In Thunderbirds what type of car does Lady Penelope own?
"and Tracy Island at will, without having to rely on ""Thunderbird 3"". The station is also equipped with one configurable Pod vehicle. ""Thunderbird 5's"" surveillance and data technology is far advanced compared to its original counterpart, with it able to access almost any kind of digital information that is not secured. From the episode ""EOS"" onward, the station is co-operated by the artificial intelligence EOS, which has access to all of the station's systems. A six-wheeled Rolls-Royce motor car used by Lady Penelope and her chauffeur, Parker. The car has an aircraft-style canopy and is fitted with many gadgets including"
"pink paint job and re-trim, the passenger compartment was stock Rolls-Royce. This model attended Anderson's funeral on 13 January 2013. FAB 2, Lady Penelope's private yacht appears in the ""Thunderbirds"" episode ""The Man From MI.5"". At the end of the episode, it is revealed that Parker has lost the ship in a game of poker. FAB 3 is Penelope's racehorse. It is kept at Ascot Stables and is the winner of many derby races. FAB 1 FAB 1 is a pink, six-wheeled car seen in the 1960s British science-fiction television series ""Thunderbirds"", its three film adaptations, and the reboot TV"
"by Brains, the inventor of the ""Thunderbirds"" machines, to include weaponry and gadgetry such as front- and back-mounted machine guns (although grappling hooks are seen to shoot out of the rear in the episode ""The Perils of Penelope""). The car is also equipped with a smoke screen canister and oil slick dispenser, extendable tyre-studs (for increased traction), and hydrofoils (or outriggers; for travel on water and snow, respectively). On the selection of the car's make, series co-creator Gerry Anderson explained: ""considering [Penelope's] personality, and the role she played in International Rescue, it could only be a Rolls-Royce."" A six-wheel drive"
"Also in the background helping her out of her perils are the minuscule Ant Hill Mob and trusty old classic car Chuggaboom (which is actually based on another team from ""Wacky Races""). In the series, Penelope's car is called the ""Compact Pussycat"". Bearing the numeral 5 on the sides, it is a pink racecar, with front bumpers that look like a pair of red lips with lipstick on them. It has an umbrella on the top and is equipped with an assortment of beauty supplies, making it essentially a beauty parlor on wheels. Penelope Pitstop Penelope Pitstop is a fictional"
"front of their pictures on the wall, instead of there being a specific place for them to stand in the lounge to get to a specific craft. Additionally the couch loading mechanism is now used in Thunderbird 2 as well, rather than just being for Thunderbird 3, but uses a robotic arm instead of the system of rails. Lady Penelope's FAB 1 vehicle was changed to being a Ford Thunderbird instead of a Rolls-Royce and can now seat only two people as well as being able to turn into a jet plane. Thunderbird 3 was also shown to dock with"
"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"
"named the ""Thunderbirds"", each piloted by one of the brothers: Aided by Head of Security Kayo Kyrano (also the pilot of ""Thunderbird Shadow"", a stealth aircraft used for covert operations), engineer Brains, his robot assistant MAX, and the brothers' Grandma, the Tracy family reside on Tracy Island, their hidden base in the Southern Pacific Ocean from where they operate International Rescue. The organisation also enlist the help of English aristocrat Lady Penelope and her chauffeur Parker as their London field agents, whose primary mode of transportation is FAB 1, a six-wheeled car fitted with gadgets and weaponry – as well"
"butler and chauffeur (driving FAB 1, a modified, pink Rolls-Royce). Like Penelope, he is an International Rescue field agent. Born in London, Parker speaks with a heavy Cockney accent, although he frequently attempts to speak with Received Pronunciation (most notably for his catchphrase, ""Yes, M'Lady""). Parker is a reformed criminal, having served prison sentences for cat burglary and safecracking. His criminal exploits, coupled with a prominent facial feature, earned him the nickname ""Nosey"" (this may also be a reference to his nosiness – he eavesdrops on his employer's conversations in ""Vault of Death"" and ""Thunderbird 6""). He was rescued from"
"in the South Pacific Ocean. In this location, IR is safe from criminals and spies who envy the organisation's technology and seek to acquire the secrets of its machines. Despite its humanitarian principles, some of IR's operations are necessitated not by misadventure but deliberate sabotage motivated by greed for power and wealth. For missions that require criminal investigation, the organisation incorporates a network of undercover agents headed by English aristocrat Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and her butler Aloysius Parker. Based at Creighton-Ward Mansion in Kent, Penelope and Parker's primary mode of transport is FAB 1, a specially-modified Rolls-Royce. The most persistent"
"an air-cooled machine-gun located behind the Rolls-Royce grille. Lady Penelope's yacht which featured in the episode ""The Man From MI.5"". Parker seemingly lost the vessel after using it as currency in a game of poker. Small personal transports that hover above the ground, used by all members of IR. These vehicles were also seen in Anderson's earlier series ""Fireball XL5"". They were used to get around the fact that the puppeteers could not make the marionettes walk realistically. A mobile command center carried aboard ""Thunderbird 1"", usually manned by Scott Tracy once ""Thunderbird 1"" is on-scene at a rescue operation."
