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[[File:Stingray-tvshow_4699.jpg|frame|"Stand by for action!"]]
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''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 Of 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
The organization falls under the direction of Commander [[Alliterative Name|Sam Shore]], who as a result of a submarine accident is now confined to a [[Super Wheelchair|hoverchair]] around the base. His daughter is Atlanta Shore, the assistant communications officer who loves Troy Tempest from afar.
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Tagging along with the two pilots is a mute, [[Our Mermaids Are Different|tail-less]] mermaid by the name of Marina, who is forbidden by her ruler Titan to ever speak (if she does so, he will destroy her people). Unfortunately for Atlanta, Troy [[Mermaid Problem|seems to be attracted to her.]]
It has nothing to do with [[Stingray (1985 TV series)|the American '80s series of the same name]].
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* [[All Just a Dream]]: "The Cool Cave Man," "Tom Thumb Tempest" and "Raptures Of The Deep" (that's right, they did it ''three times''!). {{spoiler|In the last-named it's more of a hallucination, but it still counts.}}
* [[Apparently Human Merfolk]]: Marina and some of the Aquaphibians, others of the species are more [[Fish People]].
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* [[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|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|
* [[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.
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