Gordon Tracy/Missions

Gordon appears in 26 episodes (exceptions: Pit of Peril, City of Fire, Brink of Disaster, The Duchess Assignment, Path of Destruction, and Lord Parker's 'Oliday)...

Trapped in the Sky[]

Gordon takes no active role in International Rescue's first-ever mission. Later on, after the rescue is over, he's seen at home on Tracy Island, playing chess with his brother Scott, in the lounge of the Tracy Villa...

Sun Probe[]

While Gordon doesn't take part in the rescue of Sun Probe, he does present the idea of a two-pronged IR strategy - in space (Thunderbird 3) and from Earth (Thunderbird 2)...

The Uninvited[]

10 gordon — One of our brothers is missing...again!

Gordon joins Virgil aboard Thunderbird 2, as they head for the Sahara Desert to investigate Scott's disappearance - for a second time - somewhere near the Lost Pyramid of Khamandides...

The Mighty Atom[]

Waiting below the surface, in Thunderbird 4 - as his brothers Scott and Virgil shut down the rods in the Saharan Atomic Station's control room - Gordon must act, at precisely the right moment, to destroy the plant's sea water intake - and prevent the plant meeting the same fate as another similar installation (Atomic Irrigation Station (Australia)...

Main article: Thunderbird 4's Mission to Destroy Sea Water Intake (Atomic Plant)

Vault of Death[]

In his only appearance, Gordon's seen sitting by the Tracy Island swimming pool, along with Scott and Virgil...

Operation Crash-Dive[]

Four on the Floor: when the hypersonic airliner Fireflash 4 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland - and sinks to the seabed - Thunderbird 2 drops Pod 4 at the danger zone; and Gordon and Thunderbird 4 head below, to find the missing airliner and its trapped flight crew...

Main article: Gordon's Hunt For Fireflash 4

Barely a day seems to have passed when Gordon is called upon again to save a Fireflash airliner. He transfers from Thunderbird 2 to Fireflash's starboard wing using the Air-to-Air Rescue Equipment. There, he chases off the Aircraft Saboteur, and, finding that the EPU wiring has been cut, manually holds it back in place, saving the plane.

Move - And You're Dead[]

Gordon's on hand - along with Virgil and Scott - in Jeff's office, to watch TV coverage of Alan's big motor-car race at Parola Sands Raceway...

Martian Invasion[]

Gordon stays behind on Tracy Island, and plays no part in the rescue.

The Perils of Penelope[]

A Lady vanishes: after Lady Penelope and another IR field agent go missing (they've both been kidnapped; and she's been placed in from of the fast-approaching Anderbad Express), Gordon and Virgil set off into the Anderbad Tunnel in the Monobrake, to find and rescue her...

Main article: Gordon's Sub-Station Shoot-Out

Terror in New York City[]

With Thunderbird 2 out of action, Gordon and Thunderbird 4 must travel to New York aboard the Navy vessel U.S.N. Sentinel, to rescue trapped reporter Ned Cook and his cameraman Joe...

Main article: Ned Cook - Rescue

End of the Road[]

Gordon and Brains are both avid chess-players; and they're engaged in yet another head-to-head match while Thunderbirds 1 and 2 are away, seeking to rescue Eddie Houseman...

Day of Disaster[]

When the Martian Space Probe falls from the collapsing Allington Suspension Bridge and into the river below, Brains covertly summons International Rescue to the scene - and directs Gordon and Thunderbird 4's attempts to free the drowned rocket's trapped crew...

Main article: A Race Against Time

Edge of Impact[]

Although Gordon took no part in the episode's rescue, he is seen breakfasting with his father and brothers on Tracy Island, as they discuss the tragedy of the crashed Red Arrow 1 aircraft and its effect on the Red Arrow program at large, overseen by one of Jeff's old friends, Colonel Tim Casey...

Desperate Intruder[]

Sand trap: Gordon flies out to Lake Anasta with Virgil in Thunderbird 2 - and, finding Brains buried up to his neck in the desert sands, helps Scott dig him out. But the danger, to all of them, is far from over...

Main article: Gordon and the Desperate Intruder

30 Minutes After Noon[]

"Nothing like fishing," Gordon declares, "to relax the mind," as he, Alan and Tin-Tin cast their lines during a fishing trip in the ocean waters off Tracy Island. "Or the body," Alan retorts, "if you're any example!" Unruffled, Gordon offers some expert pointers as Tin-Tin excitedly says she's "got a bite!" "Play it for awhile...give it more line..."

