Thunderbirds 1965 TV Series "City Of Fire" Review

If you grew up in either the sixties or the nineties in the UK then odds are you would have watched Thunderbirds growing up as a kid. As the show quite literally had everything a kid would want to see in a TV show and then some and well as it's been a long time since an episode of the show was covered I thought that i'd check out another episode of the show and so then join me as I review the episode that might might be a little bit more dated then usual with the episode in question being called simply just "City Of Fire" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when a family of three find themselves trapped in the ground level of a tower block that's on fire it's up to International Rescue to find them before its to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. This episode plot whilst it's not the best one that this series had it is easily one that is very movie like which is something that does work in this episodes favor as we have the drama and rising tension of if the family will make it out alive and we have the building tension of if Scott and Virgil will be OK as they have to use a gas that had previously knocked them to get the family out with this being something that in a lesser plot for a lesser show wouldn't have worked and yet due to the fact that this episode and this show does have alot of really good plots they are things that do work. With this films plot feeling more cinematic because of it heck one could argue that it's more cinematic then any of the Thunderbirds movies as this is a plot that very easily could have worked as the plot for a Thunderbirds and heck the idea of housing an entire city in one building is one that would be revisited in the Judge Dredd books and in the 2012 film Dredd and while this episode doesn't do alot with that idea as we don't get to see what any of the higher levels look like it is still a really cool idea in the first place with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.  

Starring in this episode is this shows co-creator Sylvia Anderson as Blanche Carter and Tommy Carter and Ray Barrett as John Tracy and Joe Carter. Also starring in this episode is Peter Dyneley as Jeff Tracy and The Fire Chief , Christine Finn as Tin-Tin Kyrano and The Woman Driver , David Graham as Brains , The Tower Control Assistant and The Woman Driver's Husband , David Holliday as Virgil Tracy , Shane Rimmer as Scott Tracy and Matt Zimmerman as Alan Tracy , The Tower Controller and The WTV Reporter.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. The fact that this episode does gave some really good acting in it is something that's not really all that surprising as by this point in the show they are fourteen episodes in with this one being the fifteenth therefor it does make sense that the acting in this episode would be really good as the acting in any show does get alot more better the further into a series that you get and while yes there some dodgy performances in this episode like for example Sylvia Anderson as good as she is in this episode doesn't make for a convincing sounding boy. With the best actor in this episode oddly enough also being Sylvia Anderson as while she is mainly known for playing Lady Penelope in this show it is therefor refreshing to see that she can do other characters with the same amount of grace and charm that she brings to Lady Penelope and while yes she can't play boy characters as it just sounds like the character is being played by a woman which is very distracting it doesn't change the fact that when she does do a good performance in this episode is something that does stand out and while other actors even in this episode have more roles then her in this episode she manages to prove that she is more then just a one trick pony with the acting that's in this episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Whilst this episode doesn't really hit home the family aspect all that much it was still quite refreshing to see a family be the ones that need rescuing this time around. This is something that does add a new dynamic to rescue as now not only do the team have more people to rescue but also in the case of this episode the mother an father have to stop there son from freaking out with them constantly trying to calm him down and reassure themselves that everything will be OK this despite the fact that deep down they know that the odds of them being rescued at all let alone in time are pretty slim at best and yet it is something that hey have to do because if they don't it will mean that there song will freak out and thus take up more oxygen in the process. While it would have been nice if the episode did take the time to fully set up the family dynamic before the action takes place as the family in question does come across as being the stereotypical family who are just perfect in everyway possible when it would have worked out all the more better if the makers of this episode added things to the family like for example maybe the father and son don't get along that much or maybe the mother is a ditzy character or perhaps even the son is a known troublemaker and lier as that would have been something that makes them interesting characters and while there's nothing wrong with having them be the stereotypical happy family as that is something that was doubt enforced upon the makers of the episode it does also mean that the family unit as a whole just isn't that fun to see and heck it could be argued that there scenes are some of the more boring scenes in the episode as you know right away how there going to go which does make them pretty boring to watch.

