Supercar

30min

Action & Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Follows the adventures of Mike Mercury and the test crew at Black Rock Laboratory in the Nevada Desert in 1962, as they test out Supercar, a prototype vehicle capable of traveling on land, can dive underwater, and can fly through the air.

Production Companies

AP Films

ITC Entertainment

Associated Television

Episodes

Cast

Rescue

1. Rescue

28th Jan 1961

Jimmy Gibson and his older brother Bill are flying to America by plane with Mitch the monkey when their plane crashes. The Air Sea Rescue team can find no trace of their life raft through the dense fog, but at Black Rock Laboratory, the newly-completed Supercar is ready to be put to the test and Mike Mercury flies out to rescue the trio.

False Alarm

2. False Alarm

4th Feb 1961

Masterspy and Zarin use a phony distress call to lure Supercar to them, and after they have Mike captured and drugged, who will be able to stop them from making off with the super vehicle?

The Talisman of Sargon

3. The Talisman of Sargon

11th Feb 1961

With Dr. Beaker's unwitting help, Masterspy locates and steals the legendary lost talisman of Sargon, which supposedly has magical powers that will allow him to take over an oil sheik's riches.

What Goes Up

4. What Goes Up

18th Feb 1961

An Air Force test to explode a new rocket fuel in the upper atmosphere goes awry, and only Supercar has a chance of getting close enough to detonate it before it falls back to earth.

Amazonian Adventure

5. Amazonian Adventure

25th Feb 1961

When Mitch the monkey falls ill with sleeping sickness, Mike and Dr. Beaker head for the Amazon jungle to retrieve a special plant that can cure him, but they are captured by a tribe of headhunters.

Grounded

6. Grounded

4th Mar 1961

When sabotage keeps Mike from pursuing two thieves via the skies, he continues to follow them using his vehicle as an ordinary car.

Keep It Cool

7. Keep It Cool

11th Mar 1961

Bill Gibson and Beaker come under attack by Masterspy as they are transporting an experimental new fuel across the desert. Mike must rescue them before the volatile fuel warms up past its freezing point and explodes.

Jungle Hazard

8. Jungle Hazard

18th Mar 1961

Masterspy tries to take over an old rubber plantation in Malaysia, not realizing that the girl who now owns the estate is Beaker's cousin, and she has obtained the assistance of Mike and Supercar.

High Tension

9. High Tension

25th Mar 1961

Masterspy kidnaps Dr. Beaker and tries to make off with Supercar, but he gets a nasty shock when he finds out that Mike can take over part of the vehicle's operation by remote control.

Island Incident

10. Island Incident

1st Apr 1961

Supercar's underwater capabilities come in handy when Mike receives a call for help from the deposed president of the island nation of Pelota.

Ice-Fall

11. Ice-Fall

8th Apr 1961

Exploring a frozen waterfall in an underground mountain cavern, Beaker is trapped by an avalanche. Can Supercar's powerful engines melt the ice in time to save him?

Phantom Piper

12. Phantom Piper

15th Apr 1961

Mike and his friends go to Scotland to solve the mystery of a castle's phantom bagpiper and keep a woman from being swindled out of a valuable gem.

Pirate Plunder

13. Pirate Plunder

22nd Apr 1961

Black Morgan, a descendant of the infamous pirate, has been plundering cruise ships in the Pacific, and Supercar is the only vessel that can match his speed. But then he threatens to blow up a group of hostages with a torpedo if Mike tries to stop him.

A Little Art

14. A Little Art

29th Apr 1961

When a painting he just bought is stolen from Dr. Beaker, he discovers that it contained a clue to the secret hiding place of a forger's plates for printing counterfeit money.

Flight of Fancy

15. Flight of Fancy

6th May 1961

Jimmy has a dream in which he and Mitch use Supercar to rescue a princess.

Deep Seven

16. Deep Seven

13th May 1961

On a test dive to the sea floor, Supercar has engine trouble and then becomes entangled in the cable of an unexploded mine.

Hostage

17. Hostage

20th May 1961

While Dr. Beaker is on vacation in Ireland, two men kidnap a girl and force him to call Mike Mercury for help.

The Sunken Temple

18. The Sunken Temple

27th May 1961

Mike and Beaker help a history professor excavate an underwater cavern, but they are unprepared to encounter a stolen safe full of money and a falling statue.

The Lost City

19. The Lost City

3rd Jun 1961

Forced off course on its way to the South Pole, Supercar is forced to land in the ruins of an ancient city, where its passengers discover the secret hideout of a mad scientist who is planning to destroy Washington D.C. with a guided missile.

Trapped in the Depths

20. Trapped in the Depths

10th Jun 1961

Mike takes Supercar deep into the ocean to rescue scientists trapped in a bathyscaphe on the sea floor.

Dragon of Ho Meng

21. Dragon of Ho Meng

17th Jun 1961

When a typhoon forces Supercar down near an island temple guarded by Ho Meng, the man thinks it is some kind of dragon until his daughter is kidnapped and he gets to see Supercar in action.

Magic Carpet

22. Magic Carpet

24th Jun 1961

The Supercar team goes to Kirikan, an isolated kingdom in southern Asia, on a mission to deliver medical supplies to save a prince's life, but their efforts are thwarted by an attempted coup.

Supercar "Take One"

23. Supercar "Take One"

1st Jul 1961

When the team uses a newly-acquired movie camera to document Supercar's abilities, the film accidentally falls into the hands of some spies, so Mike and crew have to fly to New York to retrieve it.

Crash Landing

24. Crash Landing

8th Jul 1961

When engine trouble forces Supercar to land in the African jungle, the first night goes well until Mike and Dr. Beaker wake up to find Mitch missing.

The Tracking of Masterspy

25. The Tracking of Masterspy

15th Jul 1961

Pretending to be a reporter, Masterspy manages to steal the secret plans for Supercar, or so he thinks. Mike has actually allowed him to steal a tracking device that will allow Supercar to follow him back to his hideout.

The White Line

26. The White Line

6th Aug 1961

Baffled by a series of armored car robberies, Scotland Yard calls in he Supercar team, but when Dr. Beaker decides to take the wheel for the next delivery, he is unaware that he is headed for a deadly trap.

First air date

28th Jan 1961

Last air date

29th Apr 1962

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks