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Sylvia Beatrice ___MASK24___ ( née Thomas ; 27 March 1927  15 March 2016 ) was an English television and film producer , writer , voice actress and costume designer , best known for her collaborations with Gerry ___MASK24___ , her husband between 1960 and 1981 . Supermarionation ( a portmanteau of " super ", " marionette " and " animation ") is a puppetry technique devised in the 1960s by British production company AP Films . It was used extensively in the company ' s numerous Gerry and Sylvia ___MASK24___ - produced action - adventure series , the most famous of which was " Thunderbirds ". The term was coined by Gerry ___MASK24___ . The human brain is an organ of the human ___MASK28___ nervous system . It is located in the head , protected by the skull . It has the same general structure as the brains of other mammals . Large animals such as whales and elephants have larger brains in absolute terms , but when measured using a measure of relative brain size , which compensates for body size , the quotient for the human brain is almost twice as large as that of a bottlenose dolphin , and three times as large as that of a chimpanzee , though the quotient for a treeshrew ' s brain is larger than that of a human ' s . Much of the size of the human brain comes from the cerebral cortex , especially the frontal lobes , which are associated with executive functions such as self - control , planning , reasoning , and abstract thought . The Mysterons are a fictional race of extraterrestrials . They are the remnants of the original Mysteron race , extraterrestrial life forms that originated in a galaxy other than the Milky Way and maintained their colony on ___MASK30___ . They appear in the British science - fiction Supermarionation television series " Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons " ( 1967  68 ) and " Gerry ___MASK24___ ' s New Captain Scarlet " ( 2005 ), symbolised by ubiquitous projected green rings and the deep bass voice of their human convert , Captain Black . Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons , often referred to as Captain Scarlet , is a 1960s British science - fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia ___MASK24___ , John Read and Reg Hill . First broadcast on ATV Midlands from September 1967 to May 1968 , it has since been transmitted in more than 40 other countries , including the United States , Australia , New Zealand and Japan . Characters are presented as marionette puppets alongside scale model sets and special effects in a filming technique that the Andersons termed " Supermarionation ". This technology incorporated solenoid motors as a means of synchronising the puppet ' s lip movements with pre - recorded dialogue . Gerry ___MASK24___ , MBE ( born Gerald Alexander Abrahams ; 14 April 1929  26 December 2012 ) was an English television and film producer , director , writer and occasional voice artist . He was known for his futuristic television programmes , especially his 1960s productions filmed with " Supermarionation " ( marionette puppets containing electric moving parts ). The Secret Service is a British children ' s espionage television series , filmed by Century 21 for ITC Entertainment and broadcast on Associated Television , ___MASK9___ Television and Southern Television in 1969 . Created by Gerry and Sylvia ___MASK24___ , and produced by David Lane and Reg Hill , it was the eighth and last Century 21 production to feature  in a manner similar to " Thunderbirds " and other earlier series  marionette puppet characters as part of a filming technique known as " Supermarionation ". Under the direction of Gerry ___MASK24___ , who wanted to increase the realism of the Supermarionation format , " The Secret Service " incorporates footage of live actors for long - distance shots . Following " The Secret Service ", ___MASK24___ would not work with puppets again until the 1980s , when he produced " Terrahawks " in " Supermacromation ". A television producer is a person who oversees all aspects of video production on a television program . Some producers take more of an executive role , in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks , but upon acceptance they focus on business matters , such as budgets and contracts . Other producers are more involved with the day - to - day workings , participating in activities such as screenwriting , set design , casting , and directing . Video production is the process of creating video by capturing moving images ( videography ), and creating combinations and reductions of parts of this video in live production and post - production ( video editing ). In ___MASK93___ cases the captured video will be recorded on the ___MASK93___ current electronic media such as SD cards . In the past footage was captured on video tape , hard disk , or solid state storage . Video tape capture is now obsolete and solid state storage is reserved for just that , storage . It is now distributed digitally in formats such as the Moving Picture Experts Group format (. mpeg , . mpg , . m4p ), QuickTime (. mov ), Audio Video Interleave (. avi ), Windows Media Video (. wmv ), and DivX (. avi , . divx ). It is the equivalent of filmmaking , but with images recorded digitally instead of on film stock . Southern Television was the first ITV broadcasting licence holder for the south and south - east of ___MASK58___ and parts of the south west of ___MASK58___ from 30 August 1958 until the night of 31 December 1981 . The company was launched as " Southern Television Limited " and the title " Southern Television " was consistently used on - air throughout its life . However , in 1966 during the application process for contracts running from 1968 the company renamed itself " Southern Independent Television Limited ", a title which was used until 1980 , when the company reverted to its original corporate name . Southern Television ceased broadcasting on the morning of 1 January 1982 at 12 . 