There is kind of a running joke in this episode that does make the episode seem to be more dated then what the show already is as the running joke is that women make bad drivers and that's it. With even the accident that causes the skyscraper to get caught on fire being caused by a woman driver with this running joke being something that wasn't really needed due to the fact that whilst it might have been relevant back in the sixties which is fair enough as that's when the episode was made it is something that does make the episode come across as being even more dated then what the show already is but in all fairness the makers of this episode weren't to know how that joke would age therefor they are kind of forgiven. However they had alot of women working on the show some of which worked in a lot of important departments for the show and yet it just seems like they were taking a cheap shot at them with things being made worse when you take into account that the joke isn't even that funny in the first place and whilst yes fair enough it very well might have been funny back then but that doesn't stop the joke from aging poorly as these days there are alot more women drivers on the roads then there are male drivers and while it is hard to say who gets into more accidents men or women what can be said is that alot of women aren't bad drivers and while this episode does mainly play up this aspect for laughs with the woman even having a husband that just blindly agrees with her which is something that does make it more tolerable it is also a joke that if this episode was being made today would be cut out before the episode was even filmed not only due to how it makes women drivers look but also because of the fact that it's just not that funny of a joke in the first place.

Whilst there are some bad things in this episode this is an episode where there are alot more good things in it then there are bad. Like for example the whole idea of having one city inside of this giant skyscraper is a really cool idea and seeing how the city is controlled from somewhere near by does help to sell you on this idea with the only down side to this idea being the fact that as was mentioned we don't get to see any of the higher levels before the fire starts with alot of the action taking place in the same grey corridors of the lower levels which is something tat was more then likely done to keep the costs down but it would been more effective if we got to see what some of the higher levels of this building looked like instead of just being told about them. Another good thing is the fact that we get to see Scott and Virgil working together which is something that we don't technically get to see in this show as while yes they are always working with each other as Scott is always the first arrive and tells Virgil what the issue is very rarely do they actively partake in teaming up to do the rescue with it mostly being Virgil and maybe another member of the team like for example Brains that take a more active role in the rescue itself and yet here it's Scott and Virgil which is something that does work in the episodes favor as the two of them do bounce off of each other really well with the two of them willing to do whatever it takes to get the job even if it costs them there ow lifes and while the two of them don't for obvious reason have any banter with each other you do still get the feeling that with Scott being the older of the two brothers that Virgil might act like the littler brother and tell a joke even if it's just t ease the tension.

