October 4, 1964 –
Supermarionation was used once again to freak out unsuspecting children when Gerry Anderson’s third series Stingray, premiered in the UK on this date. (It was the first British series to be filmed entirely in Colour: the extra U was particularly expensive.)
Some of the main puppet cast are based on real people including:
Troy Tempest was modeled on the facial features of James Garner.
Marina was modeled on Brigitte Bardot.
Atlanta Shore was modeled on her voice actress Lois Maxwell.
Titan was based on a young Laurence Olivier.
Surface Agent X-2-Zero is modeled on Claude Rains but his voice is imitative of Peter Lorre.
Gerry Anderson said that he did not explicitly instruct the sculptors to base Troy on Garner; instead, he named him simply to help them visualize the character, as he could see that they were struggling with his original brief (which merely called for Troy to be square-jawed and heroic-looking).
The Haus of Dcaligari 