The electronic marionette puppetry was dubbed supermarionation by its creators gerry and sylvia anderson, who used it extensively for tv series and a few feature films. As a result of the division, henceforth the television shooting would be completed at the rate of one episode per month, whereas series one had been filmed at a faster rate with the completion of two episodes in the same time. Cowboys were becoming old news, with adventures featuring astronauts and spies taking their place. Films popular television series with puppets, miniatures and explosions. I was born after supermarionation had made its debut, both in great britain, and america.
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