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and go into the escape unit.

And then pray.

Till then, take further instructions

from Thunderbird 2.

Mobile Control, this is Zero X.

Your instructions will be complied with.

Thanks.

- What are they gonna do?

- We may learn more from Thunderbird 2.

Scott. I can see it.

Alan, Gordon, stand by.

Zero X dead ahead.

FAB, Virgil.

Zero X, this is Thunderbird 2.

We're coming in below you.

Reduce speed to low safe cruising

and lower nose landing gear.

We're gonna put a man aboard

to fix the escape unit.

- So that's what they're going to try to do.

- It's suicide.

- Release air brakes, Greg.

- Right.

Lower nose wheel, Greg.

Thunderbird 2, this is Zero X.

Lowering nose wheel.

Are you sure you want to try this?

It sounds mighty dangerous to me.

It is mighty dangerous, and we do

want to try it. Now hold her steady.

- Gordon, flight control over to you.

- OK, Virgil.

Left, left. One degree.

Right, right. Two degrees.

Right, Virgil.

- Stand by to hold position.

- OK, Gordon.

Now.

Good shooting, Gordon.

Zero X, this is Thunderbird 2,

air-to-air rescue compartment.

Keep it dead steady. Man coming aboard.

- Roger, Thunderbird 2.

- OK.

How are you doing, Thunderbird 2?

Fine. Just keep steady, that's all.

Slow right down and stop.

- Give me a time check, Gordon.

- You've got four and one half minutes.

Mobile Control from Alan.

OK, Brains.

On the right of the master cylinder,

that supplies power to

the hydraulic system of the nose wheel,

you will find a yellow wiring harness.

Follow this through to

a red junction box marked "EUC".

Got it.

Doctors Grant and Pierce, hold tight.

I'm removing you to escape unit.

OK, Paul.

OK, Paul.

OK, cover removed.

Place transistorised-radio-induction unit

on the side of the junction box.

- OK, Brains.

- Right, Alan.

Now, all you have to do

is remove the screws that are

anchoring the yellow and green lines

and reconnect them on one block,

so we get a direct link, green

to yellow, all the way down the bank.

OK, Brains. Time check, please.

- Two and one quarter minutes.

- Right.

Brad, Greg, I'm sending you both

back to the escape unit.

Right, sir. Switching to automatic pilot.

No, don't switch to the automatic pilot.

I'm staying here.

I'll come back when we're at zero feet.

That guy's risking his life.

It's the least I can do.

- I'll stay with you.

- Me, too.

No! There won't be time for us all to get

into the escape unit at the last moment.

I'm sending you two back now.

And that's an order.

- Yes, sir.

- Good luck, Paul.

Zero X from Thunderbird 2.

Are you all in escape unit?

Thunderbird 2 from Zero X.

All in escape unit except me.

I can do better than the automatic pilot

in holding this craft steady.

I'll go back into the escape unit

when it's fixed, or when we're at zero feet.

It'll help. Thanks.

He won't be able to

make it in time, surely?

- They're all running out of time.

- How are you doing, Alan?

OK.

- How much time have I got?

- One minute.

Gordon. Alan isn't through yet,

and we're dangerously near the ground.

Play out more cable.

I'm coming alongside Zero X.

OK, Virgil.

Glenn Field, this is Washington.

Evacuation of Craigsville is complete.

Thunderbird 2 from Zero X.

Is he through yet?

No, not yet.

I'll overrun my engines

to give us a few more seconds.

Zero X from Thunderbird 2.

Into escape hatch immediately.

Alan from Virgil. Jump at end

of five-second countdown.

Five,

four,

three, two,

one.

Now.

Now, Scott. Now.

Are you OK, Alan?

OK, Virg. Did they make it?

This is Thunderbird 2 calling

Zero X escape unit. Are you OK?

Thunderbird 2 from Zero X escape unit.

Yes, we are OK. Paul only just made it.

He's badly shaken up,

but he's gonna be all right.

- Did you hear that, Alan?

- I heard.

- Did you hear that, Central Control?

- We heard. Well done.

Virgil from Gordon.

We can't retrieve Alan.

Due to his hurried departure, the cables

are fouling the side of Thunderbird 2.

- We'd better drop him to the ground.

- FAB, Gordon.

Say, Virgil, I think that's FAB 1 below.

Thunderbird 2 from FAB 1.

Virgil, we're down below.

Why not drop Alan down here?

Yeah, Penelope, I can see you.

Say, how did you get here?

As soon as we heard the forecast

crash position, we made our way here.

OK, I'm down. Cable released.

Gee, it sure was swell of you

to come here and pick me up, Penelope.

After that brilliant performance, I think

that's the least you deserve. Now jump in.

I assume, madam, that the first call

will be Glenn Field,

and then on to your hotel.

Is that correct?

That, Parker, is quite correct.

Gee! You mean you're going

to take me to the Swinging Star?

- Just the two of us?

- Just the two of us.

It's like a dream come true.

Gee, this must be the most

memorable day of my life.

You know, Penelope, I'm always

treated like a kid back at the base.

You know, being the youngest and all.

But tonight, being alone with you,

I feel like a real grown man.

But you are, Alan. You are.

Particularly with that

snazzy moustache you're wearing.

- It adds years to you, Alan.

- Well...

We have to wear a disguise sometimes

when we're out in public,

in case we're recognised.

Do you really think it suits me?

Excuse me, Alan. I think the gentleman

on the next table wants something.

Would you mind passing that ashtray?

- Disguise. Pretty good, eh?

- Why, Dad! What are you doing here?

Just thought I'd come and congratulate

you on your great performance today.

- Me too, Alan. A great job.

- Scott.

Thanks to you, Alan,

another International Rescue success.

Virg. Who else is here?

And I think it was a splendid effort,

I really do. Even though I can't see you.

Thanks, Brains. And I guess

the little lady with you must be Tin Tin.

Yes, Alan. Congratulations

on your performance today -

and tonight.

And there was I,

thinking we were all alone.

Remember, Alan,

one of the most comforting feelings

a man can have in this world of ours

is never to be alone.

To Alan, the hero of the day.

To Alan.

"Thunderbirds Are Go"...

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