Thunderbirds - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com EDIT In 2065, former astronaut and millionaire Jeff Tracy forms an secret organization named International Rescue. Its mission is to intervene when human life is at threat and nobody else is able to help. They're based on a small tropical island in the Pacific. While it appears to all the world as a reclusive millionaire's retreat, complete with luxurious hillside house (appropriately in the International Style of architecture) and swimming pool, hidden beneath the house and inside a cliff face are various facilities for the enormous complex where their equipment is built, maintained and stored. The equipment, including the specialized Thunderbird vehicles, is designed and assembled by Brains, a brilliant engineer fiercely loyal to Jeff. Supporting the team is Lady Penelope, a famous society figure who secretly acts as their London operative, assisted by her butler, Parker. The five Thunderbird craft are piloted by each of Jeff's five sons, all named after members of America's Mercury program: - Thunderbird 1, piloted by Scott, named after Scott Carpenter. This ramjet-powered plane is their fastest aircraft, always first on the scene to assess the situation and coordinate the rescue.

- Thunderbird 2, piloted by Virgil (after Virgil "Gus" Grissom." A fan favorite, Thunderbird 2 is the heavy lift air transport, responsible for carrying all manner of large and bulky machinery to rescue sites. - Thunderbird 3 is piloted by Alan (after Alan Shepard) or John (after John Glenn,) depending on who is on station in Thunderbird 5. 3 is the spaceship for International Rescue. - Thunderbird 4, piloted by Gordon (after Gordon Cooper), is a mini-submarine usually carried to sites inside Thunderbird 2. - Thunderbird 5 is manned by John and Alan on rotating monthly shifts. It's an orbital space platform where all communications around the world can be monitored and issues alerts to Jeff whenever trouble arises. International Rescue insists on complete secrecy. Their identities aren't known to anyone outside the organization and photography of their equipment is forbidden. Thunderbirds was produced by Gerry Anderson and was the culmination of his Supermarionation process, which used marionette puppets instead of live actors.

Originally intended for children, the show still has a devoted fanbase of adult viewers, both in the United Kingdom where it originated and in the United States, where it was syndicated in the 1960s and 70s. The series spawned three theatrical features. Thunderbirds Are Go! and Thunderbird Six were produced soon after the series left the air, although neither met with box office success. In 2004, a live action feature of the same name was made without Anderson's involvement. It drew scathing comments from professional movie reviewers who compared it unfavorably to the original show.moreless Thunderbirds Are Go (TV Series 2015– ) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In the future, the Tracy family run a private mechanized emergency response service. Creators: Gordon ventures deep into the Marianas trench to rescue a survey team and ends up discovering an early International Rescue prototype once flown by Jeff. 9.6 A number of carefully staged disasters require the full attention of everyone at International Rescue.

Kayo discovers that the Hood is behind these acts of terrorism and has actually infiltrated ... 9.3 Scott and Taylor help a ship full of would-be colonists reach Mars. 9.1 a list of 31 titles created 10 Apr 2015 a list of 34 titles created 6 months ago a list of 104 titles created 6 months ago a list of 21 titles created 4 months ago a list of 22 titles created 2 months ago Title: Thunderbirds Are Go (2015– ) 6.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. In the 21st century, the Tracy family operate a unique private mechanized emergency response service. Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Peter Dyneley, David Graham The International Rescue team is faced with one of its toughest challenges yet, as the revolutionary lighter-than-air craft Skyship One is hijacked while on her maiden voyage around the ... See full summary » Director: David Lane A literally unkillable agent leads an international intelligence agency's fight against an extra-terrestrial terror campaign.

Stars: Francis Matthews, Ed Bishop, Donald Gray When The Hood finds and invades International Rescue's secret base and traps most of the Tracy family, only young Alan Tracy and his friends can save the day. Director: Jonathan Frakes Gerry Anderson's third SF supermarionation saga told the adventures of the WASPs (the World Aquanaut Security Patrol) as they explored the oceans and kept the world safe from a variety of ... See full summary » Stars: Ray Barrett, Robert Easton, David Graham The adventures of a preteen secret agent who can have any useful skills downloaded into his brain. Stars: Len Jones, Rupert Davies, Keith Alexander Edit Storyline Remake of the hit 1960's "Supermarionation" television show. In the 21st century, Jeff Tracy, a former astronaut, amasses a colossal fortune and decides that he must use it to benefit others. His answer to this desire is to create International Rescue, a unique private emergency response service equipped with customized designed vehicles and equipment that enable the organization to react to any crisis whether it be in sea, air, land, or space.

Jeff's five sons volunteer to operate as the pilots and field agents, as well as "Brains" (real name unknown) who acts as the teams' technical developer and engineer. In addition, Jeff's friend, Kyrano and his daughter Tanusha aka Kayo (based on the original series Tin-Tin character) agree to be the support staff. In addition to the field team, IR also maintains an intelligence network with Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and her ex-con chauffeur, Parker as the chief agents in this arm. The series depicts this team as they answer various calls for... Written by annonymous Thunderbirds Are Go! (TV Series) | Thunderbirds Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Thunderbirds Are Go! (TV Series) Thunderbirds Are Go! (TV Series) 1,484pages on Share Title logo Thunderbirds Are Go! is a remake/revival of the original Thunderbirds television series. It started airing in 2015 to coincide with the series' 50th anniversary. The first episode, Ring Of Fire Part 1 was broadcast in the UK by ITV 1, on Saturday 4th April 2015.

