"material associated with Anderson's work. In 1965, the Supermarionation TV series ""Stingray"" (1964 – 65), which followed the underwater adventures of Troy Tempest and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP), was given with its own comic. The first issue of ""TV Century 21"" was published on 23 January 1965, capitalising on the popularity of the latest Gerry Anderson-produced TV series. In contrast with ""TV Comic"", which was a traditional strip comic, ""TV Century 21"" was conceived as a newspaper for children with a front page containing ""Stop press""-style news items and photographs. Although production on ""Supercar"" (1961 – 62) and"
"upgraded version of the design. Later, ""TV21"" comic mentioned a second ""super-sub"" due to enter service under the WASP that is stolen by a Mysteron agent as part of the plot of a ""Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons"" story. In the 2018 film Aquaman, one of the early scenes shows a short snippet of an episode of Stingray on television before the tv set is broken by a trident. Stingray (1964 TV series) Stingray is a British children's Supermarionation television series, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by AP Films for Associated Television and ITC Entertainment between 1964"
"a newspaper advertisement seeking modelmakers for a film company. Upon hearing this, Trim began an odyssey that would last for more than 40 years. Beginning in the final days of ""Stingray"", he would work as a modelmaker and designer for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's television series ""Thunderbirds"", ""Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons"", ""Joe 90"", ""The Secret Service"", and ""UFO"", as well as their feature films ""Thunderbirds Are GO"", ""Thunderbird 6"", and ""Journey to the Far Side of the Sun"" (a.k.a. ""Doppelgänger""). Starting out in the model shop, Mike eventually became Special Effects director Derek Meddings' assistant in designing the fabulous"
"is one of several Gerry Anderson series to ""assume the development of world government and world security institutions"" and ""reflect the 1960s vogue for stories set in secret organisations with extravagant acronyms."" He compares the premise to the Cold War, noting the conflict between WASP and the various undersea races and the latter's use of spies to infiltrate human society. Cull cites ""Marineville Traitor"", whose plot concerns the hunt for an ""enemy within"", as an episode with an ""especially strong Cold War flavour"". He also notes that while Anderson's series often focus on the dangers of nuclear technology, ""Stingray"" also"
"Stingray (1964 TV series) Stingray is a British children's Supermarionation television series, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by AP Films for Associated Television and ITC Entertainment between 1964 and 1965. Its 39 half-hour episodes were originally broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom and in syndication in the United States and Canada. The series was written by the Andersons, Alan Fennell and Dennis Spooner. Its music was composed by Barry Gray and its special effects were directed by Derek Meddings. It was filmed in Eastmancolor at a cost of approximately £1 million. ""Stingray"" was the first Supermarionation"
"""Thunderbirds"", who closely resembled Sylvia Anderson, and Captain Blue in ""Captain Scarlet"", who looked like Ed Bishop (the similarity was reportedly coincidental). Other characters were based on well-known film actors: Troy Tempest of ""Stingray"" was based on James Garner, Scott Tracy of ""Thunderbirds"" on Sean Connery and Captain Scarlet on Cary Grant. ""Stingray"" also featured the only non-speaking Supermarionation puppet: the water-breathing woman Marina. Occasionally, close-ups of a live actor's hand would be inserted to show actions such as turning keys and pressing buttons. This was affectionately parodied in the 2004 live-action feature film ""Thunderbirds"", with a brief shot of"
"His actions earn him the respect of U.S. Agent. As part of the ""All-New, All-Different Marvel,"" Stingray is seen as part of Deadpool's Mercs for Money. It is later revealed that Stingray is actually a double agent assigned to spy on Deadpool's team by Captain America. During the ""Secret Empire"" storyline, Stingray appears as a member of the Underground which is a resistance movement following Hydra's takeover of the United States. Stingray and Diane were later on a cruise that was attacked by Tiger Shark. Their fight took place underwater until Namor crashed it demanding their allegiance. When Stingray tried"
"The Ghost Ship (Stingray) ""The Ghost Ship"" is the third episode of ""Stingray"", a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by their company AP Films. Written by Alan Fennell and directed by Desmond Saunders, it was first broadcast on 18 October 1964 on ATV London. In this episode, while investigating the disappearance of a jet liner, the ""Stingray"" crew encounter a seemingly deserted galleon. The jet liner ""Arcadia"" disappears at sea. Her final radio transmission – in which the crew reported seeing an old galleon – reaches World Security Patrol Headquarters, who relay it"
