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When the Hood is taking photographs of Thunderbird 1 at London Airport, one of the photos shows the letter "T" of Thunderbird painted on the red nose cone. All other shots of the craft show the nose cone free of markings. See more...

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Fenella Fielding was Gerry Anderson's first choice for the voice of Lady Penelope.

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At Tracy Island there are portraits on the wall of Jeff Tracy's five sons: John, Scott, Virgil, Alan and Gordon. Gordon's portrait never bleeped once during all thirty-two episodes of the show.

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In the opening credits, you see a picture of Thunderbird 3 in the background, but Alan Tracy is not flying the craft. He in is fact flying Thunderbird 2 with the steering wheel upside down.

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Jeff Tracy's five sons were named after Mercury astronauts - Scott Carpenter, Virgil Grissom, Alan Shephard, Gordon Cooper and John Glenn.

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Gerry Anderson modeled members of the Tracy family on Hollywood actors: Jeff was modeled after Lorne Greene, Alan after Robert Reed, Scott after Sean Connery and John after Charlton Heston.

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Although he is the main villain, the Hood appears in only six episodes throughout the entire series.

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Each episode's opening credit scene would feature some highlights of the episode. Gerry Anderson would later use this gimmick in "Space: 1999" and "Space Precinct".

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Security Hazard (series 1)

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This episode features extensive flashback footage from "End of the Road", "Sun Probe", "Trapped in the Sky" and "Day of Disaster", and only 17 minutes of new material. The reason for this is because the previous two episodes, "Attack of the Alligators" and "The Cham-Cham" had gone over budget and a flashback episode was required to finish the show's first season.

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This was the last episode in which David Holliday voiced Virgil Tracy. He was replaced by Jeremy Wilkin for the second season. Some sources say that Holliday left because he had to return to America, while others say he demanded more money.

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At the beginning of this episode, we see Chip Morrison being put to bed by his father. Chip was last seen as Bob Williams in 'Cry Wolf', whereas his father previously appeared as Dave Clayton in the episode 'Day of Disaster'.

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The Cham-Cham (series 1)

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The Duchess (from the episode "The Duchess Assignment") makes two appearances in this episode. Not only is she in a photograph in Cass Carnaby's dressing room, she can be seen sitting among the audience during the performance of the Cass Carnaby Five.

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Attack of the Alligators (series 1)

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The stock footage of the thunderstorm was later used for the title sequence of "The Prisoner".

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The Duchess Assignment (series 1)

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At the art exhibition, look very carefully and you can see that one of the paintings is Virgil's portrait of Alan seen at the end of the episode "Move - and You're Dead".

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The blonde-haired croupier on the Duchess of Royston's table in the casino at the beginning of the episode would go on to be the crook "Scobie" in the second season episode "Give or Take a Million".

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Lil, Lady Penelope's chef (seen in the episode "Vault of Death"), makes a cameo appearance in the gallery scene.

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When Jeff is with Lady Penelope at the London Air Display, look in the background and you can see The Hood in his "Martian Invasion" disguise.

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The Domo is a recycled version of the Excavator, which was used in the episode "Martian Invasion".

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Wilbur Dandridge III was previously Warren Grafton in the episode "Brink of Disaster".

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Danger at Ocean Deep (series 1)

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Lord Worden was originally seen as Sir Jeremy Hodge in the episode "The Perils of Penelope".

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The Manor to Penelope's right at the Clydeside launching of "Ocean Pioneer II" is Professor Holden from "The Mighty Atom". Tony Williams (from "Cry Wolf"), MI5 agent Tidman (from "The Man from MI5") and Lovegrove (from "The Vault of Death") are also visible in the crowd, as well as the Commander of "Ocean Pioneer I".

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