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This series was not the only popular reboot of a TV series from the 1960s. At the same time, Gerry Anderson, who was famous for the 1960's puppet TV series that used a technique called "Supermarionation" (used in shows such as Supercar (1961), Fireball XL5 (1962), Stingray (1964) and Joe 90 (1968)) was about to launch a CGI remake of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) called Captain Scarlet (2005) on rival network ITV. Anderson was informed that New Captain Scarlet would be aired in a Saturday evening slot, same as the BBC was going to do with the revival of Doctor Who, which premiered a month after New Captain Scarlet. However at the last moment ITV, who had invested a large amount of money into New Captain Scarlet, went to Gerry and his production company and asked them to replace the series theme music with an updated version of the original Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) theme sung by The Spectrum, using a popular band/recording artist of that year. It is believed that ITV had wanted to cash in on the popularity of Busted's Thunderbirds Are Go! song from the soundtrack of Thunderbirds (2004) (which was a movie based on Gerry's original Thunderbirds (1965) TV series). The costs involved would have been enormous and would have been met by the production company rather than ITV, so Gerry refused, knowing that there would be consequences and so ITV ordered the airing date be brought forward before Gerry could go back and make any adjustments and changes that the series needed, including changes in the opening titles. Then ITV buried New Captain Scarlet in a Saturday Morning slot within the Ministry of Mayhem show, splitting each episode in two and providing very little publicity. Meanwhile, Doctor Who became a cult hit for the BBC whilst New Captain Scarlet is largely forgotten about and was never repeated on ITV. Gerry later Died in a nursing home, on December 26, 2012, near Oxfordshire, England. Gerrys own son Jamie Anderson is a fan of the original Doctor Who as well the revival series, he even appeared in Doctor Who: 30 Years in the Tardis (1993) and is also a writer and director of Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories, in fact, his father has joked that "The real tragedy of my life is that my son, Jamie, is a Doctor Who fan."List of Doctor Who Big Finish Audio Plays directed by Jaimie Anderson: Doctor Who: The Waters of Amsterdam (January 2016)Doctor Who: The Peterloo Massacre (March 2016)Doctor Who: And You Will Obey Me (April 2016)Doctor Who: Vampire of the Mind (May 2016)Doctor Who: The Two Masters (June 2016)Doctor Who: Order of the Daleks (November 2016)Doctor Who: Absolute Power (December 2016)Doctor Who: Cold Fusion (December 2016)Doctor Who: Quicksilver (January 2017)

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