STINGRAY - Supermarionation part 3

Traveling under the sea seemed to be the next natural step for Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation team and from that idea was hatched the children’s marionette television show named Stingray, filmed entirely in color. Do you remember swimming along on the missions of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (W.A.S.P.) and the crew of the most advanced combat submarine? The organization was based at Marineville, just off the California coast in the year 2065. 

Stingray

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Relive the lively way each episode began and the romantically moving ending theme.

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To be honest (from eleven-year old me), Stingray was the most boring of the sophisticated puppet series. The water-logged pilot was launched on October 4, 1964. After thirty-nine soggy episodes, the show finally drowned on June 27, 1965. Strangely enough, the information behind the characters was more interesting than the actual series.

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I bet you didn't know that Captain Troy Tempest's face was modeled after the famous film star and television actor, James Garner.

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Or that the voice of Lieutenant Atlanta Shore was Lois Maxwell, best known as the character, Miss Moneypenny, who appeared in 15 of the James Bond films from 1962 to 1985.

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And the last fish story is about Marina. This tail-less mermaid who could breathe underwater, was modeled after Briggitte Bardot, the French sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s. Creator Gerry Anderson’s wife, Sylvia was the voice of the mute slave girl. I know that sounds confusing but she’s telepathic so it all makes sense, right?

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Want more Supermarionation? Check out:

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SUPERCAR

FIREBALL XL5

THUNDERBIRDS

CAPTAIN SCARLET

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