Pit of Peril - S1-E2
Trivia: When Thunderbird 1 leaves at the end of the episode, its booster rockets set fire to a small tree.
Pit of Peril - S1-E2
Trivia: This is the only episode where none of the series' female characters appear.
Pit of Peril - S1-E2
Trivia: Colonel Sweeney and his subordinate had previously appeared in "Trapped in the Sky" as Captain Hansen and his co-pilot.
Pit of Peril - S1-E2
Trivia: Only five regular characters appear in this episode - Jeff, John, Scott, Virgil and Brains. This is the smallest number of regular characters seen in any Thunderbirds episode.
Pit of Peril - S1-E2
Trivia: This is the first episode to have an on-screen title.