John Tracy (Thunderbirds)

John Tracy is a fictional character from Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation television show "Thunderbirds" and the subsequent films "Thunderbirds Are GO" and "Thunderbird 6". The character also appeared in the live action movie" Thunderbirds" where he was played by Lex Shrapnel.

Second son of Jeff Tracy (instigator and financier behind International Rescue), John was named after astronaut John Glenn.fact|date=January 2008 Sources vary in the canon of the "Thunderbirds" series as to John's age and birth date, although one written source suggests that he was born on October 28, 2001 - even though this would make him the third son.cite book
title=Thunderbirds ARE GO!
author=Marriot, John
coauthors=Anderson, Gerry (foreword)
id=ISBN 978-1-85283-164-6
publisher=Boxtree
date=1992
location=London
chapter=2
pages=21] As an alumnus of Harvard University where he studied electronics and communication, his quiet intellectual nature and interest in astronomy made him the natural choice for the solitary life as the occupant of space station Thunderbird 5, monitoring for distress calls from around the world. He has only ever been seen physically involved in a rescue during the episode "Danger At Ocean Deep," although dialogue at the end of that episode suggests that he has already been on various (if unseen on screen) missions.

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