TV Show Mash-Up

WordWolf · November 27, 2014

Ok, obscure shows again. Name any one of them to take the round.

These are all shows produced by AP Films/APF/Century 21 Productions

(or what came after.)

A) Joe Mc Clane is a young British boy. His father is a computer scientist

who invents BIG RAT- a computer that can record and reproduce the

knowledge and experience of a person. Joe joins his Dad in his work

for the World Intelligence Network as its "Most Special Agent."

This show was filmed almost entirely with puppet actors.

B) This vertical takeoff and landing craft could fly in the air, maneuver

on water, and travel over road on a cushion of air-but did not travel

on wheels. Mike Mercury was its pilot. Rudolph Popkiss and Horatio

Beaker invented it. It was stored in Black Rock, Nevada.

A US comic book briefly adapted this show.

This show was filmed entirely with puppet actors AFAIK.

C) Set between the years 2062 and 2063, the series featured the missions

of a spaceship which was commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol.

The crew included: Doctor Venus, ; navigator and engineer Professor Matthew Matic

and co-pilot Robert, a transparent robot. The winged nose cone split off to become

the landing craft.

This show was filmed entirely with puppet actors AFAIK.

D) This was a highly sophisticated combat submarine built for speed and manoeuvrability.

It was the flag vessel of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP). The crew gained

an ally/ companion in an amphibious humanoid female named Marina.

Again, this was a puppets show.

E) Zero-X gains a valuable agent in their attempts to save the Earth from the

intelligent computers hidden on Mars when one of their agents becomes effectively

immortal due to their interference and attempts to make a copy of him they could control.

Another puppets show.

F) Father Stanley Unwin, parish priest, secretly works for BISHOP, a covert branch

of British Intelligence. He can also be shrunk down to make recon easier.

This show mixed puppets with humans depending upon the moment in filming.

G) Earth is being secretly visited by aliens- partly to facilitate their harvesting

of human organs as replacement parts for them. Good thing that SHADO is

secretly working to covertly learn about them and counter them.

This show was live and was targeted at adults.

It was also the inspiration for a live series made at the end of its run.

GeorgeStGeorge · November 27, 2014

B and D seem familiar, but it's probably been 50 years since I've seen them. Maybe Hiway will chime in. These seem more up his alley.

George

WordWolf · November 28, 2014

Ok, obscure shows again. Name any one of them to take the round.

These are all shows produced by AP Films/APF/Century 21 Productions

(or what came after.)

A) Joe Mc Clane is a young British boy. His father is a computer scientist

who invents BIG RAT- a computer that can record and reproduce the

knowledge and experience of a person. Joe joins his Dad in his work

for the World Intelligence Network as its "Most Special Agent."

That's because Dad's recordings can be transferred and used so long as

the recipient wears special glasses that contain the contacts for the

recording. So, a child can show up with a decade of experience in

almost anything.

This show was filmed almost entirely with puppet actors.

B) This vertical takeoff and landing craft could fly in the air, maneuver

on water, and travel over road on a cushion of air-but, oddly, did not travel

on wheels. Mike Mercury was its pilot. Rudolph Popkiss and Horatio

Beaker invented it. It was stored in Black Rock, Nevada.

A US comic book briefly adapted this show.

This show was filmed entirely with puppet actors AFAIK.

C) Set between the years 2062 and 2063, the series featured the missions

of a spaceship which was commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol.

The crew included: Doctor Venus, ; navigator and engineer Professor Matthew Matic

and co-pilot Robert, a transparent robot. The winged nose cone split off to become

the landing craft. Although inspired by space opera, it was decidedly LESS realistic

in its "science", with things like "oxygen pills" for survival in space. The name of

the show was partly inspired by the name of "Castrol XL."

This show was filmed entirely with puppet actors AFAIK.

D) This was a highly sophisticated combat submarine built for speed and manoeuvrability.

It was the flag vessel of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP). The crew gained

an ally/ companion in an amphibious humanoid female named Marina.

Again, this was a puppets show.

E) Zero-X gains a valuable agent in their attempts to save the Earth from the

intelligent computers hidden on Mars-the Mysterons- when one of their agents becomes effectively

immortal due to their interference and attempts to make a copy of him they could control.

Like their other agents, he seems to be referred to with a color as a name.

Another puppets show-

although the remake decades later was a computer-generated cartoon.

F) Father Stanley Unwin, parish priest, secretly works for BISHOP, a covert branch

of British Intelligence. He can also be shrunk down to make recon easier.

This show mixed puppets with humans depending upon the moment in filming.

G) Earth is being secretly visited by aliens- partly to facilitate their harvesting

of human organs as replacement parts for them. Good thing that SHADO is

secretly working to covertly learn about them and counter them.

The whole "secret base under a movie studio" thing worked very well.

This show was live and was targeted at adults.

It was also the inspiration for a live series made at the end of its run.

Nobody ever came up with a definitive explanation as to why women on the

moonbases wore mauve or purple wigs, silver catsuits, and extensive eye

make-up.

GeorgeStGeorge · November 28, 2014

Still hauntingly familiar, but not clicking.

And, why SHOULDN'T women on moonbases wear purple wigs, silver catsuits, and lots of eye makeup? ;)

George

WordWolf · November 29, 2014