Talk:Thunderbird 2 pod vehicles

Booster Mortar
The "Thunderizer" (as it is so called according to this page) is only called by name in Edge of Impact once - as the Booster Mortar.

The name Thunderizer originated in 1966 on a gum card produced by Somportex, in reference to a slightly different vehicle. Somportex made it up! Somehow, it has entered into normal canon so much that even the 2004 film had a pod machine called the Thunderizer, but it had a purpose much more similar to the gum card version rather than the Edge of Impact version.

The Thunderizer and Booster Mortar are two different things. Booster Mortar = Edge of Impact. Thunderizer = Somportex Card

The listing on this page is in reference to the episode Edge of Impact, so the name Booster Mortar should be used. Not Thunderizer, that came later. guyus24 (talk / contribs) 23:47, 28 December 2016 (UTC)


 * No, it was renamed Thunderizer, so they are not two different things. It's called Thunderizer in the Haynes manual. Plankton55 (talk) 00:32, 29 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Well then Mr Denham got it wrong, didn't he? It's not the first time.If you'd like I'll write a book on it and get it published. Then you can use it for a source, how about that?


 * On another note, you can not just "rename" something. Its definitively called the Booster Mortar in the episode itself. The Booster Mortar fires packages to high locations. The Thunderizer, however (according to the gum card), uses a concentrated electrical discharge to blast objects out the way. It's built on the same chassis and body, but the canon/mortar element of it is different.guyus24 (talk / contribs) 08:28, 29 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Yeah, what don't you write a book about it and publish it? That's a wonderful idea. Plankton55 (talk) 11:58, 31 December 2016 (UTC)