"to HO"". The process of designing and making the puppets took four months and each of the main characters was sculpted in duplicate to allow two episodes to be filmed simultaneously using both puppet stages. The likenesses of some of the puppets were inspired by real-life actors: Titan was based on a young Laurence Olivier and Surface Agent X-2-0 on either Claude Rains or Peter Lorre. Troy Tempest was modelled on James Garner at Gerry Anderson's suggestion. Atlanta Shore has been likened to Lois Maxwell (who voiced the character) and Marina to both Brigitte Bardot and Ursula Andress. ""Stingray"" was"
"bottom line [is] 'blast them before they blast us'"" and that the other two episodes ""riff on pretty much the same theme, the stock response to the unknown usually being to shoot first."" Law also praises the flute music accompanying the scene in which the galleon makes its first appearance, calling it ""unforgettable"" and arguing that it ""perfectly encapsulates the whole series."" The Ghost Ship (Stingray) ""The Ghost Ship"" is the third episode of ""Stingray"", a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by their company AP Films. Written by Alan Fennell and directed by"
"presents it in a positive light: ""Stingray"" itself, for example, is a nuclear-powered submarine. Sarah Kurchak of The A.V. Club argues that compared to villains in previous Anderson series Titan and the Aquaphibians represent a ""more classically Cold War-style villainous Other"". She adds: ""Throughout the 39 episodes, the battle lines between land and sea are clearly defined, the enemy is always watching, and the target of their aggression is always close to home."" Kurchak also suggests that the character of Troy Tempest serves as an embodiment of Cold War anxieties through his ""multiple nightmares"" involving threats against Marineville. O'Brien remarks"
"to many of the counterculture's primary leaders, such as Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, Allen Ginsberg, Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, Timothy Leary, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Mick Farren and Tom Wolfe. Writing a book about the club launched the career of ""Gonzo"" journalist Hunter S. Thompson. In 1973, members from several branches of the organization protested at an Environmental Protection Agency hearing about a proposed transportation plan that included restrictions on motorcycle use and sales to get California to meet the new Clean Air Act standards. Numerous police and international intelligence agencies classify the Hells Angels"
"pursuit of $5 million worth of insurance fraud payout. Thrown into the mix are Johnny Vegas the accidental virgin, Paul the passive-aggressive private eye, Ernest Hemingway lookalike Jethro Maddox, and the world's least competent drug cartel. Most of these characters find their way onto the Stingray Shuffle, the temporarily rechristened train to Miami. ""The Stingray Shuffle"" ties up a three-book plot arc that began with ""Florida Roadkill"", continued with ""Hammerhead Ranch Motel"", and was then shelved for two years while Dorsey wrote the only slightly relative ""Triggerfish Twist"" and ""Orange Crush"". It is ultimately revealed that Serge's plan for the"
"Graham, who boasts he has never lost a war game, handpicks a ""crew from hell"" for ""Stingray"": hot-tempered, uptight Lt. Martin Pascal as the Executive Officer; crusty civilian naval contractor Howard as Chief Engineer; rebellious Engineman 1st Class Brad Stepanek; sharp-eared Sonarman 2nd Class E.T. ""Sonar"" Lovacelli; compulsive gambler Seaman Stanley ""Spots"" Sylvesterson; former college basketball player Seaman Jefferson ""R.J."" Jackson; shock-addled Electrician's Mate Nitro; and not-so-Culinary Specialist Second Class Buckman as ""Stingray""'s cook. Graham also selects Lt. Emily Lake to serve as the sub's Diving Officer as part of a special program to see if women can successfully serve"
"Robert Sellers described ""Stingray"" as the ""first truly classic Anderson show"", whose special effects ""have stood the test of time remarkably well."" Daniel O'Brien, author of ""SF:UK: How British Science Fiction Changed the World"", considers it to be ""perhaps the archetypal Gerry Anderson series"". Reviewing the DVD box set in 2001, Mike Fillis of ""TV Zone"" magazine conceded that ""Stingray"" was less ""ambitious"" than its immediate follow-up, ""Thunderbirds"", but compared its ""self-awareness"" and ""looseness"" favourably to the ""po-faced rigidity"" of ""Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons"". He also praised the series' ""well-drawn"" characters and described its water-based special effects sequences as"
"stingray lodged in his chest getting thrown out of Satan's Halloween party for not being in costume. All the episodes in this season were written and directed by Trey Parker. This season is also home to the episode, ""Make Love, Not Warcraft"", which won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) in 2007. The season also features the two-part episodes ""Cartoon Wars Part I"" & II, which involved ""Family Guy"" trying to air an image of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, and ""Go God Go"" which involved a future world where there was no"
