Supermarionation "Thunderbirds", who closely resembled Sylvia Anderson, and Captain Blue in "Captain Scarlet", who looked like Ed Bishop (the similarity was reportedly coincidental). Other characters were based on well-known film actors: Troy Tempest of "Stingray" was based on James Garner, Scott Tracy of "Thunderbirds" on Sean Connery and Captain Scarlet on Cary Grant. "Stingray" also featured the only non-speaking Supermarionation puppet: the water-breathing woman Marina. Occasionally, close-ups of a live actor's hand would be inserted to show actions such as turning keys and pressing buttons. This was affectionately parodied in the 2004 live-action feature film "Thunderbirds", with a brief shot of
Stingray (1964 TV series) that "Stingray" contains "more than a touch of the Cold War ethos", suggesting that Titan "could have easily belonged to an underwater branch of the Soviet Bloc, hungering for the destruction of the Tempest." According to the "Stingray" comic strip in the weekly "Countdown" comic, more than one "Stingray"-class submarine was in service in the Marineville fleet. These vessels had names such as "Spearfish", "Barracuda", "Moray", and "Thornback" and were identified by different numbers on their fins, suggesting that the "3" painted on "Stingray"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s tail fin did not indicate that the submarine was a "Mark III" after all. A similar