Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle [SPV]: Century 21 Tech Talk [1.2] | Hosted by Brains [Thunderbirds]
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In this briefing, we'll be learning about the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, Spectrum's primary ground defence vehicle.
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Are you enjoying the Century 21 Tech Talk series? Which vehicles would you like to see?
FAB!
Any of the thunderbird 2 pod vehicles.
Fantastic! The SPV is my no.1 favourite of Gerry Anderson's land-based vehicles.
Skydiver and the Eagle.
More Spectrum vehicles, please! 😀
Got the original dinky version for my 54th birthday in mint condition,had one when I was 6.The memories came flooding back,best toy I ever had.
I was born in the sixties , and I still love this stiff . I had the SPV car as a toy , and passed the worn out toy to my sons , who killed it . Great video , Thanks :)
According to Brains, it was damn near indestructible. Your sons must have done a real number on it.
This is one Gerry Anderson programme that would make a fantastic live action movie.
Or, even better, a way for kids to imagine that their toys have come to life.
Daddy Adams they tried it. It didn’t work.
I actually have ideas for a live action series but of course it won't be for kids due to the violence it has.
@@Shadowkey392 When did they ever try to make Captain Scarlet using real people? Thunderbirds … yeah but then again they used Jonathon Frakes to direct it... abysmal.
@@APAMVs That really doesn't make much sense as the original version had death and murder in it every episode, plus blood on puppets... resurrection too to annoy the God botherers. Oh yeah and the series was a kids programme anyway.
A steaming mug of coffee and a Tech Talk is the perfect start to the weekend! Greatly anticipate the TB 2 talk and the Angel Interceptor craft - sadly overlooked by Dinky but not Airfix; the only Airfix model I ever made.
As kid, made a lego model of the SPV,(or was it the UFO one my memory fails me) with loads of wheels. Pretty indestructible.
Come on Lego, produce Century21 models, forget Star Wars...
As a kid, made a Montini (predecessor to LEGO and in my opinion, a better product than LEGO) model of Fireball XL5. Not very accurate visually, but good enough for me. Used it quite a few times in my play, acting out some story from the series.
SPG was in “The Young Ones” about a decade later.
It was a deadly hamster owned by Ade Edmundson. Thank you for making my day with the slight error 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@PhilbyFavourites 🤣I've rectified(for Shado purists) , but come to think of it the Glaswegian SPG was indestructible too..
Do it lego
Fun Fact: I drove one of these all the way across and through the Swiss Alps (using a secret tunnel) only to battle with a giant Crab-Clawed robot that was living alone in a remote lighthouse! I made it home relatively unscathed in time for fish-fingers, mash and peas. TRUE.
Why do you say "TRUE" like that? As if this sort of thing doesn't happen every other week or so?
I mean, I'm pretty sure Captain Cyan drove through the Andes just last January. The giant robot he battled didn't have Crab-Claws though, making it much easier to dispose of. Probably why you didn't hear about it.
Indeed@@UncaAlbyGmail , these days I would be able to share smart-phone footage of said adventure, but sadly back in the day my parents did not have a super-8 for me to take or we would not be having this conversation. I am planning a return trip as an adult, though doubtless when I return all will say my footage is fake! But I shall return with a souvenir 'Mr Ben' style to disprove the doubters. 🚀
Ah fish-fingers, mash and peas....the dinner of champions. Delish!
You mean Smash
Liar. You didn't mention the jellied eels.
Again a tremendous episode. The SPV was always one of my favourites. Can't wait for the turns of T2, T4 and Zero-X!
Loving these. Would love to see this include the Mobiles, Interceptors, Stingray and Eagle/Hawk.
+1 for Eagles. And the UFO!
They updated it in the reboot series with an all new design and name; the Rhino. They also ditched the rear facing driving position, and decided not to have them stationed in strategic points across the world. Deciding instead they would be carried by a transport craft.
Still some hidden Rhinos about, such as the one in Shapeshifter.
Personally would love mini docs on the work that went on for these Anderson shows. They all seem to push the envelope in different and creative ways.
Brings back wonderful memories. I lived on Edge Lane Liverpool aged 8-13. Less than 500 metres away was the Meccano factory situated on Binns Road where all the Century 21 Gerry Anderson models were cast.
Regularly my friends and I would knock on the door and ask "Any seconds?" (those imperfect models that could not be sold), or we would ask for replacement missiles. Around the corner was the Crawford's biscuit factory were we asked for 'any broken biccies?'!
I owned lots of different Gerry Anderson models and Meccano pieces. Sadly, it never occurred to me to save any.
That''s such a cute story! Oh my god!
Shameless begging but it seemed to work to you advantage! Too bad you didn't keep them.
Love that story,I have a few dinky toys still.My favourite toys as a kid,they made thunderbird 2 after they made the green one as they had excess blue paint! Same story with a lot of Gerry Anderson toys,green ufo interceptors etc.
