Unanswerable Anderson Questions | Volume One

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  • @GerryAndersonTV
    @GerryAndersonTV  4 роки тому +15

    Make sure to comment with any answers you have PLUS any other unanswerable questions you can think of!

    • @VBaskin2010
      @VBaskin2010 4 роки тому +2

      I Wish that ThunderBird 6 could be in the original ThunderBirds in 1965 along with the movie.

    • @stuffanthings
      @stuffanthings 4 роки тому

      Sure the car doesn't have doors but there's no roof either so maybe they just hop in the top like on Smokey and the Bandit

    • @Kay-rf4wx
      @Kay-rf4wx 4 роки тому +1

      Did Alan drag or carry Rick O’Shea to Thunderbird 3 when he had to knock him out because he was freaking out about having to leave his space (radio) station

    • @johnkean6852
      @johnkean6852 4 роки тому +1

      Whh didn't Marina use sign language / lip read / type or write messages (or later learn how to if she was a mermaiden?)

    • @johnkean6852
      @johnkean6852 4 роки тому

      @@stuffanthings 🤣

  • @Trek001
    @Trek001 4 роки тому +32

    *raises hand*
    I think I can answer the one about the Mechanical Fish... Assuming that real life protocols work in Stingray, that craft would have been inspected at Marineville and then taken to some other facility for a complete disassembly, deeply examined and then reassembled for testing by test pilots to fully examine and compare it to top of the line craft such as the Stingray craft.
    With only one craft captured intact - assuming they didn't send teams out to recover wreckage from destroyed Fish - they would not want to risk a valuable military asset

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому +3

      *applause* Sounds legit to me!

    • @Trek001
      @Trek001 4 роки тому +1

      @@ACtheLegend Thank you

    • @PenfoldEffjay
      @PenfoldEffjay 4 роки тому +1

      You mean it's been taken away to be inspected by top men?... Top Men 😁
      Sounds like a good theory to me.

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому +1

      @@PenfoldEffjay TOP...............men.
      Cue music.

    • @johnkean6852
      @johnkean6852 4 роки тому

      Come on it took all his multi- tasking ability to sail the craft let alone how to fire tornadoes esp with Marina on board. 60s woman weren't alowed to do anything apart from domestic tasks unless they looked half decent: then in that case, just to look good and pose - she did that remarkably with those big Cow Eyes and was the only puppet to win an Oscar for the role called: the *Mona Lisa Award* for *swaying and posability*

  • @tomwatts703
    @tomwatts703 4 роки тому +18

    I understand that it's not intended to be nitpicky or detract from the shows, but I can't help feeling that at least a couple of these do have fairly easy answers:
    > Does Joe 90 have any friends?
    In one episode he says he was out playing football before being called home for an assignment.
    > Who can hear the voice of the Mysterons?
    They mention in one episode opening that they are broadcasting on "all your radio and television frequencies" so I'd say everyone can.
    > What was Captain Black trying to do in Manhunt?
    Referenced in-episode - Colonel White says they don't know - also the point is kind of that he was stopped from doing whatever it was in the first place.
    > Why does Blue wait to tell Scarlet about the transporter location?
    He wanted to demonstrate it firsthand (understandable to me since I didn't get it at first either!)
    > The flight unit in Renegade Rocket
    The codeword had already been input by Reeves before it slipped and the 'destruct' button was pressed.

    • @brettmiddleton7949
      @brettmiddleton7949 4 роки тому +4

      And oxygen pills work just like oxygum, except that you don't have to chew them. The more difficult question is why, since WSP and WASP are in the same universe and oxygen pills work in space, why can't they be used under water instead of all that breathing apparatus?

    • @tomwatts703
      @tomwatts703 4 роки тому

      @@brettmiddleton7949 is there any confirmation that WSP and WASP are in the same universe?

    • @brettmiddleton7949
      @brettmiddleton7949 4 роки тому +2

      @@tomwatts703 It's been a lot of years since I've seen Stingray, but I'm about 100% certain an episode mentioned that WASP and WSP were sister organizations under the World Security Council. Sorry I don't have anything more specific than that.

    • @kimjongoof5000
      @kimjongoof5000 3 роки тому

      How does Spectrum keep the Mysterons top secret if everyone can hear them?

  • @RailRocketRicky
    @RailRocketRicky 4 роки тому +33

    In Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, why was the Maximum Security Vehicle only shown in just 3 episodes considering how much publicity and merchandise it was given?

    • @DanBen07
      @DanBen07 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah a lot of franchises do that like Star Wars will release images & merchandise to do with something that is hardly or briefly shown on screen.

    • @johnkean6852
      @johnkean6852 4 роки тому

      ...to create demand for it

    • @brianartillery
      @brianartillery 3 роки тому

      One of my favourite vehicles in Captain Scarlet, but basically background scenery.

    • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
      @TheSmart-CasualGamer 2 роки тому +3

      Because having a Maximum Security Vehicle have great big Spectrum Logos on the side makes it an obvious target. The Yellow Fox Tanker, or whatever that other thing is called, is even MORE secure.

  • @roryhand6650
    @roryhand6650 4 роки тому +6

    How does the replacement sofa seen in the Thunderbird 3 launch sequence actually fit in the slot in the floor in the Tracy lounge - the sofa Alan is taken down on heads straight downwards, with the replacement clearly seen BEHIND him. Therefore, surely the replacement should just hit the underside of the floor, instead of neatly slotting into position.

    • @minicle426
      @minicle426 3 місяці тому

      It slides fowards at the last moment?

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 4 роки тому +21

    In Pit of Peril, why is the Sidewinder described as being on its side, when the set in the machine doesn't reflect it?

    • @ewaf88
      @ewaf88 4 роки тому +2

      Also - rather sadistically - why were the rather vunerable puppets sent down into searing heat which was bound to melt them

    • @brickrichbuilds
      @brickrichbuilds 4 роки тому +1

      According to schematics, they use anti-gravity generators just to keep it standing. I'm guessing they can effect an artificial gravity through their floor.

