The Hood plants a bomb aboard the Fireflash. Can International Rescue bring the airliner down without using its landing gear?The Hood plants a bomb aboard the Fireflash. Can International Rescue bring the airliner down without using its landing gear?The Hood plants a bomb aboard the Fireflash. Can International Rescue bring the airliner down without using its landing gear?
Ray Barrett
- John Tracy
- (voice)
- …
Peter Dyneley
- Jeff Tracy
- (voice)
- …
Christine Finn
- Tin-Tin Kyrano
- (voice)
- …
David Graham
- Gordon Tracy
- (voice)
- …
David Holliday
- Virgil Tracy
- (voice)
Shane Rimmer
- Scott Tracy
- (voice)
- …
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- TriviaVirgil remote-controls two elevator cars while driving a third to cushion the crash-landing of the Fireflash airliner. On the craft's second landing attempt, elevator car #1 suddenly breaks free and speeds off the runway and overturns. This scene came about because during filming one of the model cars indeed broke free and slid off the miniature runway. The special effects crew and Gerry Anderson both agreed that this "gaffe" would work in the context of the story, so Anderson wrote this setback to International Rescue into the plot.
- GoofsAt the end of "Trapped In The Sky", a doctor visits Tracy Island to examine Kyrano, and "Operation Cover-up" disguises all evidence of the International Rescue organization in the lounge, with the portraits of the brothers in uniform replaced by pictures of them in civilian clothing. But when the doctor enters the room, the in-uniform portraits are still visible in shots of Scott, Gordon and Jeff.
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[International Rescue has succeeded in saving the Fireflash aircraft via emergency elevator cars, but one driven by Virgil has crashed off the runway and is upside down]
Scott Tracy: Are you okay, Virgil?
[Virgil is trying to crawl right side up within his elevator car]
Virgil Tracy: Okay, Scott. Made good timing.
Scott Tracy: Great, Virgil! Just great.
- Crazy creditsIn the "opening credits" preview, Kyrano's scream can be heard. Later in the series, these previews would not include any actual sound effects.
- Alternate versionsFor the DVD release of the series the picture was digitally remastered. This also included some repair work to damaged library footage used in the pilot episode "Trapped In the Sky", specifically the paradise beach shot used to represent Tracy Island. Curiously when the episode was shown again in the UK the 5.1 remastered sound was included, but not the digital remastering/repair.
- ConnectionsEdited into Turbocharged Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky (1994)
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I can't see the strings, only the quality.
Thunderbirds is a triumph of TV. It's a real series for children that took them seriously. It didn't treat kids as kids, it treated them as small adults, and in the process gave us real excitement, cutting edge effects and great stories. The premise of the series may seem unrealistic, but the plots were excellent. It contained real people (they may have been represented by puppets, but they were real people) in real situation. They were edge of the seat programs that quite frankly many programs today could learn lessons from. Plus, how many things in these programs have either come true, or indeed look just like the designs of things used by the Thunderbirds team. It's no chance happening that kids (and still adults) love it today just as much as they did when it was made. Why? Because they don't see the strings, they see the program, and the program captures the imagination completely. How many (supposedly) children's programs made 40 years ago do 21st century kids want to watch now? And what's the betting they still will in another 40.
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What is the broadcast (satellite or terrestrial TV) release date of Trapped in the Sky (1965) in Australia?
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