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|number = 17
 
|number = 17
 
|image = The_big_gun.png
 
|image = The_big_gun.png
|airdate = 31 Jan 1965
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|airdate = 24th Jan 1965
 
|writer = Alan Fennell
 
|writer = Alan Fennell
 
|director = David Elliott
 
|director = David Elliott
|editor =
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|editor = Harry MacDonald
 
|previousmade = [[Treasure Down Below]]
 
|previousmade = [[Treasure Down Below]]
 
|nextmade = [[The Golden Sea]]
 
|nextmade = [[The Golden Sea]]
 
|previous = [[The Lighthouse Dwellers]]
 
|previous = [[The Lighthouse Dwellers]]
 
|next = [[The Cool Cave Man]]
 
|next = [[The Cool Cave Man]]
 
}}'''The Big Gun''' is the sixth produced episode and the seventeenth broadcast episode of the series [[Stingray]].
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'''The Big Gun''' is the sixth produced episode and the seventeenth broadcast episode of the series [[Stingray]].
 
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
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He starts to head back to his home called Solarstar. He docks and is given a medal for his work by his Mighty Leader. He is then told to start destroying the west cost of America!
 
He starts to head back to his home called Solarstar. He docks and is given a medal for his work by his Mighty Leader. He is then told to start destroying the west cost of America!
   
Commander Sam Shore is contacted by Marineville HQ and told about three islands that have been destroyed in the same area in a week. Shore then orders Stingray to have a look around the area.
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Commander Sam Shore is contacted by World Security HQ and told about three islands that have been destroyed in the same area in a week. Shore then orders Stingray to have a look around the area.
   
 
The crew of Stingray find the Solarstar vessel aiming at a sea dock. Stingray manages to fire at the vessel before it destroys the dock. Mauritimus survives by ejecting into an escape pod and heads back to Solarstar.
 
The crew of Stingray find the Solarstar vessel aiming at a sea dock. Stingray manages to fire at the vessel before it destroys the dock. Mauritimus survives by ejecting into an escape pod and heads back to Solarstar.
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==Cast==
 
==Cast==
 
==Regular Characters==
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<gallery widths="150" spacing="small" captionalign="center" bordersize="none">
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Troy.png|[[Troy Tempest|Captain Troy Tempest]] <br>(Don Mason)
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Phones.png| [[Phones Sheridan|Lieutenant "Phones" Sheridan]] <br>(Robert Easton)
 
Shore.png| [[Commander Sam Shore|Commander Samuel "Sam" Shore]] <br>(Ray Barrett)
 
Atlanta.png|Atlanta<br>(Lois Maxwell)
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Sub-Lieutenant_Fisher.png| Sub-Lieutenant Fisher<br>(Ray Barrett)
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Marina.png|Mairina<br>(Mute)
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===Guest Cast===
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<gallery widths="150" spacing="small" captionalign="center" bordersize="none">
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Wasp commander (1).png|WSP Commander <br> (Robert Easton)
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Femail_voice.png|Tracking Station <br> (Lois Maxwell)
 
Mauritimus.png|Mauritimus <br> ([[Ray Barrett]])
 
Solarstar_Mighty_Leader.png|Solarstar Mighty Leader <br> (Don Mason)
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Korda_(The_Big_Gun).png|Korda <br> (Robert Easton)
   
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</gallery>
====Regular Cast====
 
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==WASP Equipment Used==
*[[Troy Tempest]] — [[Don Mason]]
 
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*Hydromic Missiles
*[[Phones Sheridan]] — [[Robert Easton]]
 
*[[Marina]]
 
*[[Atlanta Shore]] — [[Lois Maxwell]]
 
*[[Commander Sam Shore]] — [[Ray Barrett]]
 
   
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==Non-WASP Equipment Used==
====Guest Voice Actors====
 
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<gallery widths="200" spacing="small" captionalign="center" bordersize="none">
*[[Mauritimus]] [[Ray Barrett]]
 
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The_Big_Gun_(Fish).png|Solarstar Missile Ejector 1
*[[Solarstar Mighty Leader]] [[Don Mason]]
 
