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TV SERIES · 2015– · UK

Thunderbirds Are Go

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25 Interesting Facts About Thunderbirds Are Go

  1. #001

    The "5-4-3-2-1 - Thunderbirds are GO!" countdown voice comes from the late Peter Dyneley, who was the voice of Jeff Tracy in the original Thunderbirds (1965) TV series.

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  2. #002

    As a tribute to the original series, an orange juicer can be seen on the wall in Thunderbird 1's launch bay.

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  3. #003

    David Graham reprised the role of Parker from Thunderbirds (1965).

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  4. #004

    The five Tracy brothers take their names from five NASA astronauts of the early 1960s "Mercury Seven" space program: Scott Tracy comes from Scott Carpenter; Virgil Tracy is named after Gus Grissom, whose real first name was Virgil; Alan Tracy after Alan Shepard; Gordon Tracy after Gordon Cooper; and John Tracy after John Glenn.

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  5. #006

    When the first launch scene of Thunderbird One was filmed, two crew members had to get under the set and slide the swimming pool backwards. They needed three attempts to do it without splashing water everywhere.

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  6. #007

    During the credits at the end of each episode, one of the images shows an artist's sketch of the Tracy Island lounge, but on the wall there are five portraits from the original 1960s series rather than new portraits.

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  7. #008

    The series premiered 11 years after the 2004 feature film and 50 years after the original series, which aired in 1965.

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  8. #009

    Facts about the Thunderbirds machines: Thunderbird 1 travels at a maximum altitude of 150,000 feet and is one of the fastest rockets in existence, meaning it can reach anywhere in the world within an hour. Thunderbird 2, created by Brains to carry auxiliary equipment, can travel at a maximum speed of 5,000 miles per hour and a maximum altitude of 75,000 feet. Thunderbird 3 is a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) rocket designed to reach radical air speeds of up to 18,000 mph. Thunderbird 4 is a small but technologically advanced submarine; built by Brains for underwater rescue missions, the vehicle can travel at 160 knots. Thunderbird 5 is a stationary orbital space station located 22,400 miles above Tracy Island; Thunderbird 5 is International Rescue's communications and logistics hub and scans for potential threats and emergencies.

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  9. #010

    The water around the island was coloured with ten litres of blue food dye.

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  10. #011

    The Tracy Island model has 3,000 trees.

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  11. #012

    An average episode of Thunderbirds Are Go takes a year and a half to go from the script draft stage to being ready for broadcast.

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  12. #013

    Lady Penelope lives at Creighton-Ward Manor in Foxley Heath. In Lady Penelope's manor there is a Sherbert statue whose nose lights up blue when Lady Penelope is called.

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  13. #014

    Parker's full name is Aloysius Parker and he is 52 years old.

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  14. #015

    Unlike the original 1965 series, International Rescue does not use weapons in this remake, because their purpose is to save lives, not to take them.

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  15. #016

    The famous palm trees on Tracy Island are made from screws and palm leaves.

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  16. #017

    Behind the piano there is a hatch that can be opened to let the lipstick camera pass through for a different shooting angle.

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  17. #018

    Gerry Anderson, creator of the original series, had long planned to remake Thunderbirds (1965) himself but could not obtain the rights from ITV Studios. Instead he managed to remake Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) as New Captain Scarlet (2005). In 2011 Gerry announced that he would try to remake Thunderbirds, but he then died in 2012. Thunderbirds Are Go was later announced in 2014 by ITV - Independent Television and has no connection to Anderson Entertainment, which made New Captain Scarlet.

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  18. #020

    The model set of Tracy Villa was built in movable sections to make filming the scenes easier.

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  19. #021

    Season 1 of Thunderbirds Are Go featured 7 main vehicles and 43 secondary vehicles.

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  20. #022

    The series is dubbed in 17 languages: Arabic, Hebrew, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Turkish, Japanese, Russian, Standard Chinese (Putonghua/Mandarin) and Korean.

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  21. #023

    Brains's real name is Hiram K Hackenbacker.

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  22. #024

    200 3D environments were created for the series.

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  23. #026

    In the model of Thunderbirds Three and One's hangars, an extractor fan pipe was used for Thunderbird Three's launch tube, and "Kinder Surprise" egg cartons were used at the base of Thunderbird One's platform because they looked well painted.

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  24. #027

    A smoke machine is used to create the smoke during launch.

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  25. #029

    Brains's favourite subjects are Trigonometry and Thermodynamics.

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