New Thunderbirds Are Go! Series Features Doctor Who Links

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CITV continue to tease their upcoming reboot of the classic Gerry and Sylvia Anderson series, Thunderbirds. The new show, dubbed Thunderbirds are Go!, forgoes the classic “Supermarionation” puppetry in favor of CGI with live-action miniature sets. Of special note to Whovians, though, is the inclusion of several Doctor Who vets working behind the scenes.


Adjoa Andoh, who appeared as Martha Jones’s mother Francine in Series 3 and 4 of Doctor Who, plays a new character in Thunderbirds are Go! named Colonel Casey, while Thomas Brodie-Sangster – better known to Doctor Who fans as Thomas Sangster, Human Nature‘s Tim Latimer – voices Gordon and John Tracy. Angel Coulby (The Girl in the Fireplace) voices Tracy Island resident Kayo, while Sandra Dickinson, former wife of Peter Davison and mother of Georgia Moffett, brings life to Grandma Tracy.


Brothers Ben and Nick Foster are set to compose the music for the new show. Both brothers scored episodes from the first three series of Torchwood, while Ben is most well-known as the arranger/orchestrator for composer Murray Gold on Doctor Who. He also acted as orchestrator for each of the recent Doctor Who Proms, the 2010 Doctor Who Live tour, and Doctor Who — A Symphonic Spectacular.


Mostly notable is the return of actor David Graham, reprising his role of Parker from the original Thunderbirds (and taking a break from being the hilariously dry Wise Old Elf). Doctor Who fans will remember that Graham was also one of the original Dalek voices in The Daleks (1963-64), The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), The Chase (1965), and The Daleks’ Master Plan (1965-66). Afterwards, he appeared in the flesh as Charlie the barman in The Gunfighers (1966), and later in City of Death (1979) as Professor Kerensky.


For more details on the new show, here’s the official synopsis:


Fifty years after its television debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast led by Rosamund Pike (The World’s End, Gone Girl) as Lady Penelope and David Graham (Thunderbirds 1965) reprising his role as chauffeur and International Rescue agent Parker. Debuting on ITV in 2015 this re-invention of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s much-loved series will be produced using an innovative mix of CGI animation and live-action miniature sets. Unstoppable inventor Brains will be voiced by Kayvan Novak (Fonejacker, Facejacker) whilst Tracy brothers Gordon and John are both played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Love Actually, Game of Thrones). Rasmus Hardiker (Saxondale, Lead Balloon) has been cast as both the youngest and oldest Tracy brothers Alan and Scott. The fifth Tracy brother, Virgil, will be played by David Menkin. Tracy Island matriarch Grandma Tracy is voiced by Sandra Dickinson (Amazing World of Gumball, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and master villain The Hood played by Andres Williams (M.I. High, Foyle’s War). Plus Thunderbirds Are Go! will feature new characters including Kayo, the Tracy brothers’ friend and fellow island resident, who will be played by Angel Coulby (Merlin, Dancing on the Edge) and Colonel Casey voiced by Adjoa Andoh (Invictus, Doctor Who).


Thunderbirds are Go! premieres April 15 on CITV and has already been renewed for a second season. For now, you can check out the latest trailer above, showcasing the beautiful new miniature sets designed by Weta Workshop (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit).


Are you excited to see the new adventures of the Cloudbase crew? (No wait, Cloudbase was Captain Scarlet – or was that Captain Jack..?)


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