The episode does try to add in some tension as the brothers do have to use this new gas that Brains has invented that will allow them to cut through doors and other metallic objects at a much more quicker rate only for that same gas to knock them clean out cold. Yet the episode does nothing with this idea as while they do bring it u alot of the time with Scott even saying that it's the only way that they can get to the family in time we don't really see that many scenes with them after they get knocked out where they showcase there concerns to either there father or to Brains himself something which they would have had every right to do. This is something that is kind of understandable as this is a kids show afterall and kids even back then wouldn't find that kind of thing to be all that interesting but if your going to have be a key part of the episode and be a key plot point then it is something that should have been discussed a little bit more and fair enough there would have been no way to di that and have all of the scenes with the family and have the rescue as well as that would have made the episode be a confusing mess but given just how vital that the gas is it is something that should have been brought up more as to be honest the idea that they could get knocked out mid-rescue is a fantastic way of creating tension and to be fair to the episode they do make the most of it even by having alot of the same things that happened prior to them getting knocked out happen here and while they of course don't get knocked out it is still a good way of creating tension as they very well could have gotten knocked out. Yet the episode has to give us this over the top reason as t why they didn't get knocked out which is so confusing even an adult couldn't make sense of it.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty minuets and fifty six seconds. Which to be fair to this episode is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show with this kind of running time even helping to make the episode feel more like a movie due to the fact that it's close to having a feature length running time and yet at the same time you don't even notice that it's almost one hour long as we the audience are just so engrossed by everything that is going on in the episode with the episode itself even having the right amount of plot to cover that amount of running time. The episode is even helped by the fact that it does use it's running time as wisely as it could have done in both respects as given the fact that the episode does have so much to fit in in the first place its plot is about as well developed as it could have been as while yes this is a simple plot that isn't what you come to this show for you come to see the daring rescues with the plots being nothing more then an excuse for characters to get trapped and be rescued and to be fair to the episode it does make the most out of a thin plot by giving us lots of tension and while yes if they did cut out or even redid the terrible jokes about women not making for good drivers that would allow them to have more screen time be devoted to its plot but at the same time the episode would also loose about of its charm as well. Even the episodes characters much like its plot do come of as being as well developed as there were ever going to be as while the sows main characters would have course have the other episodes and films to get there bits of character development nobody is walking into this show expecting the guest characters to be that well developed with the just being there to service the plot and that's really it and to be fair they do do a solid job of doing exactly that but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. This something that could be said for alot of this shows action as they all do take full advantage of the fact that all of the characters are puppets by having them do things like for example grabbing an object or in the case of this episode kicking down a door both of which re things that are a puppet wouldn't be able to do and yet because of the fact that they have them do it in this episode it does help to sell you on the action at hand when it would have been very easy for them to have alot of the action in not only this episode but the show as a whole take place off screen. With the best action scene being the start of the fire as we get to see a car drive recklessly into the skyscrapers parking are and then flip over a few cars before then smashing into a car and bursting into flames which might not seem like much but when you take into account that this show uses puppets that small stunt now seem alot more more bigger as now we have to work out just how they did it in the first place with that being something that does make that stunt be all the more impressive then what it really had any right to be and with it being a key plot point for the episode it is also an important scene to have as without that scene we literally have no episode to speak and with it being as good as it was it something that des make you wonder just what the makers of this show could really do if they had more of a budget to work with with the rest of the episodes action being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this episode whilst it is still a really good episode in its own right is also one that doesn't take as full advantage of its own idea due t the fact that it would have been more better if the family was somewhere o the higher grounds as that would have added more tension to the episode but this is still a really good episode albeit one that really could have been alot more better in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then  as for where I personally got all of te images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thunderbirds 1965 TV Series "The Perils Of Penelope" Review

It's been a good long while since anything to do with the classic series version of Thunderbirds has been talked. Well with the home of Thunderbirds ITV also turning seventy years old this year it made alot of sense to now talk about more of the show as this shoe turned sixty years old this year and so then join me as I review that sees Lady Penelope become the main character of an episode with the episode in question being called simply just "The Perils Of Penelope" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when the inventor of a revolutionary fuel is kidnapped it's up to Lady Penelope to find out what happend to him before his fuel falls into the wrong hands. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad however tho this episodes plot really isn't all that good either as while it's not that bad it also doesn't feel like a Thunderbirds plot as most plots for those show involve the team rescuing someone from some kind of natural disaster where as here it feels more like a plot to a spy movie which would have been great if this was a spy show but it's not and therefor as good as this episodes plot is it does feel out of place when compared to alot of the other plots in this show but to give this episode some credit in regards to it's plot the episode does know to give the plot alot of focus and attention as the episode does spend alot of time in just setting up the main plot of the episode and making it feel all the more richer then what it really had any right to be but in saying that tho this is plot that can at times be completely forgettable and while the plot does have alot of good things going for it it's the fact that this plot feels more like the plot to a stereotypical spy movie then an episode of Thunderbirds that does hold it back and stops it from being as good as it really wants to be with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is this shows co-creator Sylvia Anderson as Lady Penelope and Peter Dyneley as Jeff Tracy and Sir Jeremy Hodge. Also starring in this episode is Christine Finn as Tin-Tin Kyrano , David Graham as Gordon Tracy , Parker , Professor Borender , Roache, Waiter , Colonel Benson and A TV Reporter , David Holliday as Virgil Tracy , Shane Rimmer as Scott Tracy , Matt Zimmerman as Alan Tracy and Alfred and Ray Barrett as Dr Godber.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With the fact that this episodes acting being as good as it is is not really something that's all that surprising as this show has a bunch if a really good voice actors in it which granted you might not know about if your not into Classic Doctor Who but if you were then you'd know how good of an actor that actor David Graham is and if you've seen The Spy Who Loved me then you'll know how good of an actor that Shane Rimmer is with them both being good in this episode despite the fact that both characters don't rally have all that much to do in the episode with the best actor in the whole entire episode being none other then Sylvia Anderson herself as even tho she's not an actor by trade really did bring alot of life into the character of Lady Penelope with this episode being proof of that as she gets the chance to show of just how street smart that the character can be at times with her performance being a true delight in what could otherwise have been seen as being a really dull and lifeless episode with the acting that's in this episode not really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

