"Extraction" is the 19th episode of Thunderbirds Are Go!. It is was broadcast on December 5th, 2015.
Plot[]
A seismologist and his son alert the authorities to the presence of a rogue wildcat mining operation, only for the machinery to trigger an earthquake that swallows the equipment – along with the father and son. Gordon must attempt a daring underground rescue of the boy and his injured father, while Virgil has to find a way to shut down the out-of-control rig.
Cast[]
- Virgil Tracy & Gordon Tracy: David Menkin
- John Tracy: Thomas Brodie-Sangster
- Brains: Kayvan Novak
- Robert Williams: Paterson Joseph
- Aidan Williams: William Wright-Neblett
Quotes[]
Gordon: "You were right about the hydro-methane. It's everywhere."
Brains: "T-try not to ignite it. If it blows up..."
Gordon: "It will be like the fourth of July?"
Brains: "More like Doomsday."
Gordon: "Johnny, did you just bust a crime ring from orbit?"
John: "Well, Brains helped, and don't call me Johnny."
International Rescue Equipment Used[]
- Thunderbird 2 (Module 4)
- Thunderbird 4
- Thunderbird 5
Non-International Rescue Equipment Used[]
- Sonic Ejection Platform (Hydro-Methane extractor)
Gallery[]
Robert & his son Aidan flying a model of TB3
The methane gas miner
The ground caves in under the extraction platform.
Aidan frees his dad's trapped leg.
Aidan makes a short range radio out of his toy rocket.
TB2 flies over the extraction rig.
Brains tells Virgil & Gordon to be careful about the methane gas that has been released by the extractor.
John tells TB2 that there are underwater caverns they can use to get underneath the Platform.
"Did you hear that Virge? This one's my job."
"Virge?"
TB4 launches from pod bay.
The roof of the control room starts to buckle.
TB4 is having trouble trying to navigate the caverns.
Gordon picks up Aidan's radio calls.
Aidan has gotten into contact with Gordon.
Aidan lets Gordon know about his father's injury.
"I have to be honest with you, it's slow going."
Gordon puts Brains on the com to talk to Aidan.
Aidan pings TB4 to help Gordon locate them.
Gordon gets ready to go out via the hatch of TB4.
Gordon finds the control room.
Virgil is going to cut the platform into pieces to make it easier to lift.
The compartment is slowly being crushed.
Virgil makes his way across the platform before he begins to cut it into sections
Gordon finally reaches the conrtol room which was detached from the rest of the extraction platform
Aidan tells Gordon that he already found some lenghs of rope to make a harness
Robert gets lowered to the ground first
Gordon reminds Aidan to remain calm, and that everything's going to be alright
Gordon secures a harness around Aidan ready to lower him down to his father
Gordon makes his descent down from the compartment
TB4 makes a getaway
TB2 retrieves TB4
The gas extractor explodes
Brains invites Aidan and his father to vist the Island and his lab
Trivia[]
- This episode is an homage to both Cry Wolf (child who idolizes International Rescue trapped underground) and Terror In New York City (people trapped underground after a cave-in with Thunderbird 4 being used to rescue them).
- Dunsley Field is a direct reference to Dunsley Tracker, the base that Mr. Williams operated from, in the original episode Cry Wolf. In fact, the writer even used his last name for their characters.
- Footage of Gordon piloting Thunderbird 4 through the underwater tunnels was previously used in Ring of Fire Part 1. New footage was also added using the same digital set.
- The number "3" decals on Aiden's model of Thunderbird 3 are sideways, which reflect the livery of the original Thunderbird 3.
Goofs[]
- After Thunderbird 4 launches, Virgil heads back to the platform. The initial shot of Thunderbird 2 flying past at the cliff clearly shows it has its module in place. One might think that Virgil could have collected the unoccupied Module 4, but back at the platform, Thunderbird 2 clearly has an empty module bay, and remains so until the climax of the episode.
Foreign Titles[]
- Dutch: Extractie
- French: Extraction
- Spanish: Extracción
- Japanese: 小さな科学者 (A Small Scientist)
- Arabic: معجب ثندربيردز الكبير (Big Thunderbirds fan)