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Line 10: ''But against all adversity, sails homeward '''BOOOOOOUND!"'''''' }} '''''Stingray''''' is a children's marionette television show, created by [[Gerry Anderson\|Gerry]] and Sylvia Anderson, that ran from 1964-65. Stingray was also the first British television programme to be filmed entirely in colour (the earlier series ''[[The Adventures Ofof Sir Lancelot]]'' had been made in colour from halfway through its run). Set [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]], the show's focus was the day-to-day adventures of the crew of WASP, the '''W'''orld '''A'''quanaut '''S'''ecurity '''P'''atrol (why, [[White Anglo Saxon Protestant\|what WASP were ''you'' thinking of]]?), a Californian naval organization dedicated to keeping the world's waters free of any danger -- in particular, any danger caused by the Aquaphibians, a race of evil [[Human Alien\|fish-men]]. Helping them to lead the way is Captain [[Alliterative Name\|Troy Tempest]], who pilots the titular Stingray submarine alongside George Lee "Phones" Sheridan (so named because he operates the ship's hydrophones). Line 30: * [[Cryptid Episode]]: One episode has the crew shipped to Scotland to find the Loch Ness Monster. * [[Cute Mute]]: Marina * [[~~Theme~~Diegetic ~~Tune~~Theme Cameo]]: In "Raptures Of The Deep," a hallucinating Troy sings "Aqua Marina" (the [[Ending Theme]]) to Marina.▼ * [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: Marineville's buildings could be retracted underground in an emergency. * [[Ending Theme]]: [[Silly Love Songs\|"Marina...aqua Marina...what are these strange enchantments that start when ever you're near?"]] Line 35 ⟶ 36: * [[Love Triangle]]: Troy, Atlanta, and Marina. * [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Surface agent X20, who sounded like [[Peter Lorre]], though his appearance was based on Claude Rains. Troy Tempest was modelled on James Garner, and Marina on Brigitte Bardot. ** X20's voice actor, Robert Easton, [[Talking to ~~Yourself~~Himself\|also did the voice of]] Phones, who was an [[Expy]] of Sparks (played by Easton) from the [[Irwin Allen]] movie ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the ~~Sea\|Voyage To The Bottom Of The~~ Sea]]''. * [[Punny Name]]: Atlanta Shore, Marina, Troy Tempest; also, the Titanians worship the living fish-god Teufel (German for "Devil"), and their [[The Alcatraz\|maximum security prison]] is named [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|Aquatraz]]. * [[Sound to Screen Adaptation]]: inverted with a series of original cast 'audio adventures', originally released on vinyl and included as DVD extras. * [[Supermarionation]]: The technique used to make the puppets' lips move in time with their speech. ▲* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: In "Raptures Of The Deep," a hallucinating Troy sings "Aqua Marina" (the [[Ending Theme]]) to Marina. * [[Ultraterrestrials]]: The various aquatic races. {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Mystery Science Index 3000]] [[Category:British Series]] Line 49 ⟶ 50: [[Category:Stingray]] [[Category:TV Series]] [[Category:Puppet Shows of the 1960s]]