Thunderbirds Are Go: Getaway this Saturday

Posted on 3rd July 2019 by 1266 Steve Jordan-Toll

Premieres at 8:00am on Saturday 6th July on ITV and CITV. Repeats Sunday 6pm, Wednesday 4.30pm and Thursday at 7:30am on CITV (Freeview 203).

Lady Penelope, Parker and Sherbet answer a distress call from Parker’s old acquaintances – Light-Fingered Fred (voiced by Alan Ford) and Gomez (voiced by Larry Lamb). The distress turns out to be a ruse, with Fred and Gomez actually wanting to use FAB1 as their getaway car. Parker and Lady Penelope join a high-speed chase through the London underground.

Easter Eggs:

Gomez is a character referenced in the Thunderbirds series, as is the Sonic Wave Device. It’s this that Gomez uses to steal the BR2 racing car
Light-Fingered Fred is a reference to the Thunderbirds series. Light-fingered Fred was the ex-cellmate of Parker, when they were both incarcerated at Parkmoor Scrubs prison.

Thunderbirds Are Go: Chain Reaction this Saturday

Posted on 28th June 2019 by 1266 Steve Jordan-Toll

Premieres at 8:00am on Saturday 29th June on ITV and CITV. Repeats Sunday 6pm, Wednesday 4.30pm and Thursday at 7:30am on CITV (Freeview 203).

Movie night at Tracy Island is interrupted when a young GDF guard (voiced by Navin Chowdhry) gets trapped inside a radioactive nuclear facility that is said to be haunted by a mythical ‘Beast’. Scott goes in to assist, with help from the GDF, to find they are up against more than they bargained for… Will they uncover the truth about the Shackleton Beast?

Easter Eggs:

Shackleton power plant is named after Keith Shackleton
Fans of classic Gerry Anderson series will no doubt recognise Scott’s choice for movie night!

Supercelebration Treasure 6: Stingray style guide, TB3 cut-out, nuclear disposal area 2 and more!

Posted on 19th June 2019 by 1266 Steve Jordan-Toll

At Fanderson’s Supercelebration convention this September we’ll be raising much-needed funds for our convention charity.

Members who registered for the convention before June have nominated charities that they’d like us to support, and the club committee will be considering all nominees at their July meeting.

Our generous friends, partners, licensees and club members have donated a raft of unusual and rare items which will all be going home with convention delegates as a result of our blind and live auctions, raffles and other activities during the weekend.

If you would like to donate something to raise money for a great cause, please e-mail details (including photos) to us at fanderson.org.uk@outlook.com.

With raffle tickets at just £1 each, everyone, whatever your budget, has a chance of going home with something special and helping a good cause. Keep an eye out for more items in the coming weeks, and start saving your pocket money!

To give you just a taste of the range that will be on offer…

Stingray style guide from Carlton

Thunderbirds cushion covers set

Thunderbirds Are Go TB3 cut out (approximately 90x70cm)

Konami Thunderbirds Collection Volume 1 (available recently from £300 online)

MPC Space:1999 Nuclear Disposal Area 2 model kit (available recently from £95 online)

Thunderbirds Are Go: Signals part two this Saturday

Posted on 19th June 2019 by 1266 Steve Jordan-Toll

Premieres at 8:00am on Saturday 22nd June on ITV and CITV. Repeated Sunday 6pm on CITV (Freeview 203) and Wednesday 4.30pm on CITV.

To recover a key clue to Jeff Tracy’s fate, International Rescue members split up on missions in space and at the bottom of the ocean. Thunderbird 3 has been stolen by Havoc, so Kayo and Alan must work quickly to re-capture the Thunderbird. Virgil, Scott and Lady Penelope are fighting underwater quicksludge to retrieve the Zero-X capsule. Brains formulates a plan.

Thunderbirds Are Go: Signals part one this Saturday

Posted on 12th June 2019 by 1266 Steve Jordan-Toll

Premieres at 8:00am on Saturday 15th June on ITV and CITV. Repeated Sunday 6pm on CITV (Freeview 203) and Wednesday 4.30pm on CITV.

To recover a key clue to Jeff Tracy’s fate, International Rescue members split up on missions in space and at the bottom of the ocean. Kayo and Alan tackle a giant laser in a space debris facility while Virgil, Scott and Lady Penelope are fighting underwater quicksludge. The Chaos Crew are causing trouble and even manage to commandeer one of the Thunderbirds…

Easter Eggs:

We will see the final footage of Jeff Tracy from before his disappearance
The clue to Jeff Tracy’s fate involves the Zero-X

Supercelebration Treasure 5: Konami UFO collection, electronic playset, Aquaphibian and more

Posted on 10th June 2019 by 1266 Steve Jordan-Toll

At Fanderson’s Supercelebration convention this September we’ll be raising much-needed funds for our convention charity.

