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The plot of "Trapped in the Sky" was inspired by Gerry Anderson's memories of his National Service in the RAF from 1947 to 1949. [7] While stationed at RAF Manston, he saw a Mosquito plane go out of control and crash to the ground during an air show, killing 20 people. [8]
All episodes are available to be viewed through the Sky Go and Amazon Video apps. [11] The entire boxset is also available on NOW TV and Virgin Media in the United Kingdom. [12] On 27 August 2019, it was announced that the complete first series would release to DVD on 30 September. [12]
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. [14]
"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.
The series is set in a nightmarish town in the United States that traps those who enter. The unwilling residents strive to stay alive while plagued by terrifying nocturnal creatures from the surrounding forest as they search for secrets hidden within the town and beyond in the hope of finding a way out.
A few weeks earlier, Lew Grade – who had been greatly impressed by the original 25-minute version of the first episode, "Trapped in the Sky" – had instructed Gerry Anderson to make all episodes 50 minutes long so the series could fill an hour-long commercial TV timeslot. [4]
Trapped (Icelandic: Ófærð) is an Icelandic television mystery drama series, created by Baltasar Kormákur and produced by RVK Studios. It was broadcast in Iceland on 27 December 2015 on RÚV . [ 1 ]
The seventh episode to be produced, "Vault of Death" sees the reintroduction of Lady Penelope and Parker following their brief appearance in the first episode, "Trapped in the Sky", and is the characters' first centric episode. [2] According to Chris Bentley, the episode presents the duo more as comic relief than competent undercover agents. [3]