Thunderbirds.....just how FAB was it for you?

[DoctorX]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

SHADO HQ was nothing to do with Holby (in Bristol) - it was Pinewood.

the casualty dept was in Bristol (now cardiff), the rest is in, er, Elstree.

[-Pete-]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

SHADO HQ was nothing to do with Holby (in Bristol) - it was Pinewood.

To be honest I only ever noticed Chrissie Williams, but Mrs me said the Shado HQ looked like Holby. And I'm too tired to argue with either of you

[CRA2Y]

Some episodes stick in your mind - like when a US destroyer targets Thunderbird 2 in International waters, and blasts the hell out of it. When your older you think "Totally implausible, would never happen".

Then, the Americans blast the hell out of a commercial airliner...

[Catweazle]

Dr Banjo said:

How the hell did that thing ever take off

Conveyor belt?

[slipstream 1985]

CRA2Y said:

Some episodes stick in your mind - like when a US destroyer targets Thunderbird 2 in International waters, and blasts the hell out of it. When your older you think "Totally implausible, would never happen".

Then, the Americans blast the hell out of a commercial airliner...

me and my friend used to play that episode in the playground at school. i was such a good actor the teacher came out thinking i was hurt. She wasnt ammused when i explained i had just crashed thunderbird 2...

[slipstream 1985]

i made this a few years ago. 1 or 2 of the pics are gone but most survive.





"john" Father seems there an emergency in the south. 3 men are stuck down a mine inside a steel safty cage.. worst of all they are overhanging a canyon!


"jeff tracy" ok boys just got a call in theres 3 people stuck down a mine inside a steel safty cage overhanging a canyon any ideas?

"brains" err...err mr tracy how about thunderbird 2 and the new anti stuck down a mine stuck in a cage overhanging a canyon equiptment?

"jeff tracy" great idea brains! ok hurry you only have 40 minutes!





thunderbird one launches gets there in 5 minutes and updates the situation to virgin plundering along in thunderbird 2.


"scott tracy" ok father iv set up my command post all these lights are giving me lots of usefull information. aparently theres 3 guys stuck down the mine inside the steel safety cage but its overhanging a large canyon!

"jeff tracy" OK thanks scott. Virgil did you get that?



"virgil" yes father i got that eta 5 minutes wasp.... er i mean fab



"jeff tracy" ok general heres an update thunderbird one is on site and buggering about as usual virgil in thunderbird 2 will arrive any minute now

"general" ok thanks those guys only have 30 minutes. thank god for you thunderbird boys. we never know where you come from how you get everwhere in 5 minutes and why we are incompetant to never have our own rescue equiptment.

meanwhile in the safty cage down a mine overhanging a canyon.



"hank" hey... joe do you think we'll make it?
"joe" i... i ... argh... dont know i hope those thunderbird boys know what their doing. cos i sure as hell dont know what all these buttons and lights mean





"virgil" ok father im on site, opening pod 5



"virgil" st wrong bloody pod!




ok il have to use the mole



dum dum dum, dum dum, dum dum dum ,dum dum DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAA, DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAADAAAA DUM









"virgil" ok father we are making good progress













"penelope" jeff you know that night virgil stayed with me in london?

"jeff" penelope i cant deal with that just now theres 3 guys stuck down a mine inside a steel safty cage overhanging a canyon and theyve only got 5 minutes!

diiiiin DIN DIN DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!




"jeff" anyway how did it happen?

"penelope" er well...


















"penelope" well virgils thunderbird entered my pod and



"jeff" DAMIT THAT BLOODY BOY OF MINE!



"brains" er...er alan? im the one who designs all this st how come im getting lowered and your just operating the lever?

"alan" shut up brains i never get to go on missions! do you have any idea how many of our missions need thunderbird 3? she just sits there in that bloody hanger!









"alan" its not fair im just a bloody taxi service for john in thunderbird 5!



meanwhile...



"hank" or "joe" ( its the same 3 puppets they save every week anyway)

"ok thanks, right joe thats the thunderbirds incredible machinery outside to get us. you got your camara phone on you? get a few sly snaps to sell ha!



"hank" er joe they might notice that?



"scott" ok father virgils got them and he's heading back to thunderbird 2. eta home 30 minutes





"virgil" race ya home scott!

"scott" your on you'v got no chance!




"virgil" where the hecks scott? he's usually home before me.....



"scott" er father, sorry but i went a bit mad and went for a top speed and iv binned it....











DUM DUM... DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[countachman]

Well done there are some great images and yes you sum an episode up well.

Favorite one?

[unrepentant]

My favourites were the ones with The Hood. I seem to remember one in the Sahara where The Hood buried Brains up to his neck in sand.

I used to watch them with my Dad when I was a small child in the 60's. Dad's 80 now and he still loves them, so do I although they don't seem to show them in the US where I live now.

GA was a genius IMHO.

[countachman]

Always dead cool like Steve McQueen. Who has the UFO cars now?

[countachman]

He was a genius and they are not shown over here now so get that DVD boxset and have a retro eve in.

[countachman]

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[Pesty]

countachman said:

In case you didn't know cumberbunches mum. Turns up in Sherlock playing his mum too.

Thunderbirds was great as a kid still great now. Not much else stands the test of time so well.

[countachman]

Pesty said:

In case you didn't know cumberbunches mum. Turns up in Sherlock playing his mum too.

Thunderbirds was great as a kid still great now. Not much else stands the test of time so well.

Oh ok I'll look out for her I've only just got into the last two episodes of Cummerbacks Shirlcock.

How beautiful was she back then.

[Pesty]

Stunning

Seem to remember liking the changeling redhead from 1999 better though.. But never really watched UFO.

[unrepentant]

Pesty said:

countachman said:

In case you didn't know cumberbunches mum. Turns up in Sherlock playing his mum too.

Thunderbirds was great as a kid still great now. Not much else stands the test of time so well.

My Dad always lusted after Wanda.

[vixen1700]

Never really into Thunderbirds, too squeaky clean for me.

Captain Scarlet was where it was at when I was a kid, much darker.

[Dog Star]

countachman said:

She runs a B&B in France now.

I love UFO; it was a total flange-fest!