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The_Big_Gun_(Crab).png|Solarstar Missile Ejector 2
*[[Korda]] — [[Robert Easton]]
 
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</gallery>
*[[Marinville Tracking Station]] — [[Lois Maxwall]]
 
*[[WSP Commanders|1st WASP Commander]] — [[Robert Easton]]
 
   
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
*This is the first time Marineville Tracking Station is heard, but only this one time it is voice by [[Lois Maxwell]] instead of [[David Graham]]. It later appears in [[Emergency Marineville]], [[Pink Ice]], [[The Master Plan]], [[Invisible Enemy]], [[Deep Heat]], [[Tune Of Danger]] and [[A Nut For Marineville]].
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*This is the first time Marineville Tracking Station is heard, but only this one time it is voice by Lois Maxwell instead of [[David Graham]]. It later appears in ''[[Emergency Marineville]]'', ''[[Pink Ice]]'', ''[[The Master Plan]]'', ''[[Invisible Enemy]]'', ''[[Deep Heat]]'', ''[[Tune Of Danger]]'' and ''[[A Nut For Marineville]]''.
*Dispite the fact [[Oink]] is seen in this episode he does not speak, meaning [[David Graham]] does not take part in this episode but is credited.
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*Despite the fact [[Oink]] is seen in this episode he does not speak, meaning [[David Graham]] does not take part in this episode but is credited.
*This episode was later used in the compilation released video titled [[Invaders From The Deep|"Invaders from the Deep"]].
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*This episode was later used in the compilation released video titled "[[Invaders From The Deep]]".
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*Commander Shore's dialogue at the end of the episode (considering improving Marineville's early warning system and preparing Stingray to go even deeper) implies that this episode takes place before [[Emergency Marineville]], [[Subterranean Sea]], [[Marineville Traitor]], [[The Master Plan]], [[Invisible Enemy]], [[Deep Heat]] and [[A Nut For Marineville]].
   
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==Continuity==
 
*On the side of the missile ejector the symbol of a crab keeps changing to a fish through out the episode.
 
 
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Revision as of 14:59, 2 April 2020

The Big Gun is the sixth produced episode and the seventeenth broadcast episode of the series Stingray.

Plot

A new vessel is created by the under water people called the Solarstars. The vessel has the power to destroy an entire island and the crew of Stingray must destroy it, before it destroys them.

Synopsis

Under the sea a small vessel with a huge gun mounted on it, heads for the tiny island of San May. Inside one marine man called Mauritimus fires at the small island, destroying it completely.

He starts to head back to his home called Solarstar. He docks and is given a medal for his work by his Mighty Leader. He is then told to start destroying the west cost of America!

Commander Sam Shore is contacted by World Security HQ and told about three islands that have been destroyed in the same area in a week. Shore then orders Stingray to have a look around the area.

The crew of Stingray find the Solarstar vessel aiming at a sea dock. Stingray manages to fire at the vessel before it destroys the dock. Mauritimus survives by ejecting into an escape pod and heads back to Solarstar.

He tells his leader about the entire incident. Soon they learn of Marineville and Stingray and decide to destroy them all. So Mauritimus heads out in the second vessel towards Marineville.

Marineville tracking station alerts Commander Shore of the Solarstar vessel, he orders battle stations. Mauritimus fires one missile, but Marineville’s manages to be under ground before the missile hits.

Stingray starts to chase after the vessel. Mauritimus decides to lure Stingray back to his base and then he will destroy them.

Soon they arrive at the entrance and they go straight in. Troy, Phones and Marina discover that the Solarstar base is several hundred feet under the sea. However Stingray manages to stand the pressure, but Troy and Phones pass out due to pressure.

Mauritimus begins a countdown to fire at Stingray, but before he does, Marina fires a sting missile from Stingray, killing Mauritimus. Troy also tells Marina to destroy the whole of Solarstar.

Cast

Regular Characters



Guest Cast

WASP Equipment Used

  • Hydromic Missiles

Non-WASP Equipment Used

Notes