With this being a puppet based show it only makes to talk about the puppets in this episode as to be frank they were so well done in this episode. With there being alot of crowd scenes where all of the puppets are moving at the exact same time something which would have been really difficult to do back in the mid sixties and yet here they all work so well and while yes you can quite clearly see the strings on alot of the main puppet characters that is something that could also be said for alot of other puppet based shows and isn't something that's an issues with this show or with this episode with the best example of just how good the puppets are in this episode especially in the episodes many crowd scenes being in the opening of the episode where we get to see a countdown taking place for a spaceship and we get to see all of the puppet characters doing there own different thing inside what is presumably a control tower with this being something what would have been really difficult to do just due to the fact that you would have needed all of the people controlling the puppets to be careful as to not to accidentally knock into each other or each others character all the while still somehow managing to make these puppets somehow feel alive and human with even both of the scenes in the Paris cafe being a good example of this as again you have several puppet characters alot of which are in this case main characters and there all moving about just doing there own thing and it all looks so good and it's something that does make you wonder how they managed to pull off such shots in the mid nineteen sixties.

As was mentioned back at the very start of this review this episodes plot feels alot more like the plot of James Bond spy movie then it does a Thunderbirds episode. Whilst this could be seen as being a bad thing it could also be seen as being a good thing as it shows that the makers of this episode were willing to try out different genre's with these characters as even Sir Lew Grade himself once said that the pilot episode to Thunderbirds wasn't a TV show it was a movie and so it does stand stand to reason that some of the shows episodes would try to be different film genres and while that doesn't necessarily work in this episode as the plot to this episode comes of as being a more kid friendly version of the film From Russia With Love and heck the main bulk of the episodes third act even takes place on a train it still doesn't change the fact that the makers of this show were willing to be brave and bold so early on in the shows run as even tho this was the twelve episode to be produced it was still only the third episode to air and so you still do get the feeling the makers of this show are still trying to find there footing with the show and that is something that does show through in the fact that whilst Thunderbirds is typically an action show and while there is action in this episode this episode takes on the approach of being a more kid friendly version of a James Bond film and it is something that both does and doesn't work in this episode as while it's great that we are seeing this show take on different genres and seeing them done through the eyes of Thunderbirds Lady Penelope was never that well developed of a character with the same thing also being true for alot of the shows characters as well and therefor it does feel odd that she would lead a spy based episode for the show when the show itself is still is trying to find an audience.

The only thing that could have saved this episodes spy element was if instead of airing as the third episode of the show it instead aired either later on in the first series of the show or it instead aired as an episode of the second series. As while the episode isn't worthy to be the plot of the any of the two sixties films having air later on in the series would have worked out all the more better as by then the show would have found it's audience and would have been able to take on more different plots then what the audience is used to as having it air as the third episode of the first series was a very bold and risky move as the show was still trying to find it's audience at that point in time and therefor it would have made more sense of the makers of the show just went with the more stereotypical Thunderbirds plot as this was still a new show but in saying that tho having a plot like this take place as early as it does in the series running order does show just how brave that the makers of this show really were as here is an episode that not only technically takes place at the same time as the very next episode but also features a female as the main character and is tackling a different genre then what the makers of the show are used to dealing with with them oddly enough getting alot of the spy elements down perfectly with Penelope using her wits to get herself and Sir Jeremy Hodge out of danger alot of the time and while the episode tells you right away who the bad guy is and therefor we the audience are always ahead of the characters in that regard it could also be argued that in this case it does add some level of tension to the episode as now whenever Lady Penelope and Sir Jeremy Hodge meet up with this man there is a very real threat to both of there lives.

