"nor any music that was not used in other episodes, it is not included on the set). Beyond the TV series, composer Barry Gray's contributions to ""Thunderbirds"" included four original songs recorded exclusively for audio release: ""Lady Penelope"", ""Parker"", ""Parker Well Done"" and ""The Abominable Snowman"", all sung in character by Sylvia Anderson and David Graham. When ""Thunderbirds"" was first broadcast, AP Films Merchandising awarded licences to companies such as Matchbox and Dinky to manufacture plastic and die-cast metal ""Thunderbirds"" vehicle toys. The subsidiary issued approximately 120 such licences, even buying a company (J. Rosenthal) to keep up with demand."
"Sylvia Anderson Sylvia Beatrice Anderson (née Thomas; 25 March 1927 – 15 March 2016) was an English television and film producer, writer, voice actress and costume designer, best known for her collaborations with Gerry Anderson, her husband between 1960 and 1981. In addition to serving as co-creator and co-writer on their TV series during the 1960s and early 1970s, Anderson's primary contribution was character development and costume design. She regularly directed the bi-weekly voice recording sessions, and provided the voices of many female and child characters, in particular the creation of Lady Penelope and Parker in ""Thunderbirds"". Anderson was born"
"Lady Penelope (comic) Lady Penelope was a British weekly comic book magazine for girls which ran from 1966 to 1969. The title character was based on Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, the secret agent seen in the television series ""Thunderbirds"". Most of the other strips in the comic were also based on popular television shows of the era. Before ""Lady Penelope"" became an independent comic, a strip featuring the title character was one of four colour strips to launch the TV Century 21. It was published while ""Thunderbirds"" was still being made and the script acted as a prelude to the upcoming"
"October 1963. This real-life drama inspired Anderson to create a new programme format about a rescue organisation, which eventually became his most famous and popular series, ""Thunderbirds"" (1964–1966). The dramatic title was inspired by the letter Anderson's older brother Lionel had written to his family during World War II. Grade was very enthusiastic about the concept and agreed to back a series of 25-minute episodes (the same length as ""Stingray""), so the Andersons scripted a pilot episode, ""Trapped in the Sky"", and began production. Gerry initially wanted actress Fenella Fielding to perform the voice of Lady Penelope, but Sylvia convinced"
"of Edina Monsoon in a dream sequence in ""Hospital"", a 1994 episode of the sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"". Also in 1994, Virgin Atlantic Airways named their first Boeing 747-400 after Lady Penelope; the aircraft's registration, inspired by FAB 1, was G-VFAB. The aircraft was retired in September 2015. In 2005, Virgin Trains named locomotive 57307 of their Class 57 fleet after Lady Penelope. In the 2004 live-action film based on the series, British actress Sophia Myles portrayed Lady Penelope. Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward is a fictional character introduced in the British mid-1960s Supermarionation television series ""Thunderbirds"", who also appears"
"the BBC sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"" (1992–2004) features the Lady Penelope puppet in a dream sequence based on the character of Edina Monsoon undergoing surgery: Penelope informs Edina that she is dying, but that Brains is working on a chemical formula to save her life. In the United States, MTV broadcast a sitcom parody of ""Thunderbirds"", ""Super Adventure Team"", in 1998. From 1974 to 1975, the company Stage Three – co-founded by ""Thunderbirds"" puppeteer Christine Glanville – hosted a ""Thunderbirds"" rod puppet stage show at Bournemouth Pier and other venues. In 1984, Mime Theatre Project artists Andrew Dawson and Gavin Robertson"
"and ""Thunderbirds"" TV scriptwriter Alan Fennell, this mostly replaced the ""Lady Penelope"" strip, which moved to a sister comic of the same name. The """"Thunderbirds"""" strip, illustrated by Frank Bellamy, was the centrepiece of ""TV Century 21"" (re-branded ""TV 21"" in January 1968) for 186 issues and 30 serials, until October 1969. At their peak, combined weekly sales of ""TV Century 21"" and ""Lady Penelope"" in the 1960s numbered 1.3 million. In 1966, ""Thunderbirds"" featured as a strip in the ""Daily Mail"". A ""Thunderbirds Annual"" was published by Century 21 Publishing from 1966 to 1968, and a ""Lady Penelope"" version"
"franchise. This is argued to be due, in part, to a more mature reading of the character's lines from Sylvia Anderson, who provided Penelope's voice from the first episode of the ""Thunderbirds"" television series. Archer and Hearn also praise the work of David Graham, particularly his reading of Parker's dialogue, but note that other regular characters, such as Gordon and John, appear infrequently in the film. With the cancellation of ""Thunderbirds"" after the six episodes of Series Two, the next small-screen project for AP Films, re-branded as ""Century 21"" in December 1966, would be ""Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons"". This"
