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The Star Observer compares "Pit of Peril" favourably to the first episode but criticises its lack of female characters. [26] In an essay analysing Thunderbirds along gender lines, Ian Haywood believes that the Sidewinder's fall into the pit reflects a broader conflict in the series between "masculine" science and "maternal" nature.
Two feature film sequels to the TV series were released in 1966 and 1968, followed by three made-for-TV compilation films in the early 1980s. In 2015, a mini-series based on the three original audio stories was produced to mark the series' 50th anniversary. All TV episodes were released on Region 2 DVD by Carlton in 2000 and 2001. [1]
Mike Fillis of TV Zone and Cult Times magazines considers the episode a "tour de force" and a series highlight, describing the story as "riveting" and the bomb plot as "very topical". [4] [40] Stuart Galbraith IV of DVD Talk likens the premise to "an airborne version of Speed". [41] Marcus Hearn praises the episode's suspense and "extraordinary ...
He finds it very similar to "Pit of Peril", another Fennell script that sees characters trapped below ground and threatened by fire being rescued with the help of the Mole. [3] Rating the episode three out of five, Tom Fox of Starburst magazine considers the ineffectiveness of the tower's fire control systems implausible but describes the ...
[3] [4] The Crablogger theme is re-use of the Sidewinder theme from "Pit of Peril". [5] [6] [7] The San Martino Dam was a modified form of a scale model originally built for the Stingray episode "In Search of the Tajmanon". [6] [8] The freight lorries in front of the dam were represented by Matchbox die-cast toys. [9]
During testing, the prototype vehicle falls into an unmapped landfill pit. Due to spontaneous combustion of the waste, the inside of the pit is extremely hot. Using the Thunderbird 2 Recovery Vehicles, International Rescue retrieves the Sidewinder and rescues its crew. The look of the Sidewinder was devised by episode director Desmond Saunders ...
The episode's incidental music was recorded on 18 March 1965 with a 25-member band. [15] Dialogue in "Sun Probe" indicates that the main part of that episode is set a week after the space launch, so the events of "The Perils of Penelope" must take place only a few days before.
The Japan broadcast for the first series was premiered on NHK (NHK General TV) on 2016-08-05 (as サンダーバード ARE GO), [25] and all three series were premiered on Super! drama TV later. [26] French broadcasts were premiered in September 2015 on Canal J (as Thunderbirds [ 27 ] ), followed by Gulli later this year (as Thunderbirds [ 28 ...