Video: New Supermarionation Puppet Drama "Nebula 75"

What are YOU doing during the worldwide pandemic/lockdown/stay-in-place? If you are some filmmakers with Century 21 Productions, you collaborate on a new direct-to-YouTube retro TV sci-fi series: "Nebula 75."

"In this very strange time, the decision was made to see what sort of "Superisolation" production could be put together under these extremely odd circumstances. The result is Nebula-75, a short-form puppet drama that follows in the tradition of 1960s favourites while offering something brand new at the same time."

Produced by different members of the company, all under lockdown and creating remotely in their own homes, they have put together a new series in the spirit of Gerry Anderson's "Supermarionation" TV shows like Thunderbirds and Fireball XL-5. If you never heard of those shows, then you are in for something new. These 1960s series were all created with miniatures and puppets.

Now, in the spirit of those old programs (which, as of now, can all be streamed on Amazon Prime), here is Nebula 75.

The first episode is below.

"'Nebula-75' is a new puppet lockdown drama made entirely during confinement in 2020 using only existing puppets and materials. Filmed in Supermarionation, it follows in the tradition of 'Thunderbirds', 'Stingray' and 'Fireball-XL5' while at the same time also being filmed in SuperIsolation and Lo-Budget!

"'Nebula-75' charts the exploits of Commander Ray Neptune and the crew of the spaceship NEBULA-75 as they make their way across the stars, encountering strange worlds and forms of life hitherto unknown by mankind. It has been created and produced by a small group of filmmakers during the British lockdown on 2020. Although team members from around the world contributed remotely to pre and post production, the entirety of the filming for NEBULA-75 was undertaken by a crew of three who happened to already live together in a small flat in London. Their living room was transformed into a makeshift movie studio – with bookshelves, cardboard boxes and other household objects becoming the interior of the show's hero spacecraft. This flat was also fortunately home to many of the puppets, props, and costumes that have been accumulated over the course of different productions."