Who would have thought a group of puppets could capture not only
the nation, but the world? But then, these aren't any old puppets,
these are International Rescue puppets dontcha know?
The brains behind the operation was Gerry Anderson who, after finishing
a previous series called Stingray, had to come up with a new and
exciting idea and Thunderbirds were born.
There were thirteen main puppets created for the show which were
controlled from a bridge walkway 12ft above the set. Some of the
characters were based on famous faces of the time with the heroic
lead character Scott Tracy based on Sean Connery.
