Well, as a reminder here's a few photos of some of the guests taken by my good friend and fellow Anderson fan, Andy Kerr.
The late, great Mr Gerry Anderson. Sadly, this was the last time I saw Mr Anderson, but in spite of his frail look he was still on top form, and took great pleasure in voicing his displeasure at the awful Thunderbirds are Go live action film.
The late puppeteer and sculptor, John Blundell. John liked to give his puppet sculptures heavily characterised faces which he believed gave them personality. This led to a few clashes with Gerry who wanted a more 'normal' look. One of John's last puppet creations for AP Films was Parker from Thunderbirds.
Australian actor and voice artist Gary Files, who first worked for Century 21 on the feature film Thunderbird 6. He continued as a voice artist playing various parts on Captain Scarlet and Joe 90, and is notable as the voice of Matthew Harding in The Secret Service. He also appeared in the live action UFO.
Yesterday's birthday boy, actor Shane Rimmer, who's always a popular guest. As the voice of Scott Tracy he's always recognisable. Shane worked on several Anderson productions, both as a writer and an actor.
The always entertaining and amiable Matt Zimmerman, well known to Anderson fans as the voice of Alan Tracy, but his appearances at conventions, along with his fellow Thunderbird voice artists always make him a popular guest.
Model maker Alan Shubrook, here on stage with designer Mike Trim. Alan appears to be doing his best puppet impression. Seriously, both he and Mike were super(marionation) entertainment and both remember Derek Meddings with admiration and affection.
Finally, two blokes who'd previously only corresponded sharing a common interest, but TV21 was their first proper meeting , with both sporting their SWORD badges with pride. Woodsy, pretty much summed up his first convention experience with one word - 'Champion!'
It was a grand do Scoop! So many fab guests and we were lucky enough to see the great man himself too. There was some kind of lottery for actually meeting him I think. Presumably 21 people! Not me I'm afraid. It was a champion conference. I had my Cape Kennedy Set box top signed by lots of luminaries there including Alan shubrook and mike trim! Ha ha. I'd forgotten we wore SWORD badges! Trendsetters!
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