Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward

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Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward

Lady penelope
Created by Sylvia Anderson
Portrayed by Sylvia Anderson and Sophia Myles
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Nickname(s) Penny, Lady P
Gender Female
Age 26
Date of birth 24 December 2039
Occupation International Rescue London Agent
Address Creighton-Ward Mansion, Foxleyheath, England
Nationality British
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Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward is the London agent for the secret organization International Rescue in the hit television series Thunderbirds. Created and voiced by Sylvia Anderson. Played by Sophia Myles in the 2004 feature film.

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[edit] Character Biography

[edit] Early life

Born on 24 December 2039, Lady Penelope is the twenty-six-year-old daughter of aristocrat Sir Hugh Creighton-Ward and his wife, Amelia. The first years of Lady Penelope’s life were spent at Creighton-Ward Mansion thereafter her father was requested by the government to go to India to organise a tea-growing community. However Lady Penelope didn’t agree with the Indian climate and returned to England, without her parents and put into the care of a governess, Miss Pemberton whom she quickly bonded to. At the age of eleven Lady Penelope was sent to Rowden, an exclusive girl’s boarding school where she excelled in many subjects and became very popular among her peers and was later elected head girl. Upon leaving Rowden Lady Penelope went to a finishing school in Switzerland where she became a skilled skier and linguist, being able to speak French, German and Italian as well as a native.

Lady Penelope
Lady Penelope

[edit] Secret life

On the outside Lady Penelope is just another member of the British high society and also a fashion icon. But, after completing her education, she rejected the aristocracy's endless round of social engagements and became a secret agent. It was while working as the chief operative of the Federal Agents Bureau that Lady Penelope first met Jeff Tracy, the founder of International Rescue, and she immediately accepted his invitation to become their London Agent.

[edit] Style

Lady Penelope is stylish and fashionable in almost every aspect of her life. Lady Penelope is a world renowned supermodel and celebrity and has appeared on the cover of Chic magazine. Her clothes are specially created for her by top fashion designers like Elaine Wickfern and François Lemaire, who named a revolutionary new fabric "Penelon" after her. She wears an exclusive perfume called "Soupçon de Péril", mixed for her by Jacques Verre. Whenever Lady Penelope is in Paris she always drinks Pernod. Lady Penelope takes tea almost religiously and can communicate with International Rescue via her Regency tea pot.

[edit] FAB 1

Main article: FAB 1

Lady Penelope owns an iconic six-wheeled Rolls-Royce called FAB1 painted in her trademark tone of pink. FAB 1 has lots of features to assist Lady Penelope's work such as machine guns in the grill, bullet proof glass, water skis for travel on water and radar assisted steering. FAB 1 is mostly driven by Parker. FAB 2 a sleek private yacht, FAB 3 a prize winning racehorse and Seabird a 40-foot ocean-going cruiser. However there have been various Seabirds as many of them are destroyed in use.

[edit] Creighton-Ward Mansion

Lady Penelope's ancestral home
Lady Penelope's ancestral home

The eighteenth-century stately home at Foxleyheath in Southern England is the seat of the Creighton-Ward dynasty. Creighton-Ward Mansion was built on the site of a Norman Castle by the first Lord Creighton-Ward after he was knighted by Elizabeth I, who was a regular visitor. The current Creighton-Ward mansion was built by Lord Cuthbert Creighton-Ward in 1730 after he burned it down during a gunpowder experiment. Lord Cuthbert asked architect Colen Campbell to design the iconic Palladian edifice. When Lady Penelope became a secret agent she renovated the historic building to better suit her secret lifestyle by installing a satellite antenna, a number of two-way video communication consoles for contacting International Rescue and a safe with state-of-the-art alarm system and CCTV. There is a forensic laboratory built where the old servants quarters were. Creighton-Ward Mansion was designated a Grade One listed building by the World Heritage Organization. Also beneath the estate is an underground river with a boat and if Lady Penelope thinks that the house is under surveillance or she is in danger she can meet Parker at a nearby village without anyone knowing.

[edit] Bonga Bonga

In addition Lady Penelope owns Bonga Bonga, a sheep station in the Australian outback with 200,0007 sheep. The station was acquired by Bertie ‘Buster’ Creighton-Ward. The open plan lounge with its modern fabrics and simple geometric designs sharply contrast the rich detail of Creighton-Ward Mansion.

[edit] Retinue

[edit] Parker

Lady Penelope's faithful servant
Lady Penelope's faithful servant
Main article: Aloysius "Nosey" Parker

Aloysius "Nosey" Parker is Lady Penelope's butler and chauffeur. Born on 30 May 2013, Parker is the last of a long line of Cockney retainers who have served the British aristocracy for centuries. However finding it difficult to get a stable job Parker soon fell in with various villains of the London underworld. Parker quickly gained a reputation as the worlds best safe-cracker and cat-burglar, which lead to him to serving a sentence in Parkmoor Scrubs Prison. After his release he soon fell back in to criminal activity and was recruited by Lady Penelope when she caught him breaking in to the safe of an oil tycoon. Lady Penelope heard of Parker’s talents and offered him a partnership in her espionage activities. He is a loyal and indispensable assistant to Lady Penelope and International Rescue.

[edit] Lilian

Lilian or Lil as she is known by Parker is Lady Penelope’s cook. Lilian has a large repertoire of food that she prepares for Lady Penelope.

[edit] Perce

Perce is the gardener for the 2000-acre Creighton-Ward estate and friend of Parker.

[edit] Penelon

Penelon is the fictional fabric featured in the Thunderbirds universe. Penelon was discovered by the noted fashion designer François Lemaire who named it after his favorite model Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward.

The fabric its self has extraordinary properties: Penelon can be made in to any other costume design, it never gets crushed, it can squeeze in to a space the size of a match box and it can be fashioned to look like any other material.

The fabric was keenly sought after by François Lemaire's rivals who bugged and kept his office under surveillance hence it was top secret. After this was discovered by Lady Penelope she suggested to hold the premiere of the new collection made entirely of Penelon, on board the new aircraft Skythrust designed by the International Rescue scientific genius Brains.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Thunderbirds episodes

[edit] Films

[edit] Controversies

When Thunderbirds was rebroadcast Lady Penelope criticised for smoking, wearing furs and not wearing a seat belt.

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