The season 2 premiere, Earthbreaker , was broadcast on October 22, 2016 at 3:30pm on ITV. Contents Edit The world of 2060 is a dangerous place. Technology may have advanced in leaps and bounds, but disasters can arise and lives put at risk. Thankfully there is hope. Operating from their hidden base on a remote island somewhere in the south Pacific, the five heroic Tracy Brothers and their remarkable, cutting-edge craft are ready and willing to help those in need; from the depths of the oceans to the furthest reaches of space. Main Cast Edit February 4, 2013: A little over a month after the passing of Gerry Anderson , ITV revealed that an unnamed Thunderbirds remake was in the works, and would be a co-production with Pukeko Pictures and WETA Workshop. 26 episodes in a half hour format were planned, with the intent to film a mixture of computer animation (CGI) and live-action sets. The relaunch would be broadcast on CITV in 2015.

A diagram of Thunderbird 1 May 22, 2013: ITV Studios confirmed that Vivid has acquired the license to produce a Thunderbirds Are Go! toyline for the Europe, Australia and New Zealand markets. September 17, 2013: Shortly before the Mipcom (a Canadian entertainment market convention), a full page teaser was revealed, depicting both a work-in-progress title font and schematics for Thunderbird 1's front and nosecone section. September 30, 2013: A list of voice actors was announced along with series head creators. This furthermore confirms months of rumours surrounding whether or not David Graham had agreed to reprise his role as Parker. October 24, 2013: David Baddiel announced on Twitter he will be writing one episode. Early 2014: Prototype schematics of the five Thunderbird craft, an International Rescue helmet and logo are leaked via photo sharing website Instagram. Most of the craft are identical to their classic counterparts, with slight 'modern' retouches.

February 9, 2014: Kayvan Novak appeared on Sunday Brunch, during which he explained his role on the series, and even gave a preview of the new sounding "Asian" Brains. Thunderbird 2. April 2014: HI-SECURE, a viral marketing website, reveals the first 'teaser trailer' for the series. It is exclusively shared through the Kidscreen website. April 17, 2014: Weta Workshops host a tour at the Weta Cave Workshop, and in doing so answer numerous fan questions regarding the upcoming series. Confirmed information includes: The series will be set at an unconfirmed point in the future. Many of the original characters will return, along with new additions. The Mole and the Firefly will appear. Some stories will be updated/reworked versions of classic episodes. Jeff Tracy is "On Tracy Island, waiting to be filmed". One of the first images released June 12, 2014: ITV Studios announce their appearance at the Las Vegas Licensing Expo, with a new Thunderbirds Are Go! teaser poster released online.

June 16, 2014: The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Australia will be the second country to air the series, shortly after its UK premiere. It will broadcast on the Nine Network (in particular its subsidiary channel, GO!), where Thunderbirds has been in high rotation for decades. June 17-19, 2014: The Licensing Expo is held, unveiling 3D turnarounds of the redesigned Thunderbird vehicles, giant Thunderbird 1 prop, accompanying poster of the craft soaring over Hollywood, and brief animated layouts of Tracy Island. June 25, 2014: HI-SECURE release a second viral 'teaser trailer', featuring the construction of Thunderbird 1. July 16, 2014: MIP Markets announce the world premiere screening of Thunderbirds Are Go! will take place at MIP Junior, held at Cannes between October 11 and 12, 2014 July 18, 2014: On BBC Radio's Chris Evans Breakfast Show, series writer David Baddiel revealed he would be attending his script's recording the following Monday.

July 24, 2014: The Thunderbird 1 prop is displayed once more, at WETA's booth (#3613) during San Diego Comic-Con. A select number of lucky fans who visited the booth were each given one of five random badges, displaying the redesigned Thunderbird crafts. Thunderbird 4. September 15, 2014: ITV Studios announce Thunderbirds: The Making Of, a documentary filmed on location in New Zealand to chronicle the series production, and celebrate the Thunderbirds legacy. September 17, 2014: Issue #253 of the long-running pop culture magazine, SFX, went on sale. It included an article on the upcoming series, along with new renders of the Thunderbird crafts. September 22, 2014: DigitalSpy releases an interview with Lady Penelope voice actor Rosamund Pike, revealing that most (if not all) of the main characters will be teenagers. September 30, 2014: MIPBlog posts an interview with series executive producer Giles Ridge , who discusses information including: Countries around the world where the series is popular.

