"Ghost Ship" is the second episode of Thunderbirds Are Go! season 2. It was broadcast on the 22nd October 2016 at 4:00pm, straight after Earthbreaker.
Plot[]
EOS detects a distress signal from the derelict generation ship EDEN, after Ridley O'Bannon is blown into the vacuum of space. John comes to her rescue and the two discover that space pirates have re-awoken the dormant ship. However, they are inhibited by the Builder Bots, who are programmed to build the ship. In an effort to stop them, Dobbs reverses the Bots' programming, but instead of stopping them they start tearing the ship apart. With the pirates' ship out of action, O'Bannon's ship too far away, and Thunderbird 3 too large to make a rescue, John has to take charge and save everyone.
Cast[]
Regular Cast[]
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as John Tracy
- Rasmus Hardiker as Alan Tracy, Scott Tracy
- Teresa Gallagher as EOS
Guest Cast[]
- Rosamund Pike as Captain Ridley O'Bannon
- Vas Blackwood as Reece
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Dobbs
Quotes[]
- EOS: (Playing chess with John) "John, I'm intercepting a GDF-encoded message. The signal's very faint."
- John: "You're trying to distract me, you know I finally have you checked."
- EOS: "Honestly, John."
- EOS: "John, my scans show you're sweating and your pulse is racing. Is everything all right?"
- John: "Just fine, EOS."
- Scott: "So you finally get to take the suit out for a spin! Excited?"
- John: "You could say that."
- John: "Exopod is go!"
- Alan: "Green button, bro".
- John: "Right. Whoa! This is awesome!"
- Alan: "Just keep your eyes on the road. Precision flight isn't as easy as I make it look. Let me know if you need any pointers."
- John: "I do have one question, What's that big blue marbley-looking ball down there?"
- O'Bannon: "I don't know how a maintenance-bot got reactivated, or why you're registering possible life signs, but I'll bet a tank of the good stuff our answer lies down there.
- John: "And that answer won't be 'ghosts'."
- Alan: "Check out your suit, class-A safety hazard, bro. Can't steer - might leak fuel. Even I wouldn't fly that."
- Alan: "It's not like there are ghosts haunting abandoned ships in cold, empty space, right?"
- John: "What Alan is trying to say is that we're not exactly crime fighters. We specialise in search and rescue."
- Dobbs: "Stop there you sneak thief! Let go of my gaming console! I found it fair and square!"
- Dobbs: "International Rescue, you got here fast! That's five-star service, that is."
- Reece: "You take that, you robot rapscallion! - Ha-har! You'll not harm one comely hair on the good constable's head while she's under the protection of Edmund Razor Burn Reece and Dan - no nickname, no middle initial - Dobbsy Dobbs!"
- John: "Alan, on my mark, roll left 23 degrees."
- Alan: "Where did you learn to talk like a pilot?"
- John: "I know a guy."
- Reece: "We would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for International Rescue."
- Dobbs: "No, we wouldn't have. We'd have died."
- Reece: "Oh yes. That's true."
- Alan: "Pretty fancy flying for a console jockey."
- John: "Of course, I did have an excellent co-pilot.
- John: "Don't worry, I'll keep your secret."
- Alan: "Mine? What about yours?"
- John: "I'm just saying Kayo never has to know you're scared of ghosts."
- Alan: "Me? Yeah, right! But, I won't tell Scott that you're scared of ghosts!"
- Scott: "Uh, you both know we can see you, right?"
International Rescue Equipment Used[]
Non-International Rescue Equipment Used[]
- GDF Space Shuttle
- EDEN
- Builder Bots
- Pirate Ship
Gallery[]
Captain Ridley O'Bannon arrives at EDEN
EDEN suddenly comes online and starts operating
O'Bannon gets sucked out into deep space
John playing chess with EOS as the distress call comes in
The exopod being assembled on John
"Thunderbirds are go!"
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"Green button, bro."
John enjoying the view and the new flight suit
"I do have one question, What's that big blue marbley-looking ball down there?"
O'Bannon floating out in open space
O'Bannon explains what happened and why she is at EDEN
O'Bannon explains that she is with the GDF, and it's her job to make sure EDEN doesn't becomes a debris hazard
"EDEN was meant to be a home amongst the stars, but ended up nothing but an empty shell."
A strange signal takes over the screens of the station
One of the Builder Bots comes to inspect them
Scott realises something's wrong and sends Alan up in TB3
John attempts to approach the bot
John accidentally flips the bot over as he turns around, making it get angry
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John tries to show the bot he means it no harm
The bot grabs John by the wrists
The repair bot attacks John
Unfortunately for the bot, despite thrashing John around, he still manages to break it
O'Bannon can hear a strange noise
Alan sneaks up behind John
John gets a fright
John introduces Alan to the Captain
Alan points out that John has busted the suit so he can't steer it.
The gravity of the ship is being interfered with
The center of EDEN
They locate an illigal pirate ship inside Eden
One of the pirates fighting with a Builder Bot
Another pirate sneaks up from behind them
Reece
Reece and Dobbs
O'Bannon wants to know what they are doing on EDEN
Dobbs mentions that he made it so the repair bots would stop and that they could sneak in and claim any tresures
"Don't you get it? If you reverse the bots' orders to build the place, they don't shut down."
Making a dash for the pirate ship
EDEN begins to break apart
Reece and Dobbs fight one of the Builder Bots like real pirates
Alan, O'Bannon and John watch the fight impressed
The pirate ship gets destroyed
Alan says TB3 is too big to get to them
John calls in the flight suit
John tells Alan to help steer the flight suit
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The Builder Bots in pursuit
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"Don't stop! Go! Go go go!"
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"Uh, you both know we can see you, right?"
"Ah, just kidding, Scott." "Yeah, ha-ha! Kidding! Ghosts. Right, ha-ha."
Trivia[]
- John doesn't wear his shoulder sash in most of this episode. Due to his space suit having a lot of electronic wires and things, it's quite possible that he doesn't need to have the sash in order to maintain communications with International Rescue.
- "We would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for International Rescue." is a quote with a reference to Scooby Doo, where the villain always says that they would have succeeded if it wasn't for the kids' interference.
- This is the first time John has been in the co-pilot seat of Thunderbird 3.
- Captain Ridley O'Bannon is named after the director and writer of Alien (1979) - Ridley Scott & Dan O'Bannon.
- Reece and Dobbs called International Rescue when they were already there, leading them to believe that their services were very speedy and of "five-star service". This previously happened in Vault Of Death, when a workaholic accountant gets locked in a vault and is the last one to realize.