Andershill

Mr Andershill was a producer who worked at Century 21 Film Productions in 2066, including on the film which was to star Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward.

Andershill met with Lady Penelope in his office after she was invited to the studio by casting director Digby Short. He claimed they had a "great story" for her and tempted her with the prospects of location work in California. Despite this, Penelope declined the request though Andershill persuaded her to give it some thought for a few days and discuss the offer further at a later luncheon. Her refusal left the producer and the casting director in a quandary as Short was so sure she would accept that he had already spread the news in the society columns to start the publicity build-up. When Andershill was informed of this, he bluntly told Short that he "better start hoping she changes her mind". Ultimately, Penelope did change her mind, albeit only because MI5 agent Jimmy Bondson had told her to take the job while posing as a waiter. This was because her co-star was to be the suspected Bereznik spy Paul Carson.

Andershill was present at the first meeting of the cast in London. Before they got underway, Penelope asked him about the location of Carson, who was apparently absent. He told her that Carson made it a rule never to come to preliminary script discussions, a fact Penelope found insulting. Andershill also accompanied the cast and crew on a Fireflash flight to Los Angeles for the location work. After Carson was killed in a car crash and his treachery revealed, however, the film was called off as there was no point in continuing without the leading star. (COMIC: Desert Drama)