Finally, and perhaps most excitingly, after nearly five years it looks like the Thunderbirds anniversary specials look set to get a wider release. We can't give any further details yet - but we're very nearly there. And - we hope - that a public release will help grow appreciation for Supermarionation and bring a new audience to the original shows whose appeal we seek to continue. Penelope and Parker soon find themselves trapped with a bomb ready to go off! 3. The Stately Homes Robberies Merch News Podcast Space: 1999 Terrahawks Thunderbirds This week in Gerry Anderson news! (October 14th 2023)

The series fared slightly better in the home media department. At least two two-episode VHS tapes were released in both the USA and Spain, and two different two-episode VHS tapes were also released in the UK in the late 1980s, although unfortunately with the same episode included twice; Cloudburst & Nightmare was released by The Video Collection in 1986, while Nightmare & Metalhead was released by Lollipop in 1989. When the nation was gripped by Thunderbirds mania in 1991 ITC Home Video attempted to revive Thunderbirds 2086, this time releasing sixteen episodes of the series across three VHS tapes – with volumes two and three sporting the classic Thunderbirds logo in a bid to attract new viewers! Altogether, seventeen of 2086’s twenty-four episodes found their way to VHS in the UK, but the remaining seven have currently yet to receive any official release – as the series has not yet been released on DVD. It currently circulates online only thanks to the VHS releases and various off-air recordings. All TV episodes were released on Region 2 DVD by Carlton in 2000 and 2001. [1] A Region 1 box set by A&E Home Video followed in 2002. [2] The episodes were released on Blu-ray Disc in 2008. [3] Television series [ edit ] Series 1 [ edit ] Plot: A series of mansion burglaries draws Lady Penelope and Parker into a conspiracy to raid the Tower of London and steal the Crown Jewels. One additional element that came into play midway through Thunderbirds 2086’s run came with the arrival of the mysterious villain Star Crusher and his terrorist group the Shadow Axis, who were behind nefarious plots in several episodes. Although not part of the original Technoboyager series it was nevertheless an interesting attempt to provide a regular villain for 2086 through voiceover alone, since the original animation could not be altered enough to incorporate a new animated character. The ‘IRO datacube’. A criminal organisation steals classified plans. Working in conjunction with a British Secret Service agent, Lady Penelope must recover the material to save the world from total destruction.Thunderbirds 2086 made greater use of science fiction concepts and space travel in general than the original Supermarionation series, although its vehicles were designed with more of a functional appearance than those seen there. By and large the English redub followed the stories of the original Japanese episodes but its tone was often very tongue-in-cheek, and it wasn’t afraid to make references to other television shows and films. This was a world where evil computers would claim to control “the horizontal and the vertical”, where a convicted man would yell “I am not a number, I am a free man!” upon being sentenced, where a cynical astronaut would announce “I’ve never seen anything to make me believe there’s some mystical energy controlling my destiny!” short before encountering said Force (and then crying “I do believe in ghosts, I do believe in ghosts!”), and where absolutely all engineers were Scottish. The humour threatens to finally break the fourth wall completely at the start of the final episode, UFO, where the captain of a sailing vessel gets excited about his first appearance on television; Quite a lot has happened since we launched our first episode of Nebula-75 a month ago - and right now we have high hopes for the immediate future of Supermarionation.

Re-released on International Rescues [16] and Thunderbirds (PolyGram, 1992), [19] and on CD by Fanderson (2008). [17]

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Two Thunderbirds feature films were released in the 1960s. [4] The events of the first film, Thunderbirds Are Go, precede those of the final TV episode, " Give or Take a Million". [22] No. Lady Penelope goes on the trail of a kidnapped scientist, only to find herself in mortal danger at the hands of a megalomaniac determined to exploit the expert's work to his advantage. A malfunctioning solar reflector menaces the Italian coastal village of Monte Bianco, where Lady Penelope and Parker happen to be visiting while on holiday. Century 21, Slough will be released in Japan as a standalone and as part of a boxset accompanying the 2 Thunderbirds feature films. In addition to Century 21, Slough the release will also include Designing the Future - an interview with Mike Trim, and a short entitled Excitement is Go which we produced in 2015.