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2026 or 2065? You Decide!

On this page you will find the evidence used to support or refute both arguments for the dating of Thunderbirds.

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If you've come to the Evidence first, make sure you read the arguments as well -- 2026 and 2065 -- and then you can make up your own mind.

 
  Adobe PDF file   mpg file - 1830kb
03: City of Fire -
the Firefly
  04a: Sun Probe EP
(Adobe PDF file)
  04b: Sun Probe
EP opening (MP3 file)
         
   
07: Vault of Death -
Grandma (PDF file)
  16: Edge of Impact -
yellow plane
  18a: 30 Minutes After Noon - Auto Date Fixer
         
   
18b: 30 Minutes After Noon - Spoke City Tribune   19: The Imposters -
World News
  23: The Duchess Assignment - carrier
         
  Adobe PDF file  
32: Give or Take a Million - wall calendar   33: 2067 Calendar
(PDF file)
  34: Thunderbird Six -
newspaper date
         
   
35: TV21 Issue 51 (1965)   36a: TV21 Issue 69
(1966)
  36b: TV21 Issue 72
(1966)
         
   
37: TV21 1967   38: TV21 1968   39a: TV21 Summer Extra 1966
         
   
39b: Thunderbirds Summer Special 1966   39c: Thunderbirds Summer Special 1966   40a:Thunderbirds Annual 1966
         
   
40b:Thunderbirds Annual 1966   40c:Thunderbirds Annual 1969   41: Theydon novel 1966
         
   
42: ITC Brochure 1965
(PDF file)
  43a: The Construction of Thunderbird Five   43b:  Sidewinder
         
   
43c: Gray and Houseman Road Builder   43d: Martian Space Probe   43e: Moving the Empire State Building
         
   
43f: Lady Penelope's Ranch   43g: Cloudbase   43h - The Complete Thunderbirds Story - Tracy Island 1999
         
   
43i: The Complete Thunderbirds Story - The Family Grows   43j: Profile on Grandma   43k: Profile on Jeff Tracy
         
   
43l: 'The Time Machine'   44a - 1992 Thunderbirds Annual Timeline Pt1   44b - 1992 Thunderbirds Annual Timeline Pt2
         
   
45a - Empire State Building (Ravette)   45b - Depth Probe (Ravette)   45c - 'Thunderbirds are Go,' Gerry Anderson Foreword
         
   
45d - 'FAB Facts', Gerry Anderson Introduction   45e - 'FAB Facts' GA Plug   45f - Full Page 'Ad' for 'FAB Facts'
         
   
45g -  'FAB Facts' first screenings   45h - 'Thunderbirds are Go,' Biographies   46a - The Dating Game Part 1 (pdf)
         
   
46b - The Dating Game Part 2 (pdf)   47 - Thunderbirds Magazine 2007   48 - Thunderbirds Annual 2002
         
   
49a - Complete Book of Thunderbirds (GA Foreword)   49b - Complete Book of Thunderbirds (p.42)   50a - Correspondence re Bob Bell 2009
(Adobe PDF file)
         
     
50b - Comics International 2009   50c - FAB News #58 2007    
         

 
THE EVIDENCE:

Thunderbirds - the Series
01 Trapped in the Sky
02 Pit of Peril
03 City of Fire
04a Sun Probe EP (pdf)
04b Sun Probe EP opening (mp3)
05 The Uninvited
06 The Mighty Atom
07 Vault of Death (pdf)
08 Operation Crash Dive
09 Move and You’re Dead
10 Martian Invasion
11 Brink of Disaster
12 The Perils of Penelope
13 Terror in New York City
14 End of the Road
15 Day of Disaster
16 Edge of Impact
17 Desperate Intruder
18a 30 Minutes After Noon - Auto Date Fixer

18b 30 Minutes After Noon - Spoke City Tribune
19 The Impostors
20 The Man from MI5
21 Cry Wolf
22 Danger at Ocean Deep
23 The Duchess Assignment
24 Attack of the Alligators
25 The Cham-Cham
26 Security Hazard
27 Atlantic Inferno
28 Path of Destruction
29 Alias Mr. Hackenbacker
30 Lord Parker’s ‘Oliday
31 Ricochet
32 Give or Take a Million

Thunderbirds - Films
33 Thunderbirds are Go Calendar (pdf)
34 Thunderbird Six
TV 21
35 TV21 1965
36a TV21 #69 1966
36b TV21 #72 1966
37 TV21 1967
38 TV21 1968
39a TV21 Summer Extra 1966
39b Thunderbirds Summer Special 1966
39c Thunderbirds Summer Special 1966
Annuals 1960s - 1970s
40a Thunderbirds Annual 1966
40b Thunderbirds Annual 1966
40c Thunderbirds Annual 1969
Books 1960s
41 Theydon Novel 1966
Miscellaneous 1960s
42 ITC Brochure 1965 (pdf)
Thunderbirds the Comic 1990s
43a Construction of Thunderbird Five
43b Sidewinder
43c Gray and Houseman
43d Martian Space Probe
43e Moving the Empire State Building
43f Lady Penelope's Ranch

43g Cloudbase
43h Tracy Island 1999
43i The Family Grows
43j Profile on
 Grandma
43k Profile on Jeff Tracy
43l The Time Machine
Annuals 1990s
44a Thunderbirds Annual Timeline Pt 1
44b Thunderbirds Annual Timeline Pt 2
Books 1990s
45a Empire State Building (Ravette)
45b Depth Probe (Ravette)
45c 'Thunderbirds are Go' Gerry Anderson Foreword
45d 'Fab Facts' Gerry Anderson Introduction
45e 'Fab Facts' Advertisement
45f 'Fab Facts' Advertisement
45g 'FAB Facts' first screenings
45h 'Thunderbirds are Go' biographies
Miscellaneous 1990s
46a The Dating Game Part 1 (pdf)
46b The Dating Game Part 2 (pdf)
Thunderbirds Magazine 2000s
47 Thunderbirds Magazine
Annuals 2000s
48 Thunderbirds Annual 2002
Books 2000s
49a 'Complete Book of Thunderbirds (foreword)
49b 'Complete Book of Thunderbirds (p. 42)
Miscellaneous Items 2000s
50a Correspondence re Bob Bell (pdf)
50b Comics International, 2009
50c FAB News #58, 2007

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND DISCLAIMERS

First, our comrades in the trenches on this project: GillyLee, Molly Webb and Purupuss, who researched and hunted and scanned above and beyond the call of duty, and Lee, our web designer and technical expert, who put the whole thing together and made it look good. We couldn't have done this without any of you.

Thanks also go to:

All Thunderbirds episodes and films © Granada Ventures

All TV21 comics/annuals, Thunderbirds annuals/specials © A.P.Films (Merchandising) Ltd

All Thunderbirds The Comic © Fleetway editions Ltd

Thunderbirds annuals/Ravette compilation books 1990s © ITC Entertainment

Graham Bleathman cutouts © Graham Bleathman/ Fleetway comics

'Thunderbirds: The Comic,' ITC Entertainment Ltd./Fleetway Publications 1991-1995

Thunderbirds Magazine 2000 © Redan

Thunderbirds Annual 2002 © Carlton


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