    • @R.e.m.y.H.
      @R.e.m.y.H. 4 роки тому +1

      Uh... uh... life, uh... finds a way XD

    • @SiVlog1989
      @SiVlog1989 Рік тому

      @Matthew Evans what's them volunteering to go into the pit got to do with the difference between how it was described, being on its side, as opposed to how it actually was, on its back?

  • @MarkSW
    @MarkSW 4 роки тому +15

    I know the answers to the Captain Grey question. Because Paul Maxwell left Captain Scarlet after Shadow of Fear.
    I've got a question: In The Uninvited where was John when Scott returned to the lounge from Thunderbird 3?

    • @casonfilmsinc318
      @casonfilmsinc318 4 роки тому +1

      Maybe he was soaking in Thunderbird 3's shower after spending a month on a space station?

    • @johnkean6852
      @johnkean6852 4 роки тому

      Doing his: "ablutions."

  • @BenBernardSmith
    @BenBernardSmith 4 роки тому +18

    Not exactly an 'unanswered question', but it's always bugged me that there was never a resolution to the Hood storyline in the original Thunderbirds - Tintin never found out her uncle was the Hood, and it would have caused a very personal storyline involving Kyrano and Jeff's friendship - it would have been amazing to see a showdown with the Hood and the Tracy brothers after this revelation.

    • @marksinthehouse1968
      @marksinthehouse1968 4 роки тому +4

      And if he knew kyrano was on the island why didn’t he sneak onto the island or tell his accomplices where they were ,

    • @RailRocketRicky
      @RailRocketRicky 4 роки тому +5

      In the TV Century 21 comics, there were a few Thunderbirds comic strips in which the Hood was actually on Tracy Island:
      * "Tracy Island Exposed" ~ Using his powers over Kyrano, the Hood learns the true location of Tracy Island, and attempts to expose International Rescue's base to the world.
      * "Brains Is Dead" ~ The Hood fakes Brains' death and uses him to carry out a devastating attack on Tracy Island
      * "The Zoo Ship" ~ Disguised as a zoologist, the Hood gets his chance to photograph the Thunderbird machines.

    • @BenBernardSmith
      @BenBernardSmith 4 роки тому +2

      @@RailRocketRicky I haven't read them, and would be interested to, I just wish something more 'final' had happened in the series, but TV then didn't really do conclusions as much as they do now.

    • @BenBernardSmith
      @BenBernardSmith 4 роки тому +3

      @@marksinthehouse1968 I always got the impression he knew Kyrano was with them, but not where he was exactly.

    • @jamiec9260
      @jamiec9260 3 роки тому +4

      That was probably the only good thing about the 2004 movie, the fact that was actually used as a plot point

  • @robertdoherty2001
    @robertdoherty2001 4 роки тому +21

    Where the hell is the ground crew for all that Thunderbirds gear?

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому +5

      Remember when Thunderbird 1 launched? They were in the pool at the time :(

    • @johnkean6852
      @johnkean6852 4 роки тому

      @@ACtheLegend ...bit like Elona Mosko-vitch

  • @APAMVs
    @APAMVs 4 роки тому +10

    Here's a good question for the next video: Why did Captain Scarlet lose the ability to sense Mysterions?
    How did Captain Grey shoot the assassin without the door making a sound when he opened it?

  • @MichelleUS66
    @MichelleUS66 4 роки тому +6

    Some Space: 1999 questions:
    1) In “The Last Enemy”, why are sounds of enemy missiles flying through the vacuum of space causing Moonbase personnel to frantically cover their ears?
    2) Why was Moonbase Alpha designed with windows that open? (As seen in “The Last Sunset”.)
    3) Why does “oxygen atmosphere = normal gravity”, but “no atmosphere = no gravity”?

    • @darylsmith4267
      @darylsmith4267 4 роки тому +1

      Yes! Somebody else has asked the opening Windows question

    • @ewaf88
      @ewaf88 4 роки тому +1

      Regarding the windows - to save money - someone from LSRO signed a contract with Everest Double glazing who had a 50% off promotion at the time

  • @mikeheys2705
    @mikeheys2705 4 роки тому +16

    Why is the streets in Thunderbirds, captain scarlett, Joe 90, stingray always quiet where is everyone?

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 4 роки тому +9

      Lockdown.

    • @greedycapitalist8590
      @greedycapitalist8590 4 роки тому +12

      Everyone's too scared to go out in the streets because of all the disasters that afflict Andersonworld.

    • @johnkean6852
      @johnkean6852 4 роки тому

      Cos its the Greek Islands: they've all moved to Australia

    • @johnkean6852
      @johnkean6852 4 роки тому +2

      *SPOILERS*
      Best Answer: because its a model and no-one actually lives there 🤔

    • @Exospray
      @Exospray 3 роки тому +1

      Because there has been a nuclear war that depopulated the world. No seriously, for the comic continuity a golfing accident caused WW3

  • @TheRob625
    @TheRob625 4 роки тому +3

    Thanks for doing this. You guys put a lot of effort into this channel - and I really appreciate it.
    Unfortunately I cannot answer any of the questions you pose in the video. But I clearly remember most of the individual episodes to which the questions relate, even though I've not seen some of them for nearly fifty years. Clearly, Gerry Anderson's shows had quite an impact on me.

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому

      Such is the remarkable nature of each series! Glad you enjoyed the video :)

  • @videomike81
    @videomike81 4 роки тому +4

    RE The Investigator:
    I have two theories on this. 1. They're simply shrunk to enable them to hide more easily during missions and also means the technology can be smaller. 2. The Investigator's race themselves are small and they shrink John and July so they can use their smaller sized technology. I had a lot of time on my hands during lock-down !

