Interster

Overview

A South African Supermarionation children's television show about an undercover planetary defence agency operating from Cape Town under the guise of an interstellar shipping company. The show mirrored the real world political issues of international isolation facing Apartheid South Africa with the Earth being depicted as a galactic pariah of the "Interplanetary League" due to its cold war with the planet "Krokon". The villain in the series was depicted by Prince Karnati or his evil henchmen.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

July 20, 1982

Last aired

April 26, 1986

Episodes

37

Network

SABC 1

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Afrikaans

Countries

South Africa

Production

C-Films,South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC),B&S Studios

Creators

Dirk de Villiers, Lindsay du Plessis, Gavin Keyser