The complete removal of violence (no guns, conflict, etc.). Adjusting of story pace (from 44 minutes to 22). Modernising Barry Gray's theme music (with a more "syncopated rhythm"). The MIP Juniour world premiere date and time (October 11 at 6pm), with broadcast scheduled for the second quarter of 2015. Thunderbird 2. Late September 2014: thunderbirds.com, plus a new section on HI-SECURE.net, go live. Each page featured a countdown, the former suggesting a major reveal on December 18th, 2014. October 2, 2014: A new promotional image of the series featuring all five brothers standing in front of Tracy Island is released by ITV (through License Global Magazine), ahead of their appearance at the Brand Licensing Europe expo between October 7-9, 2014.

October 8, 2014: ITV announce more licensing partners for the series including Simon & Schuster (activity, novelty, sticker, and storybooks in print and digital forms), DC Thompson (monthly magazine and official Annual), Kokomo (toiletry items), Danilo (calendars and greeting cards), and Posh Paws (bags and backpacks). October 9-12, 2014: WETA appear at New York Comic-Con, along with the large Thunderbird 1 model and themed craft patches. October 11, 2014: Shortly before it premieres at MIPcom, the series is purchased for pre-sale in Israel and the Middle East, where it will be broadcast by Noga's kids channel and MBC3 respectively. October 11, 2014 at 6pm: The first episode of Thunderbirds Are Go premieres at MIPcom. Richard Taylor (co-owner of Pukeko Pictures and Weta Workshop) and Giles Ridge (ITV executive producer) attend. October 16, 2014: Richard Taylor is briefly interviewed on Radio Live in New Zealand.

October 22, 2014: Another, longer radio interview with Tayor is broadcast in Auckland. Late November, 2014: Issue 166 of Empire magazine is released, containing a double-page spread of the filming of Tracy Island, and interview with WETA. December 18, 2014: The website goes live, with an animated picture of Thunderbird 5 in space. It prompts you for an email address for a newsletter; the email says "You are now one step closer to joining the International Rescue training programme. Watch this space... -International Rescue" December 18, 2014: With the series still many months away from broadcast, ITV confirm the series will be continuing on with a second season, bringing the episode count up to 52. December 24, 2014: Initial subscribers to the website are treated with the first 'official' 20 second teaser trailer, exactly one day before the rest of the world. December 25, 2014: The teaser trailer is broadcast on ITV. Early January, 2015: Series editor Anthony Cox releases a photo of his work desk on Twitter.

Displayed on the surrounding wall are renders of the Tracy brothers, and a potential design for FAB 1. Early January, 2015: The first headshots of Alan Tracy and Brains make their way onto the Internet anonymously, revealing Kayvan Novak wasn't joking when the producers wanted an "Asian" Brains, as the character's race has officially changed. The final version makes him look like Baxter Stockman from Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. January 11, 2015: A cropped photograph of Virgil Tracy's uniform, from the ITV Program Guide, appears online. January 14, 2015: The Official Thunderbirds Program Guide, a 64 page companion product released by ITV, is offered for sale on auction site, eBay. Images from the Guide reveal both the costume and recreational designs for Scott, Virgil, John, Kayo, and Lady Penelope. Furthermore, the existence of Thunderbird Shadow is shown. The Tracy Brothers in uniform January 14, 2015: A CGI poster of the five Tracy brothers is leaked on social media.

January 15, 2015: The same poster is "officially" released by ITV. January 20, 2015: Photographer Mikael Buck releases an image of a photo shoot, showing the first prototypes of the five Tracy brothers as action figures. January 20, 2015: A few hours later, Toy Fair 2015 in London unveil the new electronic Tracy Island and Wrist Communicator toys, along with larger craft models and Scott Tracy role-play costume. Toy company Meccano announce plans for a range of Thunderbirds themed sets to coincide with the new series. January 21, 2015: The eBay auction for a copy of The Official Thunderbirds Program Guide concludes, with a final price of US$142.50 January 23, 2015: A second copy of the Program Guide is auctioned online, and immediately sold for US$200.00 February 1, 2015: MaximoTV conduct a brief interview with Rosamund Pike at the 2015 SBIFF Virtuosos Award in California.

February 6, 2015: "Introducing The World": A brief video is officially released online, containing an extended version of the Tracy Island animated layouts (alongside Thunderbird 1's launch bay), along with new footage of various scenes and sights from around the planet. February 10, 2015: Andrew Smith, CEO of Pukeko Pictures, is interviewed on Radio Adelaide. February 10, 2015: Kayvan Novak is interviewed by Digital Spy, stating that the revamp "works beautifully", and further confirming that his take on Brains will be (in comparison to David Graham) "a little bit different". February 13-18, 2015: ITV release a series of six video shorts on the official Thunderbirds Are Go YouTube page daily. Each video gave a brief overview of the five Tracy brothers, Kayo, and their crafts. February 26, 2015: Pictures of Lady Penelope, Parker and Brains were released on the official Thunderbirds Are Go! Facebook page, including a look at FAB 1 and what seems to be Lady P's dog.

