TV Century 21 material associated with Anderson's work. In 1965, the Supermarionation TV series "Stingray" (1964 – 65), which followed the underwater adventures of Troy Tempest and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP), was given with its own comic. The first issue of "TV Century 21" was published on 23 January 1965, capitalising on the popularity of the latest Gerry Anderson-produced TV series. In contrast with "TV Comic", which was a traditional strip comic, "TV Century 21" was conceived as a newspaper for children with a front page containing "Stop press"-style news items and photographs. Although production on "Supercar" (1961 – 62) and
Gerry Anderson Anderson hoped to continue his renewed success with a series called "Space Police", a new show mixing live action and puppets. The "Space Police" name had already been registered by another company, so Anderson's programme eventually emerged in 1995 as "Space Precinct". A pilot film had previously been made with Shane Rimmer, but it took almost ten years to get the concept to the screen. In the meantime, Anderson and Burr produced the cult stop-motion animated series "Dick Spanner", which enjoyed many showings on the British Channel 4 in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was the final project