SHADO NEWS - Information about Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Related Projects - February 2015

by Ken Parker

Welcome to the first of an ongoing series of articles that will include many of the happenings in the worlds of Gerry, Sylvia and Jamie Anderson. The mastermind behind such shows as Supercar, Stingray, Thunderbirds, UFO, Space:1999 and Captain Scarlet, Gerry Anderson, is gone but certainly not forgotten. There is a ton of news related to his shows and the ongoing work of his son, Jamie. So let's start with some news.

New Space: 1999 Novel

Johnny Byrne's Children of the Gods is the latest Space: 1999 novel to come out from Powys Media. The story was originally conceived by series writer Johnny Byrne and has been adapted by William Latham.  The book is an all new original story based on the 1974 Gerry Anderson TV series, Space: 1999.

Powys Media has produced many novels from the show already including several reprints of some novels that came out in the 70's.  Several novels have addressed continuity issues in between seasons 1 & 2 of the series including the disappearance of several characters.  Another series of novels wrapped up the series in an epic story that was highly ambitious.

http://www.powysmedia.com/

Gerry Anderson Tribute

Happy Breakaway Day!!

It is the 13th Anniversary of the moon being blasted out of the Earth orbit!!  Think I will celebrate with an episode!!

Monster Black Holes Found

Some more real scientific news here as these gigantic Black Holes have been discovered. They are 10 billion times the mass of the sun and are 300 million light years away.

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-monster-black-holes-biggest-yet-162552569.html

To find out what Black Holes are, lets look at the wealth of information in Science Fiction.

Space: 1999 Live!

The following videos are from a series of live performances by a bunch of fans.  The idea is pretty cool and the execution isn't half bad.  It is pretty funny given the over the top direction the performances take.

My Top 10 Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Series of All Time

So I hope some of you have enjoyed my 5 part look at my top 10 Sci-Fi and Fantasy shows of each decade ranging from the 60’s to 2000’s. I thought that I could stretch this out just one more week and have a battle of these top shows with my favorites bubbling to the top and analyzing the different decades.

My Top 10 Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Series of the Decade - 1970-1979

My favorite shows on the 70’s include three of my all time favorites and also incorporate some shows that have sentimental meaning to me as I grew up with them..

Space: 1999 Designer Keith Wilson Dies

Probably not very known to too many people, Keith Wilson is one of the designers of my favorite TV shows, Space: 1999.