Stingray 1964 - 1965


Stingray is a British children's Supermarionation television series, 
created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by AP Films 
for ATV and ITC Entertainment between 1964 and 1965. 
Its 39 half-hour episodes were originally screened on ATV in 
the United Kingdom and in syndication in the United States. 
The scriptwriters included the Andersons, Alan Fennell and 
Dennis Spooner. Barry Gray composed the music, and Derek Meddings 
served as special effects director.

Stingray was the first Supermarionation production to be filmed in 
colour, and also the first in which the marionette puppet characters 
had interchangeable heads featuring a variety of expressions. 

Stingray, a highly-sophisticated combat submarine built for speed and 
maneuverability, is the flag vessel of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol 
(WASP), a security organization based at Marineville in the year 2065. She 
is capable of speeds of up to 600 knots (1,100 km/h), while advanced 
pressure compensators allow her to submerge to depths of over 36,000 
feet (11,000 m), enabling cruising to the bottom of any part of any of 
Earth's oceans. Marineville is located somewhere in California, on the 
West Coast of the United States. In the case of it being under attack, 
Battle Stations is called and the entire base is lowered down on hydraulic 
jacks into the safety of underground bunkers. The base lies 10 miles 
(16 km) inland, and Stingray is launched from "Pen 3" through a tunnel 
leading to the Pacific Ocean. The alerts "action stations", "launch stations", 
and "battle stations" are sounded not by sirens but by a rapid drum-beat 
(composed and recorded by series composer Barry Gray) that is played 
over Marineville's public address system. 

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