The Man from MI.5 (TV story): Difference between revisions

* A [[newspaper]] in the episode dates its events to [[January]] [[1965]]. The setting of ''[[Thunderbirds (series)|Thunderbirds]]'' is a matter of much contention and contradiction. Newspapers seen in other episodes of the programme date the activities of [[International Rescue]] to the [[2000s]] and the [[2060s]] whereas a [[calendar]] in ''Give or Take a Million'' offers up the [[2020s]] as another possibilty. Additionally, ''Danger at Ocean Deep'' made reference in dialogue to an old bottle of wine with a [[1998]] vintage. The magazine ''[[TV Century 21]]'', the main source of [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] ''Thunderbirds'' content, concurs with the 2060s date as each of its issues were set exactly one hundred [[year]]s in the [[future]] from publication date. ''[[Action 21]]'', a short-lived 1980s magazine consisting mainly of ''TV21'' reprints, followed the same system which now meant its events were transposed to the [[2080s]]. Finally, the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' novel ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'' featured an appearance from a [[Penelope Creighton-Ward|Lady Penelope]] living in the [[1990s]], "present day" at the time. It was not, however, a setting without narrative backing, with some theories dating the series to that decade based on the claim in ''Trapped in the Sky'' that [[Jeff Tracy]], a man in his fifties, was one of the first to land on [[the Moon]].

* The [[Dalek Prime|Golden Emperor]] is clearly visible in one of the shots of Carl rifling through [[Blacker|Captain Blacker]]'s papers on the [[Solturis]] invasion; as well as the first televised appearance of the image of a [[Dalek]] outside of ''Doctor Who'' this technically constitutes the first televised appearance of the [[Dalek Emperor]] ''overall'', predating its actual appearance on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' some time later.