Thunderbirds

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Good, cheap, adolescent humour.

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In comes our leading lady.

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Originally we designed a shot
in which she walked into the room

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and brought her own light, magically.

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Certain people thought better of that concept
so we have this entrance.

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But she looks fabulous -
Marit Allen designed her clothes.

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Marit Allen is our costume designer

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and, appropriately,
was the editor of vogue in the '70s,

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when Lady Penelope was all things Chanel.

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Here we are at Wellington College,
where we pretended these kids went to school.

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Now the great introduction of FAB 1.

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This is actually the only Thunderbird that we built

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that actually worked.

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It's a 28-foot, pink, six-wheeled,
450-horsepower limousine,

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designed by John Beard's team
in collaboration with Ford -

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you can see the brand on the front.

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The original Rolls-Royce in
Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds was a Rolls

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but, for some reason,
Rolls thought better than to get involved.

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One of the great CG shots
as this engine comes out.

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Mike McGee and Mark Nelmes,
the visual effect supervisors,

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were with us from day one,

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and with Beard, who's a production designer,

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we all decided that the ships,

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particularly FAB 1, would have a certain logic.

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So that the boot, or the trunk if you're in America,