Product Description
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All thirty-two episodes of Gerry Anderson's cult
Supermarionation series in one box set. In 'Trapped in the Sky',
evil villain the Hood hatches a plot to photograph the
Thunderbirds vehicles in action. 'Pit of Peril' sees
International Rescue called in when the test drive of a new army
vehicle goes awry. In 'The Perils of Penelope', Lady Penelope and
prominent scientist Professor Borendor are kipped in a
fiendish attempt to extort a secret fuel formula from the latter.
'Terror in New York City' sees Gordon Tracy racing to the rescue
in Thunderbird 4 when a television reporter and his cameraman
become trapped in a collapsing Empire State Building. In 'Edge of
Impact', a Red Arrow aircraft ces after being sabotaged by
the Hood, and Thunderbird 2 speeds to the rescue. 'Day of
Disaster' sees Gordon attempting to save two engineers trapped in
a probe rocket which is set to self-destruct. In '30 Minutes
After Noon', Scott, Virgil and Adam attempt to prevent the
biggest nuclear bomb blast the world has ever seen. 'Desperate
Intruder' sees the Hood attempting to beat Brains and Tin-Tin to
a cache of treasure buried at the bottom of Lake Anasta. In 'End
of the Road', the Tracy boys have to rescue a family friend
stranded on a cliff edge without revealing their true identity.
'The Uninvited' sees Scott and a team of archaeologists captured
in the desert by a pyramid-dwelling tribe. In 'Sun Probe',
Thunderbird 3 speeds into space to prevent a spaceship from
colliding with the sun. 'Operation C-Dive' sees International
Rescue attempting to discover the reason for the recent Fireflash
airliner ces. In 'Vault of Death', a bank worker becomes
trapped in a time-locked safe, with oxygen rapidly running out.
'The Might Atom' sees the Hood stealing a robotic rodent which he
plans to use to on International Rescue. In 'City of Fire', a
fire in a shopping mall requires the use of Brain's untested new
cutting - but will it be safe? 'The Ims' sees a bogus
group impersonating the International Rescue team in an attempt
to discredit them. In 'The Man from MI5', Lady Penelope finds
herself in deadly danger when she follows the trail of a missing
British . 'Cry Wolf' sees Thunderbird 1 drawn to a false alarm
when two Australian boys play at International Rescue. In 'Danger
at Ocean Deep', the Thunderbirds investigate the disappearance of
a missing tanker and its potentially explosive cargo. 'Move and
You're Dead' finds Alan and Grandma trapped on a bridge girder
with a bomb following the former's triumph in the Parola Sands
motor race. In 'The Duchess Assignment', Lady Penelope's Duchess
friend is kipped and held to ransom en route to selling a
valuable painting. 'Brink of Disaster' sees Jeff, Tin-Tin and
Brains trapped on a deadly monorail when they investigate a
crooked tycoon. In 'Attack of the Alligators!', four men are
trapped by giant alligators after accidentally spilling a growth
formula into the nearby swamp. 'Martian Invasion' sees the
International Rescue team filmed by the Hood after rescuing two
actors trapped in a cave. In 'The Cham Cham', Lady Penelope and
Tin-Tin go undercover in the music business when a series of
American rocket ces coincide with performances by pop group
the Cass Carnaby Five. 'Security Hazard' sees Jeff become
apopleptic when a young boy stows away aboard Thunderbird 2 and
observes International Rescue in action. In 'Atlantic Inferno',
Scott is left in charge when Jeff goes on holiday, and has to
decide what to do when a nearby oil rig catches fire. 'Path of
Destruction' sees the team racing to halt the carnage being
created by an out-of-control, atomic-powered tree-logger. In
'Alias Mr Hackenbacker', Lady Penelope contacts Thunderbirds when
the plane she is travelling on is hijacked by criminals. 'Lord
Parker's 'Oliday' sees Parker helping to avert chaos when the
solar-powered Mediterranean resort of Monte Bianco loses its
reflector in a storm. In 'Ricochet', Tin-Tin discovers that an
orbiting TV station has been damaged by a rogue space rocket, and
will explode upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere. 'Give or Take a
Million' sees a pair of crooks' planned robbery going awry when
they become trapped in a children's hospital.
.co.uk Review
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"Filmed in VIDECOLOR [explosions, drum roll, music builds to a
climax] and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of
Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's
marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of
the fact that (a) the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets
in it? But everything about this series really is epic:
Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale, pre-dating such
high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armaggedon by 30 years and
more (the acting is better, too), and fetishising gadgets in a
way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to
rival. Unsurprisingly, it transpires that the visual effects are
by Derek Meddings, whose later contributions to Bond movies like
The Who Loved Me and Moonraker echo his pioneering model work
here.
As to the characters, the clean-cut Tracey boys take second place
in the audiences' affections to their cool machines--the real
stars of the show--while comic is to be found in the
charming company of Lady Penelope and her pink Rolls (number
plate FAB1), driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker, whose "Yes,
milady" catch phrase resonated around school playgrounds for
decades. (Spare a thought for poor old John Tracey, stuck up in
space on Thunderbird 5 with only the radio for company.) The
puppet stunt-work is breathtakingly audacious, and every week's
death-defying escapade is nail-bitingly choreographed in the very
best tradition of disaster movies. First shown in 1964 and now
digitally remastered, Thunderbirds is children's TV that still
looks and sounds like big-budget Hollywood.
In this box set: All 32 episodes on eight discs, plus a bonus DVD
featuring "The Thunderbirds Companion", an exclusive documentary
with interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. --Mark Walker