"positive acclaim (other than the special effects) was Sophia Myles' performance as superspy Lady Penelope, a portrayal in a style identical to that of her television counterpart. Another positive view was Ron Cook as Lady Penelope's butler and chauffeur Parker. The ""Thunderbirds"" craft, as well as Tracy Island, were also seen to be very close to the style of the original designs. Purists disliked the fact that ""FAB-1,"" Lady Penelope's car, was a Ford rather than a Rolls-Royce. However, this was because the producers could not reach a suitable agreement with BMW in the authorised use of the Rolls-Royce marque;"
"aircraft by the full name ""Tiger Moth"". Voice acting was recorded in six days at the Anvil Films Recording Studio at Denham in Buckinghamshire, where dialogue for ""Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons"" would also be recorded. Dialogue for characters returning from ""Thunderbirds Are Go"", such as the Tracy family, Tracy Island's other residents, Lady Penelope, Parker and the Hood is, with two exceptions, provided by the same actors. Voice actors introduced in ""Thunderbird 6"" are: Gerry Anderson biographers Simon Archer and Marcus Hearn suggest that ""Thunderbird 6"" develops the character of Lady Penelope from her previous appearances in the ""Thunderbirds"""
"1970s and 1980s. Demand for Matchbox's Tracy Island Playset overwhelmed supply, resulting in shop fights and a substantial black market for the toy. A comic strip featuring the characters of Lady Penelope and Parker debuted in the early issues of APF Publishing's children's title ""TV Century 21"" in 1965. A full-length ""Thunderbirds"" strip appeared a year later, at which point the Lady Penelope adventures were given their own comic. ""Thunderbirds"", ""Lady Penelope"" and ""Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds"" annuals were published in the late 1960s; during the same period, eight original novels were written. In 2008, FTL Publications of Minnesota launched"
"Aloysius Parker Aloysius ""Nosey"" Parker is a fictional character introduced in the British mid-1960s Supermarionation television series ""Thunderbirds"", who also appears in the film sequels ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" (1966) and ""Thunderbird 6"" (1968) and the 2004 live-action adaptation ""Thunderbirds"". The puppet character of the TV series and first two films was voiced by David Graham. In the live-action film, Parker is portrayed by Ron Cook. Graham reprised his role for the part-computer-animated, part-live-action remake series ""Thunderbirds Are Go!"", which first aired in the UK on 4 April 2015. Parker is employed at Creighton-Ward Mansion by Lady Penelope, serving as her"
"some of the weekly comic strip serials unfinished, so the endings of these were included in the form of text stories in issue 204. Despite the combined title, only one comic serial from ""Penelope"" survived the merge, albeit with the format and main character's name altered. The title would revert to ""Princess Tina"" before the end of 1970. Lady Penelope (comic) Lady Penelope was a British weekly comic book magazine for girls which ran from 1966 to 1969. The title character was based on Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, the secret agent seen in the television series ""Thunderbirds"". Most of the other"
"""Fireball XL5"" (1962 – 63) had ended prior to the launch of ""TV Century 21"", they were still being broadcast sporadically on ATV in the United Kingdom, and therefore also appeared in the comic. ""Thunderbirds"" (1965 – 66) was not featured until issue 52, but one of the series' main characters, the aristocratic Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, appeared from issue 1. ""Fireball XL5"", ""Stingray"" and ""Lady Penelope"" were the first three colour strips whose origins can be traced to the first issue. The front covers were also in colour, with photographs from one or more of the Anderson series or occasionally"
"she receives her own vehicle in the form of Thunderbird Shadow. Tin-Tin Kyrano Tin-Tin Kyrano is a fictional character introduced in the mid-1960s British Supermarionation television series ""Thunderbirds"". In the original TV series and its film sequels, the voice of the Tin-Tin puppet was provided by actress Christine Finn. In the remake series, due to copyright problems with Hergé's ""The Adventures of Tintin"", the character's name was changed to Tanusha 'Kayo' Kyrano. Sylvia Anderson, ""Thunderbirds"" co-producer and character co-creator, writes that Tin-Tin was conceived mainly to ""redress the balance"" of the ""male-dominated"" primary puppet cast. The character's name was derived"
"immersed herself in this profoundly calculating character, and the results are impressive."" She received numerous awards and nominations, including for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. Since 2015, she has voiced Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the remake of Gerry Anderson's ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" produced by ITV in conjunction with Weta Workshop. In February 2016, she starred in the music video for ""Voodoo"
"was aware that Grade intended to sell the show to American TV networks and wanted to make the show appealing to American audiences, hence she introduced the ""British aristocrat"" character of Lady Penelope, and Parker her ""Cockney chauffeur"". Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, an aristocratic fashionista who was an undercover agent, was to become one of her most popular characters; Anderson both created the character and provided her voice. AP Films puppet designer Mary Turner used Anderson as the template for the creation of the Lady Penelope puppets, a decision of which Anderson was not immediately aware. Interviewed by the ""Daily Mirror"""
