Stand By For Action! Fighting off the forces of technical disaster we are back to continue with our series on Legenday Creators, this time a transatlantic matchup from the 1960s - Gene Roddenberry and Gerry Anderson. We range over their careers and creations, alighting upon: • Technical vs Social visions of the future • Progressive casting battle in earlier periods vs the perils of pulp villiany • Anderson in Supermarionation vs Anderson in Live Action • Roddenberry vs his own Legacy in the Star Trek Franchise • Roddenberrys Thunderbirds and Andersons Star Trek All feedback as ever is welcome to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, [email protected] on email, the Facebook Group www.facebook.com/dissectingworlds or below !