  • @MichelleUS66
    @MichelleUS66 4 роки тому +24

    Since there are only three interceptors (with just one missile each), why don’t the aliens ever send four or more UFOs?

    • @darylsmith4267
      @darylsmith4267 4 роки тому +3

      I think the original idea was that the interceptors detonate huge explosions in the path of fast moving ufos and however many there are they run into it and detonate. This is contradicted later on when interceptors are shown shooting down individual targets like they are dogfighting spitfires.

    • @keithmcneill8467
      @keithmcneill8467 4 роки тому +7

      More to the point why do the UFOs always approach Earth from the direction of the Moon, why not from the side farthest away from the Moon thereby avoiding Moonbase altogether?

    • @markwilliams8369
      @markwilliams8369 3 роки тому +4

      I’ve read that originally the interceptors were supposed to have a multiple warhead missile, but that was too complicated and expensive to film

    • @nriqueog
      @nriqueog 2 роки тому +2

      Why Pink Ice? Because we all know what we're NOT to do with Yellow ice.

    • @geoffk777
      @geoffk777 2 роки тому +2

      You have to remember that the UFOs are travelling at SOL 3 or higher--that is a multiple of the speed of light. So you're never going to get a second shot and it's amazing that they ever hit them at all. I think that the poster who said that "It's a big explosion and they hope that it's just in the way of whatever passes through it" is close to the truth.

  • @Matt571
    @Matt571 Рік тому +2

    Other unanswerable questions related to the Stingray episode An Echo of Danger are how did X20 survive the fall from the tower when he was posing as a window cleaner and how did Commander Shore, Atlanta and Lt. Fisher not hear the cradle crash and the "window cleaner" shouting?

  • @matthewevans97
    @matthewevans97 2 роки тому +1

    1. What is Operation Sword?
    2. Who started the fire in Scarlet and Blue's bedroom at Koala Base in Traitor?
    3. What was the "Most Dangerous" mission mentioned in Tom Thumb Tempest?
    4. How exactly did the Mysterons kill Dr Breck in Shadow of Fear?
    5. Why didn't Titan think to find a stronger metal to build the Mechanical Fish fleet after so many were destroyed?

  • @steeveedee8478
    @steeveedee8478 4 роки тому +11

    The spinning control tower spins so that the radar on the roof turns at the same time.

    • @adamsmailes5484
      @adamsmailes5484 4 роки тому +3

      Why not just have the radar spinning?

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 4 роки тому +5

      @@adamsmailes5484 Not as dramatic.

    • @brickrichbuilds
      @brickrichbuilds 4 роки тому +3

      Perhaps the building itself has an advanced form of radar built into its structure? And perhaps the presence of the collective consciousness of the people within it are part of that technology's needs?

    • @Thrawn1
      @Thrawn1 4 роки тому +1

      @@adamsmailes5484 they had not worked that out that would have been in the upgraded Space city. alos how sick is everyone in that base

    • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
      @TheSmart-CasualGamer 3 роки тому +1

      1. Tests the fake gravity on the inside, ready for use in space.
      2. Makes the communication systems better. I have no backing for this, but for some reason I can imagine the spinning of the tower boosts the XL ships communication system.

  • @basenjisofmasiyarink1831
    @basenjisofmasiyarink1831 4 роки тому +11

    If Spetrum is such a secret agency, why are the vehicles so clearly marked?

    • @JohnWilliamNowak
      @JohnWilliamNowak 4 роки тому +4

      If SHADO is a secret agency, why are its vehicles so clearly marked?

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 4 роки тому +4

      @@JohnWilliamNowak How come everyone knows who the Tracy brothers are when they arrive in a Thunderbird craft but doesn't twig on?

    • @TheRob625
      @TheRob625 4 роки тому +7

      I don't think the existence of SPECTRUM was a secret, which makes it almost unique among the organisations in Gerry Anderson's shows. I don't remember Colonel White, Captain Scarlet, or anyone else talking about the need for secrecy in the way that the members of International Rescue did.

    • @brickrichbuilds
      @brickrichbuilds 4 роки тому +3

      What if... Its existence is not secret. Its operations mainly are. The markings are useful for psychological effect in reassuring the public that SPECTRUM is on the job. This helps justify multinational funding.

    • @brettmiddleton7949
      @brettmiddleton7949 4 роки тому

      @@TheRob625 Good point. The Mysterons already knew about SPECTRUM and everyone on the planet knew about the Mysterons because of the Voice. What would be the point of keeping the existence of the organization fighting the Mysterons secret from everybody except the Mysterons?

  • @minicle426
    @minicle426 3 місяці тому +1

    "Why pink ice?"
    Why not? :P

  • @justanotherghost62
    @justanotherghost62 4 роки тому +9

    On Space 1999 where did all the new uniforms come from in season 2 and with all the eagles blown up, how did they manage to keep upgrading them as they did in season 2?

    • @SymbioteMullet
      @SymbioteMullet 2 роки тому +1

      Moonbase has a contract with the same people who keep the USS Voyager supplied with shuttles and torpedoes

    • @arwanrhys5186
      @arwanrhys5186 2 роки тому +1

      Fabrication and machine shops. they dont show them as they are quite boring, just machinery pushing out parts and clothes. 8 ) Cheers

  • @tomwatts703
    @tomwatts703 4 роки тому +2

    It might have been in another video, but I recently remembered someone saying that 'Operation Sword' is referred to extensively in Shadow of Fear and then completely dropped afterwards - I did have a bit of a theory as to what it could actually be, based on a couple of other episodes that (don''t by name but) could allude to it:
    > Flight 104
    The episode centres around a conference intended to devise a way to deal with the Mysterons - Operation Sword could have been the result of that.
    > Shadow of Fear
    Obtaining close-up images of Mars is described as the 'first step' in the plan - could have been intended to determine landing sites/locate the Mysteron complex.
    > Noose of Ice
    It's mentioned that a full space fleet is being constructed for a return to Mars - this could be the overall aim of the operation.

