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A new home for the weekly threads, reviews and other nonsense.

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#PuppetScience
The Pub Landlord
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Q: Do Daleks really need stations that generate an artificial gravity? 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I’ll remember the next time the invade a wee village in Scotland

Bring it on
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
At least the Daleks are having more success with magnets 🧲 than International Rescue are..

Boys .. 🤦‍♀️

The magnets never work!!
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Daleks.. and magnets 🧲 !!!

We regret to say eels probably were harmed in the making of this..
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The second instalment of Lady Penelope’s swan-song, within the pages of TV Century 21

Nice to see London Airport faithfully illustrated - as was seen on numerous occasions in the Thunderbirds television series itself
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Around the Regions: Weekend

Saturday 27th November:

6.55pm Tyne Tees
Desperate Intruder

Sunday 28th November:

4.05pm Westward
Desperate Intruder

4.40pm Southern
Edge of Impact
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Around the Regions: Weekday

Wednesday 24th November:

5.25pm Granada
Day of Disaster

6.35pm Grampian
Terror In New York City

Thursday 25th November:

6.30pm TWW & Teledu Cymru Perils of Penelope

7.30pm Border
30 Minutes After Noon
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This week’s Thunderbirds TV premiere is “End of the Road”

Thursday 25th November at 7.00pm on ATV Midlands

and

Saturday 27th November at 6.35pm on ATV London, Anglia, Scottish and Ulster

Start the countdown…
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Lady Penelope continues her non canonical investigation of International Rescue

Contradicting the already released EP “Introducing Thunderbirds” - sort of 🤷🏼‍♀️
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Word We Share with the Ground Pangolin

and

Corgi Club explains the automatic gear box
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“The Truth About Space” is always worth a read, this is one of the most interesting

The article infers Gemini 6’s aborted mission will be relaunched in January

This particular mission will in fact be reassigned to Gemini 8, crewed by Neil Armstrong and David R Scott, launching March 1966..
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Some welcome 2065 world building follows, as requested by readers
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Climate chaos and a new seven part adventure for the crew of Stingray..

Almost all the crew

We’re minus Marina, again! 😡

The Weather Mystery - Part 1
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Time for an advert break of another kind..
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A nice piece of creative writing here albeit produced solely for the purpose of shifting a few TV21 annuals
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@angrydigit.bsky.social will be happy. A chance to win that piece of tat he always wanted

I gave up trying to solve this competition ..

Two of the targets identified seem entirely arbitrary 🤷🏼‍♀️
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Who doesn’t want slippers 🥿 with a pair of disembodied Troy Tempests glued on?

Possibly the worst piece of merchandising, ever

Truly chilling
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Being Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 apparently involves sticking boyo at the end of every sentence ..

It’s Agent 21 and his continuing mission to overthrow the Fascist State in Britain.
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
These two guys both look and are lit like Mike Noble creations.. 😆
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Rejoining Fireball XL5 where we left off last week ..

Just like the Starship Enterprise in 1967’s “Tomorrow is Yesterday”. The crew of Fireball are picking up primitive radio signals and the craft is being buzzed by ancient aircraft..

Is Alan Fennell’s cheque in the post yet?
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Better late than never..

The TV Century 21 thread 🧵

Tomorrow’s news, today..

💥 Issue 45 💥

On sale this day, 24th November, in 1965

Cover stories faithfully transcribed in alt text

The front cover:

A bespoke shot of Fireball staged whilst Thunderbirds - 30 Minutes After Noon - in production
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The account is back up and running but there’s an issue with this week’s film clips..

Issue #45 will be posted before Granada and Grampian play catch up #onthisday
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEXT WEEK:

“Icebreaker/The Weather Station Mystery” - climate change arrives within the pages of Stingray..

More of Fireball XL5 providing pointers to Star Trek

Thunderbirds - have they reached the end of the road already?

👋🏼
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The first volume of TV21 Thunderbirds comic anthology is on sale with the second to be released at the end of the month

I do have issues with the editorial approach.. but I cannot fault the quality of reproduction here

Also, reduces wear ‘n tear on my originals

Something for your stocking perhaps
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM