Re: TV SF's glorious past ;-)

kx.henderson@qut.edu.au wrote:

> Geez, in 1974 I was just learning the wonders of potty training and
why Big
> Bird was so cool (Still is!!).  Now I don't feel so old ;-).	Wish I
was
> sometimes though with all these cool shows I missed.

...and I can remember as a nipper putting on the TV, and waiting the 3
minutes
for it to warm up, so as to watch this (to use the modern expression)
"Way Cool"
new show. Called Dr Who.
Which got postponed because some bloke called Kennedy got himself shot,
and that
was all the BBC was showing that day...

Torchy the Battery Boy? Supercar ( a goodie that one, I had a model of
it).
Who can forget "Stand by for ACTION" before Stringray (same voice that
did the
countdown in Thunderbirds). Joe-90 was mediocre IMHO. But Captain
Scarlet was
great.

Obligatory On-topic note:
What's the FT background on the Pan-Pacific Union?
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