"Penelope Pitstop Penelope Pitstop is a fictional character who appeared in the Hanna-Barbera animated series ""Wacky Races"", and starred in the spin-off ""The Perils of Penelope Pitstop"", voiced by Janet Waldo. In ""Wacky Races"", Penelope Pitstop drives the Compact Pussycat, a pink, stereotypically feminine car. Consistent with this theme, she has blonde hair tied into a ponytail and wears a bright pink racing uniform with white gloves, maroon tights, and white go-go boots. She is described by the race announcer as the ""Glamour Gal of the Gas Pedal"". As ""Wacky Races"" is inspired by ""The Great Race"", Penelope is inspired"
"2015 TV series Thunderbirds Are Go a DB5 can be seen as Lady Penelope gets into Fab 1 in the first episode Ring Of Fire. Aston Martin DB5 The Aston Martin DB5 is a British luxury grand tourer (GT) that was made by Aston Martin and designed by the Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera. Released in 1963, it was an evolution of the final series of DB4. The DB series was named honouring Sir David Brown (the owner of Aston Martin from 1947 to 1972). Although not the first in the ""DB"" series, the DB5 is the best-known cinematic ""James"
"older man John Stanton Marlowe, who performed ""mysterious errands"" for the US government. The marriage was short-lived. He died while piloting his own Gulfstream jet. She turned to modeling and while on assignment in Italy met the Baron Reynaldo St. John Orsini, a thrill-seeking playboy. It was the Baron who ""brought her to life again."" Their three-year marriage was a whirlwind of jet-setting parties, fast cars and scuba diving. ""Life,” he tells her, “is keener when death is looking over your shoulder."" Following a tire blow-out on his Ferrari, the Baron died in the Monte Carlo Grand Prix. Penelope inherited"
"using the technologically advanced machines called Thunderbirds, operating out of Tracy Island in the South Pacific. The youngest son Alan lives at a boarding school in Massachusetts and dreams of being a Thunderbird pilot. He and his friend Fermat Hackenbacker, son of the Thunderbirds’ engineer Brains, are extracted by Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, an International Rescue agent, and her butler Aloysius Parker, using her limo FAB 1, as the Thunderbirds return from an oil rig fire off the Russian coast. Unbeknownst to them, a tracking beacon used by the Hood, a psychic criminal mastermind who has a vendetta against Jeff for"
"2008, all North Wales Coast services were operated by Super Voyagers except for one Saturday service formed of a Class 57/3 and Class 390 ""Pendolino"" set. This too was converted to Voyager operation in November 2012. As a nod to their purpose as rescue engines, Virgin named the engines after characters and vehicles from ""Thunderbirds."" In keeping with this theme, the engines also bore special plates with the International Rescue logo above their regular nameplates. The locomotives were named as follows: 57307 Lady Penelope is the only 57/3 to keep a Thunderbirds nameplate when DRS took control of the Virgin"
"of British firemen who contributed to the humanitarian effort following the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. Virgin Group has used the series in branding its services: Virgin Atlantic operates a Boeing 747-400 airliner named ""Lady Penelope"", while Virgin Trains owns a fleet of locomotives that are all named after main characters and vehicles and used specifically to ""rescue"" broken-down trains. A mimed stage show, ""Thunderbirds: F.A.B."", has toured internationally and popularised a staccato style of movement known colloquially as the """"Thunderbirds"" walk"". The production has periodically been revived as ""Thunderbirds: F.A.B. – The Next Generation"". Cover versions of ""The ""Thunderbirds"" March"" have"
"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"
"carried in Pod 5, and is notable for being one of the few pod vehicles to appear in multiple episodes; it also appears in the closing credit sequence with the five main ""Thunderbirds"" machines and FAB1. It appears in ""Pit of Peril"", ""City of Fire"" and ""The Duchess Assignment"", and is glimpsed in the pod vehicle bay in ""Cry Wolf"". It is generally regarded as the most popular Thunderbird machine after ""Thunderbird 4"" and has had more replicas made than any other pod vehicle. One of International Rescue's primary pod vehicles. Firefly is a fire-proof vehicle used for demolition and"
