. . "Supermarionation (a portmanteau of \"super\", \"marionette\" and \"animation\") is a puppetry technique devised in the 1960s by British production company AP Films. It was used extensively in the company's numerous Gerry and Sylvia Anderson-produced action-adventure series, the most famous of which was Thunderbirds. The term was coined by Gerry Anderson, possibly in imitation of \"Dynamation\", Ray Harryhausen's stop motion technique."@en .