| rdfs:comment | - For a contemporary (or at least in the 1990's) audience, Thunderbirds underwent a repackage, redub, and rebroadcast as part of FOX Kids' Saturday morning line-up. With a modification in title, The Uninvited: Alien Attack (named after the ITC edit of another Anderson series) was the fourth story released on VHS, though third to be broadcast. The episode first (and last) aired on July 16th 1994 at 9:30am. Two versions of the story exist; one saw home video release, while another shorter edit was broadcast.
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| abstract | - For a contemporary (or at least in the 1990's) audience, Thunderbirds underwent a repackage, redub, and rebroadcast as part of FOX Kids' Saturday morning line-up. With a modification in title, The Uninvited: Alien Attack (named after the ITC edit of another Anderson series) was the fourth story released on VHS, though third to be broadcast. The episode first (and last) aired on July 16th 1994 at 9:30am. As opposed to accompanying stories (which consisted of compressed retellings of the original plots), Alien Attack underwent a major rewrite. For example, the enigmatic Zombites were changed to extraterrestrial beings (who speak fluent English no less) using a pyramid as cover for an Earth enslavement operation. One of the major plots of the original episode (consisting of Scott being shot down by Zombite jets, crashing in the desert, and later rescued by Wilson and Lindsey) was cut entirely. However, the episode's 'teaser' portion of the opening credits still retains footage of Thunderbird 1 plummeting, hitting the sand, and Scott knocking his head against the ship's controls, Many of the deleted plots, including the above example, were restored for Turbocharged Thunderbirds. Two versions of the story exist; one saw home video release, while another shorter edit was broadcast.
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