I can’t wait for the spec report on the Stingray WASP Submarine.
I remember a another kid at school had a Dinky model of a SPV, I was so jealous.
Perhaps the greatest sci-fi vehicle of all time!
Always loved the SPV. Couldn’t afford the Dinky version though, so got the MSV.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 Exactly the same thing that I did. Only now do I have the SPV, two original models & and the modern cartoon vehicle The Rhino...
1:57 that truck looks awesome. Bethesda should take notes.
Oh God!,I am 60,and was taken back to being 11 years old watching this :-)
Thunderbirds ? The greatest TV show ever, theres been nothing like it, and its impact when first aired was amazing. Well done to Jamie continuing his parents legacy.
It was one of my favourite toys as a kid, also had Thunderbirds one and two. Eagle one. Good times.👍
My all time favorite ground vehicle in the Gerry Anderson word with the Mole being second.
I've still got my Dinky SPV it's very battered but it is over 50 years old and one of my prized possessions.
Another Thunderbirds piece of equipment The Mole (my favourite piece of pod machinery) would be a good one for Mr Hackenbacker to explain about
its so nice to hear the og voice of Brains.. its kind of precious
Yy..yyou..mmean BrainS. Yeah, Bill Gates did the voice ;-)
This is my favorite vehicle of the whole Gerry Anderson series.
Cuando era niño, lo dibujaba en mi cuaderno de la escuela! Me parecía una máquina maravillosa. El SPV era lo máximo. Hoy tengo 52 años, pero estos vídeos me hacen sentir de 8 otra vez.
The SPV is one of my favourite spectrum vehicles. I have a radio control model of it and several metal versions.
Fun Fact: It's canon that Brains only stutters while in casual conversation. As soon as he starts thinking deeply, his "thinking out loud" speech loses any trace of a stutter.
Source: A story in a TV-21 Annual, where this was explicitly stated.
(I think I still have that annual somewhere in storage and if I can find it, I'll quote the date and the story)
Edit: I also probably still have, somewhere, a paperback novel with a Captain Scarlet story where the Mysterons are trying to devastate the Earth by causing a power overload. Their idea is to destroy enough power converter plants that the remaining plants will overload... or something like that.
After one of the power conversion plants explodes due to sabotage, Scarlet asks Captain Blue (his best friend) "What about the SPV?" to which Blue replies "Scorched like a piece of forgotten toast" and adds that he had to wait for it to cool down before he could use it to come look for Scarlet.
Loved this serial so much. I was born in 80’s...
you unfortunate soul ...
I have had a SPV Dinky toy for more than 35 years. Never knew where is was from. Thanks for the info.
Love the shows. Great information. Love all things Garry Anderson.
Gerry Anderson said he made a mistake with the rear-facing seats because it needed explaining every time the SPV was in an episode!
Stingray must surely be next right? Although I’d love to hear him talk about the Zero-X.
0:39 The SPV Looks Like A Monster Truck. Thanks Mate. X
these are great.so nice to hear Mr. Graham doing the voices again!
Another great job guys... Lovin' this series of talks...
Great job. Brains knows his stuff.
Fabulous stuff, loved these vehicles, wonderful!
Funny how the 'standard SPV jet pack' has the relevant colour coded helmet for the right agent ;
Storage locker on board with helmets for each of the 5 Captains :)
@@ACtheLegend That would save time getting the right size helmet.
Why funny? Aren't 'fighter pilots' and helicopter pilots in general fitted with their own personal helmets in the real airforce? The only difference is these had a specific colour...
The Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, Spectrum Patrol Car and Maximum Security Vehicle should be actual vehicles...
The fact that the SPV had the driver facing the rear was innovative given its speed capabilities.
S.I.G.
Given the Rear Engine and Noticeable Air Cooled Flat Six Motor, it *Should* Theoretically be Possible to Build a very Accurate SPC Replica out of a Chevrolet Corvair, So why no one has Yet tried is actually Beyond Me!
I always thought those rear catapiller tracks were for doing wheelies.
My little SPV was one of my favourite toys ✊
I've got a large-scale model of the SPV amongst my collection; it is interesting that in Captain Scarlet TV Series itself neither is the SPV shown in semi-aqua mode nor the rear tracks deployed.
Got to be honest, it always baffled me that we never saw the tracks used in the series!
@@ACtheLegend , there's a lot about the SPV that never truly got put to the test. I'm assuming that a lot of the background information was from sources that the writers didn't have access to, like the fact that the SPV was based upon the Zeus Battle Tank. A showdown between an SPV and a Mysteronized Zeus would have been spectacular, just for the possibilities.
