Who in the 'thunderbirds' puppet series, is the 'Space Monitor'?
"John Tracy (Thunderbirds) John Tracy is a fictional character from Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation television series ""Thunderbirds"" and the subsequent films ""Thunderbirds Are Go"", ""Thunderbird 6"" and the live-action film ""Thunderbirds"". John Tracy was initially to be one of the main characters in ""Thunderbirds"", but he became the least favourite character of creator Gerry Anderson, and consequently had a much more limited role in the series than originally intended. John was the first of the Tracy brothers to be cast. Actor Ray Barrett was so impressed with the attractive nature of the face of the marionette, who was modeled on head-shots"
"Gordon Tracy Gordon Tracy is a fictional character from Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation television show ""Thunderbirds"", the subsequent films ""Thunderbirds Are GO"" and ""Thunderbird 6"" as well as the remake TV series ""Thunderbirds Are Go!"". The character also appeared in the live action movie ""Thunderbirds"". Born on 14 February 2043, Gordon Tracy revels in all aquatic sports, from skin-diving to water-skiing. Named after astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper, he is a highly trained aquanaut, with stints in the Submarine Service and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol under his belt. During his time with the WASPs, Gordon commanded a deep-sea bathyscaphe and spent"
"Virgil Tracy Virgil Tracy is a fictional character from Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation television show ""Thunderbirds"", the subsequent films ""Thunderbirds Are GO"" and ""Thunderbird 6"" as well as the TV remake ""Thunderbirds Are Go!"". The character also appeared in the live action movie ""Thunderbirds"". Virgil's specialist expertise is in demolition, heavy lifting and logistics. Second son of Jeff Tracy (instigator and financier behind International Rescue), Virgil was named after astronaut Virgil Grissom. Sources vary in the canon of the ""Thunderbirds"" series as to the character's age and birth date. In the factfile for the DVD compilation, Virgil's birthday is stated as"
"Scott Tracy Scott Tracy is a fictional character in Gerry Anderson's 1960s Supermarionation television series ""Thunderbirds"", the subsequent films ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" and ""Thunderbird 6"" and the TV remake ""Thunderbirds Are Go!"". He is the pilot of the primary vehicle of the ""Thunderbird"" fleet, ""Thunderbird 1"". His specialist training is as a First Responder and Team Leader. The eldest son of Jeff Tracy (founder and financier of International Rescue), Scott is named after American astronaut Scott Carpenter. Sources vary in the canon of the ""Thunderbirds"" series as to Scott's age and birth date. One written source suggests that Scott was"
"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"
"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"
"Deep"" and the series finale, ""Give or Take a Million"". The Braman puppet also appears in ""Edge of Impact"" and ""30 Minutes After Noon"" (in the latter episode, as the plutonium store guards). The 1969 film ""Doppelgänger"", which Gerry and Sylvia Anderson produced and co-wrote, also features a spacecraft called ""Sun Probe"". ""Sun Probe"" was broadcast as the 11th episode of ""Thunderbirds"" for both the series' original run and most of its 1960s re-runs. Over five million people watched the episode on 11 October 1991 when it had its first network broadcast on BBC2, making it the channel's fourth most-watched"
"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"
"about this version of the character. In the 2015 TV Series, Scott is portrayed by Rasmus Hardiker. Scott is still the eldest and most experienced Tracy brother and he is bold and fearless in action. He is also the team leader. Scott Tracy Scott Tracy is a fictional character in Gerry Anderson's 1960s Supermarionation television series ""Thunderbirds"", the subsequent films ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" and ""Thunderbird 6"" and the TV remake ""Thunderbirds Are Go!"". He is the pilot of the primary vehicle of the ""Thunderbird"" fleet, ""Thunderbird 1"". His specialist training is as a First Responder and Team Leader. The eldest"
