Thunderbirds, as most of you will know, was a 1960s Gerry Anderson series that used ‘Supermarionation’ puppets to enact stories in which a family of brothers go to the rescue of people around the world in a series of advanced rocket-ships called Thunderbirds. Just in case this doesn’t ring a bell (you do own a TV, right?), here’s the lovingly restored, HD-quality title sequence to give you a rough idea of what it was like:
The show made a resurgence in the 80s and it was remade this year by ITV but using CGI. I thought it good for what it was, but it lacked a certain charm compared to the puppet version.
Apparently, other people agree. A recent Kickstarter project has taken three audio-only Thunderbirds adventure recorded in the 1960s by the original cast, and is using Supermarionation to create what are effectively three new episodes of the 1960s series. And here’s the title sequence and a clip from the first one, The Abominable Snowman:
Pretty authentic, huh?
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