No-one has ever mentioned that the dinky toys and the later versions in the 80/90's(?) always had a rocket launcher in the front of the SPV.... but that was never ever the case with the vehicle the series... always a cannon/ large calibre gun
My fave vehicle within the Captain Scarlet franchise ^^
I'm beginning to think that David Graham is Indestructible. I hope the makers of this vid will pass on my very best wishes and admiration for his long and versatile acting career.
During recording I asked the secret of his longevity, he said he gave up meat 50 years ago...
I had that when I was a kid...great memories 👍🏼
I liked the SPC and I liked the MSV but I absolutely loved the SPV. I didn’t own one as a youngster but I own a couple now, in bad shape and I just need time and some TLC to make a good one.
So does this series only cover the original shows, or will it cover the reboots as well? Would love to see how an SPV compares to a Rhino from the 2005 Captain Scarlet reboot
My favorite Century 21 land vehicle.
Totally brilliant
That was really neat, I have to share this!
Gerry Anderson was a ABSOLUTE GENIUS!!! Creating many puppet TV series from FIREBALL XL5, SUPERCAR , STINGRAY, CAPTAIN SCARLET & THUNDERSBIRDS etc, etc. Thunderbirds was my all time favourite & if it's on TV repeated I will sit there & watch the show even at my age many, many years after it was first aired. If someone else can remember ALL of Gerry's GENIUS then please don't hesertate to mention them ( preferably in order of release. Please if poss!!!) 😉👍
The Adventures of Twizzle
Torchy the Battery Boy
Four Feather Falls
Supercar
Fireball XL5
Stingray
Thunderbirds
Captain Scarlet
Joe 90
The Secret Service
Doppelganger
UFO
The Protectors
The Investigator
Space:1999
Into Infinity
Terrahawks
Dick Spanner PI
Space Precinct
Lavender Castle
New Captain Scarlet
Firestorm
@@ACtheLegend I knew he did quite a lot I just didn't think it was this many. 😱. I did remember is no more than about 6 off the list you so kindly provided. The rest i haven't a clue memory is quite a bit sluggish ( rather murky) lately at my age. 😏 Well done for informing myself & many, many others. MANY THANKS!!! 👍😉
@@TheStig-ko7ik No problem at all! Most of them are available on DVD right now, so if you fancy checking any of them out or re-watching some old favourites, the opportunity is there :)
I personally wouldn't mind seeing a Shado Mobile next or at some stage.
Or The Spectrum MSV Maximum Security Vehicle.... was a cool design....
Criminally underused in the TV series.Imagine a free roam,open world Gerry Anderson video game...
Hope we also get one on Fireflash!
The Angel Interceptor Jets maybe ?
had the toy as a kid... but it fired a missile from the nose, much to the annoyance of my sisters, or the mysteron's as they were known.....
Surely you should have called them the Sisterons?!
Does anyone have any original missiles I wonder. They went for miles and always got lost.
@@GerryAndersonTV or Missterons?
Mysisterons.
@@kjamison5951 😂
200 MPH.......Not in Ealing it wont, every road is 20mph !!
And that’s without any traffic
awesome video mate, brilliant
Yep had one in 1976 from dinky Toys..the front cover which houses the missle launcher fell off and loss...I'm told now worth quite a bit. Like the thunder bird .
loved the spv my favourite non thunderbird vechile
I had one of these made by Dinky Toys. Unfortunately I tested it beyond destruction as a six year old.
As a kid it was your duty... as an adult with hindsight, owning then what would become a really valuable piece of tv memorabilia … D'OH !!!
I think if u made a high quality show this show would be amazing!!!! land, sea, air, and space working together to stop UFO's is an amazing idea!!!
May 3, 2019---Thanks for the video. Would make a great zombie/apocalypse vehicle ala Damnation Alley. Being interesting for someone to come up with plans for it so it could be 3D printed.
Im sold ill buy one! would love to see vid on Maximum Security Vehicle please.
Great episode my favourite vehicle from capt Scarlett how about the crab logger from Thunderbirds episode 2( the pit of peril )
That'd be the Sidewinder, the Crablogger appears in episode 28 - Path of Destruction :)
@@ACtheLegend ah yes I got confused thanks for putting me right anyhoo sidewinder please a very good episode of Thunderbirds
Im enjoying thwm.
One of my favourite toys growing up in the 70's, that and the Rolls FAB 1 from The Thunderbirds, I remember they both shot a red tipped torpedo like projectile that I managed to lose immediately! Oh well! That's why we have an imagination. Pwew pwew Blam! Pow! 😃
I'm 64 great days. 👌 fab. Anything can happen in the next half hour.
Driving a car via video link backwards would very quickly cause motion sickness.
Yeah, I must say that has always been something I can't help thinking about!
Oddly enough, RAF VC10 troop transport aircraft also had rear facing seats to minimise injury in a crash! (Passengers, not pilots’)
Not when you're made of wood and plastic! :-)
Thank you for you"er explain Brains ❗
+Gerry Anderson - "Are you enjoying the Century 21 Tech Talk series?" A: Absolutely!