To give this episode some form of credit the very idea of having the main threat of this episode basically be this unstoppable Monorail was a really good idea. Even tho the main villain of the episode is revealed to be Dr. Godber having it be a train like vehicle that's moving towards our heroes at a fast speed is more threatening then having a mad man with a gun threatening Sir Jeremy to try and get the formular out of him as that mad man with a gun can very easily be stopped but a fast moving train can't which does mean that we get alot of tension added on in the final few minuets of the episode as now International Rescue have to work fast to not only prevent a protentional world war from happening which is what Dr. Godber wants to happen but now they also have to find a way to rescue someone who is not only a good friend of theirs but also works for them and they have to do it before the monorail comes and kills her which is something that does make for a good tension filled third act with the only thing that really lets it down being the fact that Dr. Godber really isn't all that interesting as a villain with him just coming across as being a stereotypical mad scientist type of character who only wants this formular just so that he could possibly start a new world war and that's really it which granted is an epic enough plan for this show but at the same time tho it's just not that well thought out as if he did manage to achieve his goal then he himself would be more then  likely killed but it is something that would have made more sense if he had a rocketship of his own that was a rival to the Sun Probe as then it could be argued that he was making a business move and wasn't trying to start something that would ultimately end up with im dieing.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty minuets and thirty six seconds. Which is pretty much the exact grad total running time for this show as alot of this shows episodes did have a running time of about fifty minuets with this episode having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time but in saying that tho despite this being one of the episodes that got rewrites to fit that extended running time when the show got bumped up from twenty five minuets to fifty minuets in length the episode still doesn't take the time that it really needed in order to fully develop it's as it's plot while it does get alot of focus given to it still does feel really weak with it feeling like that the plot was taking place to the spy aspect of the episode with the episode not even taking the time to fully develop it's characters which in the case of the shows main characters does somewhat make sense as you could argue that they would get there development in later episodes of the show but it's also something that doesn't make sense when it comes to the episodes guest characters as we know just as much about them coming out of the episode as we did going into the episode all of which does make them feel like there undercooked and while it's not unusual for kids shows from the sixties to not give the characters guest or main any kind of character development that doesn't mean that it should have happened as kids are alot more smarter then what we give them credit for and they would always like when characters get character development as that makes them more interesting as characters but I really will admit that this very episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho. 

So now then as this an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With the episodes action whilst it's not as good as the action in either other episodes of the show or even the two sixties Thunderbirds films for that matter is still alot more better then what it really had any right to be as it will always be good just seeing what equipment Thunderbird 2 is going to be using that week however this episode does also somewhat try to the up ante in what has to be the episodes best action scene in which Gordon takes on Dr. Godber in what is basically a gun fight as even tho they do put on laser effects over the guns it's pretty clear as day what there meant to be and while having guns is something that does mesh well with the episodes spy aspect it is something that does feel out of place in a Thunderbirds episode as none of the previous two episodes had shown the members of International Rescue using them with them being shown exclusively by the episodes main villains but that doesn't take away from how good that third act action scene really is as not only do we have the excitement of Gordon trying to shoot Dr. Godber and save Sir Jeremy but we also have the drama of Virgil trying to get to and rescue Lady Penelope before it's far to late which is something that really does make the action in that third act as good as it was ever going to be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall while this episode is still a very thrilling episode and is a very good in it's own right it's also quite clearly one of the shows more weaker episodes as the central spy aspect of the show doesn't really gel well with the main disaster aspect that would usually be in the show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least#. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk and the official Thunderbirds fandom wiki page. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Thunderbirds fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Thunderbirds fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thunderbirds 1965 TV Series "Pit Of Peril" Review

 

Thunderbirds is to date the TV show that I can think of that has fans not only from it's original 1965 run but also from it's repeat viewings in the nineteen nineties and it's not hard to see why. As this show has action , suspense , romance and comedy all packed into a single episode of the show and well with the show fastly approaching it's sixtieth anniversary I thought that i'd take a look at an episode of the show and so then join me as I review the episode that is really a huge let down when compared to the shows first episode with the episode in question being called simply just "Pit Of Peril" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is during a military exhibition a machine carrying three men falls down a hole with the hole getting by the second and the crew almost out of air it's up to International Rescue to rescue them and safe the day. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented t us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the issue as this episodes plot wasn't that good either while it was a very entertaining plot t just wasn't as gripping as the plot to the first episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.  

