An automated alert sounded from the main console indicating Thunderbird 3 was aligned with the guidance beams above the round house.  Alan Tracy flicked a control switch and the descent motors roared into life, gently lowering the 287-foot tall rocket into the secret underground silo. As the three huge boosters came to rest on their landing pads, the extractor system …

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS REPORT From his aerial vantage point in Thunderbird Two, Virgil saw the horror unfolding below. “Scott! Gordon’s in trouble! I’m going in!” Without waiting for an acknowledgement, Virgil banked the freighter ship hard to one side.  With motors screaming, he sent it hurtling towards the deadly lava flow, which had almost reached the Firefly. The touch of …

High above the Earth, Thunderbird Five hung like a silver spinning top in geosynchronous orbit thousands of kilometres above Tracy Island’s highest peak. Inside the control room, Jeff Tracy’s youngest son Alan raced to the receiver array as the distress call indicator pulsated with a reddish glow. The speakers crackled into life and a tense voice spoke, “Calling International Rescue! …

It was another beautiful day in the South Atlantic, where International Rescue’s secret island base sat innocently in the clear blue waters. Inside, however, Geoff Tracey sat with a tense expression on his face. John had just called in from Thunderbird 5, the huge orbiting spaceship. It meant trouble, big trouble. A large volcano was erupting on the remote tropical …

“Flight DT-13, you are clear to land. Welcome to London!” said the Deputy Controller with a voice that was equal measure cheerful and efficient. He clicked off the transmitter and turned to his superior. “12 hundred hours, Sir.” “Thank you, Stevens.” Commander Norman had been watching the approaching flight through a pair of binoculars. He moved across to the emergency …

The second and final Thunderbirds feature film of the 1960s raised a question that is still debated among fans of the show (and its films) to this day; was the villainous Black Phantom, revealed halfway through Thunderbird 6 as the mastermind behind a plan to capture Thunderbirds 1 and 2, actually the Hood? Many say not – but almost as …

The thunderous rumble of the advancing avalanche and the tearing screech of tortured brakes were almost simultaneous. A cascading wall of ice and snow rumbled off the mountainside, blocking the entrance to the tunnel at the far end of the viaduct. Approaching at speed, the driver of a petro-chemical tanker fought to bring the heavy vehicle to a stop. Unable …

Preparations to ring in the new year were well on the way on Tracy Island. Alan, Gordon and Tin-Tin had just returned from helping Grandma and Kyrano in the kitchen when there came the familiar bleeping of an emergency call. Jeff Tracy pressed the concealed button on his desk and spoke into the hidden microphone, “Go ahead, John.” The large …

Continued from Previous Report As the Great Abyss began to roll sideways in front of him, Gordon gritted his teeth and slammed the throttle control forward. With a whoosh of bubbles, Thunderbird Four surged towards the stricken submarine with its magnetic rams deployed. There was a terrific clang as the powerful magnets connected with the side of the vessel and …

The large translucent hemisphere on the main control bank flashed red and the auto-recorder began to spool as the distress signal played over the speakers in Thunderbird Five’s control room. John Tracy, the young fair-haired International Rescue space monitor, strolled across the anti-gravity floor plating and listened to the transmission attentively. His brow furrowed in dismay at what he heard. …