Professors

[#1]

I was watching Newsnight where a Professor was being interviewed and a name popped into my head.

Do you know what that name is?

[#2]

Probably a Super tv series ‘It’s the marvel of the age" I watched in my youth.
I'm sure the name will come to me before I Kiss my Pop.

[#3]

That would be Gerry Anderson.

[#4]

Quote from: M

,,,Gerry Anderson.

I'm thinking one of the earlier series, Fireball XL5 or Supercar, probably the latter as I think I have better memory of the main  Fireball XL5 characters. Doubt that I will ever recall the name though

[#5]

Before my time but it's amazing how well Google image search works: I presume that Professor Popkiss is the answer you're looking for (from Supercar, produced in the very early 1960s).
How did they get a colour picture of what I'd presume was a black and white programme?

[#6]

Presumably it was a studio photo rather than a still taken from an episode.
Professor Popkiss is correct and one of my childhood heroes.....I had quite a long childhood

[#7]

Looks more like an Engineer than a Professor  (of course excluding Sir Martin Poliakoff)

[#8]

You lot ain't lived... Thunderbird were much better 

[#9]

Agreed

[#10]

Quote from: 7up

You lot ain't lived... Thunderbird were much better

So what do you think of the remake? 

[#11]

Looked forward to it with a sense of trepidation.
Thought it was absolute rubbish... yet I did quite like the Captain Scarlett remake

[#12]

Quote from: vilefox

Quote from: 7up You lot ain't lived... Thunderbird were much better  So what do you think of the remake?

I think its great!
The only really bad thing is that its on so early on a saturday morning. No chance of seeing me awake at that time of day 

[#13]

But they are using...................... actors!
It's total rubbish - not like the original Thunderbirds, which was much better.