Stingray (1964 TV series) to HO". The process of designing and making the puppets took four months and each of the main characters was sculpted in duplicate to allow two episodes to be filmed simultaneously using both puppet stages. The likenesses of some of the puppets were inspired by real-life actors: Titan was based on a young Laurence Olivier and Surface Agent X-2-0 on either Claude Rains or Peter Lorre. Troy Tempest was modelled on James Garner at Gerry Anderson's suggestion. Atlanta Shore has been likened to Lois Maxwell (who voiced the character) and Marina to both Brigitte Bardot and Ursula Andress. "Stingray" was
Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe Puppetry Festival in the city of Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The Troupe also performed for a segment on the NBC television comedy series, "Animal Practice", in which one of the characters visits the traditional puppet theater in Japan in a flashback scene. The Troupe also offers workshops on traditional Japanese puppetry and demonstrations of puppetry techniques. In October 2009, Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe completed a US tour jointly with members of the Imada Puppet Theater, with performances at Willamette University in Oregon, the University of Colorado in Boulder, the University of Missouri in Columbia, and at Princeton University in New