One of the great things about moving downthetubes to a “Content Managed System” last year is that we have a much better idea of what posts are the most popular… not that it’s changed what we post on the site!… Read More ›
Thunderbirds are Go
Doctor Who meets Thunderbirds!
… Well, sort of! This stunning Daleks versus Rock Snakes image by Tony Luke features Doctor Who‘s top enemy and the deadly silicon-based life forms Zero X encountered on Mars in the film Thunderbirds are Go. The art is a private commission,… Read More ›
ITV offers sneak peek of new Thunderbird 2
Nestling behind this new ITV Studios advertisement for the upcoming Thunderbirds Are Go on various web sites is a link to a mysterious web site – www.hi-secure.net The site plays a short looped video of a video camera trained on two steel… Read More ›
ITV Studios hints at new Thunderbirds merchandise as 50th anniversary approaches
ITV Studios has begun preparing in earnest for its new Thunderbirds are Go! series in 2015, having already announced the launch of its Classic Thunderbirds 50th anniversary plans and commenced the countdown to the new TV series, both set to… Read More ›
downthetubes in 2013: Crunching Numbers
Happy New Year to you all and the very best to creators popping by, as they start work on their many new projects for 2014. We’re already hearing about some great new titles and strips destined for publication by British… Read More ›
downthetubes Popular Posts – November 2013
Apart from landings on our home page, here’s a run down of the ten most popular posts on downthetubes over the past 30 days… • The Beano gets a Top Gear makeover thanks to guest editor Richard Hammond This has,… Read More ›
Top 10 Most Popular Stories so far this week
Just for fun, here’s a list of our most popular stories this week so on downthetubes in order of popularity, omitting ‘landings’ on our home page… The Daily Mail’s Doctor Who newspaper strip that never was Ten Questions: Lighter Than… Read More ›
Voice cast revealed for Thunderbirds Are Go
ITV Studios and New Zealand-based Pukeko Pictures have announced the voice cast for Thunderbirds Are Go!, the new version of the classic Gerry Anderson series Thunderbirds. As we’ve previously reported, although Egmont will be publishing a Thunderbirds collection re-publishing classic… Read More ›
ITV Studios offers sneek peek of new Thunderbird 1
MIPCOM takes place in Cannes next month – one of thw world’s largest TV rights events – and TV executives seeking broadcast content across the globe are already being wooed to take a look at the line up of new… Read More ›