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Letter: Letters : . . .

Published 18 May 1996

From Tony Jones

Afonwen, Flintshire

Supercar’s Dr Beaker, together with his boss who I think was called
Professor Calculus, was the first in a noble tradition of boffins-on-strings
which, I recall, included Professor Mathew Matic in Fireball XL-5 and
Brains in Thunderbirds.

Issue no. 2030 published 18 May 1996

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