Thunderbirds

Day of Disaster - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: During the rescue operation, Thunderbird 2's wreckage grabber changes from being semi-circular with flat edges as TB2 flies over the water to being angular with teeth as it is being dropped down to the rocket.

Desperate Intruder - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: When Brains collapses under the Hood's influence, he has nothing in his left hand, but when the Hood takes off his mask, we see Brains again, and this time a blue stone has appeared in his hand.

Vault of Death - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: When we see a close-up of Light-Fingered Fred in the prison cell, the games of noughts & crosses on the wall behind him are completely different to the ones seen in previous shots.

30 Minutes After Noon - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: When the laser vehicle leaves the pod and enters the plutonium store, you can see the cockpit has a windshield, but when Scott tells Virgil "We're gonna have to work fast", we cut to Virgil, and the windshield has disappeared.

Move - And You're Dead - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: When Thunderbird 2 touches down on the sand to release Alan in his car, there is no "2" underneath its front section, but the number reappears when the pod is being released.

The Cham-Cham - S1-E25

Continuity mistake: When Lady Penelope and Tin-Tin pause to turn on their ski thrusts as they return to the hotel from Olsen's chalet, it begins to snow, but the snow has stopped when they set off again just seconds later.

The Uninvited - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Jeff tells Alan it's time to relieve John in the space station, he's holding a cigar in his right hand, but after a quick cut to Alan saying "All set, father," we return to Jeff, and his cigar has suddenly disappeared.

Vault of Death - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: When Parker is sitting at the table waiting for his meal prepared by Lil, you can see that his knife is pointing to the left, but when Lil says "Now listen here, Nosey!" we cut back to Parker, and the knife is now facing straight.

End of the Road - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: In several wide shots of Thunderbird 1 and Eddie's tractor on the cliff, the yellow pins that were fired from TB1 earlier and the rock they were holding have disappeared.

The Uninvited - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Tin-Tin and Gordon are swimming in the pool at Tracy Island, the beach ball in the pool has nothing on it, but in the next shot when we see Virgil sitting down reading, the ball is thrown out of the pool and there are green stars on it.

The Uninvited - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Scott is travelling to the pyramid in Thunderbird 1, his International Rescue hat keeps disappearing and reappearing between shots.

Danger at Ocean Deep - S1-E19

Continuity mistake: When Scott and Virgil contact Tracy Island and their reports are affected by a bad interference, Jeff is wearing his glasses, but later on in the scene they disappear.

The Uninvited - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Wilson asks Lindsey in the jeep "Which way do you want to go?" you can see he is wearing his headphones, but after cutting to Lindsey, we return to Wilson and his headphones have disappeared.

The Duchess Assignment - S1-E21

Continuity mistake: The pod chosen for Thunderbird 2 in order to rescue the Duchess from the burning house is Pod 3, but if you look carefully when the Mole is coming out of the pod, you can see "Thunderbird 2 Pod 4".

The Imposters - S1-E16

Continuity mistake: Before boarding Thunderbird 3 to rescue Elliott, Scott is wearing a yellow suit and orange shirt, but just before blast-off we see him in his blue roll-neck sweater and checked jacket.

The Uninvited - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: The long shots of Scott hanging out of the window/hatch of Thunderbird 1 as Wilson and Lindsey find him, shows white lettering around the window, but the close-ups show no white around the window at all.

Ricochet - S2-E5

Audio problem: As John and Gordon are fitting the new component on Thunderbird 5, John says, "It looks like we'll be another two hours before we're back in business. In the meantime, International Rescue is non-operational." But he is voiced by David Graham, not Ray Barrett.

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Trivia: 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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