Supermarionation a puppet hand, suspended by wires, operating the controls of "Thunderbird 1". The term "Supermarionation" was not coined until during production of later episodes of "Supercar". As a result, "Four Feather Falls" is often omitted from lists of Supermarionation productions. Two feature films based upon "Thunderbirds" were also made with Supermarionation: "Thunderbirds Are Go" (1966) and "Thunderbird 6" (1968). Numerous episodes of "Thunderbirds", "Captain Scarlet", and other series were also edited together (sometimes with the addition of new narration) to form movie-length features for VHS release and TV syndication in the 1980s. "The Secret Service" was actually a hybrid of
Tucker Jenkins producer jumping the queue, which happened in episode three of the first series by Tucker, "so there must have been something in what I [Carty] did, as well as how I [Carty] read for the part, that eventually saw me in the role of Tucker." Tucker Jenkins Peter "Tucker" Jenkins is a main character of British children's drama series "Grange Hill", who appeared as a main cast member in the first four seasons. He would later guest appear in the show throughout its thirty-season run and would feature in his own spin-off "Tucker's Luck". Tucker was played by Todd Carty