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 which had been set aside since Archer's death, had been picked up again and was completed by Stan Nicholls from Archer's original notes and manuscript, finally being published in 1996 shortly before "Lavender Castle" went into production. Around this time Anderson was reunited with his elder son, Gerry Jr. Anderson reportedly experienced powerful feelings of animosity toward his ex-wife Sylvia at the idea she had been responsible for his enforced estrangement from his son. By December 1999, Anderson was working on plans for a computer animated sequel to "Captain Scarlet", and he showed early test reels at a few fan