Series 1 (Thunderbirds)

Series 1 of Thunderbirds ran between 30 September 1965 and 31 March 1966. It starred Peter Dyneley, Shane Rimmer, David Holliday, Matt Zimmerman, David Graham, Ray Barrett, Sylvia Anderson and Christine Finn as the members of International Rescue and an assortment of guest characters. The series opened with Trapped in the Sky and concluded with Security Hazard.
== Overview ==
It consisted of twenty-six episodes of around fifty minutes each. The series was most notable to the Doctor Who universe for including an episode which featured the Daleks, namely The Man from MI.5. They appeared under license by Terry Nation in the form of an in-universe version of the Century 21 Productions magazine TV Century 21.
The first series of Thunderbirds had a close relationship with the publication of TV Century 21, which included The Daleks comic strip, resulting in photographs of Thunderbirds characters and concepts appearing in the magazine as early as TV21 5 on 20 February 1965, often recontextualised to suit the current storylines within. This was most prominently seen on the front cover of the magazine which usually played host to "cover" stories in the shape of newspaper front page articles as part of TV Century 21s format that all its stories shared a single fictional universe, set exactly one hundred years into the future from publication date.
As a result, images taken from Thunderbirds television episodes were often in Dalek crossover stories. Titan Declares War! featured an image of the Stingray ship from Stingray in front of Tracy Island as well as a Black Dalek, Superjet Shot Down featured an image of the Fireflash from Trapped in the Sky with a trio of Daleks on Westminster Bridge taken from The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and Jungle Terror! featured the Junglecat from Pit of Peril with another Dalek image sourced from The Dalek Invasion of Earth. All of these shared covers were published within just a month of each other, from 20 February to 20 March 1965.
Even after Thunderbirds started broadcasting on 30 September 1965, the reports of Dalek activity continued to share their stories with Thunderbirds material. FAB1 Back in Action!, released on 6 November 1965 featured Lady Penelope's car front and centre while Thunderbird Two, released on 26 March 1966, featured a damaged Thunderbird 2 from Terror in New York City alongside Skardal.
== Television stories ==
# 	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Notes
1 	Trapped in the Sky 	Gerry and Sylvia Anderson	Alan Pattillo 	First appearances of Jeff, Scott, Virgil, Alan, Gordon, John, Brains, Tin-Tin, Kyrano, the Hood, Thunderbird 1, 2 and 5. Televised debuts of Tracy Island, Lady Penelope, Parker, FAB 1, Creighton-Ward Manor and the Fireflash.
2 	Pit of Peril 	Alan Fennell 	Desmond Saunders 	Televised debut of the Junglecat.
3 	The Perils of Penelope 	Alan Pattillo 	Alan Pattillo & Desmond Saunders	First appearance of Alan as voiced by Matt Zimmerman. First episode written by Alan Fennell.
4 	Terror in New York City 	Alan Fennell 	David Elliott & David Lane 	First appearances of Thunderbird 4 and Grandma Tracy.
5 	Edge of Impact 	Donald Robertson 	Desmond Saunders 	
6 	Day of Disaster 	Dennis Spooner 	David Elliott 	First appearance of Grandma as voiced by Christine Finn. First story written by Dennis Spooner.
7 	30 Minutes After Noon 	Alan Fennell 	David Elliott 	
8 	Desperate Intruder 	Donald Robertson 	David Lane 	
9 	End of the Road 	Dennis Spooner 	David Lane 	
10	The Uninvited 	Alan Fennell 	Desmond Saunders 	
11	Sun Probe 	Alan Fennell 	David Lane 	First appearance of Thunderbird 3. First appearance of a guest voice actor.
12	Operation Crash-Dive 	Martin Crump 	Desmond Saunders 	
13	Vault of Death 	Dennis Spooner 	David Elliott 	
14	The Mighty Atom 	Dennis Spooner 	David Lane 	Only episode in which all five Thunderbird craft and all thirteen "main" characters appear.
15	City of Fire 	Alan Fennell 	David Elliott 	
16	The Impostors 	Dennis Spooner 	Desmond Saunders 	Only non-appearance of Thunderbird 2.
17	The Man from MI.5 	Alan Fennell 	David Lane 	First appearance of the Daleks outside of Doctor Who and the first crossover between Doctor Who and another franchise. Televised debut of the Dalek Prime and rank of Dalek Emperor.
