- "Eat? I guess you ain't been 'round these parts long enough to have heard about Ma's beans, ma'am."
— Jeremiah Tuttle
"The Impostors" is the sixteenth episode of Thunderbirds season 1, first broadcast on 13th January 1966.
Plot[]
An organisation posing as International Rescue fakes a rescue mission to steal confidential documents. With the world convinced that they're frauds - and the military actively searching for their hidden base - the real International Rescue is forced to suspend operations. Jeff Tracy alerts IR's worldwide network of field agents - including Lady Penelope and Parker - to help track down, and expose, the criminal impostors...
Storyline[]
- Main article: The Impostors/Storyline
Transcript[]
- Main article: The Impostors/Transcript
Cast[]
Regular Characters[]
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.png "Scott (Impostors).png (144 KB)")
.png "Lady Penelope (Impostors).png (145 KB)")
.png "Virgil (Impostors).png (135 KB)")
.png "Alan (Impostors).png (137 KB)")
.1.png "Parker (Impostors).1.png (138 KB)")
.png "Tin-Tin (Impostors).png (145 KB)")
.png "Gordon (Impostors).png (131 KB)")
Gordon Tracy
(David Graham)
(David Graham)
.png "John (Man from MI5).png (135 KB)")
Captain Hanson
(David Graham)
(David Graham)
.png "Frank(Co-Plot).png (205 KB)")
Fireflash Co-Pilot
(Ray Barrett)
(Ray Barrett)
.png "Eddie Kerr (Fake rescue).png (132 KB)")
Eddie Kerr
(Matt Zimmerman)
(Matt Zimmerman)
Guest Characters[]
General Lambert
(Ray Barrett)
(Ray Barrett)
Operator Wakefield
(Matt Zimmerman)
(Matt Zimmerman)
Air Force Officer
(Peter Dyneley)
(Peter Dyneley)
.png "Jack(1).png (127 KB)")
Army Officer Jack
(David Graham)
(David Graham)
Colonel
(Ray Barrett)
(Ray Barrett)
Elliot
(David Graham)
(David Graham)
Hale
(Ray Barrett)
(Ray Barrett)
Jeremiah Tuttle
(Peter Dyneley)
(Peter Dyneley)
Ma Tuttle
(Sylvia Anderson)
(Sylvia Anderson)
Impostor Jenkins
(Ray Barrett)
(Ray Barrett)
Impostor Carela
(David Graham)
(David Graham)
.png "Speed Merchant (3).png (130 KB)")
Speed Merchant
(Matt Zimmerman)
(Matt Zimmerman)
World TV Helijet Pilot
(David Graham)
(David Graham)
Search Control Operator
(David Graham)
(David Graham)
Fireflash Stewardess
(Sylvia Anderson)
(Sylvia Anderson)
Cameos & Crowd Scenes[]
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International Rescue Equipment Used[]
Non-International Rescue Equipment Used[]
EJ2 Jet
(Used as the fake Thunderbird 2)
(Used as the fake Thunderbird 2)
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Ma Tuttle's Explosive Beans
(Hand grenade)
(Hand grenade)
World TV Helijet (Skymaster-Class)
Locations[]
Trivia[]
This VHS released by Channel 5 uses the spelling "The Imposters."
- The Satellite HQ interior and exterior sets would be reused as different buildings, in both Cry Wolf and Ricochet.
- The EJ2 Jet, from Operation Crash-Dive, returns as the fake Thunderbird 2.
- This is the only TV episode in which the real Thunderbird 2 does not make an appearance.
- The episode title is sometimes spelled "The Imposters."
- Eddie Kerr claims that this marks the first time that TV cameras were able to reach the scene of an accident in time to see the International Rescue team in action. This would mean the events in The Impostors precede those in Terror in New York City, even though it is later both by broadcast order, and by production order.
Goofs[]
- Main article: The Impostors/Goofs
Foreign Titles[]
- French: Les Imposteurs
- German: Doppelgänger
- Spanish: Los Impostores
- Italian: Gli impostori
- Dutch: De bedriegers (TV 1968, VHS, DVD); De oplichters (TV, 1992)
- Portuguese: Os Impostores
- Japanese: にせ者にご注意