"Scott Tracy Scott Tracy is a fictional character in Gerry Anderson's 1960s Supermarionation television series ""Thunderbirds"", the subsequent films ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" and ""Thunderbird 6"" and the TV remake ""Thunderbirds Are Go!"". He is the pilot of the primary vehicle of the ""Thunderbird"" fleet, ""Thunderbird 1"". His specialist training is as a First Responder and Team Leader. The eldest son of Jeff Tracy (founder and financier of International Rescue), Scott is named after American astronaut Scott Carpenter. Sources vary in the canon of the ""Thunderbirds"" series as to Scott's age and birth date. One written source suggests that Scott was"
"Army Hospital. Upon meeting, Sinise called Anderson, ""The real Lt. Dan!"" referring to the character Sinise played in the film Forrest Gump. Sinise wrote the foreword to Anderson's memoir. The two worked together to get a bill passed in the United States Congress for a disabled veterans memorial in Washington, D.C.. Anderson even played with Sinise's band, Lt. Dan Band. He is the ambassador of the Gary Sinise Foundation. Anderson has acted in """" as a wounded Navy Seal accused of murder. He also had parts on the television shows, ""All My Children"", ""The Wire"", and ""Hawaii Five-0"". Anderson was"
"The original pilot kept THRUSH (presumably since it was not intended to be released to the public in that version). Felton and Rolfe pushed for the reinstatement of ""THRUSH"". It turned out that WASP could not be used, since Gerry Anderson's British television series ""Stingray"" was based on an organization called W.A.S.P. (World Aquanaut Security Patrol). By May 1964, THRUSH was retained for the television episode edit of the pilot. Despite this, WASP was used by the feature film in Japan in late 1964, and it was left in the American release in 1966. Another change among the three versions"
"for Stronger Climate Bill, included the STC. Sea Turtle Conservancy The Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC), formerly known as Caribbean Conservation Corporation is an American not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization based in Gainesville, Florida. STC was incorporated, based on an earlier informal organization known as ""The Brotherhood of the Green Turtle"", in 1959 by Mr. Joshua B. Powers in response to renowned ecologist Dr. Archie Carr's award-winning book, ""The Windward Road"", which first alerted the world to the plight of sea turtles. Dr. Carr served as Scientific Director of STC from 1959 until his death in 1987. Since its founding, STC's research"
"Gordon Tracy Gordon Tracy is a fictional character from Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation television show ""Thunderbirds"", the subsequent films ""Thunderbirds Are GO"" and ""Thunderbird 6"" as well as the remake TV series ""Thunderbirds Are Go!"". The character also appeared in the live action movie ""Thunderbirds"". Born on 14 February 2043, Gordon Tracy revels in all aquatic sports, from skin-diving to water-skiing. Named after astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper, he is a highly trained aquanaut, with stints in the Submarine Service and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol under his belt. During his time with the WASPs, Gordon commanded a deep-sea bathyscaphe and spent"
"them to life somehow, haven't you?"". He died on 21 April 2018 at the age of 91. Desmond Saunders Desmond ""Des"" Saunders (August 1926 – 21 April 2018) was a British television director and film editor. He had a long association with producer Gerry Anderson, having served as a director for the series ""Supercar"" (1961–62), ""Stingray"" (1964–65), ""Thunderbirds"" (1965–66), ""Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons"" (1967–68), ""Joe 90"" (1968–69) and ""Terrahawks"" (1983–86). Saunders was also production controller for ""Joe 90"" and co-wrote one of the episodes, ""Lone-Handed 90"". He briefly worked as a production supervisor for ""The Secret Service"" (1969). Elsewhere"
"tenth worst Avengers member describing Stingray as ""a guy in a cape with all the powers of a marine biologist."" Stingray (comics) Stingray (Walter Newell) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears as Walter Newell in ""Tales to Astonish"" #95 (Sep. 1967) and as Stingray in ""Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner"" #19 (Nov. 1969). Walter Newell first appears in the title ""Tales to Astonish"" as an oceanographer working for the United States government. The character encounters the human/Atlantean hybrid hero Namor the Sub-Mariner and his lover Lady Dorma, whilst supervising the"
"and subsequent death, Stingray accepts Tony Stark's (Iron Man's alter ego) offer of a full pardon, and joins The Initiative. The character appears in another solo story in the second volume of ""Marvel Comics Presents"" and in an ongoing basis in the title ""Avengers: The Initiative"". During the ""AXIS"" storyline, Stingray is among the heroes recruited by an inverted Doctor Doom to join his team of Avengers. This group tries to focus on the innocent people put in danger where Scarlet Witch, now uncaring of morality, attacks Latveria. Stingray does his part by rescuing several people from a debris-filled river."
