Thunderbirds (TV Series)

Terror in New York City (1965)

Shane Rimmer: Scott Tracy, Scanners, Washington

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Quotes 

• Ned Cook : We're not hurt, but I can hear water seeping in from below.

  Brains : Of course! That's the answer!

  Jeff Tracy : The answer to what, Brains?

  Brains : Well, I've been trying to figure out why that area should suddenly collapse. Underground rivers!

  Scott Tracy : Underground rivers?

  Tin-Tin : Yes, Brains could be right!

• Jeff Tracy : Scott, take off for New York.

  Scott Tracy : Yes, sir.

  Jeff Tracy : Gordon, launch Thunderbird 4 using emergency procedure and then proceed to the position where the fleet exercises are going on. I'll contact Washington and arrange for them to pick you up and rush you to New York.

  Gordon Tracy : Yes, sir!

  Virgil Tracy : Good luck, Gordon.

  [to Jeff] 

  Virgil Tracy : What can I do, Father?

  Jeff Tracy : [bearing in mind that Virgil is badly injured]  Go back to bed.

• [Thunderbird 1 pulls up alongside Ned Cook's truck] 

  Scott Tracy : I told you guys, no pictures.

  Ned Cook : Listen, buster. You've done a great job here today. Now let me do mine.

  Scott Tracy : [insistently]  I said, no pictures! Please destroy them.

  Ned Cook : If you think I'd do that, you're crazy.

• [Thunderbird 2, damaged by the Sentinel, is nose-diving towards the ocean; Virgil has been knocked out] 

  Scott Tracy : Thunderbird 2 from Thunderbird 1. Come in, Virgil. Virgil, are you okay?

  [Virgil does not respond] 

  Scott Tracy : [desperately]  Virgil, pull her up! Can you hear me? Come in, Thunderbird 2. Virgil! You're crashing! Pull her up!

  [Virgil struggles to move] 

  Scott Tracy : Virgil, get a grip on yourself. You've gotta pull out of that dive.

  [Virgil slowly comes to and barely manages to level Thunderbird 2 above the ocean] 

• [the ground around the Empire State Building site is starting to crumble, while Ned Cook is giving an on-the-spot description of the action] 

  Ned Cook : This is a mighty dangerous situation. The ground around the building is crumbling. We are in direct line of fire. But in the tradition of NTBS, we will stay in the danger zone to bring you up-to-the-minute pictures of this fantastic spectacle.

  [the Tracy family meanwhile are watching the broadcast on television] 

  Jeff Tracy : Crazy fool; why doesn't he get the heck out of it?

  Scott Tracy : Well, like you said, Dad, he would do *anything* for a story.