"Alan Tracy Alan Tracy is a fictional character who first appeared in the 1960s British Supermarionation television series ""Thunderbirds"", its film sequels ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" (1966) and ""Thunderbird 6"" (1968), as well as the TV remake ""Thunderbirds Are Go"". The character also appeared in the 2004 live-action film adaptation, ""Thunderbirds"". The face of the Alan Tracy puppet was modelled on actor Robert Reed. Matt Zimmerman voiced the character for all but one of his 1960s appearances; since Zimmerman was a late addition to the cast, Ray Barrett provided Alan's voice for his debut appearance in the series opener, ""Trapped in"
"Kansas wheat farm. As the Tracy family patriarch, he spends most of his time on Tracy Island, situated somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, from where he co-ordinates rescue missions. It has been suggested that the Tracy family are based on the Cartwrights from the TV series ""Bonanza"", and that the Jeff Tracy puppet is based on the actor who played Ben Cartwright, Lorne Greene. Along with his sons, Scott and Virgil, Jeff is the only other Tracy to appear in all 32 episodes of ""Thunderbirds"". In the 2015 'reboot' of the series, Jeff vanished (it is unknown whether he is"
"name was Aloysius, stating that he was ""only ever 'Nosey' Parker"". Virgin Trains' ""Thunderbird"" locomotive 57311 is named Parker. Bibliography 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"
"Thunderbirds (TV series) Thunderbirds is a British science-fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It was produced between 1964 and 1966 using a form of electronic marionette puppetry (dubbed ""Supermarionation"") combined with scale model special effects sequences. Two series were filmed, comprising a total of thirty-two 50-minute episodes; production ceased following the completion of the second series' sixth episode when Lew Grade, the Andersons' financial backer, failed in his efforts to sell the programme to American network television. Set in the mid-2060s, ""Thunderbirds"" is a"
"was shown that Thunderbird 4 can also be transported in Thunderbird 3, although it was also provided with various new features to cope with the icy conditions on Europa. The largest rescue vehicle of the ""Thunderbirds"" inventory, ""Thunderbird 5"" is an Earth-orbiting space station which monitors all broadcasts around the globe for calls for help and also manages communications within International Rescue. Measuring long, wide, and tall, ""Thunderbird 5"" is equipped with almost completely automated onboard systems, allowing the entire station to be run by a single crew member. ""Thunderbird 5"" is primarily commanded by John Tracy, although he is"
"him get closer to things such as the Sat-Mine machine in episode 3 ""Space Race"". Alan's immaturity is shown by his near-constant need to play some sort of zombie apocalypse computer game (shown in the episode ""Slingshot"") in ""Thunderbird 3"", and a constant addiction to sleep. However, he appears younger than Kayo and as such is not attracted to her, in fact he sees her more as a sister. It appears as though Scott may have some attraction to her. Bibliography Alan Tracy Alan Tracy is a fictional character who first appeared in the 1960s British Supermarionation television series ""Thunderbirds"","
"periodically relieved by Alan (according to the storyline, John and Alan swap roles once a month, one piloting ""Thunderbird 3"" and the other monitoring ""Thunderbird 5"", but such was writer Gerry Anderson's dislike for the character of John, that he was usually exiled to the space station). Derek Meddings designed ""Thunderbird 5"" after the other machines and apparently based the design on the Tracy Island Roundhouse model (through which ""Thunderbird 3"" launches). ""Thunderbird 5"" is in a geosynchronous orbit, above the Pacific Ocean, and believed to be above Tracy Island. ""Thunderbird 5"" is electronically cloaked to avoid detection from ground-based"
"Tracy, not much is known about this version of Virgil. David Menkin portrayed Virgil in the 2015 TV series. He is the largest and strongest of the Tracy brothers, and is skilled in engineering and mechanics. His character is calm and level-headed, and he is also the peacemaker in the family. Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan is nicknamed ""Virgil"" for his likeness to the character. Virgil Tracy Virgil Tracy is a fictional character from Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation television show ""Thunderbirds"", the subsequent films ""Thunderbirds Are GO"" and ""Thunderbird 6"" as well as the TV remake ""Thunderbirds Are Go!"". The"
