Terrahawks (1983–1986)

In the year 2020 Earth is under threat from Martian androids who want revenge on the human race. They consist of Zelda, her son Youngstar and her sister called Sister. An organisation is ... See full summary »

Stars:

Jeremy Hitchen, Denise Bryer, Anne Ridler

2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jeremy Hitchen	...	Chick King (39 episodes, 1983-1986)
Denise Bryer	...	Mary Falconer (39 episodes, 1983-1986)
Anne Ridler	...	Cy-Star (39 episodes, 1983-1986)
Ben Stevens	...	Dix-Huit (39 episodes, 1983-1986)
Windsor Davies	...	Sergeant Major Zero (39 episodes, 1983-1986)

Storyline

In the year 2020 Earth is under threat from Martian androids who want revenge on the human race. They consist of Zelda, her son Youngstar and her sister called Sister. An organisation is set up on Earth called Terrahawks, which is top secret to the rest of the world. This is led by Dr Tiger Ninestein with other characters such as Sergeant Major Zero.

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Plot Keywords:

2020s | sister sister relationship | 21st century | mother son relationship | alien invasion | 

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Genres:

Family | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 October 1983 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anderson Burr Pictures, London Weekend Television (LWT)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min 23 min (39 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Terrahawks was the first Gerry Anderson puppet series to be made without the familiar "Supermarionation" puppetry technique and instead used a new superior "Supermacromation", a Muppet-style puppetry technique that made the puppets look more realistic and enabled them to be operated for the first time without any strings.

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Quotes

[Tiger has been wounded during a battle with one of Zelda's cubes]
Mary Falconer: How's the arm?
Dr. 'Tiger' Ninestein: I'll live.
Sergeant Major Zero: I was afraid of that.

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Crazy Credits

The end credits are accompanied by a game of Tic-Tac-Toe played by the Zeroids (in blue), and Zelda's Cubes (in red). The winner of the game differed from episode to episode.

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Connections

Referenced in Making the Unexpected (2008)

User Reviews

Good all-round entertainment

I have read the other reviews for this series and was quite pleased to note that there were very few criticisms. I suspect that I may have been one of the few who was an adult when I saw these programmes yet still sat through every episode - and looked forward to each new one beforehand. The great thing for me about these 30-minute gems was the fact that the stories were not deep (it was for young kids after all) yet they still worked on both an adult's and a child's level thereby ensuring that dad could sit down and watch this with the kids and be entertained too. Surprisingly nobody seems to have picked up on the clever casting of Windsor Davies who effectively reprised his role as the Sergeant-Major from the BBC sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot Mum". I reckon that for good all-round entertainment this is one of the best things Gerry Anderson ever did.