Thursday, April 05, 2018

Okay, Venus? Okay, Steve. Right, Let's Go!

-Opening lines of Fireball XL5


Why does this supposed high tech spy device that Homeland Security says is being used by bad guys to track phones in Washington DC look like something built by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson for one of their Supermarionation puppet series?

4 comments:

Mr. LaP. said...

Curiously enough this is also the same device used by Boris and Natasha.

Nic said...

My first thought was that you'd got into Classic analogue synthesizers......then again they were probably all designed by Anderson fans.

la peregrina said...

Of course, why else would it be named Stingray II?

Blue Witch said...

Ever thought that they might be time travellers? Similarly Star Trek creators. Trying to tip us off about the future...