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During the [[heat]] crisis, Brains went up with [[Alan Tracy|Alan]] to ''[[Thunderbird 5]]'' in order to investigate the phenomenon in greater detail. He found solidified [[space]] [[debris]] travelling at tremendous [[speed]]s on a collision course with [[the Moon]]. He inspected the [[meteorite]]s upon landing on the Moon and determined them to have escaped from [[Sol|the Sun]], recommending a close observation of its surface to [[Jeff Tracy|Jeff]] as well as liasing with the [[World Government]] to find a solution. After Jeff persuaded [[World President]] [[Nikita Bandranaik]] to agree to the plan, Brains and Alan set off in ''[[Thunderbird 3]]'' to [[photograph]] the Sun from within [[gravity]] limits to gauge its future activity. Upon reaching their destination, one of the booster [[rocket]]s failed as they fell into the Sun's [[gravity field]] but Alan was able to get it working before the [[temperature]] rose too much and, after taking their pictures, they returned to [[Earth]].  

Carrying a [[planetomic missile]] to destroy the new [[satellite]] the Sun was about to produce, as well as extra [[isotope]] circuits to ensure their escape [[speed]] from the Sun's gravity, Brains and Alan boarded ''TB 3'' bound for the Sun yet again. However, Brains had miscalculated how much [[time]] they had left and Alan was forced to use the isotopes before even reaching the Sun, with Brains proclaiming "It's us or the [[world]]!". Although his prediction did not come true after the missile was successfully deployed, a shockwave flung the duo offcourse and knocked them unconscious.  ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Solar Danger (comic story)|Solar Danger]]'') Brains and Alan were [[honour]]ed and presumed deceased, in a report dated [[1 October]], for their supreme [[sacrifice]] and the millions of [[Life|lives]] they had saved. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Suicide! (short story)|Suicide!]]'') They woke up two [[day]]s later to the sound of a warning from Jeff and just in time to witness their crash into a [[Venus]]ian [[river]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Solar Danger (comic story)|Solar Danger]]'') Brains was also pictured in a report dated [[8 October]], which detailed their survival and [[emergency landing]] on the [[Magnax]] [[continent]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Monster Attacks Thunderbird 3 (short story)|Monster Attacks Thunderbird 3]]'') They were briefly pursued by a hostile "[[monster]]" but Alan ejected the ship's [[Radiation|radioactive]] isotopes to kill it. Forced out of the ship by damage caused by the monster, Brains and Alan donned suits to protect against the corrosive [[sulphur]] [[lake]] with Brains quickly fixing the damage — a [[hair]] crack — with a sealing compound. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Solar Danger (comic story)|Solar Danger]]'') The [[danger]] they were in from other [[creature]]s whilst carrying out this task was mentioned alongside their pictures in a report dated [[29 October]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Death-Lake Terror (short story)|Death-Lake Terror]]'') Fearing their suits would not protect them forever, Brains and Alan [[Swimming|swam]] to the surface and built a [[bonfire]] to act as a [[beacon]]. After [[Scott Tracy|Scott]], [[Virgil Tracy|Virgil]], and [[Gordon Tracy|Gordon]] arrived on Venus in ''[[Thunderbird 1]]'', ''[[Thunderbird 2]]'', and ''[[Thunderbird 4]]'', Brains helped to coordinate the recovery of ''TB 3''. Swarmed by tiny lake-monsters, Brains correctly advised Gordon to raise the hull temperature of ''TB 4'' and discard its atomic waste as the creatures liked neither heat nor radiation. He made sure ''TB 2'' was safe with Virgil before, two [[day]]s later, all four ''Thunderbirds'' on Venus set course for the base on [[Tracy Island]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Solar Danger (comic story)|Solar Danger]]'')

Brains originates from the television series ''[[Thunderbirds (series)|Thunderbirds]]'', in which he was voiced by [[David Graham]]. Additionally, he was voiced by [[Kayvan Novak]] in the remake series {{wi|Thunderbirds Are Go (TV series)|Thunderbirds Are Go}}.