The retro rockets fail on a manned mission to retrieve matter from a solar prominence, putting the spaceship on a collision course with the Sun. Thunderbird 3 and Thunderbird 2 are sent on a dual mission to transmit a radio signal that will remotely activate the Sun Probe's retros.
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Cast
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Peter Dyneley
Jeff Tracy / Professor Heinz Bodman (voice)
Known for
Chato's Land
Shane Rimmer
Scott Tracy (voice)
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Bourne Identity
David Holliday
Virgil Tracy (voice)
Also in
Sleeping Beauty
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Matt Zimmerman
Alan Tracy / TV Reporter (voice)
Also in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
A Man for All Seasons
David Graham
Gordon Tracy / Brains / Kyrano / Solarnaut Asher / Braman (voice)
Known for
Peppa Pig
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Ray Barrett
Colonel Harris / Colonel Benson (voice)
Known for
Faraway Downs
The Reptile
Christine Finn
Tin-Tin Kyrano (voice)
Also in
Quatermass and the Pit
Thunderbird 6
John Tate
Solarnaut Camp (voice) (uncredited)
Known for
The Day of the Triffids
On the Beach
Alan Pattillo Director · David Lane Director Alan Fennell Writer
First release December 9, 1965 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production AP Films
Production
Associated Television
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AP Films
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 9, 1965
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No release date listed for United States.
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