The Mobile Control Centre is a portable on-site command center module used during rescue missions. It is carried aboard Thunderbird 1.
Among its features are various audio/video communication systems to communicate with the other rescue vehicles. Included is a photo detector, which sounds an alarm if someone is photographing the Thunderbirds craft. Originally requiring two people to unload, an anti-gravity unit was developed to simplify loading and unloading.
Technical Data
- Depth: 1.5 metres
- Height: 2 metres
- Length: 2.3 metres
Cross-section (Cutaway Drawing)
Only one cutaway drawing of the Control Centre is known, drawn by Graham Bleathman and named "Control Unit", it appeared in Redan's comic No.66.
- Main article: History of the Cutaway Drawings (Classic Thunderbirds)
Trapped in the Sky
City of Fire
Operation Crash Dive
An electronic area scanner was used with the Mobile Control Centre placed outside the farmer's cow shed.
The Mighty Atom
Scott used the mobile control when he arrived at the Saharan Atomic Station.
Vault of Death
Scott had his Mobile Control Centre brought down from the City of London Heliport into the Bank of England while attempting to save Lambert who was trapped inside the vault.
Martian Invasion
Scott flies off to the Nevada desert, after International Rescue gets a call for help. Two actors are trapped in a cave that is quickly filling with water. The Hood had fixed the charges, which caused a giant explosion, so that he can film the Thunderbirds craft when they arrive.
When Scott arrives at the danger zone he quickly gets his Mobile Control set up and updates Virgil on the rescue. Unbeknown by Scott, the Hood is filming the whole event.
Terror in New York City
Oil Field Fire
Scott uses the Mobile Control when he directs operations from an oil well gantry, while Virgil tackles the raging fire in the Firefly.
Operation To Save Ned Cook
With Thunderbird 2 out of action, there is no way to get Thunderbird 4 to New York in time to save Ned Cook and Joe, who will be under water within twenty-two hours. Jeff Tracy makes a priority call to Washington and arranges for Thunderbird 4 to be transported to New York by the U.S.N. Sentinel, but the journey will still take twenty-four hours. Scott races ahead in Thunderbird 1 and establishes radio contact with Ned and Joe.
Desperate Intruder
The mobile control was set up beside Lake Anasta after Brains had been trapped inside the Temple.
When Scott was summoned to assist Gordon with the rescue of Brains, Virgil took over at Mobile Control.
Atlantic Inferno
Aboard the Seascape
After safely landing Thunderbird 1 on the deck of the Seascape, Alan sets up the Mobile Control Centre to over see the rescue, of the men trapped on the seabed.
