"Under Pressure" (sometimes styled as "Underpressure") is the 12th episode of Thunderbirds Are Go!. It was first broadcast on Saturday June 13th, 2015.
Plot[]
A heavy metal extraction platform carrying toxic waste at the bottom of the ocean is in trouble. Gordon rushes in with Thunderbird 4 when a fire on board the rolling factory damages its steering capabilities. With the help of Lady Penelope and Parker on the surface investigating the dealings of the rather 'oily' Hector Ambro, the CEO of the company 'Hydrexler', Gordon must rescue platform operator Ned Tedford and his plant Gladys and prevent the rig from loosing its toxic cargo.
Cast[]
Regular Cast[]
- John Tracy - Thomas Brodie-Sangster
- Virgil Tracy & Gordon Tracy - David Menkin
- Lady Penelope - Rosamund Pike
- Parker - David Graham
- The Hood - Andres Williams
Guest Cast[]
Crew[]
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- Voice director: Dave Peacock
- Original dialogue record: Simon Capes, Soho Squares Studios
- Miniatures: WETA Workshop
- Design & miniature FX supervisor: Richard Taylor
- Lead model maker: Steven Saunders
- Workshop supervisor: Rob Gillies
- Production co-ordinator: Holly Beals
- Model makers: Sofia Pedersen, Mona Peters, David Duke, Joaquin Loyzaga, Laura Marie King, Abigail Smith, Masayuki Ohashi, Pietro Marson, Sourisak Chanpaseuth, Kim McAuslan
- Director of photography: Simon Godsiff
- 1st assistant director: Robin Wilson
- Production manager: Sadie Wilson
- Gaffer: Simon Oliver
- 1st assistant camera: Charles Edwards
- Key grip: Jan Kleinheins
- On set model technicians: Rob Chesney, Ben Fairless
- Lighting equipment: Portsmouth Lighting, NZFX SFX Equipment
- Catering: Deborah Logan
- Production designer: Ben Milsom
- Designer, Thunderbird Shadow: Shoji Kawamori
- Lead concept artist: Christian Pearce
- Concept artists: Aaron Beck, Gus Hunter, Rebekah Tisch
- Head of design: Richard Athorne
- Design studio co-ordinators: Tasha Guillot, Catherine Mitchell
- Asset supervisor: Sven Trotter
- CG modellers: Ben Hutchinson, Tom Robinson, Ben Picking, Che Thorpe
- 3D story supervisor: Tim Gaul
- Lead 3D story artists: Karl Essex, Andrew McCully
- Matchmove: James Donald, Luke Swasbrook
- 3D story: Jason Campbell, Shinji Dawson, Nicholas Dodwell, Eduardo Gutierrez, Rhys Hanan, Nagaraju Kusama, Yohann Misst, Robin Wilson-Davey
CGCG
- Production executives: Ivan C, Andy Tsao
- Head of production: Sareana Sun
- Line producer: Diana Chen
- Production team: Sean Li, Lara Lin, Jing Zhang, Tsung-Hsein Tsai, Bernie Huang, Pang Sy, Joseph Cheung, Yao-Cheng Wang, Heyifang, Tan Tao, Xu Ding, Shiwei Yang, Aimee Zhang
End CGCG
- Editor: Anthony Cox
- Assistant editors: Louise Pattinson, Adam Reynolds
- 3D artist: Rhys Clapcott
- Software engineer: Mike King
- Animation supervisor: Chad Moffitt
- CG supervisor: Andrew Harris, Park Road Post Production
- Data wranglers: Joyce Kamille Cristal, Wattana Moeung, Clare Brody
- Casting: Peacock Sound
- VFX line producer: Malcolm Angell
- Production co-ordinator: Sophie Gregory
- Production assistants: Brittany Connell, Jordan Harding
- Production secretary: Christine Healy
- Production runner: Nate Hinde
- Script co-ordinator: Patrick Rieger
- Post production co-ordinator: Dee Collier
- Legal and business affairs: Sally Perry, Sarah Cull
- Production accountants: Emily Stafford, Karen Kong
- Special advisor, International Rescue: David Tremont
- Branding and title design: ITV Creative
- Compositing: Milk VFX
- Online editor: Simon Brook
- Colourist: Paul Staples
- Picture post production: Encore London
- Sound effects editor: Adam Armitage
- Foley engineer: Keith Partridge
- Mix technician: Kiran Marshall
- Audio post production: Jules Zabbar
- Music composed by: Ben Foster, Nick Foster
- Original theme: Barry Gray
- Sound designer & re-recording mixer: Nigel Heath
- Audio post-production: Hackenbacker
- Producers: Sharon Lark, Stuart McAra
- Line & consulting animation producer: Teresa Reed
- CITV commissioning editor: Jamila Metran
- Executive producers: Estelle Hughes, Giles Ridge, Andrew Smith, Richard Taylor
- Based on the original series by: Gerry & Sylvia Anderson
Quotes[]
Gordon: "Be careful, I hear hob-knobbing with corporate types is dangerous work."
