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons.

Headline lots in the Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction: London 2023 auction include:

  • A screen-matched light-up C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) head from Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), from the personal collection of the longest-serving star wars cast member, anthony daniels (estimated £500,000 – £1,000,000)
  • The largest collection of Blade Runner (1980) props, memorabilia and production ephemera to ever come to market – including Harrison Ford’s director’s chair (estimated £10,000 – £20,000)
  • The iconic black cowboy hat worn by Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef) in the legendary western The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1966) (estimated £50,000 – £100,000)
  • From the first bond girl to the last bond – Honey Ryder’s (Ursula Andress) bathrobe from Dr No (1962) (estimated £70,000 – £140,000) and James Bond’s (Daniel Craig) tuxedo from No Time To Die (2021) (estimated £20,000 – £40,000)
  • The hero screen-matched Freddy razor glove armature and schematic from the original A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984), (estimated £200,000 – £400,000)
  • Don Vito Corleone’s (Marlon Brando) coat from The Godfather (1972), (estimated £25,000 – £50,000)
  • Katniss Everdeen’s (Jennifer Lawrence) bow and quiver from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), (estimated £20,000 – £40,000)

But of particular interest to Fanderson members will be:

9th November:

    • Lot 98 Ken Turner’s personal annotated shooting script for The Mysterons (series pilot) – estimated between £1,500 and £3,000 (£2,125)
    • Lot 99 Pair of Derek Meddings’ hand-drawn sketches of mysteron rifle (£1,500 and £3,000 estimated) (£1,875)
    • Lot 100 Captain Black Head with Replica Body and Costume is estimated to fetch between £60,000 and £120,000 (£75,000)
    • Lot 101 Captain Blue Supermarionation Puppet Head (estimated £8,000 and £16,000) (£13,750)

12th November:

    • Lot 1692 Full-Size FAB 1 Rolls-Royce Bonnet “The Spirit of Ecstasy” ornament (£1,500 and £3,000 estimated) (£1,875)
    • Lot 1693 Replica Parker puppet – estimated between £800 and £1,600 (£1,125)

Propstore, one of the world’s leading entertainment memorabilia auctioneers, estimates the auction is expected to fetch over £12 million.

Global bids can be placed online, over the phone or via absentee bidding. Registration is now open online at https://propstore.com/liveauction. Online proxy bids can be submitted from October 10th 2023.

In-room bidding will be open to the public at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London on the 9th & 10th November 2023. Online and telephone bids can be placed across the whole event.