Attack of the Alligators! is the twenty-third episode of Thunderbirds Season 1, first broadcast on March 10th, 1966. A scientist in South America develops a growth substance, a small sample of which gets into the river and causes three alligators to grow to giant sizes. The residents of his house barricade themselves inside whilst the enraged animals gradually beat down the house.
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| - Attack of the Alligators! is the twenty-third episode of Thunderbirds Season 1, first broadcast on March 10th, 1966. A scientist in South America develops a growth substance, a small sample of which gets into the river and causes three alligators to grow to giant sizes. The residents of his house barricade themselves inside whilst the enraged animals gradually beat down the house.
- "Attack of the Alligators!" is the twenty-third episode of Thunderbirds Season 1, first broadcast on March 10th, 1966. It was the 24th episode produced. A scientist in South America develops a growth substance, a small sample of which gets into the river and causes three alligators to grow to giant sizes. The residents of his house barricade themselves inside whilst the enraged animals gradually beat down the house.
- "Attack of the Alligators!" is the 23rd episode of the British Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds. One of the last episodes of the first season, it was first broadcast on ATV Midlands on 10 March 1966, was written by Alan Pattillo and directed by David Lane. In this episode, alligators grow to a huge size when their habitat is contaminated by an enlarging chemical. The creatures proceed to threaten innocent people trapped inside a house, stirring International Rescue into action.
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| - When a growth chemical contaminates a swamp, giant alligators terrorise a house and its occupants. In a first for a Supermarionation television series, live crocodiles interacted with the scale model sets to portray the enlarged reptiles.
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| - It was the one episode that gave us so much trouble. We had to work night and day ... We had a lot of fun, but it was a lot of heartache trying to get [the crocodiles] to do what you wanted them to do.
- We started filming and I got a call from the operator to say that an RSPCA man had turned up. I invited him in and he said, 'It's been reported that you've got crocodiles,' and I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'It's been reported that your boys are giving them electric shocks,' and I said, 'Well, I didn't know that, but let's go on to the stage and have a look.' So we went on to the stage and he was very, very grave and terribly concerned, but then he saw one of the puppets and he said, 'You're not filming Thunderbirds are you? Oh, God, that's my favourite programme.' ... He ended up taking his annual leave and coming to the studio to work for us, and he was personally giving the crocodiles electric shocks. It was quite amusing the way it turned out.
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| - Attack of the Alligators! is the twenty-third episode of Thunderbirds Season 1, first broadcast on March 10th, 1966. A scientist in South America develops a growth substance, a small sample of which gets into the river and causes three alligators to grow to giant sizes. The residents of his house barricade themselves inside whilst the enraged animals gradually beat down the house.
- "Attack of the Alligators!" is the 23rd episode of the British Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds. One of the last episodes of the first season, it was first broadcast on ATV Midlands on 10 March 1966, was written by Alan Pattillo and directed by David Lane. In this episode, alligators grow to a huge size when their habitat is contaminated by an enlarging chemical. The creatures proceed to threaten innocent people trapped inside a house, stirring International Rescue into action. "Attack of the Alligators!" is often viewed as the most memorable episode of Thunderbirds for its incorporation of footage featuring actual crocodiles. This episode marks the first occasion when live animals appeared in a Supermarionation production. However, the episode proved to be a technical challenge to complete, and a representative of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) supervised the recording to ensure no abuse of the creatures.
- "Attack of the Alligators!" is the twenty-third episode of Thunderbirds Season 1, first broadcast on March 10th, 1966. It was the 24th episode produced. A scientist in South America develops a growth substance, a small sample of which gets into the river and causes three alligators to grow to giant sizes. The residents of his house barricade themselves inside whilst the enraged animals gradually beat down the house.
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