"silo – was appropriated and deployed to ""save"" life rather than to take it."" He argues that the series adheres more closely to cultural norms by drawing on the ""Cold War cult of the secret agent whose skills defend the home from enemies unknown"", noting Lady Penelope's role as a spy in addition to two episodes (""30 Minutes After Noon"" and ""The Man from MI.5"") that are heavily influenced by the ""James Bond"" novels and film adaptations. During a 2001 exhibition dedicated to the series, Masaaki Hirakata, curator at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, likened ""Thunderbirds"" to ""a modern"
"""Thunderbirds"" comic. Following the success of the ""Lady Penelope"" strip a ""Lady Penelope"" was launched as the sister publication to ""TV Century 21"", marketed as ""the comic for girls who love television"". It ran for 204 issues with the first dated 22 January 1966. The title changed to ""The New Lady Penelope"" with issue 53, back to ""Lady Penelope"" with issue 63 and then to ""Penelope"" from issue 123 onwards. The run ended with issue 204, dated 13 December 1969, after which the title joined with ""Princess Tina"". This merge appears to have been arranged hastily and would have left"
"who was contracted to Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). After voicing Lady Penelope in the ""Thunderbirds"" TV series, Kuroyanagi first became well known in 1975 when she established her afternoon television program ""Tetsuko's Room"" (Tetsuko no Heya), which was the first talk show on Japanese television. The show was broadcast by the private television channel Television Asahi, and featured Kuroyanagi's discussions with celebrities from various fields, including television, sport and politics. Tetsuko's Room was very successful, and Kuroyanagi started to be referred to as a ""phenomenon"" in Japan, in contradiction to the image of ""servile"" and ""wifely"" women on Japanese television""."
"The character was both voiced by and modelled on Sylvia Anderson, the series co-creator. After several of her test sculptures were rejected, AP Films puppet designer Mary Turner used Anderson as the template (a decision of which Anderson was not immediately apprised). Interviewed by the ""Daily Mirror"" in 1968, Turner commented: ""we wanted a glamorous blonde and [Anderson] was the obvious choice."" Turner's original inspiration had been the appearance of a model discovered in the pages of ""Vogue"". Lady Penelope's attire was inspired by contemporary Carnaby Street and Parisian fashions, with ""Vogue"" and ""Harper's"" magazines used frequently as points of"
"of ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" in his book ""Supermarionation: A History of the Future"", considers the sequence the strangest ever created by AP Films. The returning characters of the Tracy family, the other inhabitants of Tracy Island, Lady Penelope, Parker and the Hood are voiced, with one exception, by the Series One cast of ""Thunderbirds"". Voice actors introduced in ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" are: Pre-production for ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" lasted three months, and a shooting schedule of sixteen weeks was allotted to coincide with the filming of episodes for Series Two. Principal photography commenced on 3 March 1966 and ended nearly four"
"Tin-Tin Kyrano Tin-Tin Kyrano is a fictional character introduced in the mid-1960s British Supermarionation television series ""Thunderbirds"". In the original TV series and its film sequels, the voice of the Tin-Tin puppet was provided by actress Christine Finn. In the remake series, due to copyright problems with Hergé's ""The Adventures of Tintin"", the character's name was changed to Tanusha 'Kayo' Kyrano. Sylvia Anderson, ""Thunderbirds"" co-producer and character co-creator, writes that Tin-Tin was conceived mainly to ""redress the balance"" of the ""male-dominated"" primary puppet cast. The character's name was derived from the Malaysian term for """". The Supermarionation puppet was sculpted"
"asserting that over the course of the series, the character shifted ""from being the submissive hired help to a more assertive, independent role""; he concedes, however, that this development was overshadowed by the outings of Lady Penelope. Science-fiction writer John Peel offers a similar assessment, criticising the character's first appearance in the series opener, ""Trapped in the Sky"" (""a helpless-female-to-be-rescued role""), but praising her higher and more active profile in ""Sun Probe"" and ""The Cham-Cham"" (during the latter of which she ""really comes into her own"", emerging as Penelope's ""sidekick""). Peel argues that, in contrast with other Anderson series, ""Thunderbirds"""
"Penelope Pussycat Penelope Pussycat is an animated cartoon character, featured in the Warner Bros. classic ""Looney Tunes"" animated shorts as the protagonist of the Pepé Le Pew shorts. Although she is typically a non-speaker, her ""meows"" and ""purrs"" (or ""le mews"" and ""le purrs"") were most often provided by Mel Blanc using a feminine voice. In the 1959 short ""Really Scent"", she was voiced by June Foray, in the 1962 short ""Louvre Come Back to Me!"", she was voiced by Julie Bennett, and in the 2000 movie, ""Tweety's High-Flying Adventure"", she was voiced by Frank Welker. Her first speaking role"
