A Press Junket to Demeter City

Today's exhibit is from the press screening to launch the Space Precinct series in 1994.

Below is a Sky Television Press Launch Bus Ticket Holder. Members of the press were transported from Central London to Pinewood Studios for a special presentation and screening.

Note the name “Intergalactic”; the trading name of the Demeter City Intergalactic Bus Corporation. Everything for this press day was done as if the members of the press were travelling to Demeter

Below: Sky Television Press Launch Bus Ticket. This image shows the three sides that made up the Bus Ticket / Press Launch Invitation. Read the small print on each side, it’s fascinating!

Sky Television Press Launch. Sent with each Press Invitation was fare for the bus, a Demeter City 50 Credits Bank Note. The episode screened for the press was “Predator and Prey”. Black spaghetti was served to the press for lunch to give the impression of being an alien meal!

 

FANderson Convention

FANderson, The Official Gerry Anderson Appreciation Society is having a convention in Bristol, October 22-24, 2010.

More details here:

http://www.fanderson.org.uk/news/fanderson_convention_2010_announced.html

Our First Amazon Customer Review

Happy to discover that an Amazon customer has already posted her review of the series. Since we've still got a little time since the DVD set is available, this review was obviously written from fond memory of the show.

We'd like to say "Thanks!" for the 5 stars, Ms. F. Dickson!

We think you did a great job of summing up the spirit and fun of the show. Bonus points for including the phrase "alien blind dates with unexpected biology."

Photo Galleries Coming

When we started putting together this website to support our upcoming 11/23/10 U.S. DVD and digital release of the complete Space Precinct TV series, we weren't quite sure what assets we'd  be able to find. After all, the series was shot in 1994-95, before digital cameras had come into common use and cell phones were in their infancy (i.e. nowhere close to having a built-in camera feature.) 

We were weighing our content options, when we had to good fortune to make the acquaintance of Ralph Titterton--a fan & friend of Gerry Anderson--who graciously offered to lend us his photo archive of behind-the-scenes photographs from the making of Space Precinct.  And boy, what a collection! Ralph personally shot hundreds upon hundreds of photos, and has shared some of the best with us, including his personal notes about the production and the photos. 

Photos, we should add, that he had to scan individually to turn them into digital files and send in dozens of "Your Mailbox Has Exceeded Its Size Limit" batches to us...so that we could share them with you. A tremendous amount of work, but a labor of love. 

We're posting the photo galleries as quickly as we can, so stay tuned!