Alan Tracy/Missions

Alan appears in 29 episodes (except Pit of Peril, Desperate Intruder and Path Of Destruction), and also in both movies.

Trapped in the Sky[]

Alan takes no part in International Rescue's first mission. He's later seen with Tin-Tin, who's arrived home safe and sound, at Tracy Island...

City of Fire[]

Alan's off to get ready for a trip by Thunderbird 3 up to Thunderbird 5, to spell his brother John for a month-long tour of satellite duty...

Sun Probe[]

Thunderbird 3 - with Alan, Scott and Tin-Tin on board - is launched into space in a attempt to reach the imperiled Sun Probe rocket, that's on a collision course with the Sun. TB3's mission succeeds...but, at what cost?

Main article: Alan's Trip to the Sun

The Uninvited[]

It's change-of-duty time again, aboard Thunderbird 5!

Before John departs for his monthly leave at home, he tasks his little brother with monitoring Wilson and Lindsey - who'd previously rescued Scott, and have resumed their own desert expedition. His caution proves well-advised: after losing their supplies, the stranded explorers try to call for help...

The Mighty Atom[]

Alan (Mighty Atom)a — Penny and a certain "young rascal"

Lady Penelope, who's visiting Tracy Island, longs to go out on an actual rescue operation...and an excited Alan's just rushed into the lounge to tell her Scott's in danger, "and I don't know if we can save him!" But then, she spots that certain gleam in his eye, and hears his brothers laughing...and realizes, she's been had!

Vault of Death[]

When Alan and Virgil can't use the Mole to reach the trapped Bank of England employee Lambert, they instead take their hoverbikes down through the long-disused tunnels of the old London Underground...

Main article: Alan Takes the Underground

Operation Crash-Dive[]

During a stint aboard Thunderbird 5, Alan has to coordinate communications between London International Airport, Thunderbird 2 (with Virgil and Gordon) and Fireflash 4, with Scott and Captain Hanson teaming up to solve the mystery of why other Fireflash airliners have mysteriously disappeared...

Move - And You're Dead[]

After leaving the motor-racing circuit for "family business" (International Rescue), Alan returns to his old passion at Parola Sands Raceway, driving Brains' BR2 Lightning 505 racing car - and taking the checkered flag, after a neck-and-neck duel with another driver (Victor Gomez). His triumph, though, leaves evil plans shaken elsewhere; and dire consequences are in store...

Main article: Trapped on a Bridge

Martian Invasion[]

Alan takes no part in the rescue operation, but is seen briefly in the Tracy Villa.

Brink of Disaster[]

Alan is briefly seen sitting in the Tracy Villa with Tin-Tin.

The Perils of Penelope[]

After Lady Penelope's successfully rescued from the Anderbad Tunnel, she, Alan and fellow IR agent Sir Jeremy Hodge celebrate at Paris' Atalante restaurant. It's not all joy, though: Alan's sulking as his older brothers have gone out on the town! But his fortunes are about to change, as FAB 1 arrives...

Main article: Alan's Feeling Left Out

Terror in New York City[]

Ned Cook's wish that "somehow, my words will reach those gallant people" who saved him and his cameraman Joe from certain death, is - unknown to him - granted: for International Rescue (including Alan) is seated in the back of the theatre where his TV show is on the air...

End of the Road[]

The Course of True Love (or not): Eddie Houseman makes an unexpected visit to Tracy Island - and his old friend, Tin-Tin; and Alan's less than pleased to see him sweeping her off her feet again. "They're just friends, that's all," he insists, much to his brothers' bemusement. "Friends!" Really?

Later on, though, when Eddie's Explosives Truck is left teetering over a mountain trail, Alan and his family face a dilemma about rescuing him...

Main article: The Rescue of Eddie Houseman

Day of Disaster[]

"Hey, what's up, kiddo?" Gordon asks, as a visibly-winded Alan literally *plops* down next to him. "I'm pooped," he admits. Gordon gently chides him about that (as does Scott, albeit somewhat less so); but Little Brother is not amused: "You fellas sit around all day waiting for the next meal and YOU have the nerve to tell me I'm not fit." He'll presently be grateful, though, for that "light lunch" he had...

Edge of Impact[]

Thunderbirds 1 and 2 have managed to launch in secrecy - leaving Tracy Island's unexpected houseguest none the wiser - and arrive in time for Alan and Virgil, with guidance from Scott, to save two men trapped at the top of the soon-to-topple British Telecom Tower. Now, can they also manage to get home, without Colonel Tim Casey learning their father Jeff's greatest secret: that he's really the leader of International Rescue?

