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The weather thing was a good episode, action-packed and involved everyone. I have a hard time with the space elevator cable, though. The length required, the fact that the elevator would probably swing wildy about most of the time, and the strain put on the whole thing when it's latched onto its docking station on Tracy Island... suspend of disbelief is one thing, but...
I can't believe there's only two episodes left before we have to wait until next fall for new ones!

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Series 1 consists of 26 episodes split into two 13 episode chunks broadcast during 2015 with a 13-week gap between the two halves. Repeats of the first 13 episodes will be broadcast during the 13 week gap.
and for series 2:
A second series is expected to broadcast between Autumn 2016 and Spring 2017. The second series will also consist of 26 episodes making a 52 episode total.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbir ... (TV_series)
Which is, really, REALLY hopeful that there is indeed a future for Anderson-related shows still on TV!
This fan - who has been able to see all the episode of the new series so far and who is enjoying it tremendously! - is also hopeful that the new interest shown into Thunderbirds are Go! might translate into a revival of sort for Captain Scarlet. That might be a follow up to the 2005 series, if they kept any of the original templates... Or maybe something new, who knows?
For now, I'm enjoying the ride provided by "Thunderbirds are Go!" My DVD copies is already pre-bought from Amazon, so I'll have the renewed pleasure to watch it all over again... Until Fall, when the next 13 episodes will be available!
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Matt - Yes, Stingray would certainly be interesting! But I was wondering if by any chance Fireball XL5 might not stand a better chance of a revival.

And it'd be in colours, week after week...

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Isabelle wrote:I haven't seen Episode 12 on Toonova or the ITV player... did they change the broadcast schedule again?
it aired as usual here. It's been fairly consistent unlike New Captain Scarlet. It's at least not been swallowed in a 'magazine' programme.
And yes, Chris, XL5 would be alright. I'm sure I heard Space 1999 was being rebooted (as Space 2099)...or a Joe 90 movie. Who knows. I'd like some Thunderbirds50 stuff here but I don't think we'll get much beyond the new series. Still hopeful for Jeff to return voiced by Shane Rimmer.
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Oh wait... We're talking about a guy who can give the Professor from Gilligan's Island a run for his money... Maybe he would be able to make a communication device with a coconut...
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Maybe Jeff is really hiding somewhere on the island and this is all a big test to see how long it will take the boys to find him.... it's really strange though how they didn't really say anything about what happened, or what they think happened. It's as if they expect the audience to forget Jeff was ever there.
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This allows the young heroes to be adventurous, self-reliant and inventive, while not having to pay any attention to boring grown-up concerns such as health and safety, legality or (in some cases) common sense. Children 'doing it for themselves' is an established tradition, so perhaps Jeff is just a victim of that?
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Special mention to Brains, who made the effort to wear Cologne.

I don't know if this was intended, but when I saw the astronauts aboard the international space station, the first thing that came to mind was : Chris Hadfield!!!
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As for the last episode of this run, probably the most original use of Thunderbird 4 ever seen and its most out of water viewing since Terror in New York City.
Also, if ever an episode of the new series needed Barry Gray's incidental than this was it. Could not help but imagine the Fast Music as TB1 and the mini-Fireflash dropped like stones (or even the dramatic part of "Astronauts In Trouble" from the film Thunderbirds Are Go) and perhaps that triumphant music from Sun Probe (et al episodes) where Thunderbird 3 finally breaks from the sun for when TB1 and the plane break clear of the gravity well. Maybe someone with talents on YouTube can crack that nut.
It's not been a bad run. I just hope when it returns in the autumn it's not forgotten or it's re-promoted so for one I know when to set my box but also it gets a bigger viewing.
Forgot to say how last weeks episode with Plant Man how the underwater machine he piloted reminded me of Crablogger. Still rooting for a rebooted Sidewinder perhaps. Or how I'm not used to TB5 being so animated, forgive the pun. In the original it's usually seen from the same angle and immobile.
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