"the bank's ₤500,000 cash prize. Later, at Creighton-Ward Mansion, Lady Penelope rings for Parker, who is nowhere to be found. The scene cuts to reveal that he has spent his winnings on a tropical holiday. ""Thunderbirds"" was the inspiration for the style of Nintendo's ""Star Fox"" franchise. Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the series, has stated that he is a fan of the series, and that its distinctive style inspired the puppet-like appearance and actions of the ""Star Fox"" characters since ""Star Fox 64"". Works based on Thunderbirds Thunderbirds, a British science-fiction puppet television series created by Gerry and Sylvia"
"the 1960s science fiction television series ""Thunderbirds"" was approved by co-creator Gerry Anderson when the founder of Weta Workshop, Richard Taylor, visited him while he was working on ""New Captain Scarlet"" at Pinewood Studios at the time. On 4 February 2013, ITV Global Entertainment and Pukeko Pictures officially announced the revival with under the title ""Thunderbirds Are Go!"" Production began in June 2013 at Weta Workshop, while the principal voice cast was announced on 30 September 2014. Each series consists of 26 episodes split in two parts. The first series aired between 4 April–20 June 2015, resuming on 31 October"
"until 1969. ""Thunderbirds"" also appeared in the parent ""TV Century 21""/""TV 21"" annual until 1969; the same year, a joint ""Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds"" annual was released. Starting in October 1991, the Bellamy-illustrated strips, as well as some that had first appeared in ""Lady Penelope"", were re-printed in Fleetway Publications' fortnightly ""Thunderbirds: The Comic"". Again edited by Fennell, this new title had a 30-month publication run and achieved peak sales of 100,000 copies. Re-prints had previously appeared in Polystyle Publications' ""Countdown"" (briefly titled ""TV Action + Countdown"") and ""Thunderbirds Holiday Special"" series in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1992, Ravette"
"Songbird (comics) Songbird (Melissa Gold), formerly known as Screaming Mimi, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Originally a supervillain, she possesses supersonic sound abilities that can cause a variety of effects. The character first appeared as Screaming Mimi in ""Marvel Two-in-One"" #54 (August, 1979), and was created by Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, and John Byrne. She made numerous appearances as a supervillain before taking on a new role as a superhero in the ""Thunderbolts"" series. After some time away from the team, she returned as a regular character in ""Thunderbolts"" beginning with issue"
"Peter Dyneley Peter Dyneley (13 April 192119 August 1977) was an Anglo-Canadian actor. Although he appeared in many smaller roles in both film and television, he is best remembered for supplying the voice of Jeff Tracy for the 1960s ""Supermarionation"" TV series ""Thunderbirds"" and its two film sequels, ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" (1966) and ""Thunderbird 6"" (1968), all produced by Gerry Anderson. Uncredited, Dyneley also provided the voice of the countdown that introduces the ""Thunderbirds"" title sequence. Born in Hastings, Sussex, England on 13 April 1921, Peter Dyneley spent his early years in Canada but was educated at Radley College in"
"parachute back down. All are treated to a private piano recital of ""Dangerous Game"" from Cass back at Paradise Peaks. The penultimate episode to be filmed for series one, ""The Cham-Cham"" was written by Alan Pattillo, who attempted to imitate classic Hollywood musicals with his script's show business plot and the exotic setting of the Paradise Peaks resort. As an in-joke, Pattillo named Penelope's alias, Wanda Lamour, after one of the ""Thunderbirds"" puppet operators, Wanda Brown. Production was completed in November and December 1965. Since convincing walking movements had always been difficult to accomplish with the unevenly weighted Supermarionation puppets,"
"made as an affectionate ""Thunderbirds"" pastiche (with Anderson co-producing), and by Lady Penelope and Parker appearing in a successful series of UK advertisements for Swinton Insurance. In 1991 Gerry asked journalist and author Simon Archer to write his biography, following an interview by the latter for a series of articles for ""Century 21"" magazine. In September that year in the UK, BBC2 began a repeat showing of ""Thunderbirds"", which rivalled the success of its original run a generation before. This was also surprisingly the series' network television premiere, having never been shown nationally by ITV. It became so popular in"
"would be great."" Christine Finn, known for her role in the TV serial ""Quatermass and the Pit"", provided the voices of Tin-Tin Kyrano and Grandma Tracy. With Sylvia Anderson, she was also responsible for voicing most of the female and child supporting characters. Supporting parts were occasionally voiced by John Tate (the father of """" actor Nick Tate), Paul Maxwell and Charles Tingwell; the latter two joined the cast in Series Two following their contributions to ""Thunderbirds Are Go"". None of these three actors were credited for their performances. The puppet stages used for the filming of ""Thunderbirds"" were only"