"LuxuryKa retained the 1.3-litre Duratec petrol engine. The SportKa was noted for its surprising advertising campaign, ""The Ka's Evil Twin"", denouncing the Ka's traditionally perceived ""cute"" design. StreetKa ceased to be officially on sale in late 2006. A pink version was produced to promote the new ""Thunderbirds"" film, and supplied by Ford to the movie producer. The ""Thunderbird"" movie cars were unveiled at the Birmingham Motor Show. Only eight Pink StreetKas were produced by Ford for the film, 5 RHD and 3 LHD. All were signed by Sophia Myles (Miss Lady Penelope). The matching StreetKa dress designed by Bruce Oldfield"
"the shooting tank, creative camera angles and rapid editing were used to produce a sense of realistic perspective. ""Thunderbird 5"", the most difficult vehicle for Meddings to visualise, was based on the Tracy Island Round House. Since most of the space station's appearances were provided by stock footage, the model was rarely filmed. Pod Vehicles were designed on an episode-by-episode basis and built from balsa wood, Jelutong wood or fibreglass. To save time and costs, other minor vehicles were built in-house from radio-controlled model kits. As the puppets of Lady Penelope and Parker needed to fit inside, the largest of"
"the authorities, Scott leaves him to IR's London agent, Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward (Sylvia Anderson). Chasing the enemy in their specially-modified Rolls-Royce, FAB 1, Penelope and her butler, Parker (Graham), blast him off the motorway using the car's front-mounted machine gun. Although the Hood survives the encounter, his photographs are destroyed. Back on Tracy Island, Jeff implements ""Operation Cover-Up"" to hide the existence of IR while Kyrano is examined by a doctor from the mainland, who dismisses the manservant's prior nausea as a sign of stress. When the topic of the conversation shifts to the ""Fireflash"" incident, the doctor declares that"
"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 in the film sequels ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" (1966) and ""Thunderbird 6"" (1968) and the 2004 live-action adaptation ""Thunderbirds"". She is employed by the secret organisation International Rescue as London field agent. The puppet character of the TV series and first two films was voiced by Sylvia Anderson. In the live-action film, she was portrayed by Sophia Myles. The character is voiced by Rosamund Pike in the part-animated TV remake ""Thunderbirds Are Go!"", which began airing in April 2015."
"– except ""Thunderbird 1"". Inside the cockpit, Scott is honouring the product's slogan by ""having a break"" with a Kit Kat, while an agitated Jeff repeatedly orders him to launch: """"Thunderbirds""! GO!"" In 2001, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) made use of ""Thunderbirds"" in an advert prompting drivers to pay their road tax within the deadline: Lady Penelope snips Parker's strings for accidentally allowing FAB 1's wheels to be clamped. The same year, Travelcare made an advert with the tagline ""We'll tell you what the brochures won't"": two girls in a swimming pool are disturbed as the floor"
"July 2014, DRS took over the leases of the remaining six class 57/3s from Network Rail. The 57's are used on the Rail Head Treatment Train (RHTT) during the autumn periods. DRS hires out some of the non-Thunderbird 57/3's to Great Western Railway to cover when the Class 57/6 break down. 57307 Lady Penelope kept her nameplate after being handed to DRS in 2013 as 57307 was a favorite with the head of DRS. 57307 was out shopped in ""Cable Thieves: We're Watching You"" vinyls. In 2015 to mark the 20th anniversary of DRS 57307 was chosen to carry the"
"appropriate supporting paperwork) proving the installation is genuine. The only known 427 cars from the original time frame were dealer built cars from performance oriented car dealers like Tasca Ford who's dealer-built 427 Thunderbird was featured in CARS magazine in 1964. A black 1964 Town Landau later had a major role in the TV series """" as protagonist Duncan Macleod’s main mode of transportation. A green 1966 Thunderbird convertible was prominently featured in the 1991 Ridley Scott film ""Thelma and Louise"", starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, a red 1966 Thunderbird convertible was featured in the 1983 film ""The Outsiders"""
