Stingray (TV series)
| Stingray | |
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| Also known as | 'Gerry Anderson's Stingray (Australia) |
| Genre |
Action Adventure Children's Science fiction |
| Created by |
Gerry Anderson Sylvia Anderson |
| Written by | Gerry Anderson Sylvia Anderson Alan Fennell Dennis Spooner |
| Directed by |
David Elliott John Kelly Alan Pattillo Desmond Saunders |
| Voices of |
Don Mason Robert Easton Ray Barrett Lois Maxwell David Graham |
| Ending theme | "Aqua Marina" (sung by Gary Miller) |
| Composer(s) | Barry Gray |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Gerry Anderson Sylvia Anderson |
| Cinematography | John Read |
| Editor(s) | Harry MacDonald Eric Pask |
| Camera setup | Single |
| Running time | 25 mins approx. per episode (excluding advertisements) |
| Production company(s) |
AP Films ITC Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | ATV |
| Picture format | Film (35 mm) |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 4 October 1964 – 27 June 1965 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Fireball XL5 |
| Followed by | Thunderbirds |
Stingray is a British children's Supermarionation television series, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment between 1964 and 1965. Its 39 half-hour episodes were originally screened on ITV in the United Kingdom and in syndication in Canada and the United States. The scriptwriters included the Andersons, Alan Fennell, and Dennis Spooner. Barry Gray composed the music, and Derek Meddings served as special effects director.
Stingray was the first Supermarionation production in which the marionette characters had interchangeable heads featuring a variety of expressions. It was also the first British television series to be filmed entirely in colour over its production run.
Stingray, a highly sophisticated combat submarine built for speed and manoeuvrability, is the flag vessel of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP), a security organisation based at Marineville in the year 2065. It is capable of speeds of up to 600 knots (1,100 km/h), while advanced pressure compensators allow it to submerge to depths of over 36,000 feet (11,000 m), enabling cruising to the bottom of any part of any of the Earth's oceans. Marineville is located somewhere in California, on the West Coast of the United States. In the case of it being under attack, battle stations is sounded and all the buildings and vehicles are sent down on hydraulic jacks into the safety of underground bunkers, protected by enormous steel and concrete shutters whilst missiles are deployed from underground silos and fighter jets are launched. The base lies 10 miles (16 km) inland, and Stingray is launched from "Pen 3" through a tunnel leading to the Pacific Ocean. The alerts "action stations", "launch stations", and "battle stations" are sounded by a rapid drum-beat (composed and recorded by series composer Barry Gray) that is played over Marineville's public address system. Commands given by radio are acknowledged with the acronym: P.W.O.R. which stands for, "Proceeding With Orders Received".
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