18	Cry Wolf 	Dennis Spooner 	David Elliott 	Final episode written by Dennis Spooner.
19	Danger at Ocean Deep 	Donald Robertson 	Desmond Saunders 	
20	Move – And You're Dead 	Alan Pattillo 	Alan Pattillo 	
21	The Duchess Assignment 	Martin Crump 	David Elliott 	Most characters featured in a single episode.
22	Brink of Disaster 	Alan Fennell 	David Lane 	
23	Attack of the Alligators!	Alan Pattillo 	David Lane 	
24	Martian Invasion 	Alan Fennell 	David Elliott 	Final appearance of the Hood in the television series.
25	The Cham-Cham 	Alan Pattillo 	Alan Pattillo 	
26	Security Hazard 	Alan Pattillo 	Desmond Saunders 	. Final appearance of Virgil as voiced by David Holliday.
=== Notes ===
* Both Trapped in the Sky and The Perils of Penelope were not given a title upon original broadcast, although title cards would be added in later for certain home video releases.
== Cast ==
* Jeff Tracy - Peter Dyneley
* Scott Tracy - Shane Rimmer
* Virgil Tracy - David Holliday
* Alan Tracy - Matt Zimmerman, Ray Barrett
* Gordon Tracy - David Graham
* John Tracy - Ray Barrett
* Brains - David Graham
* Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward - Sylvia Anderson
* Tin-Tin Kyrano - Christine Finn
* Parker - David Graham
* Grandma Tracy - Christine Finn
=== Recurring ===
* Kyrano - David Graham Although generally considered "main" characters in Thunderbirds circles, Kyrano and the Hood fail to meet this Wiki's definition of such status due to appearing in less than half the episodes of the series.
* The Hood - Ray Barrett
* Airport Commander Norman - Peter Dyneley
* Captain Hanson - David Graham
* Fireflash co-pilot - Ray Barrett
* Eddie Kerr - Matt Zimmerman
* Television reporter - Matt Zimmerman
=== Guest ===
* Jimmy Bondson - Ray Barrett
* Tidman - David Graham
* Carl - David Graham
* Ritter - Ray Barrett
* The Third Man - Matt Zimmerman
== Adaptations and merchandising ==
=== Novelisations ===
Novelisations to various first series episodes were published in 1992. Those published by Young Corgi were closer to faithful novelisations whereas those published by Boxtree were more akin to picture books, although both formats were aimed at younger readers.
Title 	Writer 	Publisher 	Based on 	Release date
The Uninvited 	Dave Morris 	Young Corgi 	The Uninvited 	1992
Brink of Disaster 	Dave Morris 	Young Corgi 	Brink of Disaster 	1992
Sun Probe 	Dave Morris 	Young Corgi 	Sun Probe 	1992
Day of Disaster 	Aisling O'Hagan	Boxtree Books	Day of Disaster 	1992
End of the Road 	Aisling O'Hagan	Boxtree Books	End of the Road 	1992
The Perils of Penelope	Aisling O'Hagan	Boxtree Books	The Perils of Penelope	1992
Desperate Intruder 	Aisling O'Hagan	Boxtree Books	Desperate Intruder 	1992
Cry Wolf 	Aisling O'Hagan	Boxtree Books	Cry Wolf 	1992
Man from MI5 	Aisling O'Hagan	Boxtree Books	The Man from MI.5 	1992
Martian Invasion 	Aisling O'Hagan	Boxtree Books	Martian Invasion 	1992
The Imposters 	Aisling O'Hagan	Boxtree Books	The Impostors 	1992
=== Audio episodes ===
Between 1966 and 1967, Century 21 Records released thirteen audio re-tellings of first series television episodes, adapted from the soundtracks. Each was cut to fit the shorter running time and accompanied by original narration from a member of the voice cast speaking in character.
# 	Title 	Writer 	Narrator 	Based on 	Release date
1 	Thunderbird 1 	Gerry and Sylvia Anderson	Scott 	Trapped in the Sky 	April 1966
2 	Thunderbird 2 	Dennis Spooner 	Brains 	End of the Road 	June 1966
3 	Thunderbird 3 	Jim Watson 	Alan 	Sun Probe 	November 1966
4 	Thunderbird 4 	Jim Watson 	Gordon 	Terror in New York City	November 1966
5 	The Perils of Penelope 	Jim Watson 	Parker 	The Perils of Penelope 	November 1966
6 	Lady Penelope and Parker 	Len Cleal 	Lady Penelope	Vault of Death 	January 1967
7 	Brains and Tin-Tin 	Len Cleal 	Tin-Tin 	Desperate Intruder 	January 1967
8 	International Rescue 	Len Cleal 	Scott 	The Impostors 	January 1967
9 	Thunderbirds 	Len Cleal 	Gordon 	Day of Disaster 	March 1967
10	Lady Penelope 	Len Cleal 	Parker 	The Cham-Cham 	March 1967
11	Brink of Disaster 	Len Cleal 	Parker 	Brink of Disaster 	May 1967
12	One Move and You're Dead!	Alan Pattillo 	Tin-Tin 	Move – And You're Dead 	July 1967
13	Thirty Minutes After Noon	Alan Fennell 	Parker 	30 Minutes After Noon 	July 1967
== Footnotes ==
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