March 2, 2015: The BFI announce that the first episode, Ring of Fire , will premiere at their BFI Families event on March 31. The session will last 60 minutes, and feature both children's activities and a Q&A session with David Graham, Kayvan Novak, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Giles Ridge. March 5, 2015: Thunderbirds HQ announce the release date of the series' first full trailer, slated for online release on Friday March 13th. March 12, 2015: Series visual effects producer Sharon Lark is interviewed, where she mentions Jeff Tracy is reportedly "missing after a rescue mission went wrong years ago", and will not be around for a while. March 13, 2015: The full trailer is posted officially online, 24 hours before its televised debut. In response, there was much rejoicing from the fandom. March 20, 2015: Daily Mail confirm the series will premiere in Australia on Sunday April 12th 2015.

March 25, 2015: A program called Reggie and Thunderbirds: No Strings Attached will air at 8:00pm on ITV 2 on Thursday 2nd April where Reggie Yates will be discussing and talking to the cast of the new series. March 26, 2015: The Thunderbirds HQ Facebook page release a puzzle. If solved correctly, it reveals the UK premier date as April 4th at 5PM on ITV. March 29, 2015: Head writer Rob Hoegee further confirmed (among other things) in a reddit AMA that Jeff Tracy will not appear in at least the first two seasons. March 30, 2015: GloTIME TV present a trio of articles, along with the first image of Grandma Tracy, Colonel Casey, MAX, and a menagerie of episode screenshots. March 30, 2015: A portion of the series theme is played on BBC Radio 2, though due to rights issues, presenter Sara Cox (who stood in for Chris Evans) commentates over it. April 2, 2015: No Strings Attached , a one-off documentary, aired on ITV2.

April 4, 2015 at 5pm: The series made its world premier on ITV1 with Part 1 and Part 2 . April 4, 2016: The series is renewed for a third season one year after its original airing. Cast and Crew Thunderbirds toys: vintage puppets, rocket ships & figures Browse all Thunderbirds items → Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation". The series followed the adventures of International Rescue, an organisation created to help those in grave danger using technically advanced equipment and machinery. The series focused on the head of the organisation, ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy, and his five sons who piloted the "Thunderbird" machines. A popular show, the series is still shown today and has inspired a number of subsequent television programmes and films. Several companies, including Matchbox and Dinky Toys were licensed to produce die-cast metal and plastic toys based on the Thunderbird vehicles. They proved hugely popular and were one of the best selling merchandising lines of the decade. Original Thunderbirds toys are now expensive and highly sought after collectors' items.

Many toys were made by Matchbox in the 1990s to coincide with a revival of the TV series, including a Tracy Island playset and also the new movie, though they were generally marketed outside the US and in Canada. The Tracy Island set was particularly popular in the UK, being the best selling toy at Christmas and was in such high demand on the year of its release that the BBC children's television show Blue Peter instructed viewers in constructing their own version from household materials. Remarkably, the free 'fact sheet' that detailed this process also became so sought-after that it too became difficult to obtain. Toy company Bandai produced toys to coincide with the release of the 2004 live action movie in the UK. As of 2007, Japanese companies such as Aoshima, Konami and Takara were still producing new Thunderbirds toys based on the original series vehicles, including Takara's very expensive Thunderbird 2 model with lights and working motorised legs which lift the fuselage, exposing the cargo pod. Thunderbirds value What's it worth? Take a look at this Thunderbirds price guide: sold listings for a value indication.

Thunderbirds forum (3 comments) yes, send me the link to this page Norman Nattrass - March 31, 2015 I am trying to sell a Supermarionation replica collection Thunderbird 2 . limited edition no 063 of 800, with certificate of authenticity signed Gerry Anderson . Iconic Replicas LTD. Where can i sell this, and any idea of value ? its mint contition only being out the box to look at it.. ►reply: I'm afraid I can't help you with that, but did you check this website: Replica Gerry Anderson Puppets , maybe you can find more info there. Terry - February 5, 2013 I have thunderbird 1 and 3 in mint condition and also t/bird 2 with container vehicle lady p's car all in very good conditon could you please give me an estimate of value. Many thanks. ►reply: I am not an expert unfortunately on Thunderbirds toys. Maybe this article on Thunderbirds collectables can help you determine the value.

Dave Guiney - November 28, 2010 I have a thunderbird 4 plastic yellow toy dated 1962 it is about 2 inches long I was wondering if you could tell me any more about it or how mutch its worth ►reply: Depends on state (wear, tear, etc.) and how complete it is, because I think it's part of the Thunderbird 2, sold as 'Thunderbird 2 and 4' at the time. Est. value around 10-20 GBP. Thunderbirds (2004 Movie) | Thunderbirds Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia next - Thunderbirds is a 2004 science-fiction adventure film loosely based upon the 1960s television series of the same name, directed by Jonathan Frakes. The film, written by William Osborne and Michael McCullers, was released on July 24, 2004 in the United Kingdom and July 30, 2004 in the United States, with later dates for others. The film uses live-action actors playing the Tracy brothers rather than the Supermarionation marionettes used in the television series.

