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 Britain that toy manufacturers Matchbox were unable to keep up with the demand for the Tracy Island playset, leading children's show "Blue Peter" to broadcast a segment showing children how to construct their own. The fan base for the Anderson shows was now worldwide and growing steadily, and Anderson found himself in demand for personal and media appearances. In response to this greater demand Anderson performed a successful one-man show in 1992, which Archer had written and constructed. Entitled "An Evening with Gerry Anderson", it took the form of an illustrated lecture in which he talked about his career, and