"is described by Daniel Sperling of the entertainment website Digital Spy as one of a few ""Thunderbirds"" characters to ""have almost become as beloved as the show"". Stephen La Rivière, writer of ""Filmed in Supermarionation: A History of the Future"", argues that Brains is the series' ""third iconic character"" after Lady Penelope and Parker, and is distinctive for his ""big, blue-rimmed glasses and stuttering American accent"". Tom Eames of Digital Spy judges Brains to be among the most memorable puppet characters in television, writing that unlike some other series regulars, he is ""somebody who everyone remembers. If you were going"
"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"
"Jeff Tracy Jeff Tracy is a fictional character from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation television show ""Thunderbirds"" and the subsequent films ""Thunderbirds Are GO"" and ""Thunderbird 6"". The voice for the character in these shows was supplied by Peter Dyneley. The character also appeared in the live-action movie ""Thunderbirds"", played by actor Bill Paxton. The series was first broadcast in 1965 and was set a hundred years in the then future, in 2065, when Jeff was (or will be) 56. According to his backstory ""bio"", Jeff was born 2 January 2009, the son of a combine harvester driver on a"
"""Thunderbirds"", who closely resembled Sylvia Anderson, and Captain Blue in ""Captain Scarlet"", who looked like Ed Bishop (the similarity was reportedly coincidental). Other characters were based on well-known film actors: Troy Tempest of ""Stingray"" was based on James Garner, Scott Tracy of ""Thunderbirds"" on Sean Connery and Captain Scarlet on Cary Grant. ""Stingray"" also featured the only non-speaking Supermarionation puppet: the water-breathing woman Marina. Occasionally, close-ups of a live actor's hand would be inserted to show actions such as turning keys and pressing buttons. This was affectionately parodied in the 2004 live-action feature film ""Thunderbirds"", with a brief shot of"
"the television episodes would be reduced. For guest roles, puppets were mainly recycled from their previous appearances in ""Thunderbirds Are Go"", although the Captain Foster puppet was a new addition. Puppeteer Wanda Webb recalls that ""Thunderbird 6"" maintained a high standard in the appearance of its cast, commenting on a shot which depicts Lady Penelope asleep on board ""Skyship One"", ""I had placed the sleeping eyelids in Plasticine and made the eye shadow a little too blue. We ended up re-shooting the whole sequence."" One-use puppets appear in what Supermarionation historian Stephen La Rivière describes as ""a contender for the"
"Thunderstone (TV series) Thunderstone is an Australian children's science fiction television series produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions set in a post-apocalyptic world after Earth is hit by a comet. The main character Noah is played by Jeffrey Walker (also known for his roles in ""Ocean Girl"", ""The Wayne Manifesto"", and ""Mirror, Mirror""). Other actors who appear in the series are Gerard Kennedy, Christopher Elliott (who later appeared in ""Under Jakob's Ladder""), Emily Browning (who later appeared in ""Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events""), and Daniel Daperis. The show was originally broadcast on Network Ten from 12 February 1999"
"animation software. Models of characters are puppets. Gerry Anderson created a series of shows using puppets living in a universe of models and miniature sets, notably ""Thunderbirds"". ""ALF"" depicted an alien living in a family, while ""Farscape"" included two puppets as regular characters. In ""Stargate SG-1"", the Asgard characters are puppets in scenes where they are sitting, standing, or lying down. In ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"", the characters of Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo, two of the show's main (and most iconic) characters, are puppets constructed from random household items. As animation is completely free of the constraints of"
"April 1985, and Cobby's voice was used until 2 April 2007, when it was replaced with that of Sara Mendes da Costa. Cobby has frequently been cited as the (uncredited) voice of the countdown that plays during the title sequence of the 1960s puppet TV series ""Thunderbirds"", and indeed said so himself. However, the year that he cites (1965) post-dates the recording of the series, which started in 1964. Although Cobby was contracted by the BBC for a similar recording, this may only have been for a Tracy Island children's toy. ""Thunderbirds"" producer Gerry Anderson maintained that the countdown was"