"Which vehicles would you like to see?" A: TB-2, TB-3, TB-4 & TB-5, FAB 1 | FIREBALL XL5, FIREBALL JUNIOR | SUPERCAR | STINGRAY | ANGEL'S JET FIGHTER. This should keep one busy for a while, yes?
Most of those are on the way :)
Greetings Andrew C, I thank you for your reply, dear sir!
Cheers,
~ Benjamin
What about the extra vehichles kept in Thunderbird 2s pods like the Mole and Firefly?
Ooo a Century 21 crossover. SIFAB
F.A.B.I.G?
There's a long, involved series waiting to be shown here, with many obvious choices, but beyond my love for CAPTAIN SCARLET, I find myself fascinated by the less famous tech in the later series, like the Jet Car from JOE 90 and Professor Humbert's Minimizer from THE SECRET SERVICE. The famous vehicles will get their due, but don't forget the odd ones that don't get to shine that often.
The Minimiser would have to be Century 20 Tech Talk! :)
I got one of these for my son he loves it
I love this Tech Talk series already :D, never knew that the SPV could be operated on the water.
Also, how did Brains know this? Is Mr Hackenbacker also involved with Spectrum?
Ah well you see, Hiram's a pretty dark horse, so you never know exactly what he's had a hand in designing ;)
It was mentioned in the cutaway in the 1967 Captain Scarlet annual.I wish they had incorporated it into the TV series.And as impractical as it would be,those rear tracks will always be a method of climbing steep rock faces to me!
Those in a box and now £2,000 I want one I grew up with them but I'm afraid I made the mistake of actually using it when I was a child brilliant narration I love this program at last somebody understands what I mean nothing to do with the DWP nothing whatsoever to do with any type of device it's called having fun when you're a child
You can find plenty of decent boxed examples for less than £150 on ebay, unboxed ones for under £40.
I'd love to see a live action film of Captain Scarlet , the vehicles are fab 👌
An awesome design.
I was expecting Thunderbird 2 to be next lol
We like to surprise you!
Awesome !!
1:44 "Swift Removals" - that was funny...
How about the AULD LANG SYNE whiskey ad'?
How did I not know these existed!?
I would like to see Thunderbird 2!
That was a whole lot of fun
Driving facing backwards via a TV ..... travel sickness central! 😨
@3:42 Is that... Sir Ian Mckellen? He looks so rugged and young!
It was made at the same time as Star Trek but was light years ahead in terms of its vision of the future -
Never understood why they never used the rear treads, even when doing an ice chase.
I had a SPV toy .. happy days
Any chance of making one of these about the MSV ?
Oh, so if Brains is discussing the layout of the SPV and other vehicles from Gerry Anderson shows, does this mean the shows are now set in the same continuity? I know they mention Zero-X expedition in the first Captain Scarlet episode, but wasn't sure if it was related to Zero-X from the 1966 Thunderbirds Are Go film.
Yup, exactly.
@@ACtheLegend Cool.
Love those models.
I wished they did a thunderbirds and capt scarlet crossover
That may have happened at some time in the TV-21 comic book series. They even did a Fireball XL-5 to Dr Who cross-over story at least once, with Steve Zodiac facing off against the Daleks. I only saw a scrap of the story since it was a serial and the comic magazine was old and falling apart by the time I saw it, but I remember Steve pulling his coma ray gun, saying that he wasn't sure if it would be any use, but... and then the Dalek stuns Steve with its weapon, saying something about him being "unable to fight against a superior foe" or some such Dalek-like quote.
or a ufo. live action cross update of all three
FAB 1 had a few non standard Rolls Royce optional extras which would be nice to know about.
It's on the way :)
I would like to see Cloudbase
That Jamie Anderson is a bit of a Doctor Who fan don't you know. 😉
He's a total traitor :)
雑誌「宇宙船」で内部図解が掲載されていたのを見ましたが、ドライバーが後ろ向きに座っているのはものすごい違和感でした。衝撃対応でしょうけど。
This stuff is better than the Captain Marvel, DC comics crap that is staining the local movie theaters today.
I rather enjoyed Captain Marvel, but each to their own :)
That was fun! :)
Why didn't Brains ever invent a coffee machine?
Didn't you know? He has to use different aliases, such as, "Mr. Coffee", for tax purposes ...
Still have my Dinky (or was it a Corgi?) model somewhere
Definitely Dinky!
Yeah that sounds right, I had quite a few of each line, preferred corgi because they had better spring rates and softer tyres. From memory corgi had James Bond’s Aston Martin and the Batmobile but I think Dinky had all the Gerry & Sylvia Anderson shows, I think there was a Joe 90 flying car too