    • @jamiec9260
      @jamiec9260 3 роки тому +1

      I'm pretty sure somewhere in Noose of ice someone mentioned that that was Operation Sword, or at the very least that was the plan somewhere along the line

  • @noob1138
    @noob1138 3 роки тому +2

    In "Operation Time" and "Flight 104" we learn new stuff about the Mysteron agents like being shielded for X-Rays, sensitive for electricity and becoming silhuettes on photos. How come that such stuff were unknown while Dr Fawn (like the very FIRST doctor to examine an Mysteron agent!!!) was looking after Scarlet between "Mysterons" and "Winged Assassin"? Pretty sure the medical ward of Cloudbase has an x-ray machine and Dr Fawn probably has to make photos for his reports.

  • @douglasburck1611
    @douglasburck1611 4 роки тому +4

    The big gun's shell melted the bedrock at the island's base causing the island to callasp as the magma flowed into the surrounding water.
    Falling under water is called being caught in a riptide.

  • @R.e.m.y.H.
    @R.e.m.y.H. 4 роки тому +3

    In "Trapped in the Sky", when Meddings boards the Fireflash to dislocate the bomb, why don't they close the hatch door so he doesn't fall out?

  • @lazyj4732
    @lazyj4732 4 роки тому +6

    Pink ice is a real thing, it comes from rare icebergs that have an alge in that turns the ice pink.
    Heard that the RN use to collect it for fancy drinks.

  • @douglasburck1611
    @douglasburck1611 4 роки тому +3

    Being abducted by aliens may have been Duke Dexter's childhood dream. This wasn't exactly what he expected, but it could have been worse. At least Duke kept his organs.

  • @benjaminkappelson384
    @benjaminkappelson384 4 роки тому +12

    I think most of the answers involve recreational chemicals

    • @trainlover16
      @trainlover16 4 роки тому +2

      A.K.A drugs.

    • @clivenash1736
      @clivenash1736 4 роки тому

      I'm certain that's why Duke Dexter was totally chilled with Titan. Given the time period why wasn't Duke Dexters stage not covered in autographed undies.....

  • @JONNOG88
    @JONNOG88 3 роки тому +1

    Why didn't Thunderbird 3 shatter the glass. Of the circular pool house. Everytime it was launched through it??

  • @RichGoodbourn
    @RichGoodbourn 4 роки тому +4

    The biggest unanswerable question is how come Fireball XL5 & Thunderbird 2 both need a launch ramp when they can take off and land vertically?

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому +1

      Check out Century 21 Tech Talk for the answer!

    • @malcolmbacchus866
      @malcolmbacchus866 4 роки тому +2

      They are V/STOL vehicles. The Harrier could take off and land vertically but used a runway on land and a ramp on a carrier. It allows a much faster take-off when time is of the essence.

  • @marksinthehouse1968
    @marksinthehouse1968 4 роки тому +2

    That was great nicely done I have the captain scarlet box set but no episode called deadly whisper

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому +1

      It's from The Secret Service :)

  • @SirCluckety
    @SirCluckety 4 роки тому +14

    isn't it convenient that the mysterons tell everyone what they plan on doing?

    • @johnnyfivejmc
      @johnnyfivejmc 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, it's a complete mystery, upon which Toya Wilcox bursts into song....

    • @ewaf88
      @ewaf88 3 роки тому +1

      It was to create fear and loathing - like the manager of Arsenal announcing they were going to win the Premiership

    • @trevormillar1576
      @trevormillar1576 Рік тому

      Because like most terrorists they like to issue "communiques".

  • @markclawrie007
    @markclawrie007 4 роки тому +2

    I fing love these 😆😍😍

  • @Renegade2786
    @Renegade2786 4 роки тому +7

    How is it in Captain Scarlet, Mysteron agent Captain Brown manage to blow up the whole maximum security building, but the Mysteron agent Major Grant only manage to blow up one corner of the room to have it's roof collapse all around Blue, Scarlet and Supreme Commander while safe in the protective explosive-proof glass shield in *Point 783*

    • @37Pete84
      @37Pete84 4 роки тому +2

      Colonel White alluded to Captain Brown possibly being a trigger for a larger bomb somewhere in the building. If that is the case, the question should be how did the Mysterons get the "larger bomb" into the Maximum Security building?

    • @pcarrierorange
      @pcarrierorange 3 роки тому

      @@37Pete84
      Easy, they blew the building up then retrometabolised it with explosives laid in the foundations.
      Hey, wait a minute...

  • @silverdaleks1
    @silverdaleks1 4 роки тому +2

    In Stingray the master plan when Troy and Phones enter first Titanica they have their usual red and blue futuristic guns out, then when they enter Titans throne room and have a gun fight with the 2 guards, they have normal looking hand guns.

  • @Setebos
    @Setebos 4 роки тому +1

    Regarding the Supercar access question: everyone climbs in (or out) by opening the top part of the canopy.
    Regarding the Fireball XL5/Space City launch question: as seen in episodes such as "The Triads" and "Flight to Danger", Space City possessed several other launch pads. The launch rail was reserved for rapid deployment of the Fireballs.

    • @brickrichbuilds
      @brickrichbuilds 4 роки тому

      Maybe the door seams are so well designed as to be nearly invisible?

  • @folginator
    @folginator 4 роки тому +2

    Why weren’t the tank like tracks on the back of the SPV’s never used on screen?

  • @OdeeOz
    @OdeeOz 3 роки тому +1

    In Captain Scarlet, why does Cloud Base not have any defensive gun mounts? Also, in the _Mercury Falling,_ episode, is the Mercury a nod to Fireball XL5? Certainly looks like an upgraded one.