Lady Penelope: "Why, Parker! I believe Gordon is mocking us!"
Gordon: "She hung up on me! Some people just can't take a joke."
Virgil: "It helps when they're actually funny."
Virgil: "Wow, now that's one mighty hunk of junk."
Gordon: "Who's Gladys? My intel said it was a one man crew. Ned Tedford?"
Ned: "That's me. Gladys is my geranium."
Gordon: "Right..."
Ned: "Uh-oh? That's a new code for everything's A-Ok, right?"
Equipment Used[]
Non-International Rescue Equipment Used[]
- Motorcycle
- Underwater Rotary Toxins sweeper
- Global Defence Force Quadjet
Gallery[]
The heavy metal extraction platform under the ocean
Ned Tedford and Gladys enjoying their new job cleaning the ocean bottom.
Fire breaks out in the centre of the rig
Ned panics
Ned's cries are picked up by TB5
John picks up Ted's panicked screams
John tries to tell Ned that they are on the way.
John talking to the CEO, Hector Ambrose with Gordon listening in on the other holo projecter
"Did you hear all that Gordon?"
Gordon contacts Lady Penelope
"Be careful, I hear hob-kobbing with corporate types is dangerous work."
"Why Parker I believe Gordon is mocking us!"
"Hey! She hung up on me! Some people just can't take a joke."
"It helps when they are actually funny."
Gordon preforming pre-systems checks
TB4 is launched
"Wow, now that's one mighty hunk of junk."
"Who's Gladys? My intel said this is a one man crew? Ned Tedford."
"That's me. Gladys is my geranium."
"Riiight."
"Take a breath, I mean it. Breathe in. I can't have you cracking under the pressure too."
Gordon operates the external extension arms of TB4
TB4 moves in to flood the compartment that's on fire.
Lady Penelope is talking to Hector Ambrose
She contacts John and agrees that something is amiss
Hector Ambrose isn't real
Is in fact the Hood
The Hood's Cronies start pursuing FAB 1
TB4 begins separating the crew compartment from the rig
TB2 pulls the compartment up to the safety of the surface.
Ned is relieved to be safe and sound
Parker releases tacs to try and stop the Hood's cronie
TB4 is trying to cut the cargo away from the main vehicle
Another henchman fires up a missile to launch at FAB 1
Parker slams the breaks and lets the missile zoom right past
FAB 1 driving off a cliff edge
The lacky rolled off his bike and let it plummet over the edge of the cliff.
FAB1 hovers upwards back onto the road much to the underling's horror
Gordon changes tactics and uses the underwater Exosuit
Gordon cuts through using the Exosuit's laser cutter
The front pulls away, however TB4 is still hanging onto it
"I had a sub to catch!"
Trivia[]
Book version
- This marks the second appearance of Ned Tedford, a former asteroid miner from Slingshot.
Goofs[]
- Although there was the name of Rasmus Hardiker (as the role of Scott Tracy) in the cast appearance at the ending, there were no appearances of him (or his voice) at all.
Foreign titles[]
- Dutch: Onder druk
- French: Dans les abysses (Into the Abyss)
- Spanish: Bajo Presión
- Japanese: 深海からの脱出 (Escape from the Deep Sea)
- Arabic: تحت الضغط