Gerry Anderson's Stingray turns 60 next year. Thinking about it, it might've been Anderson's (and ITC's) answer to Irwin Allen's Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea, which bowed a month earlier on ABC here in the US. Voyage lasted four seasons to Stingray's 1.
Seems ITC had little faith in their products, as most series, save for The Saint, Danger Man/Secret Agent, Space: 1999, and The Muppet Show, lasted 1 season and no further.
In the opener, we're introduced not only to the crew of Stingray, but their recurring nemesis, a race of amphibians waging war against the surface world. Hmmm. Seems as though they also referenced Marvel's Sub-Mariner, as well.
Lois Maxwell, Miss Moneypenny from the James Bond movie series, is heard as Atlanta.
Rating: A-.
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