TV Comic the period between 1971 and 1973, when the strip was instead published in another Polystyle title, "Countdown/TV Action"). It also featured strip cartoons for the early puppet TV series produced by Gerry Anderson and AP Films—"Four Feather Falls", "Supercar" and "Fireball XL5"—until Anderson's titles became the focus of a rival publication, "TV Century 21". The 1960s issues are also noted as being the most collectable period in the comic's history. As well as "Doctor Who" and Anderson strips, other highly collectable material included "Telegoons" (which ran from 1963 to 1967), "Space Patrol" (from 1964 to 1965) and "The Avengers" (based
Gerry Anderson and radio poured in, among them TV presenter Jonathan Ross, DJ Chris Evans, comedian Eddie Izzard and actors Brian Blessed and John Barrowman. Ross tweeted "For men of my age his work made childhood an incredible place to be." Blessed, who worked with Anderson on "Space 1999" and "The Day After Tomorrow" said, "I think a light has gone out in the universe. He had a great sense of humour. He wasn’t childish but child-like and he had a tremendous love of the universe and astronomy and scientists." Fanderson chairman Nick Williams paid tribute to Anderson by saying "To those