The film received mainly negative reviews, and was a financial failure at the box office. The film's soundtrack features the song "Thunderbirds" by boy band Busted , which reached number one in the UK charts and later won the 2004 Record of the Year award. Contents Edit The film is set in spring 2010 (according to the official trailer). Fourteen-year-old Alan Tracy (Brady Corbet), who has been sent off to a distant boarding school, is the youngest of the sons of Jeff Tracy , a retired American astronaut (Bill Paxton). Jeff, a widower, has formed International Rescue , and raised his sons to act as a secret, volunteer organisation which uses highly advanced technology to save lives worldwide. Jeff and his older sons ( John , Virgil , Scott , and Gordon , who, like Alan, were named after the Mercury Seven astronauts) are joined in this effort by Lady Penelope and her butler/chauffeur Parker (a man whose "checkered past" comes in handy).

Their futuristic hardware is largely developed by genius scientist Ray "Brains" Hackenbacker (Anthony Edwards), who lives at the International Rescue base on Tracy Island , somewhere in the Pacific, along with his son, Alan's best friend, Fermat (Soren Fulton). There's also caretaker Kyrano (Bhasker Patel), cook Onaha , and their beautiful adolescent daughter, Tin-Tin (Vanessa Hudgens), who appears edgy around Alan, which Lady Penelope observes is due to a budding romance between them. Alan is eager to join his family in their work, but his father and older brothers still see him as just their little kid brother; not ready for duty. During the movie Alan is grounded for spring break after he and Fermat sneak into the Thunderbird 1 silo and start the engines nearly revealing International Rescue's location. IR's arch-enemy The Hood (Sir Ben Kingsley) is seeking revenge. Bitter over having been abandoned and presumed dead by the Thunderbirds in an early rescue attempt, he has come to destroy them and take their machines to use in a daring raid on the Bank of England (renamed Bank of London, for the film) vaults.

He launches a missile to wreck Thunderbird 5 , the orbiting communications station. The Tracys - except, of course, for Alan - launch into space aboard Thunderbird 3 to rescue John, who is manning the station when it is hit, and The Hood takes over the secret island base. Using his mental powers to overcome Brains' resistance, The Hood takes control of the Thunderbirds home base, aided by his confederates Transom (Rose Keegan) and strongman Mullion (Deobia Oparei). He also disables the control systems, stranding the rescuers aboard the disintegrating Thunderbird 5, briefly transmitting a message to reveal his connections to the organisation's history. Alan, Tintin and Fermat, having observed the invasion of The Hood and his minions, then hearing his plans, launch a hasty resistance. Fermat disables heavy-lifter Thunderbird 2 as they retreat from the base, then flee to the mountaintop radio transmitter site. They make contact with Jeff Tracy, who tells them to wait for Lady Penelope to come and take charge. However, the impulsive Alan leads the other two teenagers into ill-planned action, resulting in their capture.

Lady Penelope and Parker arrive on the Island to help Alan, but they find The Hood has taken the Tracy Mansion, and a fight begins with Lady Penelope and Parker against Mullion and Transom whom they managed to defeat. However, they are still captured when they are overpowered by The Hood's mental powers, and Alan is forced to give Thunderbird 2's missing guidance processor to The Hood. The island's defenders all end up locked in the walk-in freezer while The Hood, Transom and Mullion head off to London. Escaping the freezer, the first order of business is to rescue Thunderbird 5 and the Tracys. Reporting The Hood's scheme, Alan gets his chance to go to work as he manages to convince Jeff to let him, Fermat and Tin-Tin go after the Hood as his father and brothers would never make it in time. John, Brains and Lady Penelope back Alan up and Jeff reluctantly accepts. The three launch for London in Thunderbird 1, chaperoned by Lady Penelope and piloted by Alan and Fermat while Parker heads for the Bank of London to meet up with them in FAB 1.

The Hood and his accomplices, having arrived in London, use International Rescue's drilling machine The Mole to begin tunnelling toward the vaults at the Bank, in the process damaging the support pylons for a public-transit monorail, which falls into the River Thames. Alan, Tin-Tin and Fermat land next to Thunderbird 2 ,then they begin their rescue of the submerged monorail and its passengers. Alan turns over piloting duties to Fermat, then launches in the Thunderbird 4 rescue submarine. When Alan and Fermat are unable to connect the lifting cable, Tintin dives into the water, swims down to the stricken monorail where she secures the cable, then joins Alan aboard Thunderbird 4. Jeff and his other sons arrive just in time to see the successful rescue, then Jeff, Alan, Tintin and Fermat rush to the bank, where they are joined by Parker. Lady Penelope, helpless, is handcuffed tightly behind her back by Mullion and Jeff gets captured by the Hood. Fermat and Parker defeat Mullion by working together.

As Alan and Jeff try to find the Hood, Alan asks his father if the Hood was telling the truth about Jeff abandoning him, Jeff admitting that he left the Hood behind during the rescue but also admitting that he only did it because he couldn't see any way to save the Hood that wouldn't have resulted in the deaths of both. Alan and Hood fight while Tin-Tin traps Transom. With Hood using his mental abilities, Alan starts to lose but Tin-Tin arrives on the scene just in time. She then proves that she has mental powers similar to her uncle's and actually overpowers him in the resulting duel (presumably due to The Hood being weakened from fighting Alan as he grew weaker the longer he used his powers), which results in the evil Hood falling into mortal danger.

