Thunderbirds: Vault of Death (1965)

Date(s) of Broadcast: 23 December 1965
Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format: Videcolor   Supermarionation
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: An APF Television Production in association with ATV
Producer: Gerry Anderson
Associate Producer: Reg Hill

SCRIPT
Script: Dennis Spooner
Script Supervision: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
Script Editor: Alan Pattillo

DIRECTION
Director: David Elliott

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Read
Lighting Cameraman: Julien Lugrin
Camera Operators: Jimmy Elliott, Geoff Meldrum

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: Len Walter
Editor: Peter Elliott

MUSIC
Music: Barry Gray

SOUND
Sound: Maurice Askew, John Taylor
Supervising Sound Editor: John Peverill
Sound Editor: John Beaton
Dialogue Editor: Roy Lafbery
Sound System: Westrex

COSTUMES
Wardrobe: Elizabeth Coleman

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Supervising Special Effects Director: Derek Meddings
Special Effects Lighting Cameraman: Michael Wilson
Special Effects Designer: Mike Trim (uncredited)
2nd Unit Special Effects Director: Brian Johncock
2nd Unit Special Effects Lighting Cameraman: Harry Oakes
2nd Unit Special Effects Camera Operator: Garry Coxall
Puppetry Supervision: Mary Turner
Puppet Operators: Judith Shutt, Ernest Shutt
Sculptors: John Brown, John Blundall, Tim Cooksey (uncredited), Terry Curtis (uncredited), Peter Hayward (uncredited), Mike Richardson (uncredited)
Models: Peter Aston, Eric Backman, Ray Brown, Charlie Bryant, Ezra Deering, Roger Dicken, Arthur 'Wag' Evans, Bill James, Brian Smithies, Mike Trim (all uncredited)

VISUAL EFFECTS
Character Visualisation: Sylvia Anderson
Models: Peter Aston, Eric Backman, Ray Brown, Charlie Bryant, Ezra Deering, Roger Dicken, Arthur 'Wag' Evans, Bill James, Brian Smithies, Mike Trim (all uncredited)

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Bob Bell
Assistant Art Director: Grenville Nott
2nd Assistant Art Director: Ken Turner (uncredited)
Property Master: Arthur Cripps

VOICES
Sylvia Anderson
Ray Barrett
Peter Dyneley (Jeff Tracy)
Christine Finn (Tin-Tin Kyrano)
David Graham (Brains / Gordon Tracy)
David Holliday (Virgil Tracy)
Shane Rimmer (Scott Tracy)
Matt Zimmerman (Alan Tracy)

OTHER SOURCES

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credits

KEYWORDS

the future, puppets, spaceships

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009