Members who registered before June were asked to nominate charities that they’d like us to support, and the club committee will be considering all nominees at their July meeting.

If you would like to donate something to raise money for a great cause, please e-mail details (including photos) to us at fanderson.org.uk@outlook.com.

To give you just a taste of the range that will be on offer…

Thunderbird 2 Electronic Playset (available recently from £30 online)

Robert Harrop Aquaphibian (available second-hand recently from £130 online)

Kaiyodo 1/160 Scale Thunderbird 2 model kit

Falcon 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle (available recently from £6 online)

Thunderbirds Are Go TB2 cut out (approximately 90x70cm)

Konami UFO Collection Volume 3

Thunderbirds Are Go: SOS Part Two

Posted on 6th June 2019 by 1266 Steve Jordan-Toll

Premieres at 8:00am on Saturday 8th June on ITV and CITV

Repeats Sunday 6pm on CITV (Freeview 203) and Wednesday 4.30pm on CITV.

With Braman’s distress call transmitting repeatedly to International Rescue, Gordon attempts to recover the robot from the underwater wreckage of the Calypso, but the Chaos Crew get to it first. Brains makes a startling discovery about the origin of Braman’s distress signal.

FAB 92 is on its way!

Posted on 3rd June 2019 by 1266 Steve Jordan-Toll

FAB 92 is now in the post to all Fanderson members around the world, and in special trial packaging!

Plastic protects your club magazine better through the post than a paper envelope, but can damage the environment. That’s why we’re trying a number of ‘green’ alternatives to plastic mailing bags. The wrapper for the FAB 92 mailing is 100% compostable, as it’s made from potato and maize starch. Don’t throw it in your bin, but instead:

put it in your home composter
put it in with your garden waste, or
use it to line your food waste caddy

Once your FAB’s arrived, let us know what think of this wrapper at fanderson.org.uk@outlook.com

Within its 64 pages FAB 92 includes:

members’ views of Stingray Plant Of Doom, plus an exclusive Marineville cutaway illustration, in our regular Timelash feature
tributes to actor/writer Shane Rimmer, production manager Ken Holt and Century 21 Merchandising supremo Keith Shackleton
a look at Interster, South Africa’s sci-fi puppet series
an interview with Thunderbirds Are Go‘s animation supervisor Chad Moffitt
part four of our exclusive Thunderbird 6 photo-strip
news, FAB Mail and more

We’re sorry, but production problems mean that this year’s membership gift, The Secret Service Close Up, isn’t yet ready for mailing. We didn’t want to keep FAB 92 from you any longer so we’ll mail The Secret Service Close Up just as soon as we can.

How to get FAB magazine? Join Fanderson!

FAB magazine is available exclusively to Fanderson club members – we deliver three times a year, and we do our very best to make each issue a joy to read for every fan – regardless of your favourite series!

Thunderbirds Are Go: SOS Part One

Posted on 30th May 2019 by 1266 Steve Jordan-Toll

Premieres at 8:00am on Saturday 1st June on ITV and CITV

Repeats Sunday 6pm on CITV (Freeview 203) and Wednesday 4.30pm on CITV.

International Rescue discovers that an unknown space vessel is on a collision course straight for Earth. Episode features Nina Sosanya as Asher and Laurel Lefkow as Finn, two astronauts trained by Jeff Tracy, who have been in deep sleep for around 8 years on their mission.

Easter Eggs:

Braman (the robot) is based on Braman the robot from the original Classic series
Finn is named for Christine Finn, voice of Tin-Tin and Grandma Tracy in the original Classic series
Asher is a nod to Asher in the classic Thunderbirds episode Sun Probe
There is a sample of the lightning from the title sequence of the original series used in the episode

Supercelebration Treasure 4: Cushion covers, bag, blueprint and more

Posted on 29th May 2019 by 1266 Steve Jordan-Toll

At Fanderson’s Supercelebration convention this September we’ll be raising much-needed funds for our convention charity*.

If you would like to donate something to raise money for a great cause, please e-mail details (including photos) to us at fanderson.org.uk@outlook.com.

With raffle tickets at just £1 each, everyone, whatever your budget, has a chance of going home with something special and helping a good cause. To give you just a taste of the range that will be on offer…

Imai Zero-X model kit

Thunderbird 2 tote bag

Robert Harrop Eagle Transporter. A limited edition model of just 250 pieces, and long-since sold out (available second-hand recently from £175 online).