43am , after a review during the 1980 franchise round gave the contract to Television South . A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content , whereby a ___MASK28___ operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers . Until the mid - 1980s , television programming in ___MASK93___ countries of the world was dominated by a small number of broadcast networks . Many early television networks ( such as the BBC , NBC or CBC ) evolved from earlier radio networks . World peace or peace on Earth is an ideal state of ___MASK90___ , peace , and happiness among and within all nations and people . This ideal of world non - violence provides a basis for peoples and nations to willingly cooperate , either voluntarily or by virtue of a system of governance that prevents warfare . While different cultures , religions , philosophies , and organizations may have differing concepts about how such an ideal state might come about , they have in common this ideal of a cessation of all hostility amongst all humanity . Gerry ___MASK24___ & Christopher Burr ' s Terrahawks , usually referred to simply as Terrahawks , is a 1980s British science fiction television series produced by ___MASK24___ Burr Pictures and created by the production team of Gerry ___MASK24___ and Christopher Burr . The show was ___MASK24___ ' s first in over a decade to use puppets for its characters , and also his last . ___MASK24___ ' s previous puppet - laden TV series included " Thunderbirds " and " Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ". Associated Television ( ATV ), a former British television company , was awarded the franchise by the Independent Television Authority ( ITA ) to provide the Independent Television service at weekends for the ___MASK44___ region . This service started on Saturday , 24 September 1955 and was extended until Sunday , 28 July 1968 . ATV was also awarded the franchise to provide the weekdays Independent Television service for the Midlands region . This service started on Friday , 17 February 1956 and was extended until Monday , 29 July 1968 . Reginald Eric " Reg " Hill ( 16 May 1914  1999 ) was an English model - maker , art director , producer , and freelance storyboard artist . He is ___MASK93___ prominently associated with the work of Gerry ___MASK24___ . Joe 90 is a 1960s British science - fiction television series that follows the adventures of a nine - year - old boy , Joe McClaine , who starts a double life as a schoolchild - turned - superspy after his scientist father invents a device capable of duplicating expert knowledge and experience and transferring it to a human brain . Equipped with the skills of the foremost academic and military minds , Joe is recruited by the World Intelligence Network ( WIN ) and , as its " ___MASK93___ Special Agent ", pursues the objective of world peace and saving human life . Created by Gerry and Sylvia ___MASK24___ and filmed by Century 21 Productions , the 30 - episode series followed " Thunderbirds " and " Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ". A scale model is ___MASK93___ generally a physical representation of an object , which maintains accurate relationships between all important aspects of the model , although absolute values of the original properties need not be preserved . This enables it to demonstrate some behavior or property of the original object without examining the original object itself . The ___MASK93___ familiar scale models represent the physical appearance of an object in miniature , but there are many other kinds . A marionette is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations . A marionette ' s puppeteer is called a marionettist . Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or revealed to an audience by using a vertical or horizontal control ___MASK25___ in different forms of theatres or entertainment venues . They have also been used in films and on television . The attachment of the strings varies according to its character or purpose . Screenwriting , also called scriptwriting , is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass ___MASK6___ such as feature films , television productions or video games . It is frequently a freelance profession . David Nelson Godfrey Mitton ( 13 July 1938 -- 16 May 2008 ) was a British television producer and director , and an experienced model - maker and author , ___MASK74___ known for producing and directing the children ' s TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and Tugs . During the 1960s , he worked with Gerry and Sylvia ___MASK24___ as a special effects technician on series such as Thunderbirds , Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons , Joe 90 , The Secret Service and UFO .