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Television pilots listed in production order
- The Investigator
- The Day After Tomorrow Into Infinity
- Space Police Star Laws
- GFI Warming Warning
The Investigator (1972)
Screenplay by Sylvia Anderson
Story by Shane Rimmer
Directed by Gerry Anderson
The Investigator, a benevolent alien from a distant galaxy, selects an Earth boy and girl, John and Julie, to assist him in his mission to make their world a better place. The pair are miniaturised to assist The Investigator more easily, and assigned to prevent the theft by Stavros Karanti of a 14th century masterpiece from a church on Malta. John and Julie are presented with a car and a boat, scaled to accommodate their miniaturised size, and set out to thwart Karanti's plans...
Original Airdate: Not broadcast to date
On Location:
Malta
Voice Cast:
| Julie | Sylvia Anderson
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| John | Shane Rimmer
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| The Investigator | Peter Dyneley
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Cast:
| Stavros Karanti | Charles Thake
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| Cristoph | Peter Borg
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The Day After Tomorrow Into Infinity (1975)
Screenplay by Johnny Byrne
Directed by Charles Crichton
The lightship Altares leaves Space Station Delta on the first stage of a mission of scientific discovery beyond the solar system, a journey to Alpha Centauri, four light years from Earth. On board are two complete family units: Dr. Tom Bowen with his wife Anna and son David, and Captain Harry Masters with his daughter Jane.
Their work at Alpha Centauri completed, the two families elect to continue deeper into space but the computer guidance system malfunctions and the Altares is hit by a meteorite shower. When the ship's photon drive accidentally cuts in, the Altares hurtles out of control at near light speed - leaving the crew with no way to return to Earth!
Original UK Airdate: December 11th, 1976 (BBC1)
Original US Airdate: December 9th, 1975 (NBC)
Cast:
| Dr. Tom Bowen | Brian Blessed
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| Dr. Anna Bowen | Joanna Dunham
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| Captain Harry Masters | Nick Tate
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| Jane Masters | Katherine Levy
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| David Bowen | Martin Lev
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| Jim Forbes | Don Fellows
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| Narrator | Ed Bishop
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| Spring | Bones
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Space Police Star Laws (1986)
Screenplay by Gerry Anderson and Tony Barwick
Directed by Tony Bell
Lieutenant Chuck Brogan, commanding officer of Space Police Precinct 44 East, spearheads a successful campaign against organised crime on planet Zar XL5, but the villainous crimelord V. Lann intends to strike back by threatening the life of the President. As the President travels by monorail to Ultraville, V. Lann engineers the sabotage of the monorail's drive section, sending the train speeding out of control. Brogan and his officers race against time to track down V. Lann and stop the President's runaway train...
Original Airdate: Not broadcast to date
Cast:
| Lt. Chuck Brogan | Shane Rimmer
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| Officer Cathy Costello | Catherine Chevalier
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| Officer Bats | Tina Werts
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| Officer Tom | Christine Glanville
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| Officer Harry | Lyn Beardsall
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| Officer Dick | Jan King
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Voice Cast:
| Officer Tom | David Healy
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| V. Lann | Gary Martin
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Other Voices:
| Desiree Erasmus | Tony Sibbald
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| Jeff Harding | Ian Tyler
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| Kate Harper | Peter Whitman
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Kerry Shale
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GFI Warming Warning (1993)
Screenplay by Tony Barwick
Directed by Phil Littler
Professor James Gee leads G-Force Intergalactic, a rapid response task force formed by the President of the United Planets to combat major crime and large scale disasters. Operating from Star City, a hidden base beneath the surface of an asteroid orbiting the Myson planetary system, the G-Force team are joined by two aliens from a distant galaxy and supported by a group of robots controlled by a huge central computer, George Washington.
When the planet Zeta is effected by massive global warming which melts its polar ice caps, the farmers of Zeta are forced to build boats and take to the ever-rising seas. The only available land is controlled by the evil Tyran and his warriors: to save the farmers and the planet, G-Force must first overcome Tyran and his mighty metallic fortress city...
Original Airdate: Not broadcast to date
Voice Cast:
| D'Or | Gary Martin
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| George Washington | Gary Martin
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Other Voices:
| Paul Carrington | Dave Wade
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| Denise Bryer | Ben Stevens
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