Thunderbirds Are Go
- IMDb link: 0061094
- IMDb rating: 6.4 (2,808 votes)
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Animation, Family
- Director: David Lane
- Cast: Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Alexander Davion and others
- Release date: 12 Dec 1966
- Release year: 1966
- Runtime: 93 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom, United States
- Keywords: marionette, supermarionation, three word title, alan tracy character, transport aircraft, tin tin kyrano character, male doctor, air sea rescue, launch bay, butler
Plot:
Sometime in the late twenty-first century, the space craft Zero-X is embarking on a manned mission to Mars, the first mission of its kind. Almost immediately after launching, Zero-X faces technical difficulties, forcing its crew to abort the mission and eject from the craft before it crashes back down to Earth into the sea. Two years later, a redesigned and reconstructed Zero-X is ready for a second manned attempt to reach Mars, which coincides with the Space Exploration Center's finding that the first mission was sabotaged. As such, they recruit the Thunderbirds - ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy and his four sons Scott Tracy, Virgil Tracy, Alan Tracy and Gordon Tracy, each in his own Thunderbird air craft - to oversee security. By their side in the Fab1 mobile center on Earth is the beautiful Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward. The Thunderbirds not only have to prevent possible sabotage a second time around, but also deal with any other possible technical difficulties that may arise that requires on hands support. Through the Thunderbirds' mission, Alan begins to feel under-appreciated in his role, which culminates with a life and death task for both himself and the crew of Zero-X.