Supercar
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First Air DateJan 28, 1961
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Production
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Rotten tomato68%
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Original titleSupercar
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ReleaseJan 28, 1961
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Overview
Supercar was a children's TV show produced by Gerry Anderson and Arthur Provis's AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment. 39 episodes were produced between 1961 and 1962, and it was Anderson's first half-hour series. In the UK it was seen on ITV and in the US in syndication. The format uses puppets in a technique called supermarionation, a name that was first seen in the closing titles of the last 13 episodes. The plot of the show consisted of Supercar, a vertical takeoff and landing craft invented by Rudolph Popkiss and Horatio Beaker, and piloted by Mike Mercury. On land it rode on a cushion of air rather than wheels. Jets in the rear allowed it to fly like a jet and retractable wings were incorporated in the back of the car. Retrorockets on the side of the car slowed the vehicle. The car used "Clear-Vu", which included an inside television monitor allowing the occupant to see through fog and smoke. The vehicle was housed in a laboratory and living facility at Black Rock, Nevada, U.S.A. In the show's first episode, "Rescue", the Supercar crew's first mission is to save the passengers of a downed private plane. Two of the rescued, young Jimmy Gibson and his pet monkey, Mitch, are invited to live at the facility and share in the adventures.
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Casts
Season 1 ( 1961-01-28)
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
Dragon of Ho Meng
Magic Carpet
Supercar "Take One"
Crash Landing
The Tracking of Masterspy
The White Line
Season 2 ( 1962-02-02)
The Runaway Train
Precious Cargo
Operation Superstork
Hi-Jack
Calling Charlie Queen
Space for Mitch
Atomic Witch Hunt
70-B-Lo
The Sky's the Limit
Jail Break
The Day That Time Stood Still
Transatlantic Cable
King Kool
