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laurentian

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The 2004 live-action film, directed by Jonathon (“Number 1”) Frakes also starred Ron Cook, as Parker
He played Isambard Kingdom Brunel, in the excellent series Seven Wonder Of The Industrial World

Lady Penelope was chauffeured in that 6-wheeled Ford Thunderbird

Thought it was a Rolls Royce . . .
 

laurentian

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Profpointy

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I never understood Joe90 though. Like, nobody in the show ever said to him posing as top scientists etc...'you're a kid!. I suppose that was the fantasy part you had to buy into. Also, it seemed OK in the 60's to reprogram your child's mind with a huge machine whilst a funky theme tune blasted out :okay:. Social workers would stop that today.

Whilst I agree that the "ethics committee" might have a bit of an issue over using an experimental machine to reprogramme even your own child's brain patterns, as a little boy at the time I'd have volunteered like a shot for such adventures, and for being instantly able to pilot a space rocket or whatever it was
 
The 2004 live-action film, directed by Jonathon (“Number 1”) Frakes also starred Ron Cook, as Parker
He played Isambard Kingdom Brunel, in the excellent series Seven Wonder Of The Industrial World

Lady Penelope was chauffeured in that 6-wheeled Ford Thunderbird

Thought it was a Rolls Royce . . .
Not in the 2004 remake
I've seen the original 'full size' FAB 1, when it belonged to 'The Cars Of The Stars' museum in Keswick, sadly the collection was sold, & went to all corners of the world
https://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/general-classic-car-news/famous-film-car-museum-closes
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_of_the_Stars_Motor_Museum

It was based on a shortened Bedford 'Chinese 6' (as they were called) coach chassis, the same coach model was used in The Italian Job

View: https://youtu.be/GjobCoBFf-s?si=EqH7sfWN1HExEI1g


The 2004 FAB 1


View: https://youtu.be/UlzUYVC36ys?si=W_0xY-Sm77pf59OA
 

Dogtrousers

Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
I was a huge fan of UFO.

I checked the dates and it first came out in 1970, and I would have been a couple of years too young to appreciate it. But in '72 I was in hospital for a while and my mum borrowed a load of UFO comics/annuals from a friend of hers (who in turn stole them from her son who was a few years older than me). So while being in hospital was pretty horrible, the fact that I had this huge stack of space magazines was a massive thing for me, and when it came round on repeat I was already an expert.

But not, sadly, Thunderbirds. Don't have any memories of that really.
 

Accy cyclist

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Almost forgot about them - Bill & Ben the flower pot men, and of course Weed.

Honorary mention also to Pinky & Perky :okay:

Pinky and Perky shown on Sunday teatime tv, along with 'Lamb Chop' the sock style puppet and Ken Dodd's Diddymen, all in the late 1960's.😉
 

Profpointy

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Yes, Happy Birthday to Jeff and the boys. I once went along to a Gerry Anderson sci fi convention held here in Bristol as it was within walking distance of where I was living at the time. Got to meet Matt Zimmerman (Alan Tracy), Shane Rimmer (Scott) & David Graham (Parker/Brains) in one go along with artist Mike Trim, who designed for Anderson and also painted the cover of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds album (1978)...being geeky, I took my CD set along for him to sign. Also got up close to the (then) newly restored original 44-inch long filming miniature of Eagle 1 from Space 1999. Detail was amazing but you'd not see it all on old TV sets back in the day. 44 inch 3D printed kits are available, I built the MPC 22 inch version:
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Nah, that's not an Eagle model,
THIS is an Eagle model


View: https://youtu.be/rWxdkGfyhIA?si=jX9KpRNlC4g7Ai4t
 

Profpointy

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Re-watching Thinderbirds as an adult, having been prompted by an earlier thread on here to treat myself to the boxed set, one thing rather stood out was that after a hard day's rescuing the clean cut Tracey boys would often relax by drinking martinis and smoking fags. Not something you'd see in any modern children's programme
 
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