"October 1963. This real-life drama inspired Anderson to create a new programme format about a rescue organisation, which eventually became his most famous and popular series, ""Thunderbirds"" (1964–1966). The dramatic title was inspired by the letter Anderson's older brother Lionel had written to his family during World War II. Grade was very enthusiastic about the concept and agreed to back a series of 25-minute episodes (the same length as ""Stingray""), so the Andersons scripted a pilot episode, ""Trapped in the Sky"", and began production. Gerry initially wanted actress Fenella Fielding to perform the voice of Lady Penelope, but Sylvia convinced"
"Titan Goes Pop ""Titan Goes Pop"" is the tenth episode of ""Stingray"", a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by their company AP Films. Written by Dennis Spooner and directed by Alan Pattillo, it was first broadcast on 6 December 1964 on ATV London. In this episode, Agent X-2-Zero kidnaps a pop singer who is visiting Marineville and brings him before Titan. Commander Shore (voiced by Ray Barrett) is ordered to report to World Security Patrol Headquarters, where he is informed that famous pop singer Duke Dexter is due to perform at the WASP's"
"on Elmo. They plan to return the money to the police, but Elmo suggests they use the money to go on a vacation to Bolivia. The three embrace and they happily skip away. Stingray (film) ""Stingray ""is a 1978 action comedy film written and directed by Richard Taylor. The film was released theatrically by Avco Embassy Pictures in August 1978. The plot concerns two buddies who buy a 1964 Corvette Stingray, unaware that it is filled with drugs and stolen money. The crooks responsible for planting it in the car soon give chase, along with a number of clueless police"
"Stingray (comics) Stingray (Walter Newell) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears as Walter Newell in ""Tales to Astonish"" #95 (Sep. 1967) and as Stingray in ""Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner"" #19 (Nov. 1969). Walter Newell first appears in the title ""Tales to Astonish"" as an oceanographer working for the United States government. The character encounters the human/Atlantean hybrid hero Namor the Sub-Mariner and his lover Lady Dorma, whilst supervising the construction of a domed sub-sea city whose purpose is to harvest food for mankind. The city, however, is destroyed by"
"monster which could blow steam from his nostrils, and Karel Kraai, a crow which was fully functional to the point of being able to remove his hat, for the children's TV program ""Wielie Walie"", named for the first line of a traditional Afrikaans children's verse version of 'Ring a Ring a Rosie'. ""Interster"" was the brain-child of filmmaker Lindsay du Plessis. Du Plessis also worked on the puppet series ""Tales of Africa"" before that. ""Interster"" was produced almost 10 years after the last Gerry Anderson television show to use supermarionation techniques (""The Secret Service"", 1969) and almost 15 years after"
"include ""Stingray"" and ""Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons"". Anderson also wrote and produced several feature films whose box office performance was unexceptional. Following a shift towards live action productions in the 1970s, he had a long and successful association with media impresario Lew Grade and Grade's company ITC, continuing until the second series of """". After a career lull when a number of new series concepts failed to get off the ground, his career began a new phase in the early 1980s when audience nostalgia for his earlier Supermarionation series (prompted by Saturday morning re-runs in Britain and Australia) led"
"everything which passed its periscope."" Sangster and Condon argue that while elements such as the animal character, Oink, mean that ""Stingray"" is aimed primarily at children, it is the first Anderson series in which the ""sophistication of the production"" creates appeal for adults. They regard ""Stingray"" as ""much less po-faced"" than ""Thunderbirds"", with episodes that are ""mercifully shorter, leading to tighter plotting and an engaging simplicity"". Peel suggests that the ""tongue-in-cheek humour that [Gerry] Anderson favoured probably reached its peak with ""Stingray""."" Media historian Nicholas J. Cull observes that through its depiction of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP), ""Stingray"""
"of British firemen who contributed to the humanitarian effort following the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. Virgin Group has used the series in branding its services: Virgin Atlantic operates a Boeing 747-400 airliner named ""Lady Penelope"", while Virgin Trains owns a fleet of locomotives that are all named after main characters and vehicles and used specifically to ""rescue"" broken-down trains. A mimed stage show, ""Thunderbirds: F.A.B."", has toured internationally and popularised a staccato style of movement known colloquially as the """"Thunderbirds"" walk"". The production has periodically been revived as ""Thunderbirds: F.A.B. – The Next Generation"". Cover versions of ""The ""Thunderbirds"" March"" have"
"Sea Turtle Conservancy The Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC), formerly known as Caribbean Conservation Corporation is an American not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization based in Gainesville, Florida. STC was incorporated, based on an earlier informal organization known as ""The Brotherhood of the Green Turtle"", in 1959 by Mr. Joshua B. Powers in response to renowned ecologist Dr. Archie Carr's award-winning book, ""The Windward Road"", which first alerted the world to the plight of sea turtles. Dr. Carr served as Scientific Director of STC from 1959 until his death in 1987. Since its founding, STC's research and conservation initiatives have been instrumental in"