Alan, who has to choose between saving the Hood and letting him die, saves him, saying, "I don't want to save your life, but it's what we do." The Hood, Mullion and Transom are arrested by the police with the Hood promising to "see you soon, Jeff." With the evil-doers turned over to police custody, the Tracys return home, where the three young heroes are inducted into International Rescue, while Tin-Tin begins making a move on Alan, receiving a knowing wink from Penelope. Moments later, a call from the President has the Thunderbirds (minus Jeff who stays behind, but including Alan and presumably Tin-Tin and Fermat) off on another mission. Cast Edit By August 2004, the film had taken a relatively low worldwide total of about $28,000,000. It cost roughly $57,000,000 to produce. The film received mixed to negative reviews, but had a mixed fanbase.

Those familiar with the series tended to be more negative in their views, accusing the filmmakers of abandoning the concepts of the original series in favour of the Spy Kids angle, with reviewers dubbing it "Thunderbirds Are No-Go!" (a riff on the catchphrase from the original series, "Thunderbirds are GO!"). Because of this, the addition of Brains' son, Fermat, also irritated many fans of the series, as he receives more screen time than Brains. Empire gave the film two out of five stars. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 20% "rotten" rating and a consensus calling the film a "Live-action cartoon for kids.". Yahoo! Movies and Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+ rating. Metacritic gave the film 36 of 100. Fans of the original series directed heavy criticism at the film through the Internet even before its release. One of the few aspects of the film to receive positive acclaim (other than the special effects) was Sophia Myles' performance as iconic superspy Lady Penelope, a portrayal in a style identical to that of her television counterpart. Another positive view was Ron Cook as Lady Penelope's butler and chauffeur Parker.

The Thunderbirds craft, as well as Tracy Island, were also seen to be very close to the style of the original designs. Purists disliked the fact that FAB 1 , Lady Penelope's car, was a Ford rather than a Rolls-Royce. However, this was because the producers could not reach a suitable agreement with BMW, who own the Rolls-Royce marque; the car manufacturer insisted that only an actual production model could be used. Ford stepped in with special version of their Thunderbird model, duplicating the six-wheel system on the Supermarionation Rolls. FAB-1 steers with the four front tires. The Ford Motor Company supplied a number of vehicles to the production, including an advanced off-road vehicle which prominently sported the Ford logo, a Ford Windstar, a Ford Ka and Ford Thunderbird which are owned by Lady Penelope, as well as many Ford C-MAX and Ford F-150s in various locations, leading to jeers over the too-obvious level of product placement by the car manufacturers - a sentiment actually shared by director Jonathan Frakes, as revealed in the DVD audio commentary.

During development, creator Gerry Anderson was invited to act as creative consultant, but was left out when the studio felt there were enough employees on the payroll acting as part of the creative team. The studio offered him $750,000 (£432,000) to attend the premiere but Anderson could not accept money from people he had not worked for. He eventually saw the film on DVD and was disappointed, declaring "It was disgraceful that such a huge amount of money was spent with people who had no idea what Thunderbirds was about and what made it tick. He also said that it was "the biggest load of crap I have ever seen in my entire life. Co-creator Sylvia Anderson , and the one responsible for character development, was given a private screening of the film and attended the London première. She had a far different opinion. "I felt that I’d been on a wonderful Thunderbirds adventure. You, the fans, will I’m sure, appreciate the sensitive adaptation and I’m personally thrilled that the production team have paid us the great compliment of bringing to life our original concept for the big screen.

If we had made it ourselves (and we have had over 30 years to do it!) we could not have improved on this new version. It is a great tribute to the original creative team who inspired the movie all those years ago. It was a personal thrill for me to see my characters come to life on the big screen." Differences from the original Edit There are notable changes from the original series. The most obvious difference is the updated effects and new designs of the Thunderbird craft. The majority were given a sleeker and modern look; however, they were still based on their original designs, with Thunderbirds 2 & 4 deviating the most from their original look. The layout of Tracy Island, as well as the inside of the house, had also been overhauled. The way in which the Tracy Brothers make their descent to the hangars has changed, with them now all standing in front of their pictures on the wall, instead of there being a specific place for them stand in the lounge to get to a specific craft. Additionally the couch loading mechanism is now used in Thunderbird 2 as well, rather than just being for Thunderbird 3, but uses a robotic arm instead of the system of rails.

Lady Penelope's FAB 1 vehicle was changed from a Rolls-Royce to a Ford Thunderbird, and is now capable of turning into a jet airplane. Thunderbird 3 was also shown to dock with Thunderbird 5 differently; in the film it docks side on instead of the rocket head going into the space station. The organisation is also referred to more commonly as "Thunderbirds" rather than "International Rescue"; although on their induction at the end of the film Alan, Tin-Tin, and Fermat receive badges that are designed with the "IR" logo on them as per the original TV series, intimating that the team are still officially called this. Though it seems the media's common parlance of "Thunderbirds" has become the norm, and been adopted amongst the family members themselves for everyday use. Also, the plot was changed dramatically by making the younger Tin-Tin, Alan Tracy, and Fermat Hackenbacker, who is depicted as being Brains’ son, the main characters. In the original, however, Alan Tracy does sometimes tend to have a larger role than the others and certainly a more emotional storyline (especially in the Thunderbirds Are Go! movie), but he has never been the main character.

