Had rather a nice day today...
Went down to London to interview Mary Turner, the lady who not only operated but also sculpted the original puppets of Lady Penelope and Captain Scarlet. Now I realize that this may mean absolutely nothing to most of you! The purpose of the interviews, by the way, was for some forthcoming documentaries on the various series. Now, two things that I particularly enjoyed today; two moments that meant a lot to me were;
1) Getting to see the ORIGINAL Captain Scarlet puppet up close (I'll post a photo or two later) and
2) Discovering that Mary also sculpted the John Rostill puppet from the Thunderbirds are Go feature film. She spoke very highly of John - and the other Shadows - and remembered them coming to the studio to shoot some live action footage for the puppeteers to work from. So nice to meet someone who was actually there!!!
And so nice to actually meet Captain Scarlet. A five year old boy's dreams have just come true... albeit 46 years later!!!
Thanks Mary.
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