"by the Maggie DuBois character (played by Natalie Wood in the film). According to Iwao Takamoto, Penelope was an afterthought in the development of ""Wacky Races"". Joseph Barbera requested that a woman be added among the racers, so Takamoto and Jerry Eisenberg designed Penelope and her car in about two hours. ""The Perils of Penelope Pitstop"", a spinoff from ""Wacky Races"" which features Penelope as the lead character, is set in the 1920s. Penelope is a traditional ""damsel in distress"" stock character as in the old serial ""The Perils of Pauline"". Her catchphrase is ""Help, help!"" (spoken in an affected"
"bugged his office, she suggests that the unveiling of Lemaire's new all-Penelon collection be held on board the aircraft ""Skythrust"", designed by International Rescue's engineer, Brains. Sylvia Anderson argues that the character quickly rose in prominence following her early supporting roles: ""All the heroines in our previous series had been perfect foils to the action-man heroes, but now, with Lady Penelope, we had an action girl who was a personality in her own right."" She remembers writing Penelope so as to convey ""not only the daring and panache of a secret agent, but also the poise of a cool and"
"the episodes, except for one episode in Ireland and a Christmas special in Jamaica, on a Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle driven by Paterson. It sported the registration N88 TFL (the British bingo call for number 88 is ""Two Fat Ladies"") and had a Watsonian Jubilee GP-700 ""doublewide"" sidecar where Dickson Wright rode. They travelled to various destinations, such as an army garrison and an all-girls school, where they prepared large meals, often with unusual ingredients. Paterson's uncle, Anthony Bartlett, was Gentiluomo to the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, and so some episodes were videotaped at Westminster Cathedral and an Irish convent. While"
"""Joe 90"" is ""very much a ""Boy's Own"" adventure."" Out of the 30 episodes, only ten feature appearances from female characters, a fact which La Rivière attributes to the increased demands on Century 21 for its feature film productions, ""Thunderbird 6"" and ""Doppelgänger"". Peel suggests that the female absence leaves ""Joe 90"", with many other Anderson productions, inferior to previous Supermarionation effort ""Thunderbirds"", in which the character of Lady Penelope has a primary role in several episodes. Grouping ""Joe 90"" with the earlier ""Supercar"" and the subsequent ""The Secret Service"", Peel concludes, ""It is hardly coincidental that these tend to"
"diesel locomotives used primarily for ""rescue"" tasks, such as towing Pendolino trains in the event of break-downs or unexpected detours onto non-electrified lines; all 16 are named after ""Thunderbirds"" characters or vehicles. Since 1994, Virgin Group's airline, Virgin Atlantic, has operated a Boeing 747-400 named ""Lady Penelope""; it was so christened to reflect its registration code, ""G-VFAB"". In 2011, the British Royal Mail launched a commemorative stamp range based on the Anderson series; among the items was a mini-sheet of lenticular stamps bearing holograms of ""Thunderbirds 1"", ""2"", ""3"" and ""4"". Peter Jackson has spoken of the influence of ""Thunderbirds"""
"""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"
"in just a year."" Anderson was cremated, following a ceremony that brought together hundreds of colleagues, family and fans. Anderson's coffin was decorated with a floral Thunderbird 2 as his body was taken into the service, where musical scores of the ""Thunderbirds"" theme tune and ""Aqua Marina"" from ""Stingray"" were played. Amongst the hundreds in attendance was car owner Melvin Jarvis, who drove to the service in a full-scale replica of Lady Penelope's Rolls-Royce FAB1. Also in attendance was Shane Rimmer, who voiced Scott Tracy in ""Thunderbirds""; he spoke about his time on the show, saying, ""It was a truly"
"When Penelope became a secret agent, she renovated the historic building to better suit her double lifestyle by installing a satellite antenna, a number of two-way video communication consoles for contacting International Rescue, and a safe with state-of-the-art alarm system and CCTV. A forensic laboratory was built on the site of old servants' quarters. An underground river with a boat runs beneath the estate, and if Penelope thinks that Creighton-Ward Mansion is under surveillance or that she is in danger, she can meet Parker at a nearby village without anyone knowing. Penelope also owns Bonga Bonga, a sheep station in"