Supercar (1961 - 1962)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 28 January 1961 - 29 April 1962
Number of Seasons: 2
Total Number of Episodes: 39
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono

At a laboratory in Black Rock, Nevada Professor Rudolph Popkiss and his assistant Dr Horatio beaker have created Supercar a craft that can travel at incredible speed in the air and underwater. Piloted by ace test pilot Mike Mercury they are aided and sometimes distracted by Jimmy Gibson, younger brother of pilot/ astronaut Bill Gibson and Jimmy's pet monkey Mitch. Supercar acts as a rescue craft and gets involve in many other adventures foiling the schemes of the villainous Masterspy and his assistant Zarin.

First of Gerry Andersons special craft series. Primitive now but fun if you like this sort of thing. The craft as with all Anderson series looks amazing.

As with most Gerry Anderson shows, there are at least three acceptable episode running orders, all of which are listed below.

PRODUCTION ORDER

SEASON ONE

Rescue
Amazonian Adventure
Talisman of Sargon
False Alarm
What Goes Up
Keep It Cool
Grounded
Jungle Hazard
High Tension
A Little Art
Island Incident
Ice-Fall
The Tracking of Masterspy
Phantom Piper
Deep Seven
Pirate Plunder
Flight of Fancy
Hostage
The Sunken Temple
Trapped in the Depths
Crash Landing
Dragon of Ho Meng
The Lost City
Magic Carpet
The White Line
Supercar "Take One"

SEASON TWO

The Runaway Train
Precious Cargo
Operation Superstork
Hi-Jack
Calling Charlie Queen
Space for Mitch
The Sky's The Limit
70-B-LO
Atomic Witch Hunt
Jail Break
The Day That Time Stood Still
Transatlantic Cable
King Cool

OFFICIAL ITC ORDER

SEASON ONE

Rescue
Amazonian Adventure
Talisman of Sargon
False Alarm
What Goes Up
Keep It Cool
Grounded
Jungle Hazard
High Tension
A Little Art
Ice-Fall
Island Incident
The Tracking of Masterspy
Phantom Piper
Deep Seven
Pirate Plunder
Flight of Fancy
Hostage
The Sunken Temple
Trapped in the Depths
Crash Landing
Dragon of Ho Meng
The Lost City
Magic Carpet
The White Line
Supercar "Take One"

SEASON TWO

The Runaway Train
Precious Cargo
Operation Superstork
Hi-Jack
Calling Charlie Queen
Space for Mitch
The Sky's The Limit
70-B-LO
Atomic Witch Hunt
Jail Break
The Day That Time Stood Still
Transatlantic Cable
King Cool

UK BROADCAST ORDER

SEASON ONE

Rescue (28 January 1961)
False Alarm (11 February 1961)
Talisman of Sargon (18 February 1961)
What Goes Up (25 February 1961)
Amazonian Adventure (4 March 1961)
Grounded (18 March 1961)
Keep It Cool (25 March 1961)
Jungle Hazard (1 April 1961)
High Tension (8 April 1961)
Island Incident (15 April 1961)
Ice-Fall (22 April 1961)
Phantom Piper (29 April 1961)
Pirate Plunder (6 May 1961)
A Little Art (13 May 1961)
Flight of Fancy (20 May 1961)
Deep Seven (27 May 1961)
Hostage (3 June 1961)
The Sunken Temple (10 June 1961)
The Lost City (17 June 1961)
Trapped in the Depths (25 June 1961)
Dragon of Ho Meng (2 July 1961)
Magic Carpet (9 July 1961)
Supercar "Take One" (16 July 1961)
Crash Landing (23 July 1961)
The Tracking of Masterspy (30 July 1961)
The White Line (6 August 1961)

SEASON TWO

The Runaway Train (4 February 1962)
Precious Cargo (11 February 1962)
Operation Superstork (18 February 1962)
Hi-Jack (25 February 1962)
Calling Charlie Queen (4 March 1962)
Space for Mitch (11 March 1962)
Atomic Witch Hunt (18 March 1962)
70-B-LO (25 March 1962)
The Sky's The Limit (1 April 1962)
Jail Break (8 April 1962)
The Day That Time Stood Still (15 April 1962)
Transatlantic Cable (22 April 1962)
King Cool (29 April 1962)

It' s the marvel of the age

MAGAZINES

Epi-Log 16 pp.43-51 (USA)
credits, episode guide

FAB no.15 (UK)
credits, episode guide

Soundtrack! The Collector's Quarterly vol.19 no.76 (Winter 2000) pp.16-18 (Belgium)
illustrated soundtrack review

BOOKS

The Complete Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Episode Guide by Chris Bentley pp.37-51 (Richmond: Reynolds and Hearn (2003) ISBN: 1 903111 41 2)
credits, article, episode guide

The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (3rd edition) pp.511-515
credits, episode guide

What Made Thunderbirds Go The Authorised Biography of Gerry Anderson by Simon Archer and Marcus Hearn pp.58-70
article

cars, the future, laboratories, monkeys, scientists, technology