Types of Puppet
Licensed Characters
Gerry Anderson
Gerry Anderson
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A Number of Gerry Anderson characters were produced Fireball XL5ATV-ITC TV UK 1963 black and white Adventures of Steve Zodiac patrolling Sector 25 of the Solar System in his Fireball XL5 rocketship in the year 2067. Voices:- Pelham characters produced:
Four Feather Falls
Adventures of Tex Tucker, sheriff of wild west town Four Feather Falls, with four magic feathers giving his horse and dog the ability to talk. Voices:- Pelham characters produced:
Supercar
Exploits of the flying and submersible supercar and its crew. Voices:- Pelham characters produced:
ThunderbirdsITC-ATV TV UK 1965-66 Amazing exploits of the staff of International Rescue, a family run organisation based on their own (Tracy) island and dedicated to keeping evil at bay. The family was head by Jeff Tracy who had five sons Scott, Virgil, Alan, Gordon and John. Brains was the man responsible for the teams vehicles. The team had different vehicles they could call upon depending on the case. These were:- Thunderbird 1 ( A Rocket piloted by Scott). Thunderbird 2 (The Green carrier type craft piloted by Virgil) Thunderbird 3 ( Spaceship Piloted by Alan). Thunderbird 4 (submarine piloted by Gordon) Thunderbird 5 ( space satellite manned by John). Also involved was six wheeled pink rolls royce owning Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and her chauffeur Parker. Two movies were also made in the mid sixties these were Thunderbirds Are Go and Thunderbird Six. Voices:- Pelham characters produced:
Torchy the Battery Boy
Pelham characters produced:
Twizzle
Pelham Puppets "Twizzle" was first introduced after the TV series created by Roberta Leigh in the 50's , of the same name. This program was the first puppet based TV series to be directed by Gerry Anderson, First Screened: November 1957. The two voice artists were Denise Bryer (Mrs Nicholas Parsons at the time) and Nancy Nevinson. Pelham characters produced:
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AP-Granada TV UK 1958 black and white
AP FILM Ltd and ATV TV UK 1959 
1957 Torchy was a character introduced by Roberta Leigh and produced by Gerry Anderson. The Pelham version was slightly different than the TV version. Right is a picture from the 50's TV series and left the cover of a Torchy Gift Book
1956