JANUARY
2009 |
02 |
Birth of JEFF TRACY |
1966 |
08 |
Thunderbirds makes its first comic-strip appearance in issue
52 of TV Century 21
magazine - dated 15/1/66. The strip is drawn by Frank Bellamy. |
1967 |
14 |
Zero X (from Thunderbirds Are Go) makes its first comic-strip
appearance in issue
105 of TV Century 21 magazine - dated 21/1/67. The strip is drawn
by Mike Noble. |
1931 |
15 |
Birth of DEREK MEDDINGS, Thunderbirds visual effect supervisor.
(d. 10/9/95) |
1966 |
15 |
Publication of the first issue of Lady Penelope magazine - dated
22/1/66. |
1965 |
16 |
Lady Penelope makes her first piblic appearance in a comic strip in
the first issue of TV
Century 21 magazine - dated 23/1/65. The strip is drawn by Eric
Eden. |
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FEBRUARY
1968 |
01 |
Barry Gray conducts a 56-piece orchestra in the first of three recording
session for the
soundtrack of the Thunderbird 6 feature film at the Olympic Studio in Barnes,
London. |
1927 |
02 |
Birth of JOHN CARSON (Voice of Captain Foster in Thunderbird
6). |
1971 |
13 |
Thunderbirds returns to comics in the first issue of Countdown
magazine - date 20/2
/71. A new story,"The New System", is drawn by Don Harley. |
2043 |
14 |
Birth of GORDON TRACY |
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MARCH
1966 |
03 |
Principle photography begins on the Thunderbirds Are Go feature
film and second
Thunderbirds television series at the Century 21 Studios in Slough. |
2066 |
11 |
International Rescue save Dr. Orchad and his guest, trapped in a house
on the Ambro
River by giant alligators. (Attack of the Alligators!) |
2044 |
12 |
Birth of ALAN TRACY |
1965 |
18 |
Composer Barry Gray conducts a 25-piece orchestra in the recording
of the incidental
music for The Perils of Penelope at the CTS Studios in Wembley. |
1972 |
26 |
Countdown magazine is retitled TV Action + Countdown
at issue 59 (dated 1/4/72). A
new Thunderbirds comic-strip begins:"The Crexus Creature"
drawn by Don Harley. |
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APRIL
2068 |
03 |
Jeff Tracy informs Brains that International Rescue needs a new Thunderbird
vehicle.
(Thunderbird 6) |
2039 |
04 |
Birth of SCOTT TRACY |
1965 |
05 |
Barry Gray conducts a 25-piece orchestra in the recording of the incidental
music for
Terror in New York City at the CTS Studios in Wembley. |
1929 |
14 |
Birth of GERRY ANDERSON, Thunderbirds producer and creator,
in London |
2068 |
15 |
Alan Tracy and Tin-Tin Kyrano leave Tracy Island in a Tiger Moth bi-plane
to rendezvous
with Lady Penelope at Creighton-Ward Manor on the 29th for the maiden flight
of Skyship
One. (Thunderbird 6) |
1965 |
24 |
Barry Gray records the incidental music for Pit of Peril at
the IBC Studio in London. |
2068 |
29 |
Skyship One lifts off from London Airport on its maiden flight, a round-the-world
tour.
Lady Penelope, Alan, Tin-Tin and Parker are on board. (Thunderbird 6) |
2068 |
30 |
Skyship One arrives in New York and flies on across America to the
Grand Canyon.
Brains's initial design for Thunderbird 6 is rejected by Jeff Tracy. (Thunderbird
6) |
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MAY
1965 |
07 |
Barry Gray conducts a 24-piece orchestra in the recording of the incidental
music for
End of the Road at the CTS Studios in Wembley. |
1968 |
11 |
Publication of final issue of Lady Penelope magazine (issue
122 - date 18/5/68). From
issue 123, the magazine is simply titled Penelope. |
2013 |
30 |
Birth of ALOYSIUS PARKER |
2068 |
31 |
After visiting Brazil, Africa and Australia on its maiden flight, Skyship
One arrives in India.
Lady Penelope has her palm read and Alan buys Tin-Tin an expensive ring.
(Thunderbird 6) |
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JUNE
1928 |
01 |
Birth of BOB MONKHOUSE (Voice of Space Navigator Brad Newman
in Thunderbirds
Are Go). |
2067 |
05 |
Zero X lifts off from Earth en-route to Mars, assisted by International
Rescue. A pilot by
The Hood to sabotage the mission is foiled by Lady Penelope and Scott.
