The documentary is hosted by Lady Penelope and Parker, puppet stars of Thunderbirds, who seek to uncover the story behind their creation.

In addition to attempting to recreate 1960s film-making techniques, 21st century methods were also employed in the interest of matching the original productions.

[5] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film four stars, writing that "There is something very romantic about this success story of British entrepreneurial creativity.

"[6] Rich Trenholm of CNET was similarly positive, stating, "the documentary's vibrant storytelling captures the vitality, innocence and sense of joy of the series themselves".

[11] Martin Townsend, in his New Year's editorial for the Sunday Express, enthused: "The likes of Apple and Microsoft may be very impressive companies, but if I wanted to inspire children to be creative entrepreneurs I'd show them the Supermarionation film.