Synopsis

During a rescue mission, young Chip Morrison stows away aboard Thunderbird 2 and is not discovered until Virgil arrives back at Tracy Island. While Jeff tries to think of a solution to the potential security hazard, the boy exhibits a talent for encouraging the Tracy brothers to expose International Rescue secrets...

Characters

Jeff Tracy, Commander Norman, Scott Tracy, Virgil Tracy, Gordon Tracy, Aloysius Parker, Brains, Kyrano, Tin-Tin Kyrano, The Hood, John Tracy, Chip Morrison, Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, Solarnaut Camp

Credits

Directing

Director: Desmond Saunders

Producing

Producer: Gerry Anderson
Associate Producer: Reg Hill

Writing

Writer: Alan Pattillo

Voices

Voice: Peter Dyneley (Jeff Tracy, Commander Norman), Shane Rimmer (Scott Tracy), David Holliday (Virgil Tracy), David Graham (Gordon Tracy, Aloysius Parker, Brains, Kyrano), Christine Finn (Tin-Tin Kyrano [featured in "Sun Probe"] [archive footage]), Ray Barrett (The Hood, John Tracy [archive footage]), Sylvia Anderson (Chip Morrison, Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward), John Tate (Solarnaut Camp [featured in "Sun Probe"] [archive footage, 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.