Supercar(1961)

6.8
2 Seasons
Action & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy

Overview

Follows the adventures of Mike Mercury and the test crew at Black Rock Laboratory in the Nevada Desert in 1962, as they test out Supercar, a prototype vehicle capable of traveling on land, can dive underwater, and can fly through the air.

Created By: Gerry Anderson

Episodes

Rescue
Ep 1

Rescue

Jimmy Gibson and his older brother Bill are flying to America by plane with Mitch the monkey when their plane crashes. The Air Sea Rescue team can find no trace of their life raft through the dense fog, but at Black Rock Laboratory, the newly-completed Supercar is ready to be put to the test and Mike Mercury flies out to rescue the trio.

28/01/1961
False Alarm
Ep 2

False Alarm

Masterspy and Zarin use a phony distress call to lure Supercar to them, and after they have Mike captured and drugged, who will be able to stop them from making off with the super vehicle?

04/02/1961
The Talisman of Sargon
Ep 3

The Talisman of Sargon

With Dr. Beaker's unwitting help, Masterspy locates and steals the legendary lost talisman of Sargon, which supposedly has magical powers that will allow him to take over an oil sheik's riches.

11/02/1961
What Goes Up
Ep 4

What Goes Up

An Air Force test to explode a new rocket fuel in the upper atmosphere goes awry, and only Supercar has a chance of getting close enough to detonate it before it falls back to earth.

18/02/1961
Amazonian Adventure
Ep 5

Amazonian Adventure

When Mitch the monkey falls ill with sleeping sickness, Mike and Dr. Beaker head for the Amazon jungle to retrieve a special plant that can cure him, but they are captured by a tribe of headhunters.

25/02/1961
Grounded
Ep 6

Grounded

When sabotage keeps Mike from pursuing two thieves via the skies, he continues to follow them using his vehicle as an ordinary car.

04/03/1961
Keep It Cool
Ep 7

Keep It Cool

Bill Gibson and Beaker come under attack by Masterspy as they are transporting an experimental new fuel across the desert. Mike must rescue them before the volatile fuel warms up past its freezing point and explodes.

11/03/1961
Jungle Hazard
Ep 8

Jungle Hazard

Masterspy tries to take over an old rubber plantation in Malaysia, not realizing that the girl who now owns the estate is Beaker's cousin, and she has obtained the assistance of Mike and Supercar.

18/03/1961
High Tension
Ep 9

High Tension

Masterspy kidnaps Dr. Beaker and tries to make off with Supercar, but he gets a nasty shock when he finds out that Mike can take over part of the vehicle's operation by remote control.

25/03/1961
Island Incident
Ep 10

Island Incident

Supercar's underwater capabilities come in handy when Mike receives a call for help from the deposed president of the island nation of Pelota.

01/04/1961
Ice-Fall
Ep 11

Ice-Fall

Exploring a frozen waterfall in an underground mountain cavern, Beaker is trapped by an avalanche. Can Supercar's powerful engines melt the ice in time to save him?

08/04/1961
Phantom Piper
Ep 12

Phantom Piper

Mike and his friends go to Scotland to solve the mystery of a castle's phantom bagpiper and keep a woman from being swindled out of a valuable gem.

15/04/1961
Pirate Plunder
Ep 13

Pirate Plunder

Black Morgan, a descendant of the infamous pirate, has been plundering cruise ships in the Pacific, and Supercar is the only vessel that can match his speed. But then he threatens to blow up a group of hostages with a torpedo if Mike tries to stop him.

22/04/1961
A Little Art
Ep 14

A Little Art

When a painting he just bought is stolen from Dr. Beaker, he discovers that it contained a clue to the secret hiding place of a forger's plates for printing counterfeit money.

29/04/1961
Flight of Fancy
Ep 15

Flight of Fancy

Jimmy has a dream in which he and Mitch use Supercar to rescue a princess.

06/05/1961
Deep Seven
Ep 16

Deep Seven

On a test dive to the sea floor, Supercar has engine trouble and then becomes entangled in the cable of an unexploded mine.

13/05/1961
Hostage
Ep 17

Hostage

While Dr. Beaker is on vacation in Ireland, two men kidnap a girl and force him to call Mike Mercury for help.

20/05/1961
The Sunken Temple
Ep 18

The Sunken Temple

Mike and Beaker help a history professor excavate an underwater cavern, but they are unprepared to encounter a stolen safe full of money and a falling statue.

27/05/1961
The Lost City
Ep 19

The Lost City

Forced off course on its way to the South Pole, Supercar is forced to land in the ruins of an ancient city, where its passengers discover the secret hideout of a mad scientist who is planning to destroy Washington D.C. with a guided missile.

03/06/1961
Trapped in the Depths
Ep 20

Trapped in the Depths

Mike takes Supercar deep into the ocean to rescue scientists trapped in a bathyscaphe on the sea floor.

10/06/1961
The Dragon of Ho Meng
Ep 21

The Dragon of Ho Meng

When a typhoon forces Supercar down near an island temple guarded by Ho Meng, the man thinks it is some kind of dragon until his daughter is kidnapped and he gets to see Supercar in action.

17/06/196125 min
The Magic Carpet
Ep 22

The Magic Carpet

The Supercar team goes to Kirikan, an isolated kingdom in southern Asia, on a mission to deliver medical supplies to save a prince's life, but their efforts are thwarted by an attempted coup.

24/06/196125 min
Supercar "Take One"
Ep 23

Supercar "Take One"

When the team uses a newly-acquired movie camera to document Supercar's abilities, the film accidentally falls into the hands of some spies, so Mike and crew have to fly to New York to retrieve it.

01/07/1961
Crash Landing
Ep 24

Crash Landing

When engine trouble forces Supercar to land in the African jungle, the first night goes well until Mike and Dr. Beaker wake up to find Mitch missing.

08/07/1961
The Tracking of Masterspy
Ep 25

The Tracking of Masterspy

Pretending to be a reporter, Masterspy manages to steal the secret plans for Supercar, or so he thinks. Mike has actually allowed him to steal a tracking device that will allow Supercar to follow him back to his hideout.

15/07/1961
The White Line
Ep 26

The White Line

Baffled by a series of armored car robberies, Scotland Yard calls in he Supercar team, but when Dr. Beaker decides to take the wheel for the next delivery, he is unaware that he is headed for a deadly trap.

06/08/1961

Show Info

StatusEnded
NetworkAssociated Television
TypeScripted

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