  • @greedycapitalist8590
    @greedycapitalist8590 4 роки тому +3

    In UFO, the Interceptors are based in carefully camouflaged underground hangers. So why is the main part of Moonbase out in the open, with no attempt at concealment? And why is the landing pad/launch cradle for the Lunar Module right on top of one of the habitation domes? That doesn't seem safe at all.

    • @ewaf88
      @ewaf88 3 роки тому +1

      Because the Women were dispensable but not the Interceptor pilots

  • @jim3129
    @jim3129 3 роки тому +3

    Another question: If the Mysterons tried talking to someone who is hard of hearing, would they try talking louder?

  • @iandeeley9033
    @iandeeley9033 4 роки тому +2

    Great Run of Questions! But I have a Question: What happened to Mitch's girlfriend, who appeared in the SUPERCAR episode Crash Landing?

  • @colinp2238
    @colinp2238 4 роки тому +9

    The most important question was the last one, about the Sugar Smacks. Whatever happened to Sugar Smacks and are all the SPECTRUM agents now diabetic?

    • @stevenraison
      @stevenraison 4 роки тому +1

      Changed to Honey Smacks then just Smacks not seen in Tesco etc because similar to Sugar Puffs now Monster Puffs will have to Look in B & M Home Bargains Fultons or Farmfoods

    • @brettmiddleton7949
      @brettmiddleton7949 4 роки тому +6

      Were you not around during the Great Sugar Panic? Many cereals suddenly changed their names (without changing anything else) after sugar was declared Evil. Sugar Frosted Flakes became Frosted Flakes, Sugar Pops became Corn Pops, Sugar Crisp became Golden Crisp, etc. Every cereal maker scrambled to purge the word "sugar" from their packaging and marketing, but actually removing the sugar from their products was a step too far. :)

    • @johnkean6852
      @johnkean6852 4 роки тому +1

      @@brettmiddleton7949 ...also charging £4.50 a box didn't help their cause

    • @johnkean6852
      @johnkean6852 4 роки тому +2

      ...removing the reason why we bought them in the first place tripling the price then reducing the weight but NOT the box size made us ALL buy Tesco Value which tasted better cos the price was 1/10 of Kellogs/Nabisco

    • @matthewevans97
      @matthewevans97 Рік тому +1

      International Rescue also have Sugar Smacks for breakfast.

  • @JohnWilliamNowak
    @JohnWilliamNowak 4 роки тому +4

    Swimming to the surface might be impossible if Phones and Troy need to decompress. However, I am pretty sure the only TV show that understood how decompression works was Sealab 2020, so probably not.

    • @brickrichbuilds
      @brickrichbuilds 4 роки тому

      Sealab... living isolated under the sea... in 2020. It all makes sense now! :D

    • @matthewevans97
      @matthewevans97 Рік тому

      Also it would've taken too long for them to swim to the surface.

    • @JohnWilliamNowak
      @JohnWilliamNowak Рік тому

      @@matthewevans97 Not sure about that; modern submarine escape gear allows the user to ascend at 2-3m/sec. Of course, this does not involve decompression.

  • @grahamcann1761
    @grahamcann1761 4 роки тому +1

    I seem to recall, (but do not know if the memory is accurate or imagination,) Colonel White's in the middle of the conference room table because he seat rises into that position. (To be fair, it's been a few years... decades, since I watched this.)
    Thank you so very much for your video.

  • @ianbeale2527
    @ianbeale2527 2 роки тому +1

    Why does Troy Tempest look like James Garner ?

  • @lawrenceallwright7041
    @lawrenceallwright7041 2 роки тому +1

    Why was the Martian Space Probe being transported by road with the engines fully fuelled up?
    (Candelabra-related accident. Excellent!) 5:13

  • @peteralexander2941
    @peteralexander2941 3 роки тому +1

    how AWFUL is security at Glenn field for that one guy at the meeting in Thunderbirds are go to present 862 PAGES worth of security flaws ?

  • @robertbench4664
    @robertbench4664 3 роки тому

    I thought I could remember in Century 21 magazine a picture of Supercar with the roof open,but I never saw Supercar as a child as I only started watching TV when Fireball XL5 was at the end of its run.

  • @soundblaster1987reviews
    @soundblaster1987reviews 4 роки тому +6

    Technically the Ben Kingsley Hood would be a Dark Lord of the Sith, since he uses his telekinesis for evil...

  • @jamiepeter3567
    @jamiepeter3567 4 роки тому +1

    Was there a Kellogg's sponsorship deal? I saved up coupons from Kellogg's boxes as a kid for a little Thunderbird 2 with Thunderbird 4 in its pod... best cereal toy ever

  • @tombennett4742
    @tombennett4742 3 роки тому +2

    Troy Tempest dating 2 girls? #hey it's the 60s nd he's a sailor! lol. Wasn't there an episode about the ladies being jealous of each other?

  • @trainlover16
    @trainlover16 4 роки тому +2

    In the Thunderbirds episode Day Of Disaster, why does the MSP blow up once it launches form the water, wasn’t it designed to automatically launch without trouble once it was placed upright?

    • @brickrichbuilds
      @brickrichbuilds 4 роки тому +1

      I'm guessing the conductivity of water cross-circuited its attitude control rockets, igniting the onboard fuel. It was never designed to be submerged for such a lengthy time.

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому

      If you've ever seen footage of a real rocket go out of control, they quite often explode once they have flipped over.

  • @ACLocofan
    @ACLocofan 4 роки тому +1

    During its launch sequence, how does Thunderbird 1 rotate 90 degrees as it leaves the sloping part of its track before emerging onto the level section? (this happens in the TV show but not in the movie "Thunderbirds Are Go" (1966))

    • @MRCAGR1
      @MRCAGR1 4 роки тому

      AC Locofan a continuity error I suspect.

  • @rjfarmer720
    @rjfarmer720 4 роки тому +1

    How does the Thunderbirds camera detector work? Would it have noticed someone using a camera that had no electronics in it?