In the original series, Alan and Tin-Tin were much closer to the age of the rest of the Tracy brothers; with Alan being captain of Thunderbird 3 which can be seen from the opening title sequence of the very first episode. Fermat Hackenbacker was only seen in this movie, because there is no mention of Brains ever being married, least of all having had a son. In the original series, Brains' name was never officially revealed, with "Hiram Hackenbacker" merely an alias (as seen in the episode Alias Mr. Hackenbacker); in the film it appears to be his actual name. Also Jeff Tracy never flew any of the Thunderbirds craft, and there has never been an instance where he went off to the danger zone (with the exception of the episode "Brink of Disaster", as he was caught in the accident). Like Fermat, the character of Onaha is not from the original TV series, where Kyrano was a single parent and presumably, like Jeff Tracy, a widower. In addition, the TV series has "Kyrano" as the family name, with Kyrano's first name never being revealed.

Jeff's mother (known simply as Grandma in the TV series) does not feature or get mentioned during the film. Tin-Tin and Kyrano change nationality in the film as well; they had been Malaysian throughout the TV series but were depicted as being from India in the film. Another difference is that the age order of the Tracy Brothers changes. In the TV series, the order of age was Scott, Virgil, John, Gordon and finally Alan, but in the film, John is older than Virgil. Although, the opening title sequence of the TV series shows John appearing before Virgil. There has been some debate that the title sequence of the series displays the Tracy Brothers in age order. Other changes are more canonical. The feature film is set in 2020, while the original is set in 2065 (i.e. the date now accepted by many fans in Thunderbirds canon as the year of International Rescue's first mission). In the feature film, the Hood said that he was left for dead in one of International Rescue's earlier missions, but in "Trapped in the Sky"—which was stated as International Rescue's first mission—he was already trying to get their technology, of whose existence he knew via Kyrano.

A huge difference in the movie is the Tracy Brother's uniforms. The movie had dropped the original and recognisable concept of the Blue uniform with coloured sashes and hat. In the movie they were now wearing white modern astronaut uniforms having absolutely no similarities to the original design. Another notable difference between the 2004 film and the original TV series is that International Rescue now allows itself to be filmed and photographed on missions. One of the recurring "rules" in the original TV series was that under no circumstances was anything related to International Rescue—be it the pilots or the craft themselves—permitted to be photographed. For example, in the episode Terror In New York City , Scott Tracy electromagnetically wipes a recording of Thunderbird 1 when News Crew starts filming. Another difference is that The Hood's powers seem to make him weaker when he uses them and his eyes are red, whereas in the original series they were always a bright yellow. Also contrasting the TV series, Tin-Tin actually shares the same powers as her uncle, the Hood, as seen in the movie's finale. In the TV series, Gordon Tracy was the pilot of Thunderbird 4 and Alan was the pilot of Thunderbird 3, with John Tracy subbing on occasion.

In the film, the roles are reversed. However, as Alan only uses Thunderbird 4 during the climax when Gordon is unavailable, it may be that Gordon is trained to pilot both craft in the film's continuity, since they are unlikely to be required for the same mission. Unlike the TV series, the island is actually referred to as Tracy Island in the dialogue, whereas the TV version was only called Tracy Island on Thunderbirds merchandise. Also, in the film, when John calls the island just seconds before Thunderbird 5 is struck by a missile, he calls out "Thunderbird 5 to Tracy Island". In the series, the Tracy boys would normally radio something like "Base from Thunderbird 1, 2, 5" etc. to the island. Filming location Edit The location for Tracy Island was filmed on North Island, a boutique island resort in the Seychelles, although originally said to be somewhere in the South Pacific. The exterior shots for the Los Angeles City Hospital were filmed at the European Headquarters offices of CA Technologies Inc, in Slough, England. Film history Edit Movie poster (Japanese). This was in fact the third theatrical release based upon the series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.

It was preceded by Thunderbirds Are Go in 1966 and Thunderbird 6 in 1968, both films using the Supermarionation production techniques of the series. Thunderbirds was dedicated to the memory of Stephen Lowen, a film crew member who died in an accident on the set. Stephen Lowen is credited as a Rigger on the film. Timed to coincide with the theatrical release of Thunderbirds, the two prior films were released on DVD. The DVD versions of all three films include a number of extra features, including historical and production information. Trivia Edit This is the only Thunderbirds film to include the Pod machines . The staged "accident" to the monorail across the Thames was originally supposed to happen to the London Eye, but the Eye management wouldn't allow this, so the monorail was added to the script instead. The Bank of England was erroneously called the "London Bank". This led to an amusing double error on Wikimedia Commons; an uploaded picture, titled "London Bank", was actually of London's Royal Exchange.

