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Tag mentioned!!!😁
@tracybirds answered an ask for me where she mentioned the sets and details in TAG, and a couple of weeks ago @womble1 was getting excited about puppet stubble. And it got me thinking how much I love details in a show, either TOS or TAG. People didn't have to think of these things, or take the time to do them, but they did. Take this innocent little shot here from Security Hazard:
I get a bit feral that Virgil has perched his bum on a railing. Not only because I get a bit excited about Virgil looking pretty and David Holliday's voice, but somebody took the time to make the puppet human and make him perch on a railing. Let's ignore that that's probably the balcony safety railing.
I think details make the difference between a good show you watch once, and something you watch again and again.
Smart man. I till think he needs to ground his sons though.
The world of Thunderbirds is like Pontypandy and Walford wrapped up in one.
They’re members of International Rescue in VERY hot water is what they are.
Ah crap.
Just watched Thunderbirds Original Series episode ‘Security Hazard’, and apart from the fact that Chip appears to be a professional trained interrogator absolutely shredding International Rescue’s ‘operational security’ (although, you could argue that Chip was in fact a precursor – or successor, the timelines are all sorts of weird – to Joe 90: a child special intelligence agent tasked with assessing International Rescue’s potential as a threat to security of … hmm, security of what? There may be a story in that … I’m sorry, where was I?), for all that it is a clip show – which normally drive me absolutely batty – it is also a rather telling character piece which illustrates how the four earthbound Tracy boys (John gets one mention but isn’t seen) sees how they and their craft relate to their siblings and their role in International Rescue.
Scott and Virgil are sweet. Despite them both trying to prove that their Thunderbird is the most important to the operation of International Rescue, both of them use examples where in their argument is sabotaged. Virgil’s example is the Eddie Houseman rescue in ‘End of the Road’, and he is forced to admit, essentially, that Thunderbird Two completed the rescue, but couldn’t do it without the help of Thunderbird One. Scott’s example of the Fireflash rescue in ‘Trapped in the Sky’ is no better; he confesses that while he and Thunderbird One arrived first and did all the planning of the rescue, it was Virgil with Thunderbird Two and her auxiliary vehicles that actually completed the rescue. Scott just coordinated. Scott also admits that without John radioing “in from the space station”, they wouldn’t even have known about the dangerous situation.
Gordon’s not much better. His example (and he admittedly has few rescues to draw upon) of the Martian Probe/Arlington Bridge rescue compels him to admit that not only is Brains directing his actions, but Virgil and Thunderbird Two are also required to clear debris that Gordon and Thunderbird Four has loosened. And also, Thunderbird Four requires Thunderbird Two to get to and from Danger Zones, which is a small detail, but also kind of a big deal when your ride is unavailable. (See: ‘Terror in New York’.)
And Alan. Alan chooses the ‘Sun Probe’ rescue. We all remember the episode: a three-person crew (Scott, Alan, and Tin-Tin) go in Thunderbird Three to try and activate the Sun Probe’s rockets so they can return to earth, while Thunderbird Two with Virgil and Brains to Mount Arkan and to try the same thing. Thunderbird Three succeeds, but is affected by the proximity to the sun, Tin-Tin collapses due to heat stroke before shutting off the signal, which ‘interferes’ with the rockets firing. Scott and Alan also both collapse before they can shut off the signal, leaving Thunderbird Two to perform the same trick they were going to try on Sun Probe on Thunderbird Three to save the International Rescue craft and crew.
But that’s not the way Alan tells it. The way the clips are edited, he completely erases Virgil and Brains’ contribution; Tin-Tin is only there to flick the switch because it is in a separate room to the ‘cockpit’ (is that what it’s called in a spaceship?), and having done that promptly collapses due to heat stroke; and Scott there to complain about the heat, as Alan manfully takes control of Thunderbird Three and return the ship to Earth.
So, in conclusion, Scott, Virgil and Gordon are all part of a team (with Scott and Virgil being the inseparable double act); while Alan is the rescue ‘rock star’ with his adoring entourage applauding his every action.