    • @ewaf88
      @ewaf88 3 роки тому

      They had a sniffer machine - which was a sensitive as a dog's nose - and could smell picture chemicals

  • @Thrawn1
    @Thrawn1 4 роки тому +1

    here is an wnawserable question what are the tank tracks at the back of a SPV for ?

  • @TimMiddleton
    @TimMiddleton 2 роки тому +2

    If you were to cut Captain Scarlet in half, which half would grow back?

  • @trevormillar1576
    @trevormillar1576 2 роки тому +1

    Not only is Tempest dating TWO women, one's his CO"s daughter, and the other's a fish! I mean, how wierd is that? And what would a three-way look like?

  • @douglasburck1611
    @douglasburck1611 4 роки тому +1

    The prefix of big or little is usually added to a name when there are several unrelated people with the same in town. Example. Big Jake, little jake, tall Jake, old Jake, and Jake.
    Is it just me, or does big Ben look like the actor who played Artimas Gorden in Wild Wild West?

  • @philipmumford7871
    @philipmumford7871 4 роки тому

    Sugar smacks is the best one 🤣

  • @paulgavin2267
    @paulgavin2267 4 роки тому +2

    Captain Brown: Maybe Colonel White meant he was "one of his finest men" by manners, time keeping etc? Just a thought 🙂

    • @pcarrierorange
      @pcarrierorange 3 роки тому

      Or perhaps fine as in “fine china” ie sits around and you never do anything with it before it breaks.

    • @matthewevans97
      @matthewevans97 Рік тому

      He did say that Captain Black was another trusted man

  • @SamtheAngelFox
    @SamtheAngelFox 4 роки тому +3

    Here's an unanswerable Question: In Terrahawks why don't we ever see Chic King's face? What's so mysterious about this record producers face that we never get to see it?

    • @cjlist9731
      @cjlist9731 4 роки тому +1

      maybe....it's secretly Ninestein.....

    • @SamtheAngelFox
      @SamtheAngelFox 4 роки тому +3

      @@cjlist9731 Ooooo could be one of his clones! It does sound like him!

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 4 роки тому +1

      He's camera shy, you might say a bit of a chicken.

  • @douglasburck1611
    @douglasburck1611 4 роки тому

    Because Fireball XL 1 Alpha was a prototype as were Beta, Gama, and Delta (not shown). A standard model was decided on by Fireball XL 2.

  • @dr1verman
    @dr1verman 4 роки тому +1

    Colonel White would go in to work on a Sat morning to voice the Mysterons for the following week when it was time and a half.

  • @transformersfan500okane3
    @transformersfan500okane3 Рік тому

    My dad watched Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and Joe 90 watched these shows when he was Young, He will answer them

  • @tessdurberville711
    @tessdurberville711 4 роки тому +1

    On Stingray- How is Marina a "mermaid", and yet she does not have a tail?🧜
    On Thunderbirds- Why on earth was Tin-Tin, Alan's "girlfriend" when Virgil, Gordon and Brains were obviously in love with her?
    On Thunderbirds- Why did Lady Penelope only have a staff of two for an enormous stately home?

    • @superplushtiman7ti075
      @superplushtiman7ti075 3 роки тому +1

      For the 3rd one: They probably exist but we do not see them(due to unknown reasons)

  • @gamingninja5196
    @gamingninja5196 4 роки тому +3

    Why does the Big Gun look like an army tank?

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому

      Looks like an Army Tank and lives in a Fish Tank....

  • @AtheistOrphan
    @AtheistOrphan 4 роки тому +2

    Surely, if Marineville comes under attack so often, it would be safer to keep it Underground all the time? Or just build it Underground in the first place?

    • @brickrichbuilds
      @brickrichbuilds 4 роки тому +1

      It might be safer to never leave my personal bunker, but who wants to live like that? As it is, Marineville seems to spend relatively little time underground compared to its ground level time. Probably worth the effort. We don't always know how much time passes between attacks/episodes.

  • @Kay-rf4wx
    @Kay-rf4wx 4 роки тому +1

    I love how there’s a question for the Thunderbirds 2004 movie 😂

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому +1

      When one of the writers of this video is a huge fan of that film, it just had to happen :P

  • @michaelgeorge3824
    @michaelgeorge3824 3 роки тому +2

    I can answer one question. Everyone on earth can hear the Mystrons as long as they are watching TV or listening to a radio. That's actually in sn episode of Captain Scarlet

  • @SirCluckety
    @SirCluckety 4 роки тому +1

    in operation crash dive why is virgil so negitive

  • @superplushtiman7ti075
    @superplushtiman7ti075 3 роки тому

    I got one, in the launch sequence of Thunderbird 2, at one point where the slide raises upwards you see a pod on the opposite side of where the other pods are. What’s that for?
    Also I have an answer for Deadly Whisper, a) it was just a prop lying around, b) it is meant to be a completely different item, just uses the prop

    • @ewaf88
      @ewaf88 3 роки тому

      Cocaine. Something had to fund their operations.

  • @jeffwheatley3682
    @jeffwheatley3682 4 роки тому +1

    In Space 1999 episode 1 Breakaway it's mentioned several times that the nuclear waste sites (that eventually explode) are on the far side of the moon (i.e. the side hidden from earth view). So when the nuclear waste sites explode, why does it push the moon out of orbit away from the earth? Surely it should push the moon towards the earth causing the earth and moon to collide? OK that would have made Space 1999 a very short series, but it would have been more accurate!

  • @SirCluckety
    @SirCluckety 4 роки тому +2

    Why are only some of the mysteron agents invincible eg: Captain Scarlet and Captain Black (I think) while others aren't?

    • @pcarrierorange
      @pcarrierorange 3 роки тому +1

      Black and Scarlet were the first, after Scarlet survived and betrayed the Mysterons, they realised making indestructible agents wasn’t as good a plan as you’d think.

