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Strange... I barely remember this series but do vividly remember Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea which came out in 1964, and naturally the Star Trek series. I can just barely recall a TV series with puppet people in a space craft of some sort, but it never captured my imagination... most likely because of the puppets with strings visible as far as I can recall. I wonder if this is the series you are remembering? I think I was resistant to this show because as a very young child I had watched re-runs of Kukla, Fran and Ollie and thought that I had outgrown them and didn't want any more puppets in my life (although I still watched Captain Kangaroo) But regardless... nice tour of the solar system !

Rick

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I bought the DVD's of VOYAGE, although now, after watching them, I am surprised I liked the series so much, as it really wasn't all that good. There were several Gerry Anderson series that used "Supermarionation" (miniature puppets in extensive sets). There was SUPERCAR (a car that flew and could act as a submarine), STINGRAY (a really cool submarine with a great opening sequence), FIREBALL XL-5, and probably the best of the series, THE THUNDERBIRDS (filmed in color for once). There are a few clips of all of these on YouTube. After that, the Andersons concentrated on live-action series like UFO and SPACE 1999 (I hated that one). Clear skies to you.

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David W. Knisely
Hyde Memorial Observatory
http://www.hydeobservatory.info
Prairie Astronomy Club
http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org

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