Titan Goes Pop is the twenty-ninth produced episode and the tenth broadcasted episode of the series Stingray

PlotEdit

Duke Dexter, famous singer, comes to Marineville in order to help with recruiting. However X-2-0 kidnaps him, can the crew of Stingray get him back?

SynopsisEdit

At Marineville Commander Shore is given a special message ordering him to go to Marineville Headquarters. Once he arrives, he discovers that Duke Dexter, famous singer, is going to appear at the WASP’s recruiting show at Marineville. However, it all must remain top secret or there will be hundreds of fans at the gates of Marineville.

Unfortunately for them, Duke Dexter and his manager are seen discussing about the WASP recruiting show on television.

Meanwhile, Surface Agent X-2-0 has been trying to find out as much as possible about what’s going on. He reports to Titan, explaining to him what he knows. He believes that Duke Dexter is a very important person, so Titan orders X-2-0 to bring Duke to Titanica.

So X-2-0 puts on a disguise and is able to talk to Duke’s Manager. X-2-0 claims he is “X of security”. After their talk, the manager goes to Commander Shore trying to think of a way to smuggle Duke into Marineville. Troy enters the room and Commander Shore gets an idea.

Troy dresses up like Duke Dexter and distracts the fans outside Marineville who think he is the real Duke and chase him. This allows Duke Dexter to enter into Marineville without being noticed. However his manager feels it would be better if Duke stays somewhere, not too far from Marineville, where he would not be bothered.

Surface Agent X-2-0, still in his disguise, takes Duke to the Island of Lemoy and looks after him. X-2-0 makes some food for Duke, which has been drugged. Once unconscious X-2-0 takes Duke to the city of Titanica.

Duke’s manager rings him from Marineville, but with no reply, he, Troy and Phones head out in Stingray to the Island of Lemoy. Once they get there they discover that both Duke and ‘X of Security’ are gone. They pickup another vessel on long range scanners and decide to go after it. Unfortunately a stabiliser brakes loose in Stingray and they all become stranded in the sea.

At Titanica, Titan is listening to Duke as he tells who he is. Titan asks Duke if it is true whether people go crazy when they see him and rip his cloths, when Duke says yes, Titan believes that Duke is causing people to destroy each other and believes him to be an ally.

They re-drug Duke and take him back to Lemoy where he is left alone. Once he is discovered he tells his story, but Commander Shore believes it was all a publicity stunt. So Duke goes on and performs at the recruiting show.

CastEdit

Regular CastEdit

• Troy Tempest — Don Mason
• Phones Sheridan — Robert Easton
• Marina
• Atlanta Shore — Lois Maxwell
• Commander Sam Shore — Ray Barrett
• Lieutenant Fisher — Ray Barrett
• Titan — Ray Barrett
• Surface Agent X-2-0 — Robert Easton

Guest Voice ActorsEdit

• Duke Dexter — Ray Barrett
• Duke Dexter (Singing) — Gary Miller
• Sandy Gibson — David Graham
• Main Gate Sergeant — Don Mason
• Right Enterance Officer — David Graham
• 1st WSP Commander — Robert Easton
• 2nd WSP Commander — David Graham
• 3rd WSP Commander, Jim — Ray Barrett
• Annoucer — Don Maison

NotesEdit

• This episode has the biggest Guest Voice Cast through out the entire seires of Stingray.
• The yellow hover scooter that the messenger uses later appears in the Thunderbird's episode Martian Invasion as the smoke machine.
• The episode shows the last apperence of the WSP Commanders.
• The Annoucer had previouly appeared as the Newreader in Tom Thumb Tempest. He was also in the bar during the episode Deep Heat

ContinuityEdit

• The security pass the X-2-0 flashes at the sergeant is actually Sandy Gibson's pass, which was seen only moments before. X-2-0's thumb obscures the picture, but Gibson's name is visible on the left side.