> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell > > On 27/12/12, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407 > > > >The creator of some of my favorite shows has died. Among the many: > > > >UFO > >Thunderbirds > >Space 1999 > >Captain Scarlet > >The Secret Service > >Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (one of my favorite sci-fi movies > >seen at the drive in when I was about 10... wow!) > > Same here. About 7 or 8 years ago I had the great pleasure to film an > interview with Gerry Anderson at his office at Pinewood Studios in > Buckinghamshire. He was a perfect gentleman and I was enjoying a perk > of my job - meeting someone I had always respected. Can't remember much > about it except that Pinewood has its own security force and I had > parked illegally - space was tight I recall. I had a 'parking ticket' > reminding me not to park there again or face the wrath of studio > executives! The ticket lived for years on my camera case but alas, it > has vanished as these things inevitably do. > > Great memory. > > To this day, some Dinky toys live on nearby shelves: an interceptor and > ground mobile from UFO, and (of course) Thunderbird 2. >
On the subject of mad boffins and boy toys, I hope everyone watched this earlier tonight: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pmbmx> If not, watch it now - a bloody brilliant programme! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