(Thunderbirds
Are Go). |
1970 |
06 |
Thunderbirds makes its final appearance in TV21 magazine
in issue 38 (second volume)
- dated 13/6/70. |
2068 |
11 |
On her maiden flight, Skyship One arrives in Egypt and the International
Rescue team visit
the Pylamids. (Thunderbird 6) |
2068 |
12 |
Skyship One lands in Switzerland for the final stop on its round-the-world
tour. Penelope,
Alan, and Tin-Tin visit The Whistle Stop Inn. (Thunderbird 6) |
2068 |
13 |
Skyship One crash-lands on an early warning tower near Dover. Penelope,
Alan, Tin-Tin
and Parker are rescued by Brains in the Tiger Moth bi-plane. (Thunderbird
6) |
1965 |
18 |
Barry Gray conducts a 25-piece orchestra in the recording of the incidental
music for
Edge of Impact at the CTS Studios in Wembley. |
2043 |
20 |
Birth of TIN-TIN KYRANO |
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JULY
1965 |
02 |
Barry Gray conducts a 25-piece orchestra in the recording of the incidental
music for
Desperate Intruder at the CTS Studios in Wembley. |
1934 |
10 |
Birth of TONY BARWICK, scriptwriter (Lord Parker's `Oliday
and Ricochet). (d. August
1933) |
2065 |
12 |
The Erdman gang engineer a fire at the Hudson Building in Spoke City,
destroying files on
a number of criminal organisations. Tom Prescott is trapped in a lift but
is saved by
International Rescue. (30 Minutes After Noon) |
2065 |
13 |
The world's newspapers report the death of Tom Prescott in the Hudson
Building fire as a
ruse to expose the Erdman gang. (30 Minutes After Noon) |
2018 |
17 |
Birth of THE HOOD |
2067 |
20 |
During a survey of the Martian surface, the Zero X M.E.V. is attacked
by Rock Snakes.
Zero X leaves Mars orbit and returns to Earth. (Thunderbirds Are
Go) |
1968 |
29 |
World premiere of the feature film Thunderbird 6 at the Odeon
Cinema, London. |
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AUGUST
1965 |
06 |
"Flying High", the original end titles song for Thunderbirds
performed by Gary Miller, is
recorded at Barry Gray's own studio at Dollis Hill, London. The song is
ultimately scrapped
in favour of "The Thunderbirds March" |
2041 |
15 |
Birth of VIRGIL TRACY |
1969 |
23 |
Zero X makes its final comic-strip appearance in issue 241 of TV21
magazine (daded 30/8
/69). |
1945 |
26 |
Birth of MIKE TRIM (Thunderbirds special effects designer) |
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SEPTEMBER
2067 |
02 |
Zero X returns to Earth from Mars but there is a problem with one of
the lifting bodies.
The crew are trapped inside but freed by International Rescue before the
massive craft
crash-lands on Craigsville, USA. (Thunderbirds Are Go) |
1965 |
30 |
Thunderbirds receives its world premiere on British television
(ATV Midlands) with the
episode Trapped in the sky. |
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OCTBER
1966 |
02 |
Thunderbirds' second season receives its world premiere on British
television (ATV
London) with the episode Atlantic Inferno. |
2064 |
06 |
The Hood causes an explosion at an Australian atomic irrigation plant.
An atomic cloud
drifts towards Melbourne, but it is dissipated by a strong wind. (The
Mighty Atom) |
2040 |
08 |
Birth of JOHN TRACY |
1966 |
09 |
Barry Gray conducts a 70-piece orchestra in the first of three recording
sessions for the
soundtrack of Thunderbirds Are Go at the Anvil Studios in
Denham. |
1965 |
10 |
Barry Gray conducts a 24-piece orchestra in the recording of the incidental
music for
Vault of Death at the CTS Studios in Wembley. |
1940 |
14 |
Birth of CLIFF RICHARD (Voice of CLIFF RICHARD Jr. in Thunderbirds
Are Go) |
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NOVEMBER
2040 |
14 |
Birth of BRAINS |
1969 |
29 |
Penelope magazine folds at issue 203 (dated 6/12/69) |
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DECEMBER
1932 |
01 |
Birth of DENNIS SPOONER, script-writer (End of the Road, Day
of Disaster, Vault of
Death, The Mighty Atom, The Impostors and Cry Wolf). (d. September 1986) |
1964 |
08 |
Composer Barry Gray conducts the first recording session of music for
Thunderbirds
at the Olympic Studio in Barnes, London. A 30-PIECE orchestra records the
title theme
and incidental music for Trapped in the Sky. |
1966 |
12 |
World premiere of the feature film Thunderbirds Are Go at the
London Pavilon. |
2039 |
24 |
Birth of LADY PENELOPE CREIGHTON-WARD |
1966 |
25 |
The first screening of Thunderbirds' second season ends with
Give or Take a Million on
ATV London. |
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