Stingray

Stingray
Production
Released by	ATV
Producer	Gerry Anderson
Directed By	David Elliott John Kelly Alan Pattillo Desmond Saunders
Music Director	Barry Gray
Special Effects	Derek Meddings
Details
Medium	Colour
Episodes	39
Duration	25 Minutes
Original Air Date	4th October 1964
Series Guide
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Fireball XL5	Thunderbirds

For other uses of Stingray see Stingray (Disambiguation)

"Stand by for action! We are about to launch Stingray! Anything can happen in the next half hour!"

Stingray is a science-fiction television programme; it had a run of 39 episodes during the mid-1960s. It was the third of Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation shows and his first show to be filmed in Videcolor. The show follows the adventures of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP), focussing on the exploits of Aquanaut Troy Tempest, captain of the underwater craft Stingray, and his crew.

Other main characters were Commander Sam Shore, Phones Sheridan, Atlanta Shore, Lieutenant Fisher and a beautiful mute girl from under the sea called Marina. Also seen was the evil Titan, his sidekick X20 and the Aquaphibians, who were the main enemy of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol. The Aquaphibians were often seen pursuing Stingray in mechanical fish-like craft.

The series was the first of the Gerry Anderson saga that made the use of facial expressions on the puppets, instead of just having blinker heads like in Fireball XL5. This was also the first series to use glass eyeballs in the puppets' heads as opposed to just painted eyes in all the previous puppet shows. Facial expressions were later used in Thunderbirds. However, fewer facial expressions were used in Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons, because the heads of the puppets in that series were too small.

Regular Characters

WASP Personnel

Captain Troy Tempest
(Don Mason)

Lieutenant Lee"Phones" Sheridan
(Robert Easton)

Commander Samuel "Sam" Shore
(Ray Barrett)

Atlanta Shore
(Lois Maxwell)

Sub-Lieutenant John Horatio Fisher
(Ray Barrett)

Marina
(Mute)

Troy’s singing voice - Gary Miller

1st WSP Commander - Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton and David Graham

2nd WSP Commander - Ray Barrett and Robert Easton

3rd WSP Commander - Robert Easton, Ray Barrett and David Graham

Admiral Jack Denver - David Graham

Doc Graham - David Graham

Power Plant - Ray Barrett

Tracking Station - Lois Maxwell and David Graham

Gate Sergeant - David Graham

Villains

Titan
King of Titanica
(Ray Barrett)

X-2-Zero
Surface Agent
(Robert Easton)

Aquaphibians
Titan's Soldiers
(Robert Easton & David Graham)

Grupa - Ray Barrett

Noctus - David Graham

Episodes

(Production Order)

1. Stingray
2. Plant Of Doom
3. Sea Of Oil
4. Hostages Of The Deep
5. Treasure Down Below
6. The Big Gun
7. The Golden Sea
8. The Ghost Ship
9. Count Down
10. The Ghost Of The Sea
11. Emergency Marineville
12. Subterranean Sea
13. Loch Ness Monster
14. The Invaders
15. Secret Of The Giant Oyster
16. Raptures Of The Deep
17. Stand By For Action
18. The Disappearing Ships
19. The Man From The Navy
20. Marineville Traitor
21. Tom Thumb Tempest
22. Pink Ice
23. The Master Plan
24. Star Of The East
25. An Echo Of Danger
26. Invisible Enemy
27. Deep Heat
28. In Search Of The Tajmanon
29. Titan Goes Pop
30. Set Sail For Adventure
31. Tune Of Danger
32. Rescue From The Skies
33. The Cool Cave Man
34. A Nut For Marineville
35. Trapped In The Depths
36. Eastern Eclipse
37. A Christmas To Remember
38. The Lighthouse Dwellers
39. Aquanaut Of The Year
40. Reunion Party

(Broadcast Order)

1. Stingray
2. Emergency Marineville
3. The Ghost Ship
4. Subterranean Sea
5. Loch Ness Monster
6. Set Sail For Adventure
7. The Man From The Navy
8. An Echo Of Danger
9. Raptures Of The Deep
10. Titan Goes Pop
11. In Search Of The Tajmanon
12. A Christmas To Remember
13. Tune Of Danger
14. The Ghost Of The Sea
15. Rescue From The Skies
16. The Lighthouse Dwellers
17. The Big Gun
18. The Cool Cave Man
19. Deep Heat
20. Star Of The East
21. Invisible Enemy
22. Tom Thumb Tempest
23. Eastern Eclipse
24. Treasure Down Below
25. Stand By For Action
26. Pink Ice
27. The Disappearing Ships
28. Secret Of The Giant Oyster
29. The Invaders
30. A Nut For Marineville
31. Trapped In The Depths
32. Count Down
33. Sea Of Oil
34. Plant Of Doom
35. The Master Plan
36. The Golden Sea
37. Hostages Of The Deep
38. Marineville Traitor
39. Aquanaut Of The Year
40. Reunion Party

 

Other Media Stories

Film

• The Incredible Voyage Of Stingray — a compilation of the installments "Stingray," "Plant Of Doom," "Count Down" and "The Master Plan"
• Invaders From The Deep — a compilation of the installments "Hostages Of The Deep," "Emergency Marineville," "The Big Gun" and "Deep Heat"

Audio Books

• Into Action With Troy Tempest
• A Trip To Marineville
• Marina Speaks

Trivia

• Stingray was the first British television show to be entirely filmed in colour; The Adventures of Sir Lancelot  having beaten them to the punch for first colour tv show period in 1958 when the show switched to colour stock.

References

References or Tributes

Supermarionation:
About Supermarionation:	What is it? | Who makes it? | The marionettes | the legacy
The Series:	Four Feather Falls |Supercar | Fireball XL5 | Stingray | Thunderbirds | Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons | Joe 90 | The Secret Service
The Films:	Thunderbirds Are Go | Thunderbird 6
Other Uses:	Calling Elvis | The Investigator
Imitators and tributes:	Paul starr | Team America World Police | Interster | X-Bomber (Star Fleet) | Superthunderstingcar | Thunderbirds F.A.B. | Misc. Parodies and references

Preceding series:	Stingray	Following series:
Fireball XL5		Thunderbirds