  • @johnkean6852
    @johnkean6852 4 роки тому

    In the UK we only ever got the first two or three episodes (of any of these) repeated _ad infinitum_

  • @adamsmailes5484
    @adamsmailes5484 4 роки тому +2

    In Terrahawks, why is Kate Kestral a pop singer and a fighter pilot? Was there nobody a little less conspicuous? How does the press not notice that she vanishes for days at a time, given how intrusive they are?
    In the Terrahawks song SOS (a banger for sure), Kate refers to International Rescue. Since Terrahawks takes place in 2020 and Thunderbirds takes place long after this, Kate is either a time traveller or Thunderbirds exists as a TV show in the Terrahawks universe. If that's the case, why is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet singing about a relatively obscure children's show that came out long before she was born?
    In Thunderbirds, why is Thunderbird 4 (a pod vehicle) given a number while all the rest of the pod vehicles are named?
    What happens on Earth after the explosion in Space: 1999? (This is probably answerable by a physicist but I would like to know)
    In Thunderbirds, why is there only 1 emergency happening at any given time? Are safety standards that good or are there a lot fewer people on earth?
    How does Thunderbird 2 get to its launchpad? The launch sequence shows it taxiing but it has no wheels. Is the launch accompanied by an ungodly screech of metal-on-concrete?

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому +1

      Thunderbird 2 has wheels, you first see them in the opening titles, they're mounted on the underside of the Pod.

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 4 роки тому +1

      Thunderbirds was set 100 years after it's actual production years so you are right it isn't around for another 60 years in 2020.

    • @brickrichbuilds
      @brickrichbuilds 4 роки тому +1

      Thunderbird 4 has a number in recognition of Gordon's relevance as pilot of their only dedicated submersible Thunderbird. If every other brother gets a numbered ship, why not the underwater expert? Thunderbird 4 is not a true pod vehicle (see it launching via the Tracy Island ramp, or even carried by military ship), it's just designed to be transported with the same convenience of a pod vehicle for faster travel to the disaster zone. And when doing so, it notably uses its own buoyant pod with a launch ramp built in.

  • @54scottie
    @54scottie 4 роки тому +3

    Why is SHADO called SHADO? It stands for Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation - but surely by definition that should only apply to the headquarters under the film studio? It’s mentioned that it has installations all over the world and the moon base - so isn’t a more accurate organisation ADO...Alien Defence Organisation.
    If there are such things as Mark IX Hawks, why were none assigned to Moonbase Alpha? Why build a spacecraft equivalent of a jet fighter and then not assign any to one base that may need them?
    In the UFO Episode the ‘Long Sleep’ why go to the trouble of getting someone to sit beside a hospital patient for 10 years, just on the off-chance she’ll wake up, remember where she dropped the detonator, go back there, find it on the very small chance that it hadn’t been cleared away somewhere else, recover it, go back to where you’d left the device assuming it hadn’t been cleared away elsewhere and then detonate it. The odds of that plan coming off was so astronomically small as almost infinitesimal. It would have been easier to go back and get another detonator or another complete bomb!

    • @edwardmcirvin8342
      @edwardmcirvin8342 3 роки тому

      As far as the Mark IX Hawks are concerned, I remember reading (although I can't remember where exactly; maybe a Blueprints set) that SHADO eventually developed the Hawks to engage UFOs, but by the time the design was finalized UFO sightings mysteriously stopped. The Hawks were very expensive to build and only about 4 were constructed. It was considered Tactically more advantageous to station them at the Space Dock where the Meta Probe was to be launched from, and all the Hawks were lost when the Space Dock exploded on 9/13/1999.

  • @douglasburck1611
    @douglasburck1611 4 роки тому +2

    The electro-ray rifle was probably assigned to a strike team sent to Mars where the mysterons are.

  • @christopherleodaniels7203
    @christopherleodaniels7203 4 роки тому

    Why does the Eagle nosecone indicate the pilots are looking out the top windows, therefore their chairs should be elevated with a central trench in between - but on the inside, the space between the chairs is elevated like a runway, and they step DOWN into the chairs??

  • @MRCAGR1
    @MRCAGR1 4 роки тому +1

    What was Spectrum’s role before the Zero X mission to Mars with Captain Black aboard? Why was Captain Black on the mission?

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому +1

      Spectrum were the ones who detected the signal in the first place and requested the use of ZX from the World President himself to investigate, sending Captain Black because of his prior experience as Commander of Fireball XL3 (see Captain Scarlet BluRay Spectrum briefing for more info)

    • @MRCAGR1
      @MRCAGR1 4 роки тому +1

      Andrew C I have a vague recollection of Captain Black being part of the World Space Patrol and XL3, but it must have been in either TV21 or a Captain Scarlet annual 50 years ago! The Lady Penelope comic had the back story of the Angels.

    • @allenjones3130
      @allenjones3130 Рік тому

      On STINGRAY, it's established that Sam Shore is partially paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. Will a cure ever be found for Sam's paralysis?

  • @basenjisofmasiyarink1831
    @basenjisofmasiyarink1831 4 роки тому +5

    Why do the drivers of Spectrum have to drive the vehicles while sitting backwards......

    • @avengingangel
      @avengingangel 4 роки тому +4

      SPV drivers sit facing backwards to increase 'the crash protection offered to its occupants in the event of a collision.' That's according to the Captain Scarlet Haynes Manual.

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 4 роки тому +2

      @@avengingangel They only passed the reversing test.

    • @brickrichbuilds
      @brickrichbuilds 4 роки тому +1

      Science!

    • @brianartillery
      @brianartillery 3 роки тому +2

      For the same reason that the seats in RAF VC-10 aircraft faced rearwards - it's safer in a crash situation.

  • @dandare2586
    @dandare2586 4 роки тому +1

    How did Brains design & construct all the Thunderbirds vehicles on his own ?

  • @trevormillar1576
    @trevormillar1576 Рік тому

    Was "Operation SWORD" product placement for Century21's range if "Project SWORD " toys (and the tie-in series in TV21)?