Main article: Alan and the Stricken Tower

30 Minutes After Noon[]

Hot, Hot, Hot: Thunderbird 2 arrives over Spoke City, where Alan and Virgil man the Dicetylene Cage to put out the fire from an explosion that's trapped Thomas Prescott inside a burning building...but there's far more to this danger zone, than initially meets the eye...

Main article: Alan in a Lift Shaft Rescue

The Impostors[]

When engineer Elliot is stranded out in space - and International Rescue is his only chance - Jeff overrides his organization's forced hiatus (due to criminals having stolen IR's identity), and orders Alan and Scott to go after him in Thunderbird 3...

Main article: Alan and the Missing Astronaut

The Man from MI.5[]

(Not) everybody into the pool: Alan's leap into the Tracy Island swimming pool inadvertently disturbs Brains' experiment with a model submarine...

Cry Wolf[]

When two young brothers (Tony and Bob Williams) playing International Rescue unwittingly call out the real IR, Scott brings them to Tracy Island - where Alan takes them by monorail to see the base and proudly shows off his own ride, Thunderbird 3...

But later on, the boys' SOS is no hoax: they've become trapped in an old mine (by The Hood!), and Alan and Scott team up with Virgil to get them safely out...

Main article: Alan and the Crying Wolves

Danger at Ocean Deep[]

DAOD304 — "Remember, you owe me those hours!"

Alan and John swap duties aboard Thunderbird 5 earlier than usual, as Brains tries to find out what is interrupting International Rescue's communications...

The Duchess Assignment[]

Alan takes no part in the rescue of the Duchess of Royston, and is only seen briefly on Tracy Island with Tin-Tin.

Attack of the Alligators![]

Communications Repair[]

After communications are lost with Thunderbird 5, Virgil takes Thunderbird 2 to nearby - and very windy - Mateo Island - where he carefully lowers Alan, to carry out repairs on its massive Communications Mast...

Alan the Marksman[]

Alan and Gordon's sharp-shooting acumen is put to good use, as Thunderbird 2 overflies a lonely house along the swampy Ambro River, being besieged by (wait for it) - Giant Alligators!?

Main article: Alan's Alligator Adventure

The Cham-Cham[]

The Game's afoot: up on Thunderbird 5, Alan and John are listening to the hit song Dangerous Game - performed live, by The Cass Carnaby Five. "Tin-Tin really digs this number," Alan comments. John agrees: "Yeah, it's great!"

Later, back on Tracy Island, Alan makes an astute observation about that tune...and fateful events are set in motion...

Main article: Just a Coincidence?

Security Hazard[]

Alan shows young stowaway Chip Morrison around Thunderbird 3, and relates the story of Sun Probe...where he took part in the mission to save the crew of the Sun Probe (spaceship)...

Atlantic Inferno[]

Change of Command: while their father Jeff's visiting Lady Penelope in Australia, Scott becomes acting head of International Rescue - and Alan moves up as acting pilot/rescue coordinator, aboard Thunderbird 1...

Main article: Alan Pilots Thunderbird One

Alias Mr. Hackenbacker[]

Brains secretly enlists Virgil and Alan's help, when his Skythrust airliner is hijacked: Alan's trick-shot disables Skythrust - leaving it unable to land at the hijacking gang's Sahara Desert base, and forcing its return to London. But Thunderbird 2 has still more fireworks in store...

Lord Parker's 'Oliday[]

Alan, Virgil and Brains respond aboard Thunderbird 2 when a storm knocks over a mountainside solar generator - and the town of Monte Bianco below is threatened with destruction by solar fire, once the sun rises...

Ricochet[]

Thunderbird 3 heads for the disabled pirate radio satellite KLA, to evacuate its two-man crew before it burns up in Earth's atmosphere. So, why is its flamboyant DJ so determined not to be rescued?

Main article: Alan Takes A (Space) Walk

Give or Take a Million[]

It's Christmas on Tracy Island - and Alan carries out a very special launch of Thunderbird 3, at the request of a very special guest (Nicky)...

Thunderbirds Are Go[]

During the first half of the film, Alan and TB3 were assigned to escort the Zero X on the second leg of its journey to Mars. But he soon found himself confined to Tracy Island, after Scott and Virgil got to go to the Swinging Star nightclub with Lady Penelope. He then had a surreal dream where he got taken to a replica of the Star in space, where he believed he finally got the same level of reward for duty as Scott and Virgil...

In the second half of the film, Zero X had finally returned from Mars, but an accident with aligning the lifting bodies caused a malfunction in various vital circuits, and the spaceship was almost certainly doomed to crash into Craigsville. Virgil, Alan and Gordon were dispatched in TB2, to chase down Zero X. Alan was shot into Zero X's wheel-well, and told how to rewire the damaged circuitry of the escape-pod mechanism - allowing the crew to eject to safety, before Zero X itself finally crashed.