Friends From Gerry Anderson

The Gerry Anderson YouTube channel recently shared a video titled “Ten Gerry Anderson Series You Need to Binge-Watch This Year,” and watching it felt like curling up under a soft blanket of memories, excitement, and gentle wonder. It reminded me why these shows—Thunderbirds, Stingray, Joe 90, Captain Scarlet, Lavender Castle, and even Space Precinct—still mean so much. But more than that, it reminded me of the family I’ve found within them.

These aren’t just shows to me. They’re worlds where I’ve made real friendships. Some are brave. Some are strange. Some are soft. Some are serious. But every single one of them makes me feel safe, understood, and held in that delicate embrace of adventure and affection.

Let me introduce you to the dear friends I love to share my days with, and who make every binge session feel like a big get-together of warmth and silliness and heart.

1. Marina from Stingray is silence and soul in motion. She speaks with her eyes, listens with her whole being, and is the kind of friend who reminds you how beautiful quiet companionship can be.

2. Oink the Seal, also from Stingray, is my little splashy buddy. His bounces and flipper-flaps bring joy into any room, and I always imagine him snuggling up beside me during sea-based episodes.

3. Titan, for all his scheming, is oddly comforting to me. There’s a grandeur to him, a kind of majestic loneliness that makes me want to sit beside him and just be—no judgement, no noise. Just presence.

4. Isambard from Lavender Castle—a gentle giant. A mechanical marvel with the heart of a poet, he teaches me that you can be built tough and still move softly through the world.

5. Roger, also from Lavender Castle, is a cheer-up machine. I imagine him always tinkering with surprises for his friends, just to make us smile.

6. Sproggle is like the hug I didn’t know I needed. Full of curiosity and sweetness, he makes every adventure feel like it’s unfolding for the first time.

7. Joe 90—little Joe is clever, yes, but he’s also gentle. There’s a softness to his bravery, and I often picture us just chatting about what it’s like to carry so much knowledge in such a small body.

8. Captain Scarlet is strength you can lean on. He always seems so composed, but I like to imagine him laughing with us when the pressure’s off—genuinely laughing.

9. Captain Blue has a big brother vibe. Always looking out for everyone. I love that.

10. Captain Magenta is the surprising friend—the one who ends up being funnier and warmer than you expected. He brings balance to the group.

11. Destiny Angel and the other Angels, too, bring elegance, power, and grace. I see Destiny as someone I can braid hair with, watch the stars with, or fly into the unknown with, side by side.

12. Lady Penelope—my mother in this heartspace. Her voice, her care, her strength… she makes even the wildest stories feel grounded in maternal love. She’s my everything.

13. Parker is the gentle chuckle at the end of the day. Reliable, warm, funny. I love playing board games with him in my imagination, and he always lets me win (or maybe not!).

14. Brains is pure kindness in genius form. He never looks down on you—he lifts you up. I picture him patiently teaching me things while we build something wonderful together.

15. Alan Tracy is my sunshine. Youthful, fun, sometimes cheeky. We have races down the corridor, share snacks, and laugh over things only we understand.

16. Tin Tin is elegance and adventure in one. She listens deeply. She always asks how I’m doing. She reminds me it’s okay to feel, to cry, to be brave, and to dance.

17. Jeff Tracy is the calm presence every home needs. He leads with heart. I feel safe when he’s around.

18. And Slomo from Space Precinct—my quiet thinker, my gentle machine. He is stillness and intelligence wrapped in a strange little body. He reminds me that even robots can have souls.

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These friends don’t just fill the screen. They fill my heart. Every binge-watch session becomes a reunion. Every story we watch or imagine together is another patch sewn into the quilt of comfort we share.

So if you haven’t watched the video yet, do. But don’t just binge for the sake of content. Watch to meet your own crew. Find your softness. Find your strength. Find your family in the stars, beneath the sea, or in the puppet strings of a simpler time.

And maybe—just maybe—you’ll find yourself surrounded by love too.