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Filmmaker. Puppet enthusiast. Star Fleet X Bomber. Doctor Who, Gerry Anderson, Ray Harryhausen | benwolf.page

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Ben Wolf Page @benwolfpage.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hey blue skyers, I'm Ben. I make movies and do puppet shows- usually at the same time. I freelance for Doctor Who, Blake's 7, the Puppeteers of America, the Gerry Anderson company, the Ray Harryhausen Foundation and lots of others and I post a lot about 60s, 70s, 80s pop culture.

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Ben Wolf Page @benwolfpage.bsky.social · 7h

Todd is a wizard as well as a true star!

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Jack Knoll @jackknoll.bsky.social · 3d

NEW POST!

Lieutenant Brogan vows revenge against a jewellery thief! But all is not well behind the scenes of Space Precinct...

Space Precinct – 19. Smelter Skelter

As soon as I learned that Smelter Skelter's original director, Silvio Narizzano, left the production halfway through shooting the episode, I could think about little else in preparation for writing this review. Juicy behind the scenes drama is an absolute gift when you're into your nineteenth consecutive week of studying something as formulaic as a television series. Smelter Skelter is a fairly average episode of Space Precinct with nobody trying all that hard to push the envelope in any department. The result is an entertaining but inconsequential bit of television. So, it's all the more remarkable to learn that this is the one that drove Ted Shackelford to breaking point, left another member of the repertory cast in tears, and saw the end of a prolific director's career.

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Gerry Anderson @gerryanderson.bsky.social · 5d

Your Reactions to the Thunderbirds 4K Restoration Double-Bill Experience

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Your Reactions to the Thunderbirds 4K Restoration Double-Bill Experience

Calling all International Rescue agents! We at Anderson Entertainment recently tasked our UK-based operatives with a most special assignment - to attend the screenings of our spectacular Thunderbirds ...

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Jack Knoll @jackknoll.bsky.social · 5d

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!

The Security Hazard Show is back with some Terrahawks on VHS!

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Terrahawks Expect The Unexpected VHS Compilation Edition | The Security Hazard Show - Ep 25

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Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 7d

Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)

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James Swallow @jmswallow.bsky.social · 7d

#StarTrek fans! I'm a late-addition bonus writer guest at #Warp1 @starfuryevents.bsky.social this weekend in London, along with cool folks from #StrangeNewWorlds, #DeepSpaceNine & #Picard! I'll be signing & selling books, talking about writing & more! 🖖
Event info here: seanharry.com/home/warp/

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Ben Wolf Page @benwolfpage.bsky.social · 7d

Meet Mike Mercury's lesser known brother Ben Mercury. Unlike Mike, Ben is not much of a pilot. In fact, he is not a pilot at all. Someone should tell Ben that he is not inside the aircraft.

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Ben Wolf Page @benwolfpage.bsky.social · 8d

We will meet in stone circles
Until the force comes through

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Jack Knoll @jackknoll.bsky.social · 8d

NEW VIDEO!

Yes, we're going to critique the artwork in the Space Precinct Colouring Book.

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Space Precinct Colouring Book (Grandreams - 1995) | SH Minis

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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 8d

#Edwards1000SixtiesMovies

168/1000:
CASH ON DEMAND

This is the only film in my watchlist so far produced by Hammer Films that doesn't fall under the horror genre. Cushing best exemplifies tension in his performance as a nervous bank manager, a far cry from his usual roles in horror movies.

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Ben Wolf Page @benwolfpage.bsky.social · 8d

Describe your BlueSky account in one image

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Toy Polloi @toypolloi.com · 12d

Today's video is an update on this cool M.A.S.K. Thunderhawk project. Make sure to watch this video first so you know what's going on!

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Vintage M.A.S.K. Thunderhawk with custom Lights! - Toy Polloi

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Rhapsody Angel @rhapsodyangel.bsky.social · 14d

Sorry, you're going to have to put up with me posting and reposting Thunderbird related trivia. 🚀

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Jack Knoll @jackknoll.bsky.social · 14d

And here's the original blog post from 2016 if you want to read along with pictures: securityhazard.net/2016/08/26/t...