(The Bank of England is the unimpressive building to the north of the Royal Exchange.) In the DVD extras, Thunderbird 3 was described as having a top speed of 5,000 MPH. In fact, to be able to escape Earth's gravity, its top speed would need to be over double this. (The extras for the TV series give Thunderbird 3 a top speed of "over 25,000 MPH".) Gallery Thunderbirds (TV Series 1960–1966) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In the 21st century, the Tracy family operate a unique private mechanized emergency response service. Creators: The Hood plants a bomb aboard the Fireflash. Can International Rescue bring the airliner down without using its landing gear? 8.2 After Thunderbird 2 is heavily damaged in a mistaken attack, it leaves the team seemingly without a swift means to transport TB4 to New York City when a news crew is trapped underneath the collapsed ...

7.9 Lady Penelope is taken hostage by the evil Dr. Godber while helping Sir Jeremy Hodge investigate the disappearance of Professor Borender, who has developed a means of making rocket fuel out of water. 7.8 a list of 21 titles created 31 Jul 2012 a list of 40 titles created 12 Dec 2012 a list of 36 titles created 01 Nov 2013 a list of 30 titles created 13 May 2014 a list of 40 titles created 6 months ago Search for " Thunderbirds " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Gerry Anderson's third SF supermarionation saga told the adventures of the WASPs (the World Aquanaut Security Patrol) as they explored the oceans and kept the world safe from a variety of ... See full summary » Stars: Ray Barrett, Robert Easton, David Graham A literally unkillable agent leads an international intelligence agency's fight against an extra-terrestrial terror campaign.

Stars: Francis Matthews, Ed Bishop, Donald Gray The International Rescue team is faced with one of its toughest challenges yet, as the revolutionary lighter-than-air craft Skyship One is hijacked while on her maiden voyage around the ... See full summary » Director: David Lane The adventures of a preteen secret agent who can have any useful skills downloaded into his brain. Stars: Len Jones, Rupert Davies, Keith Alexander Thunderbirds Are Go (TV Series 2015) Animation | Action | Adventure In the future, the Tracy family run a private mechanized emergency response service. Stars: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rasmus Hardiker, Kayvan Novak When The Hood finds and invades International Rescue's secret base and traps most of the Tracy family, only young Alan Tracy and his friends can save the day. Director: Jonathan Frakes Fireball XL5 was part of the fleet of interplanetary rockets protecting Sector 25 of the Solar System from alien invasion under the supervision of the World Space Patrol. In command of XL5 ... See full summary » Stars: Paul Maxwell, Sylvia Anderson, David Graham Gerry Anderson's first science fiction Supermarionation series.

Super Car was a prototype vehicle that could travel in the air, on land or beneath the sea. Its test pilot was Mike Mercury, ... See full summary » Stars: David Graham, Graydon Gould, Sylvia Anderson In the year 2020 Earth is under threat from Martian androids who want revenge on the human race. They consist of Zelda, her son Yung-star and her sister called Cy-star. An organisation is ... See full summary » Stars: Jeremy Hitchen, Denise Bryer, Anne Ridler Camberwick Green (TV Series 1966) Animation | Family Iconic British children's animated series set in the fictional, picturesque village of the title. Each episode opens with a character emerging from a music box and they will be the central character of the forthcoming story. Stars: Brian Cant Children's animation from the 'Smallfilms' team of Postgate and Firmin. In the 'top, left hand corner of Wales' runs an archaic railway line staffed by such characters as Jones the Steam ...

See full summary » Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Oliver Postgate The Wombles (TV Series 1973) Animation | Family The misadventures of a fantasy folk community dedicated to cleaning up litter and put it to their own use. Stars: Bernard Cribbins, Dieter Hallervorden Edit Storyline The year is 2065. The location is a secret island base. The Tracy family run International Rescue - a top secret organization whose ongoing mission is to aid humanity. With the support of five incredible THUNDERBIRDS craft, the London agent Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, her butler and ex safe-cracker Parker and genius Brains, the Tracy family battle the forces of evil. Written by Back of Digitally Remastered DVD 30 September 1965 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Mono (Westrex Recording System)| Stereo (re-mastered version) Color: Did You Know?

Trivia The faces of the Tracys were composites of those of famous actors: Jeff was modeled upon Lorne Greene of Bonanza (1959) fame, Alan modeled upon Robert Reed of The Protectors (1964), Scott after Sean Connery and John after Adam Faith and Charlton Heston . Virgil is an older-looking Alan and Gordon a younger version of John. See more » Goofs In five episodes, there are newspapers with the date Friday, 24 December 1964 on the front cover, and was clearly not intended to be seen by viewers. (Oddly enough, 24 December 1964 was a Thursday). See more » Quotes Virgil Tracy : Thunderbird Two to Thunderbird One, do you read me? [Thunderbird One does not answer] John Tracy : He's got to have made it, he's GOT to. Virgil Tracy : Thunderbird Two to Thunderbird One, do you read me? [static] See more » Crazy Credits The opening credits include scenes from that week's episode.

Gerry Anderson would later reuse this gimmick in "Space: 1999" (1975) and "Space Precinct" (1995). See more » Connections

Question: How many sons does Jeff Tracy have in the children’s television series ‘Thunderbirds’?
Answer: Five