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Supercar was a science-fiction television programme; it had a run of 39 episodes during 1961 and 1962. It was the first of Gerry Anderson's shows to be given the Supermarionation label. (However, it only acquired this label in the second season.) The programme centres around Supercar a vehicle versatile enough to travel to any environment. With Mike Mercury at the controls, Supercar was used to carry out daring rescues. As with the later programme The Secret Service Supercar was set in the present day (1961).
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Inception
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After Granada failed to renew Four Feather Falls for another season Anderson went back to the drawing board. With the Space Age dawning a more futuristic theme was thought to be the way to go; so Supercar was created. All the subsequent Supermarionation shows were produced by ATV.
CharactersEdit
The main characters consists of:
- Aeronaut Mike Mercury.
- Professor Popkiss
- Dr. Horatio Beaker
- Jimmy Gibson
- Mitch the Monkey
Against them were:
CastEdit
First SeriesEdit
Second SeriesEdit
EpisodesEdit
(Production Order)
Series One
- Rescue
- Amazonian Adventure
- The Talisman Of Sargon
- False Alarm
- What Goes Up
- Keep It Cool
- Grounded
- Jungle Hazard
- High Tension
- Island Incident
- A Little Art
- Ice-Fall
- The Tracking Of Masterspy
- Phantom Piper
- Deep Seven
- Pirate Plunder
- Flight Of Fancy
- Hostage
- The Sunken Temple
- Trapped In The Depths
- Crash Landing
- The Dragon Of Ho Meng
- The Lost City
- The Magic Carpet
- The White Line
- Supercar "Take One"
Series Two
(Broadcast Order)
Series One
- Rescue
- False Alarm
- The Talisman Of Sargon
- What Goes Up
- Amazonian Adventure
- Grounded
- Keep It Cool
- Jungle Hazard
- High Tension
- Island Incident
- Ice-Fall
- Phantom Piper
- Pirate Plunder
- A Little Art
- Flight Of Fancy
- Deep Seven
- Hostage
- The Sunken Temple
- The Lost City
- Trapped In The Depths
- The Dragon Of Ho Meng
- The Magic Carpet
- Supercar "Take One"
- Crash Landing
- The Tracking Of Masterspy
- The White Line
Series Two
Legacy Edit
ReferencesEdit
LinksEdit
- Supercar at Wikipedia
- Supercar (1961) at Internet Movie Database.
- The (un)Official Supercar Desktop Theme Site
- The Black Rock One Archive
| Supermarionation: | |
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| About Supermarionation: | What is it? | Who makes it? | The marionettes | the legacy |
| The Series: | Four Feather Falls | Supercar | Fireball XL5 | Stingray | Thunderbirds | Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons | Joe 90 | The Secret Service | The Investigator |
| The Films: | Thunderbirds Are Go | Thunderbird 6 |
| Imitators and tributes: | Team America World Police | Interster | X-Bomber (Star Fleet) | Superthunderstingcar | Thunderbirds F.A.B. | Misc. Parodies and references |
