A routine, if mundane, trash clean up in space turns deadly when Thunderbird 3 encounters an inactive space mine that only has thirty minutes before detonation taking Alan with it.
Tropes
- Bait-and-Switch Comment: When Oliver sees Lady Penelope and Parker in his office, he comments that it's obviously Lady Penelope and her constant companion. Parker's clearly expecting Oliver to be talking about him (as are most of the audience in all likelihood, especially fans of original series) but he's actually talking about her pug Sherbet.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Alan's predictably unhappy he's being put to work cleaning up space junk while his brothers are on rescues. It's safe to say he winds up with more than he bargained for.
- Fanboy: Oliver, the executive of the archives containing the killcode, is one of Lady Penelope and Sherbert.
- Feeling Their Age: Parker comments on his back a few times while moving through the underground.
- First-Name Basis: Both the executive, Oliver, and Lady Penelope invoke this with one another.
- Flying Car: Like in Thunderbirds, FAB 1 is capable of deploying wings and jet engines to take flight.
- Great Offscreen War: Brains mentions that the mine is leftover from a global conflict that occurred in 2040.
- Obstructive Bureaucrat: The archives containing the kill-code for the mine are staffed by these, with the receptionist outright insisting that urgent matters of life and death aren't worth as much as keeping her job. Her boss also tries pushing the need to wait for the next Thursday to get the access on Penelope, but quickly folds after getting to spend time with Sherbert.
- Space Mines: Alan triggers one by accident while cleaning up space debris, from a conflict 20 years prior.
- Timed Mission: Within half an hour, the mine will self-destruct in a nuclear explosion big enough to engulf Thunderbird 3. Thus is a race of time to get the kill-code.
- We Only Have One Chance: The mine will shut down without self-destructing if it receives the proper kill-code. If it gets the wrong one, ka-boom. Unfortunately, the mine's over twenty years old, and the only computer accessible record of said kill-code is missing the final number, necessitating hunting down the original document.