The Impostors[]

A TV news report by Eddie Kerr, on the progress of the military's worldwide search for International Rescue's hidden base, isn't sitting well with the family - including Gordon...

The Man from MI.5[]

Below the surface of the Mediterranean, somewhere off the French Riviera, Gordon's utilizing Thunderbird 4's paralyser to drill into a hidden mini-submarine and immobilize the gang of crooks inside, who stole top-secret plans - and kidnapped Lady Penelope, leaving her with a bomb about to explode...

Main article: Paralysing a Mini-Sub

Cry Wolf[]

Gordon takes no on-site role in the rescue. He does, however, keep radio contact open between Tracy Island and the trapped Williams brothers, Bob and Tony, until Virgil and Alan can reach them: "Remember what I told you - the Thunderbirds are coming!"

Danger At Ocean Deep[]

It's a mess: after a typhoon (hurricane) hits the Hawai'ian Islands in the north-central Pacific - putting hospital patients on the island of Oahu in peril - Gordon and Virgil answer the distress call relayed to base by John; and the two brothers head out aboard Thunderbird 2...

Main article: Oahu

Attack of the Alligators![]

Swamp things: Gordon, Alan and Virgil arrive in Thunderbird 2 at the danger zone, when a house along the swampy Ambro River is under attack, by (wait for it)... giant alligators!

Main article: A Needle in a Haystack

The Cham-Cham[]

They also serve, et cetera (or, do they?): Gordon doesn't take part in the rescue of Lady Penelope, Tin-Tin and Parker at Paradise Peaks; and he has no spoken lines...

Security Hazard[]

SH501 — Gordon's involved in all types of rescues...

As Gordon shows young stowaway Chip Morrison around Thunderbird 4, he relates the story of Day of Disaster...where he and IR's yellow mini-sub took on the task of freeing the trapped crew of the sunken Martian Space Probe from the bottom of the Allington River...

Atlantic Inferno[]

Come on, baby (faster!): Gordon and Thunderbird 4 play crucial roles in both rescues involving the imperiled giant drilling rig Seascape...

Main article: Seascape - Crew Rescue

Alias Mr. Hackenbacker[]

Yet another hurry-up-and-wait scenario for Gordon, as he doesn't take part in his brothers' efforts to thwart the hijacking of the Skythrust airliner. He has only two lines of dialogue...!

Ricochet[]

Took the words right out of his mouth: Via a lift from Virgil and Thunderbird 3, Gordon goes up to Thunderbird 5 to help out with repairs... (Oddly enough, his only line ends up being delivered by John!)

Give or Take a Million[]

Gordon helps out with the family's Christmas preparations on Tracy Island; while, elsewhere, Virgil and Thunderbird 2 undertake a special holiday mission to Coralville...

Main article: Christmas on Tracy Island

Following is a list of the feature-films Gordon appeared in:

Thunderbirds are Go[]

Zero X's flight to Mars was a success; and now it's re-entering Earth's atmosphere, on the final phase of its long journey home. But then, one of its two massive lifting bodies collides with and damages the ship. Zero X is now doomed to crash, into an inhabited area - with its crew trapped aboard, unable to eject!

Thunderbird 2, with Gordon, Virgil and Alan, gives chase. From TB2's astrodome, Gordon sharp-shoots cables up into Zero X's open wheel-well...

... giving Alan direct access, and - barely in time - Alan rewires the damaged ejection controls. The crew blasts its way clear to safety, while the mortally-wounded Zero X meets a spectacular, fiery end, far below...

Thunderbird 6 (Film)[]

Gordon, the strategist: "We need a solution, and quick!" Jeff tells him, as they listen to reports from Thunderbirds 1 and 2 of the stranded - and hijacked - Skyship One, as it teeters perilously high above a missile base. Then his fourth son has a brainwave: "Say, I've got the answer! It's crazy, but it could work..." And, it ultimately does: none other than Thunderbird 6!

The Stately Homes Robberies (TB65)[]

Arriving in Thunderbird 4 through Traitor's Gate, Gordon sneaks into the Tower of London Jewel House...and rescues Lady Penelope and Parker by successfully defusing the Auto-Bomb...