  • @cjlist9731
    @cjlist9731 4 роки тому

    excellent video. a lot of questions!!!!! One question needs answering....was that a clip from the never before seen episode GFI in this video???

    • @Trek001
      @Trek001 4 роки тому

      What time in the video?

    • @CJ-du6cr
      @CJ-du6cr 3 роки тому

      3.20, or that could be a shot from Thunderbirds 2086 but it can't be as that isn't official. GFI is.

  • @Dougurasufilm
    @Dougurasufilm 4 роки тому +2

    Why does Scott bring his Thunderbird on holiday? What would that have looked like??

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому +1

      That's asked in our Thunderbirds questions video :)

    • @Dougurasufilm
      @Dougurasufilm 4 роки тому

      @@ACtheLegend I'm JUST rewatching that and I've not reached it XD But good :b

  • @frankberry9642
    @frankberry9642 4 роки тому +1

    What do the letters T.R.A.P. stand for in Joe 90?

  • @PenfoldEffjay
    @PenfoldEffjay 4 роки тому

    In Pit of Peril why does the sidewinder have a gauge that can measure 300 ft below ground level, when it's purpose is to remove trees.... at ground level.
    In Space 1999, exactly how many eagles were there on the moon when it left earth? Do they keep having to retrieve the crashed ones and rebuild them? If so how do they get the ones on alien worlds back before the moon moves too far away?

  • @brianartillery
    @brianartillery 4 роки тому +3

    I always wondered where on the spectrum Black, Grey, Ochre, Magenta and Brown apply - as well as Scarlet, in fact. He's excusable, as 'Captain Red' sounds lame. A Captain Orange, and a Captain Violet would have made sense.
    You do also realise, though, that it means, somewhere in the middle of nowhere, there's a Captain Burnt Sienna, manning a Spectrum tracking post, being assisted by Captain Eau-De-Nil and Lieutenant Baby Blue. 🤔😬😆😆😆

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому +3

      There's a Lieutenant Sepia and a Lieutenant Umber in the audio dramas :)

    • @cstoff6066
      @cstoff6066 3 роки тому +2

      Not to mention the hesitant Captain Turquoise who can't decide if he is a shade of blue or green. 🤔

    • @brianartillery
      @brianartillery 2 роки тому

      @@cstoff6066 - You're a genius. 😆😆😆

  • @dominicbreen9851
    @dominicbreen9851 4 роки тому +1

    My answer for the Duke Dexter one is that as a pop star he has easy access to mind altering substances (he looks constantly stoned anyway) and he just thought he was going through a drug trip

  • @tombennett4742
    @tombennett4742 3 роки тому

    The Cure.. that rig may be moving so as to alter blood pressure in different parts of the brain. I had a stroke and was in #intensive Care. I was sedated and according to my brother they didn't dp much beside medicate me and move my position in the bed from time to time.
    partly they do this to stop bed sores but also, 'i think, they adjust blood pressure in he different parts of the brain to limit the bleeding. Just a guess!

  • @roryhand6650
    @roryhand6650 4 роки тому

    Why does Marineville have to head underground to avoid attacks when "Battle stations" is announced? You would think that the vast majority of attacks on an Aquanaut organisation would be from under the sea, not from the air. Therefore, heading further underground, even closer to where any missiles might be coming from would slightly defeat the purpose.

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 4 роки тому

      Its 20 miles inland though...

  • @The_McFortner
    @The_McFortner 4 роки тому +2

    Why does Alan Carter keep getting labled as the pilot who crashed the most Eagles, when by count it's Commander Koenig?
    Why does SHADO Moonbase have only 3 Interceptors? And what do they do when the Aliens attack from the side opposite Earth from the Moon?

  • @trevormillar1576
    @trevormillar1576 2 роки тому

    Duke Dexter was stoned out of his box!

  • @douglasburck1611
    @douglasburck1611 4 роки тому +1

    What happened to Joe 1 thru 89?

  • @nathanaelpineda8049
    @nathanaelpineda8049 3 роки тому

    Good question

  • @KingofPotatoPeople
    @KingofPotatoPeople 4 роки тому

    In Terrahawks why does Kate Kestrel’s hair frequently change colour and back again between the White House and Hawkwing?

  • @trevormillar2755
    @trevormillar2755 3 роки тому

    Duke Dexter was probably so stoned on LSD that he thought it was all an hallucination.

  • @SirCluckety
    @SirCluckety 4 роки тому +1

    In thunderbirds, martian invasion, why do the actors need to be in the cave when the explosion goes off? Wouldn't that be illegal?

    • @brianartillery
      @brianartillery 3 роки тому

      Not in the 1960's. No digital tech. Physical matte work and glass paintings, and the Schufftan process. All expensive. I know Thunderbirds is set in about 2065, but it mirrors real life in 1965.
      In the 1930's the best way to show characters being shot at, in gangster movies and westerns... Was to actually have someone shoot at the actors, with live ammunition. 1931's 'The Public Enemy' is the best example of this. It's a brilliant movie, too.

  • @suerootes9771
    @suerootes9771 Рік тому +1

    2:41 what show is it and episode

    • @ACtheLegend
      @ACtheLegend 6 місяців тому

      The Investigator, pilot episode

  • @douglasburck1611
    @douglasburck1611 4 роки тому +2

    There is only a 1 in a billion chance of this being right, but someone has to say it. What if masterspy's family name is Spy and in a bout of whimsy his parents named him Master for the punchline?

  • @edwardmcirvin8342
    @edwardmcirvin8342 3 роки тому +1

    Why are Scott and Virgil Tracy ALWAYS wearing the same clothes when they each board their Thunderbird craft? Do they never change or do they both have dozens of sets of the same clothes?

    • @ruislip1964
      @ruislip1964 3 роки тому

      Stock photos used over and over again?