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Chris Dale

@chrisdalek.bsky.social
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Writer/voice actor including Terrahawks, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Supercar & Doctor Who for Anderson Entertainment & Big Finish! Co-host of Gerry Anderson Podcast. Wrote a Stingray novel. Nemesis of Torchy. Likes hugs, Bajorans & geek things.

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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Goodie Goodie Yum Yum - I just backed The Complete Goodies Recordings (and Other Oddieties) CD Set on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
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The Complete Goodies Recordings (and Other Oddieties) CD Set
The complete recordings by the comedy group The Goodies - Famous for their 1970's and 80's TV series and "The Funky Gibbon"
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
As announced on Sunday, I'm one of the folks (along with Paul Cornell, Bob Ayres, David Hirsch, Andrew Clements, MG Harris, Karen McCreedy, Andy Lane, Genevieve Gaunt and James Swallow) what has written a short story for the upcoming #Thunderbirds 60th anniversary anthology Hidden Dangers!
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Ben Wolf Page @benwolfpage.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The editing genius of @chrisdalek.bsky.social
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Allison Pregler 📼🎃 @allisonpregler.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Baywatch faces a team of EVIL lifeguard rivals! A new Baywatching is now public, please share! youtu.be/EYeM3zuH1uM
The thumbnail for my video on the Baywatch episode "Sharks, Lies, and Videotape." Alex (Mitzi Kapture) has her tongue sticking out and kind of seems like she's looking at something delicious off screen. Behind her is Bayguard, evil lifeguards that wear blue instead of red.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Great to see you, as always!
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"He's what? Bought a VR headset so he can watch shows and films on a massive cinema screen, or in a comfy penthouse apartment he doesn't have? What on Earth does the fool think he's playing at?"
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Doctor Who - The Wheel of Fortune (10th April 1965). Julian Glover and Jean Marsh raise the Riverside roof.
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Bobsession @bobservo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
dang, the final lost MST3K episode was JUST found at a garage sale, and now it's on YouTube for all to enjoy. watch and be astounded that a 38-year-old VHS recording held up so nicely: youtu.be/u_Z4hnagGLE?...
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MST3K - KTMA - K03 - Star Force
YouTube video by Arthur Putie
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Oh yes, Blu-ray all the way!
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
So even though Spearhead isn't *the* start, it is *my* start. ;)
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Yep! It's a holdover from how I first saw DW in 1999; the BBC began a (short) repeat season with Spearhead. Once that ended & we got satellite television I could see weekly omnibuses on UK Gold, running from Spearhead to Survival then starting over again. (The b&ws had been retired a year earlier.)
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I've started another Spearhead to War Games rewatch of Classic Who, & watching Silurians again this week scenes like this reminded me why I love the old episodic format so much. It's so nice to have moments like this that allow the story time to breathe, & us more time to get to know the characters.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Never a good sign when Amazon customer service signs off with 'please do worry'...
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Just watched the new episode of The Muppet Show and now I'm smiling and the two things are not unrelated.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Gul Dukat @realguldukat.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
#StarTrek #Sisko197
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Ah, sorry to hear that old chap. Bloody industry buzz words signifying pure guffery.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
"My life's work..."
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Don't mind me, just watching Captain Scarlet with Doctor Who.
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The Randomiser | Paul McGann Watches Captain Scarlet!
YouTube video by The Gerry Anderson Podcast
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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
This Christmas on #TPTV Channel Premiere! Classic Spy-Fiction Series begins Sunday 28th December at 4pm! THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (1964) #TPTVsubtitles Stars #DavidMcCallum #RobertVaughn
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freeview 82 Virgin 445 Freesat 306
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Happy birthday! Your work is a true bright spot in the world. Now follow the example of MvM & don't go eating a lot of red meat.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Resisted getting the Lego Enterprise. Did not resist getting the Lego Ro.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Not since season 2 of The Power Game jazzed up its titles have I been so entranced by the intro to an old TV show. I miss the days where title sequences meant cool theme tunes, choreographed character reveals, meaningful looks,sudden head-turnings,& editing akin to a shootout in a spaghetti Western.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
What a lovely series of Space Precinct recaps Jack has been producing over the last 24 weeks! I spent much of 2024 deep in the world of the series while working on the Blu-ray set but he's continually spotted things that completely passed me by. A lovely tribute to a scrappy gem of a show!
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Is that the one where Lifeguard Old Man suffers multiple full body savagings that should have finished him off, but true to form keeps shambling back into the story for no reason?
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Allison Pregler 📼🎃 @allisonpregler.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I guess eventually I had to talk about Star Trek's stupid space hippie episode. My video all about it is now public, please share! youtu.be/bnaxqPZuD54
The thumbnail for my video on Star Trek's "The Way to Eden." Annoying space hippies sing folk songs while Kirk screams in the foreground.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Made sure to wear THE tee, had several people stop me to ask where it came from!
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
@allisonpregler.bsky.social Needed a name for a ship in Star Trek Online &, well. What does a lifeguard know about being a starship captain? To explore strange new worlds (to have PTSD plots on), to seek out new life & new civilisations (for the saves), & to boldly not eat a lot of red meat.
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Chris, Ontos Games @ontosgames.co.uk · 30/09/2025
For my friend's brithday, I'm making him a special copy of Lord of the Rings, where every song is replaced with the Supercar theme. So dar I'm up to page 377.
Page 377 of Lord of the Rings, where the Fellowship leave Lórien in a beautiful melancholy, and Galadriel sings her final farewell...

