Harry Oakes
Harry Oakes (16 January 1921-11 December 2012[1]) worked in the special effects department or as a camera operator for the supermarionation television series Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and Joe 90, all of which crossed over with the Doctor Who universe to varying degrees.
His sole credit for a piece of DWU fiction was as the lighting cameraman in the second special effects unit for the Thunderbirds episode The Man from MI.5, which featured an appearance by the Daleks. He returned to the DWU for the Doctor Who television story City of Death over a decade later in 1979 where he provided uncredited model set lighting. (INFO: City of Death)
During World War II, Oakes served with the Royal Corps of Signals and volunteered for the Army Film and Photographic Unit, serving with the No 5 Section in North West Europe from 1944 to 1945. He served in South East Asia and returned to cover the Allied occupation of Vienna in December 1946. Oakes was one of the AFPU team deployed to cover the relief of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945. He also covered the Rhine Crossing, accompanying the airborne landing of 6th Airborne Division, and the meeting of British and Soviet Forces on the Elbe.
After his work on the supermarionation series, Oakes worked on further series produced by Gerry Anderson such as UFO, Terrahawks, and Space Precinct. Other credits included Superman, Flash Gordon, and Aliens.
