I was watching Thunderbirds, the other week, and decided to catch this image from the TV. I forgot how much I love Gerry Anderson productions. In this aprticular episode (1965), it was all about a sun-probe that went awry. Thunderbird 3 was tasked with getting to it before it went into the sun and melted the occupants. Using a beam, they were able to take control of it and send it back to Earth. There was, of course, more to it, but that was the core of it.
On the ground, Thunderbird 2 was sent out to land on Everest and help to keep communications from the highest point that they could find. On-board, Brains was with Virgil Tracy, both stashed inside a tracked-vehicle getting covered in ice. They had brought a setup to help them, with a case that had a ‘mobile-computer’ inside. It turned out, that the wrong case was loaded and they brought a cool robot with them, instead. It was this that ended up saving Thunderbird 3 from the same fate as the probe, after they had fallen unconscious from the heat.
I love this geezer. there’s nothing like a 60s flare to a modern ideal. What a gem!
