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

{{Infobox Story

|image           = The Man from MI5.jpg

|series         = ''[[Thunderbirds (series)|Thunderbirds]]'' [[crossover]] stories

|season number   = Series 1 (Thunderbirds)

|story number   = 17

|main character = [[Penelope Creighton-Ward|Lady Penelope]]

|companions      = [[Parker (Mr. Steelman)|Parker]]

|featuring      = [[Dalek]]s, [[Jeff Tracy|Jeff]], [[Scott Tracy|Scott]], [[Virgil Tracy|Virgil]], [[Alan Tracy|Alan]], [[Gordon Tracy|Gordon]], [[John Tracy|John]], [[Horatio Hackenbacker|Brains]], [[Tin-Tin Kyrano|Tin-Tin]]

|enemy           = [[Carl (The Man from MI.5)|Carl]]

|setting         = [[Monte Carlo]] and [[Tracy Island]], [[January]] [[1965]]

|writer         = [[Alan Fennell]]

|director       = [[David Lane]]

|producer       = [[Gerry Anderson]]

|broadcast date = [[20 January (releases)|20 January]] [[1966 (releases)|1966]]

|network         = [[ITV]]

|format         = 1x48 minute episode

|prev           = The Vanishing Ray (comic story)

|next           = Solar Danger (comic story)

It was of special note to the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] because of the licensed appearance by the [[Dalek]]s in the form of a report from the [[Solturian News Agency]], which made it the first ever televised [[crossover]] between ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and another franchise. Within the context of the ongoing storyline in ''[[TV Century 21]]'', ''The Man From MI.5'' was also significant for revealing that other [[security]] organisations in addition to the [[Universal Secret Service]], such as the [[British Secret Service]], were keeping updated of the Daleks' progression in [[space]] conquest in preperation for their [[2060s Dalek invasion of Earth|impending invasion of Earth]].

* [[Tidman]] - David Graham

* [[Director]] - [[David Lane]]

== References ==

* [[Alan Tracy|Alan]] jumping in the [[swimming pool]] upsets the [[sonic beam]] during [[Horatio Hackenbacker|Brains]]' experiment with his model [[submarine]].

* [[Penelope Creighton-Ward|Lady Penelope]] orders [[Jimmy Bondson|Bondson]] to meet her three [[kilometre]]s into the [[perimeter]] of the [[Forest of Digne]] at [[midnight]].

* [[Captain]] [[Blacker]] collected plans for a nuclear [[device]] from a [[scientist]] living somewhere which Bondson cannot disclose for [[security]] reasons.

* [[Carl (The Man from MI.5)|Carl]] shot Blacker five times with a [[Henrietta .45 Supermatic]].

* It is [[International Rescue]]'s policy not to involve itself with [[politics]] or [[police]] work.

* [[Tin-Tin Kyrano|Tin-Tin]] and [[Kyrano|her father]] think [[Jeff Tracy|Jeff]] might like a [[cup]] of [[coffee]] while waiting for news of the rescue.

* 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. 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.

* [[Blacker|Captain Blacker]] has possession of a report detailing the [[Dalek]] [[Dalek invasion|invasion]] of [[Solturis]], which [[Carl (The Man from MI.5)|Carl]] rifles through. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Penta Ray Factor (comic story)|The Penta Ray Factor]]'')

* Blacker also has the [[front page]] article containing the testimony of [[Hans Werger]] about a fierce [[gun]] [[battle]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Black Forest Siege! (short story)|Black Forest Siege!]]'')