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A team of geologists is surveying the African plains for rare gandium ore when they are attacked by a giant mobile mining vehicle; its massive circular blade cuts into the ground, opening a chasm that swallows the geologists’ sonar vehicle. Colonel Casey of the Global Defence Force asks <I>International Rescue</I> for help in retrieving the stranded geologists, and within minutes <I>Thunderbirds 1, 2</I> and <I>Shadow</I> have mobilised. The GDF aircraft’s order to power down the mine goes unheeded, so they fire a warning shot; in retaliation, the driver unleashes a swarm of flying robots that disable the GDF plane and cause it to crash. <I>Thunderbird 2</I> tries to rescue the geologists using a grapple, but the line is cut by more of the flying robots, which attack the plane’s engines; forced to return to base on just one engine and the aft thrusters, Virgil manages to bring the stricken <I>Thunderbird 2</I> in for a controlled crash landing on Tracy Island. Suspecting the driver of the Earthbreaker to be associated with the Hood, <I>International Rescue</I> send Lady Penelope and Parker to visit the villain in his prison cell; although the Hood protests his innocence he still gets riled, convincing Penelope that he is somehow involved. Using <I>Thunderbird Shadow</I>’s cloaking device, Kayo is able to get Scott into the chasm so he can continue the rescue mission; she then lands undetected on the Earthbreaker, gains entry and begins setting explosive charges inside its infrastructure. Scott lowers himself down to the sonar truck and cuts through its hatch; he then passes a line to the geologists, intending to winch them to safety. Kayo reaches the Earthbreaker control room, but the driver - who calls himself ‘The Mechanic’ - has already detected and disabled her bombs; he sets a robot on Kayo and accelerates the mining beam extracting the ore. In the chasm below, Scott and the geologists are being winched to the surface – until they get caught in the extraction beam, and drawn towards the Earthbreaker’s intake…

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Thomas Brodie-Sangster (<B>John Tracy</B>), Rasmus Hardiker (<B>Scott Tracy / Alan Tracy</B>), David Menki (<B>Virgil Tracy / Gordon Tracy</B>), Sandra Dickinson (<B>Grandma Tracy</B>), Kayvan Novak (<B>Brains / GDF Commander</B>), Angel Coulby (<B>Tanusha 'Kayo' Kyrano</B>), Rosamund Pike (<B>Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward</B>), David Graham (<B>Aloysius Parker / Vic</B>), 
Jenna Coleman (<B>Baines</B>), Teresa Gallagher (<B>EOS</B>), Adjoah Andoh (<B>Colonel Casey</B>), Chris Jarman (<B>The Mechanic / Hutch</B>), Andres Williams (<B>The Hood</B>)

<BR><BR><B>Directed by Tim Gaul
<BR>Produced by Sharon Lark
<BR>Created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson</B>

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<BR>UK (ITV 1):<BR>
22nd October 2016 @ 3.30 pm

<BR><BR><B>Notes:</B>
<BR>*Featuring Scott Tracy, Virgil Tracy, Alan Tracy, Gordon Tracy, John Tracy, Grandma Tracy, Brains, Tanusha 'Kayo' Kyrano, Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and Aloysius Parker
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