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