Starring in this episode is Peter Dyneley as Jeff Tracy and Lieutenant Ralph , James Bond star Shane Rimmer as Scott Tracy and Johnny and David Holliday as Virgil Tracy. Also starring in this episode is British voice acting great David Graham as Brains , General Peters , Sergeant Reynolds and Frank , Ray Barrett as John Tracy , Lieutenant Mead and Colonel Sweeney and Matt Zimmerman as A Helicopter Pilot and Charlie.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of the actors turning in some really good performances which for this show isn't all that shocking as this show from what I can remember anyway has always had some really good acting in it and what helps that cast out here is the fact that the script for this episode is so good that all the cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally. 

This show features the debut of the fan favorite machine The Mole which has the ability to dig underground. This is a machine that I really don't remember all that given that it can only be useful in one type of rescue mission which means that the machine doesn't get used all that much which is a shame because it does look really cool and it must have made an impact on some people as it played a key role in the terrible 2004 live action movie Thunderbirds if only it could do more things that just dig underground which would make it alot more useful for other type of rescue missions bug as it is it is a fairly solid machine.

This episode doesn't feature Alan , Gordon , Parker or any of the shows female cast of characters which does make sense. As they really wouldn't ave been able to do much in this episode give that the episode mostly takes place in the forest and so all they'd be doing is just appearing in what would basically be nothing more then cameo roles ad that is something that wouldn't do the characters any kind of justice and while I would have liked to have seen them in this episode i'd rather not have them in the episode then have them in the episode but in a cameo role as these characters are only suited for certain stories and this episode just wouldn't suit them.

What i'm surprised that they didn't do in this episode is go hard on an environmental message as that would have been very easy to do. As at the start of the episode the machine that needs rescuing is seen trampling through a forest and destroying tree's and so nobody would have blamed the makers of this show if they instead chose to go in really hard on an environmental message as that is something that they could have tought the shows kid audience but no instead the message was rather suitable an not really very heavy handed and that made it all the more impactful,then if it was a very heavy handed message. 

I'm just going to be real, this episode just didn't do it for me as it was a very boring with the titular rescue taking alot of time to really get going. This isn't helped by the fact that the episode is just downright boring with the episode lacking any of the thrills that you'd expect from this show which is understandable as every single show out there is going to have bad episodes in it but at the same time each episode of this show is basically a mini movie and in the case of this episode the story just isn't there to make to feel like a movie and there's no thrills or tension and so there's really no reason for anyone to watch this episode as all it would do is leave you feeling bored quite alot of the time when you should be on the edge of your seat with excitement.

Now then this episode has /had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty minuets and forty seconds. Which for this story isn't the right amount of time for this episode to have as there's not really enough story there to cover that large amount of running time even with the episodes first twenty or so minuets which was added to every episode to pa the episodes out to fifty minuets and even with that padding there the episode still just doesn't have alot of story to cover that really large amount with those first twenty minuets feeling like just that padding as apart from showing how it is that the machine in question fell into the pit nothing within those first twenty minuets plays into the rest of the episode but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episodes action being for the most part very entertaining but again t's a huge step down form the heart pounding action that we got n the shows first episodes and alot of that comes down to the fact that the machine that's being rescued is this big lumbering thing and that doesn't really lend itself to exciting action packed sequences in my freaking opinions anyway / at least.

Overall while this was a hugely entertaining episode it's an episode that could have been so much better then what we ultimately ended up with with the episode just being a step down interms of quality from the shows first episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in his very review from the official Thunderbirds fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the really wonderful the official Thunderbirds fandom wiki page as since all of the images that are currently up and featured to us up and on the really great and really wonderful on the official Thunderbirds fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being all really fairly freaking high in definition.