With beauty and grace
As swift as can be
Watch it flying through the air
It travels in space or under the sea
And it can journey anywhere
Supercar
Supercar
It travels on land
Or roams the skies,
Through a heavens’ stormy rage
It's Mercury-manned
And everyone cries it's the marvel of the age
Supercar
Supercar
SUPERCAR

F#       A                  F#

Watch it flying through the air,

E  F#         A         F#        E

It travels in space, or under the sea,

    F#     A             F#

And it can journey any - where,

 

[Chorus]

C

Supercar-----!  Supercar-----!

 

[Verse 2]

   C          Eb       C         Bb

It travels on land, or roams the skies,

C         Eb              C

Through a heaven's stormy rage,

Bb   C       Eb          C        Bb

It's Mercury-manned, and everyone cries,

 C        Eb            C

"It's the marvel of the age!"

 

Supercar
Supercar
SUPERCAR
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Herr Spooky Gunther Büergers @calamityjon.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Over on Gone & Forgotten today, it's the much-maligned 1987 ABC television adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit, starring Sam "Flash Gordon" Jones as the eponymous masked crimefighter and Nana "Deep Space 9" Visitor as the one castmember doing just about all of the heavy lifting. Go read:
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THE SPIRIT (1987)
“I thought you were a pervert” -- “No ma'am, I’m a crimefighter”  In 1987, the ABC television network succumbed to a powerful wave of popula...
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
One of my fave YouTube series ever. Do yourself a favor & explore TV's most misjudged spinoff, featuring exploding frog women, killer dumpsters, scary trash bags, The Vampire, Romulus & Remus, & Griff, reviewed by someone with near-infinite enthusiasm for material that would flatten lesser mortals.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
It could be said that I have too many copies of UFO on Blu-ray, but that would be incorrect. (Since one of these is a DVD.)
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Despite having the 4 disc version, the 11 disc 50th anniversary Doctor Who soundtrack set had somehow slipped my radar. This has now been rectified - & a thing of beauty it is too. Needed cleaning as I don't think it's been well looked after - but the light & sound still work!
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
My novel finally has its very first rating on Amazon! A whole five stars. www.amazon.co.uk/Stingray-Tit...
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a woman is smiling with the words we got one below her
ALT: a woman is smiling with the words we got one below her
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Also, as someone who lives for sightings of background artist/extra Mike Stevens & his legendary look of extreme concern he'd soon take on to Moonbase Alpha it was great to see him among the Moonbase 3 crew. The last episode seemed to accidentally suggest there were two of him, so win-win.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Exactly. And most men would only ask 'what if'? But these pioneers dared to make it a reality. And then burnt it.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
So, Moonbase 3. Nowhere near as bad as its reputation suggested; far from spectacular either, but it occasionally climbed to impressive heights considering the limitations of its budget & production. Glad I've seen it, & a bit sad there's only 6 episodes. Will definitely rewatch.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Yet the leads are all likable enough & gel well, & it's always fun trying to guess which of the semi-regulars will go mad this week. The final two episodes also raise the stakes quite significantly, with the finale being a genuinely gripping story that I wish had gone all the way.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
There's also more than one episode that ends with someone saying "we thought that something unusual & interesting was going on - thank goodness it turned out to have a thoroughly scientific & rational explanation! As you can see on this detailed diagram/map/scale model I've prepared..."
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I don't think it'd win an award for, well, anything; the pacing rarely exceeds glacial & a lot of it is oddly dressed people arguing in plastic porta cabins. But then again, I like good actors arguing in old UK shows. (Particularly when you're also trying to guess what accent they're doing.)
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Finally seen Moonbase 3. The DVD's been on my shelf for years, but like Star Maidens the received wisdom of 'it's bad' meant I never got round to it...so, like Star Maidens, going in with such low expectations meant I found it surprisingly enjoyable - & even gripping on occasion!
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Loved your review of Stingray The Big Gun today! Been my favourite episode since I was a kid, every department firing on all cylinders. And I especially love the fearsome Mighty Leader plotting to overthrow the terraineans while swinging back & forth on his comfortable pink garden furniture.
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Talking Pictures TV is easily the channel I turn to most often so it was lovely to have the chance to sit down with Sarah Cronin & chat all things @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social for the Gerry Anderson Podcast! (Part 2 airing at 7pm tomorrow night!) @gerryanderson.bsky.social
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Pod 350: Talking Pictures TV's Sarah Cronin | The Protectors
YouTube video by Gerry Anderson
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Richard James @richardnjames.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
7pm tonight! 🚀 Gerry Anderson News 🚀 Viewers’ emails 🚀 Special guest, author @bobayres.bsky.social talks #Stingray and #Thunderbirds 🚀 Watch an episode of #UFO with us! The #GerryAndersonPodcast is GO! m.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Hs...
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Pod 348: Bob Ayres | UFO
YouTube video by Gerry Anderson
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Thanks to a price drop at CeX & enough trade-in vouchers to cover most of it, I finally caught my DVD white whale - Network's release of The Gold Robbers! No doubt DCS Cradock would be proud of my persistence in tracking it down. ("Aye lad - but who's behind CeX? That's what I wanna find out!")
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
"Ya did it yerSEL - oh good grief, answer the phone would you Jo?"
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Chris Dale @chrisdalek.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Hurrah!
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