Sylvia Anderson first episode of a series then sharing the work according to their strengths. Gerry tended to specialise in special effects and hardware, and Sylvia in character, voices, costume, dialogue, and plotlines. In this way, Anderson contributed plot development and voice work for a series of half-hour shows including "Supercar", "Stingray" and "Fireball XL5". However, she felt the half-hour format was insufficient to fully develop characters and stories, and she persuaded the team's TV producer Lew Grade to extend their shows to a full hour. In the early 1960s, the Andersons co-created the series "Thunderbirds", and Sylvia created the characters. She
Gerry Anderson to the publishers to collect one of the first print run to present to Anderson, and the book later had to be withdrawn from sale and thousands of copies destroyed as a result of a copyright dispute with ITC America. The renewed interest enabled Anderson to return to television production, but several projects including "GFI" (an animated update of "Thunderbirds") did not make it into production. Finally, in 1994, Anderson was able to get "Space Precinct" into production. It was followed by "Lavender Castle", a children's sci-fi fantasy series combining stop-motion animation and computer-generated imagery. In the meantime, the biography,