"Rally Raid" is the seventh episode of Thunderbirds Are Go! season 3. It was broadcast on May 12th, 2018, in the UK.
Plot[]
Lady Penelope and Parker compete in a desert motor race with FAB 1 and a racer named Jensen Hunt. All seems well until the Chaos Crew steal an experimental new engine from the leading BR2 vehicle. The team must rescue the racer, steal back the BR2 engine, and outrace Havoc in her Spoiler to get proper medical attention to the BR2 driver.
Cast[]
Regular Cast[]
- Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward - Rosamund Pike
- Parker - David Graham
- John Tracy - Thomas Brodie-Sangster
- The Hood - Andres Williams
- Fuse - Craig Stein
- Havoc - Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Guest Cast[]
- Jensen Hunt - Ben Bailey Smith
- BR2 Driver - Naomi MacDonald
Quotes[]
Lady Penelope: "Mr. Hunt is one of the world's top rally drivers."
Parker: "One of the world's top loud mouths, more like."
Lady Penelope: "Great Aunt Sylvia always said, winning is fun, but some things are more important, and Mr. Hunt, this is one of those things."
International Rescue Equipment Used[]
Non International Rescue Equipment Used[]
Gallery[]
The Hood gives the orders
Spoiler knocks out the BR2
Convenience stop
Activates Boosters
The Pursuit
Title Card
"Lovely day for a race."
The BR2
"You said it, Bertie boy."
"Chaos Crew in position."
"Cause as much chaos as you can in the process."
"Happy to help."
"Tracking shows we're in the lead."
The Chaos Crew steal the turbocomputer
"You need us to launch?"
"Parker, get big Alice."
"Come on, Alice, there's work to do."
"You could've mentioned that before."
"Prepare for flight mode..."
"Normally, we use smaller tires..."
"Why don't we go there by land?"
"Bye!"
"That's how they wanna play it..."
"It's a bold move."
"Well, this is unusual..."
"We've got a problem."
"No way!"
"We're in the lead!"
"I thought you wanted to win."
"Don't thank me. Thank Great Aunt Sylvia."
Trivia[]
- This episode is a loose adaptation of Move - And You're Dead.
- The BR2 Lightning 505 was a superior race car designed and built by Brains and driven by Alan Tracy in Move - And You're Dead.
- This is the first episode to show Parker in his International Rescue uniform.
- FAB 1 is modified with a spoiler and bigger tyres for its use in the race. However, the bigger tyres disabled its flying capabilities.
- This episode pays tribute to Sylvia Anderson, in its own way, by showing Great Aunt Sylvia.
- Lady Penelope is referred to as Penny in this episode, which hasn’t been done so before in this series. In the classic series her counterpart was called this frequently, but only by members of International Rescue, particularly Jeff Tracy.
- Tracy Island doesn't appear in this episode. This is the second time this has happened, the first time being in Home on the Range.
- This episode mentions that Great Aunt Sylvia won in the original FAB 1. This refers to what is now FAB 0.
- This is the fourth time that only one member of the Tracy family appears; additionally this is the second time that this member is John.
Goofs[]
- The logo on Parker's uniform is identical to the logo on Brains' uniform.
- The Chaos Crew only fails in their mission because they disregarded an important rule of auto-safety: when they stopped for snacks in the desert they didn't lock the car i.e. Spoiler.