Synopsis

Penelope, Parker and Tin-Tin journey to Paradise Peaks in the Swiss Alps to discover the connection between the Cass Carnaby Five and a series of attacks on RTL2 missile transporters. After they expose the band's manager, he cuts the lines on their cable car, sending it hurtling down the mountainside, out of control!

Characters

Jeff Tracy, Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, Scott Tracy, Virgil Tracy, Alan Tracy, Banino, Macklin, Foreign Lieutenant, John Tracy, Cass Carnaby, Commander, Matthews Field, Radio Maxwell DJ, Brains, Aloysius Parker, Olsen, Captain Savidge, Hitchins, Tin-Tin Kyrano, Grandma Tracy, Maxie, Scheiler, Foreign Colonel

Credits

Directing

Director: Alan Pattillo

Producing

Producer: Gerry Anderson
Associate Producer: Reg Hill

Writing

Writer: Alan Pattillo

Voices

Voice: Peter Dyneley (Jeff Tracy), Sylvia Anderson (Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward), Shane Rimmer (Scott Tracy), David Holliday (Virgil Tracy), Matt Zimmerman (Alan Tracy, Banino, Macklin, Foreign Lieutenant), Ray Barrett (John Tracy, Cass Carnaby, Commander, Matthews Field, Radio Maxwell DJ), David Graham (Brains, Aloysius Parker, Olsen, Captain Savidge, Hitchins), Christine Finn (Tin-Tin Kyrano, Grandma Tracy), John Tate (Maxie, Scheiler, Foreign Colonel [uncredited])

Music

Music: Barry Gray

Crew

Cinematography: John Reed
Special Effects: Derek Meddings
Visual Effects: Sylvia Anderson

Production notes

Thunderbirds was the most expensive Supermarionation series up to that time. Although it had resemblances to the live-action CBS series Mission: Impossible, it actually premiered on British TV a year before Mission: Impossible was first seen in the U.S.

Gerry Anderson repeated the characters and plotlines for "Thunderbirds 2086," an animated series which ran on U.S. cable TV in 1984, then entered syndication a year later.