Thunderbirds – 1. Trapped In The Sky

For one time only we have the original Thunderbirds theme tune, which is heard in this episode and never again (aside from the TB65 episode, Introducing Thunderbirds). Also rather uniquely, sound e…

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Jack Knoll @jackknoll.bsky.social · 14d

As part of our Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary celebrations, you can now unlock a brand new audio version of the infamous Security Hazard review of the episode Trapped In The Sky, read aloud by Jack Knoll.

Available now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/securi...

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Gerry Anderson @gerryanderson.bsky.social · 14d

60 years since Thunderbirds aired on British TV! What better way to start the party than by celebrating the show's co-creators Gerry + Sylvia Anderson? Their combined talents brought so much to all aspects of Thunderbirds and created a very special series - as did the incredible team they assembled!

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 14d

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds started 60 years ago today! @gerryanderson.bsky.social

A British show that fired my imagination as a child (but 20 years later). A childhood that stays with me thanks to the Thunderbird 2 replica in my office. 😌

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Trev Ellis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 #YES @gingertrevtrev.bsky.social · 14d

Sixty years of FAB-ness. Happy #Thunderbirds60 to all those who celebrate. Enjoy one of the finest soundtracks ever created for television OR cinema come to that. #BarryGray

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Barry Gray (1908-84) : Thunderbirds- Suite from Trapped in the Sky ex the original soundtrack (1964)

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Fred McNamara But He's Spooky Now, I Guess. @commandermac.bsky.social · 14d

Happy 60th anniversary to Thunderbirds! Let's take a deep dive into the series' remarkably epic production history and inspiring nature of its optimistic spirit of techno-driven adventure.

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Countdown to Rescue: Celebrating 60 Years of Thunderbirds

60 years ago today, the world first witnessed the countdown to a remarkably adventurous television series bursting with stylish action, sophisticated puppetry, ground-breaking special effects and awe-...

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Jack Knoll @jackknoll.bsky.social · 17d

NEW POST!

Snow is falling and hate crimes are rising in Demeter City. But why does that woman keep kissing everybody? It's time for another Space Precinct adventure!

Space Precinct – 17. Hate Street

Hate Street is another episode that took me by surprise! It's a good one! Maybe not perfect, but definitely up towards the top of my list so far. I'm learning that Space Precinct is an absolute roller coaster of quality with spectacular summits and stomach-churning drops from week to week. I had anticipated more of a steady climb in quality, thinking that with each episode the production team would learn from their mistakes and make adjustments by the time the following installment went before the cameras. But the Space Precinct production line was forced to move at such a pace, and swap out directors and writers so haphazardly, that those course corrections seem to come through luck rather than judgement.

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Trev Ellis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 #YES @gingertrevtrev.bsky.social · 18d

Me on BlueSky v me in real life

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 21d

New! I went to see the Thunderbirds 4K restoration on the big screen and thought it looked fantastic... but didn't it *always* look fantastic?

It's also made me realise that Richard Herring invented two separate additional Tracy Brothers...

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F.A.B.

Thunderbirds is back and looking better than ever – but then again it always looked great…

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Jack Knoll @jackknoll.bsky.social · 20d

Ben is back (with a special guest) with another episode of Thunderbirds Are Go. How will this hardcore classic Thunderbirds fan react to an episode of the new CGI series?

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Jack Knoll @jackknoll.bsky.social · 20d

Was it the right call to stop making Thunderbirds and switch to Captain Scarlet? Would you rather see a third series of Thunderbirds but not have Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons? Or was 32 television adventures enough?

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Fred McNamara But He's Spooky Now, I Guess. @commandermac.bsky.social · 20d

Thunderbird crash-dives! Lost pyramids! The Zombites! Weirdly tacked on first-halves! It's the latest Thunderbirds Deep Dive, this time stretching into uninvited territory...

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