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Space Sentinels

22min

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Animation

Space Sentinels is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Filmation which debuted on the American NBC network on September 10, 1977 and ran for thirteen half-hour episodes. The series has been called "ahead of its time" due to its racially diverse cast of main characters. In this series, the Roman mythological figures Hercules and Mercury are joined by Astrea, a character created specifically for the series, to form a superhero team to protect mankind. The complete series was released on Region 1 DVD on August 22, 2006, along with the complete series of The Freedom Force.

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Morpheus: The Sinister Sentinel

1. Morpheus: The Sinister Sentinel

10th Sep 1977

Another sentinel with an evil alignment and who has the power of Astrea, Hercules and Mercury combined, comes to Earth for revenge.

Space Giants

2. Space Giants

17th Sep 1977

The Sentinels have to deal with giant tough-to-beat robots who are initially after some gold as fuel.

The Time Traveller

3. The Time Traveller

24th Sep 1977

A human from an advanced time period has returned to stop the construction of a moon base by destroying the supply rockets (unmanned) shortly after launch.

The Sorceress

4. The Sorceress

1st Oct 1977

A large section of the north pole has vanished, and the Sentinels are dispatched to investigate.

The Return of Anubis

5. The Return of Anubis

8th Oct 1977

Anubis is revived and wants to exact revenge on human beings. The Sentinels have to stop this from happening.

The Wizard of Od

6. The Wizard of Od

15th Oct 1977

The Sentinels travel to an alternate universe to investigate and defeat a device that alters reality.

The Prime Sentinel

7. The Prime Sentinel

22nd Oct 1977

Another Sentinel One-like computer, known as the Prime Sentinel, has been compromised by an evil unknown force, and the Sentinels journey into space to fix the problem.

Commander Nemo

8. Commander Nemo

29th Oct 1977

An eco-terrorist threatens civilization and the Sentinels travel into the ocean to find and stop him.

Voyage to the Inner World

9. Voyage to the Inner World

5th Nov 1977

Astrea is kidnapped with the intent to use her to power an underground civilization against her will. Hercules, Mercury, Sentinel One and MO use their spaceship to burrow their way to the city to rescue her.

Loki

10. Loki

12th Nov 1977

A powerful human from another dimension is freed and sends Hercules and Mercury into his dimension which allows him to steal their spaceship and use it in an attempt to conquer his original dimension that he came from.

Fauna

11. Fauna

19th Nov 1977

A young girl who has telepathy and can control wild animals, is attacking a laboratory in a forest. The Sentinels are dispatched to investigate.

The Jupiter Spore

12. The Jupiter Spore

26th Nov 1977

When an alien plant spore is brought to Earth by a returing space probe, it endangers the planet when it begins to grow uncontrollably. The Sentinels must consult a wise cosmic sage before deciding on a course of action.

The Worldship

13. The Worldship

3rd Dec 1977

A large planetoid is on a direct collision course with earth. The Sentinels come to the conclusion that the planetoid must be destroyed to save the earth, so using their spaceship, they intercept the planetoid and find out that further investigation is needed.

First air date

10th Sep 1977

Last air date

3rd Dec 1977

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

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