which were being built larger but lacked the infrastructure (namely motorways – then a new addition to the road network) to move from place to place without having to pass through small towns, causing disruption to the residents. He comments that "in a splendid example of [science fiction's] magnification of effects", the episode takes the idea of a "commercial vehicle inconveniencing local traffic" and expands it to create the "rather more dramatic scenario of an out-of-control nuclear-powered wood pulp factory about to destroy an entire town." Noting that International Rescue are unable to prevent the Crablogger's destruction, John Marriott writes that the episode highlights the organisation's "humanity-over-machines" ethos. Stephen Baxter compares the Crablogger to the giant excavators mining for unobtainium in the film Avatar (2009). References Works cited External links 1966 British television episodes Television episodes set in England Television episodes set in South America Thunderbirds (TV series) episodes