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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment

Gerry Anderson and his supermarionation superstars – in pictures

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The puppet cast of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's supermarionation TV series Thunderbirds, featuring the fictional Tracy family Photograph: Larry Ellis/Getty Images
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Thunderbird 2 in flight Photograph: Cine Text /Allstar
Gerry Anderson Obit: Gerry Anderson Obituary
Captain Scarlet, Lady Penelope, Aqua Marina, Joe 90, puppets created by animator Gerry Anderson Photograph: Greg Williams/Rex Features
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Brains from Thunderbirds Photograph: ITV/Rex Features
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Lady Penelope and Parker from Thunderbirds Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images
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Sylvia And Gerry Anderson in 1966 with Troy Tempest from Stingray Photograph: R G Balkham/Rex Features
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A scene from Thunderbirds, circa 1965 featuring International Rescue's submarine Thunderbird 4 and hypersonic rocket plane Thunderbird 1 Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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Virgil Tracy Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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Gerry Anderson with his Thunderbirds puppets, (left-right) Alan, Scott and Virgil Photograph: Haydn West/PA
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