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What is this? Lady Penelope and her faithful valet Parker - an ex-con
by the way - breaking into the Bank of England? Yes, but it was only a
stunt set up by the bank's president Lord Silton to prove that the bank's
security system is anything but fool-proof. Now finally, he has convinced
the board of directors that they have to build a new vault, a hi-tech one
that sucks out the air and creates a vacuum once locked. Of course, on
already the first day the vault is locked, one bank employee is left
inside. Lord Silton, the only one who has a key to the vault, is presently
dining at Lady Penelope's though, and when Silton recieves an emergency
call and asks to be driven back to the bank, Parker figures his old
cellmate Light-Fingered Fred is trying to rob the bank, so he does
everything in his power to drag out their arrival at the bank. The
bank's stuff meanwhile have called International Rescue, who eventually
make it to the vault via the (then abandoned) London Subway tunnles, and
they save the man from choking just in time ... at pretty much the same
time Lady Penelope, Parker and Silton arrive at the bank and Silton has to
admit he has forgotten the key at Penelope's ... but no problem, Parker
opens the vault in no time using a hairpin. So it's a happy ending for
all but one: Light-Fingered Fred. He makes his way into the bank's vault a
few hours later, but when he sees the vault has already been entered not
one but two other ways, he makesa retreat, disappointed that the Bank of
England poses no challenge at all for a bankrobber like him ... One
of the better episodes of Thunderbirds, since it's high on
irony and original plottwists that divert the attention from the human
drama (something the series was never good at) and actually tell an
entertaining story. And even Avengers-stand-ins Penelope and
Parker come across much fresher this time around.
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