"has warned Dandridge to expect an impostor. Dandridge pulls a gun on Chandler and the crook surrenders, but in doing so throws the painting into the air, where it is grazed by a bullet hastily fired by Dandridge. Penelope contacts Tracy Island to warn International Rescue that Deborah is in danger. Jeff immediately dispatches Scott (voiced by Shane Rimmer) and Virgil (voiced by David Holliday) in ""Thunderbirds 1"" and ""2"". In the basement, Deborah's attempts to break free cause her to knock a ladder into a generator, which emits a spark that ignites the gas. Scott and Virgil arrive just"
"but arrive to find it bone-dry. As a last, desperate resort, the men use the failing radio to send out a distress call to International Rescue. On ""Thunderbird 5"", Alan Tracy (voiced by Matt Zimmerman) has just relieved John (voiced by Ray Barrett) as space monitor when he picks up Wilson and Lindsey's faint transmission. Jeff dispatches Scott in ""Thunderbird 1"" to find and rescue the men. In the desert, Lindsey spots a mysterious object on the horizon – the lost pyramid of Khamandides. Using the last of their fuel, the men drive up to the pyramid. As Lindsey deciphers"
"British television series ""Thunderbirds"" are also named after the astronaut. NASA footage, including Grissom's Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions, was released in high definition on the Discovery Channel in June 2008 in the television series """". In 2018, he is portrayed by Shea Whigham in ""First Man"". Gus Grissom Lieutenant Colonel Virgil Ivan ""Gus"" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was one of the seven original National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Project Mercury astronauts, and the first of the Mercury Seven to die. He was also a Project Gemini and an Apollo program astronaut. Grissom was the second"
"""Hack Masters"" – who are pulled into the parallel universe of the planet ""Thunder-World"". There, they ally themselves with ""simulated lifeforms"" of International Rescue (the 1960s puppet characters) against the evil ""Atrocimator"" (voiced by Tim Curry) and his ""head-honcho"", the Hood (Malachi Throne), serving Jeff Tracy (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) from the orbital listening platform ""Hackmaster Command"". A single series of 13 episodes was transmitted in the United States; as with its antecedent, ""Turbocharged Thunderbirds"" has never received a UK broadcast. Cull describes the series as a ""grotesque hybrid show"", while Archer and Hearn consider it ""risible"". After viewing a sample"
"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"
"live-action model sets. The new series premiered on CITV on 4 April 2015. In July 2015, to celebrate the series' 50th anniversary, ""Filmed in Supermarionation"" documentary director Stephen La Rivière launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds necessary to produce three new puppet episodes based on the ""Thunderbirds"" mini-albums of the 1960s. The project, titled ""Thunderbirds 1965"", was supported by ITV, Sylvia Anderson and the estate of Gerry Anderson. Since its first appearance, ""Thunderbirds"" has had a significant impact on British popular culture and media worldwide. Anderson and Christopher Burr's ""Terrahawks"" (1983–84), whose eponymous starring organisation defends Earth against"
"Thunderpants Thunderpants is a 2002 British-German family film about a boy whose incredible capacity for flatulence gets him a job as an astronaut. The film was directed by Pete Hewitt, whose previous work included ""Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey"" (1991) and ""The Borrowers"" (1997). The script was written by Phil Hughes, based on a story by Peter Hewitt about a boy who dreams to be a spaceman, but has a problem with flatulence. Born with two stomachs, Patrick Smash (Bruce Cook) is uncontrollably and devastatingly flatulent. No more than thirty seconds after his birth, he first breaks wind, horrifying his"
"her last on March 22, 1945 (Gelsenkirchen, Germany), after which she was retired as ""war weary"". Returned to the United States after the war, she was sent to Kingman, Arizona, where unlike her LSFM counterpart, she was scrapped. She reputedly was crewed by 538 different airmen, none of whom suffered an injury aboard ""Thunderbird"". The original ""Thunderbird"" is the subject of a 25-by-75-foot mural in the World War II Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall entitled ""Fortresses Under Fire"", completed 1975–1976. The artist, Keith Ferris, depicted ""Thunderbird"" on her 70th mission at"