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Stephen La Rivière considers the story one of the most unusual of the series, [5] while Peter Webber of DVD Monthly magazine calls the episode "just insane". [28] In 2004, "Attack of the Alligators!" was re-issued on DVD in North America as part of A&E Video's The Best of Thunderbirds: The Favorite Episodes. [3]
Thunderbirds is a 2004 science fiction action-adventure film [2] directed by Jonathan Frakes, written by William Osborne and Michael McCullers, and based on the television series of the same name created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.
"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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
"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]
General Bron, a power-hungry warlord, tasks The Hood with destroying Red Arrow: a British-made experimental fighter plane and the only threat to Bron's military. Travelling to London Airport, The Hood sabotages a test flight of Red Arrow 1 by concealing a homing device in a hangar, causing the aircraft to veer out of control and crash.