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Lew Grade, the Andersons' financial backer, was so impressed by the production that he ordered APF to re-write and extend every Thunderbirds episode from 25 to 50 minutes so that the series would fill a one-hour TV timeslot. Well received on its first broadcast, [1] "Trapped in the Sky" is widely regarded as one of the best episodes of ...
This episode marks the first use of Thunderbirds ' regular ending theme music: a modified version of the instrumental that accompanies the launch of Thunderbird 1 in "Trapped in the Sky". [13] The incidental music for "Pit of Peril", composed by Barry Gray , was recorded on 24 April 1965 in a four-hour studio session with a 22-piece orchestra.
Thunderbirds grossed $28,283,637 worldwide, and with an estimated $57 million budget, [28] the film was a box office bomb. Frakes attributed the film's commercial failure to a combination of stiff competition from its contemporaries Shrek 2 and Spider-Man 2 and its poor critical reception. [ 29 ]
Set in the 2060s, Thunderbirds follows the missions of International Rescue, a secret organisation which uses technologically‑advanced rescue vehicles to save human life. The main characters are ex‑astronaut Jeff Tracy , founder of International Rescue, and his five adult sons, who pilot the organisation's primary vehicles: the Thunderbird ...
"Alias Mr. Hackenbacker" has more guest characters in speaking roles than any other Thunderbirds episode. [1] It is the only episode to feature voices by Paul Maxwell, who was uncredited for his contributions. Maxwell had previously voiced Colonel Zodiac in Fireball XL5 and Captain Travers in Thunderbirds Are Go. [1] [3]
Sam Denham describes "Day of Disaster" as a "classic 'doomed technology' episode" of Thunderbirds, commenting that its premise about an ill-fated space probe is one of several that "reflected a growing concern in the 1960s that the pace of progress may have been moving too fast". He adds that judging by the guest characters' surprised reactions ...
Set in the 2060s, Thunderbirds follows the missions of International Rescue, a secret organisation which uses technologically-advanced rescue vehicles to save human life. The lead characters are ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy , founder of International Rescue, and his five adult sons, who pilot the organisation's primary vehicles: the Thunderbird ...
"Operation Crash-Dive" is one of several early episodes that were extended from 25 to 50 minutes after Lew Grade – APF's owner, who had been greatly impressed with the 25-minute pilot version of "Trapped in the Sky" – ordered the runtime doubled so that Thunderbirds would fill an hour-long TV timeslot.