http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Tiny_Joe_Steps_Up_to_Challenge_Dr._WhoTiny Joe Steps Up to Challenge Dr. Who - Revision history2026-05-12T22:01:04ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Tiny_Joe_Steps_Up_to_Challenge_Dr._Who&diff=17725&oldid=prevJohn Lavalie: Created page with "{{article | publication = Daily Express | file = 1968-09-30 Daily Express.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1968-09-30 | author = Martin Jackson | pages = 13 | la..."2017-07-17T23:07:19Z<p>Created page with "{{article | publication = Daily Express | file = 1968-09-30 Daily Express.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1968-09-30 | author = Martin Jackson | pages = 13 | la..."</p>
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JOE 90 stands only knee-high to a schoolboy—but £100,000 has been invested in his future as ITV's secret Weapon against the B.B.C.'s "Dr. Who." <br />
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Joe is an 18-inch tall puppet, the latest invention of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, creators of Captain Scarlet, Lady Penelope, Stingray, and ITV's other children's hour stars-on Sunday afternoons.<br />
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But Joe is special. He has been promoted to the hot spot on Saturday evenings on London Weekend TV next month as a direct challenge to "Dr. Who."<br />
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His voice will come from 16-year-old Len Jones hidden behind the cameras. Len, a blinder's son from Chiswick, was 'picked because the producers were looking for someone cheeky and chirpy.'<br />
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His Cockney voice will become one of the best known on TV.<br />
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Len, five-foot tall, towers over, tiny Joey, but he says : "Joe will slaughter that sloppy Dr. Who. He may only be a puppet, but he is more realistic."<br />
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Joe is a nine-year-old schoolboy with magic spectacles. When he puts them on he can turn into a Super Man, the world's greatest astronaut, champion swimmer, or brilliant surgeon. His school satchel has a secret compartment for a radio transmitter, automatic pistol, World Intelligence Network badge, and ... the spectacles.<br />
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Caption: The voice behind puppet Joe 90: 16-year-old Len Jones <br />
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