Gavin Keyser
Director
Interster (1982)
Season 1
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.
Released July 19, 1982
Episode 42 min
None+
Genres: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction
Keywords: tmdb.puppet, tmdb.sexploitation, tmdb.afrikaans, tmdb.cape-town-south-africa
Production Companies: South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), C-Films, B&S Studios
Network: SABC 1
Country: South Africa
Languages:
Afrikaans
S1E1 - Proxima Encounter
Karnati, crown prince of the Krokons, is being held captive on earth to ensure peace between the two planets. But then Dr. Gorman strikes a deal with the Krokons: he will give them Karnati in exchange for a valuable mineral - and the life of Interster captain Buks de la Rey.
July 20, 1982, midnight
S1E2 - Saboteur
Gorman and Karnati plan to hijack the SK Woltemade, but the day is saved by Pikkie the Robot.
July 27, 1982, midnight
S1E3 - Kidnapping
Gorman and Karnati kidnap Lida to get information about the earth powers.
Aug. 3, 1982, midnight
S1E4 - Terrorism
The Krokons destroy earth’s spacecrafts. Buks and Adam get sent to destroy their terrorist bases.
Aug. 10, 1982, midnight
S1E5 - Prisoner
Spaceship Woltemade gets damaged, with the professor on board. Prince Karnati hears the ship's emergency signals and take his chance to capture the professor. But it turns out that the professor is too shrewd for him, and it’s not long before his evil plans start to fall apart.
Aug. 17, 1982, midnight
S1E6 - Nuclear Physics
Buks and Adam visit a radioactive planet to investigate its mining possibilities. Karnati decides to get rid of them.
Aug. 24, 1982, midnight
S1E7 - Ice
Gorman and Karnati sends a unmanned craft to destroy earth, but Buks and Adam are prepared.
Aug. 31, 1982, midnight
S1E8 - Espionage
Buks and Adam get sent on an important mission: go to Krokon to find out what they can about the Krokons' plans.
Sept. 7, 1982, midnight
S1E9 - Ambush
Karnati and Gorman plan a trap for Buks and Adam.
Sept. 14, 1982, midnight
S1E10 - Anti-matter
A Krokon ship, carrying an anti-matter satellite, it on its way to earth and exposes Impala I and its crew to the weapon's deadly rays.
Sept. 21, 1982, midnight
S1E11 - Jupiter Star
The Krokons turn Jupiter into a second sun in the solar system in an attempt to burn up the earth.
Sept. 28, 1982, midnight
S1E12 - History
The Krokons manufacture a black star to wipe out earth. Buks and Adam use a time machine to destroy the black star before it was even created!
Oct. 5, 1982, midnight
S1E13 - Meteor Shower
Gorman and the Krokons want to narrow the asteroid belt, hoping to destroy earth with a constant meteor shower.
Oct. 12, 1982, midnight
S1E14 - Disillusionment
Gorman gets captured.
Oct. 19, 1982, midnight
S1E15 - Forced Ally
Nov. 2, 1982, midnight
S1E16 - Earthquake
Nov. 9, 1982, midnight
S1E17 - Occupation
Buks and Adam have to relieve one of earth's planets after it was annexed by Krokon.
Nov. 16, 1982, midnight
S1E18 - Time
The earth gets trapped in time so that Krokon can get a good lead in its weapon production.
Nov. 23, 1982, midnight
S1E19 - Aggression
Nov. 30, 1982, midnight
S1E20 - Episode 20
The Krokons disguise a projectile as Halley's Comet to mislead the earth.
Dec. 7, 1982, midnight
S1E21 - Light
Earth is in danger again - this time from a gamma ray satellite.
Dec. 14, 1982, midnight
S1E22 - Episode 22
Buks and Adam use the Krokons' multi-laser weapon to their advantage.
Dec. 21, 1982, midnight
S1E23 - Suicide Mission
When the Krokons lead Buks and Adam into a black hole, they enter a universe where everything's topsy turvey: the Krokons are the heroes and Buks and Adam the villains.
Dec. 28, 1982, midnight
S1E24 - Reversal
The Krokons attempt to burn earth with a giant magnifying glass.
Jan. 4, 1983, midnight
S1E25 - Solar Power
Buks and Adam are sent to destroy a Krokon settlement - with orders to destroy their own ship if they need to.
Jan. 11, 1983, midnight
S1E26 - Episode 26
Gorman escapes from prison and teams up with Karnati once again to destroy the earth. Our heroes manage to destroy the Krokon base, but not before Gorman and Karnati manage to get away.
Jan. 18, 1983, midnight
Network: SABC 1
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 42 min.
Released: July 19, 1982
Last Air Date: May 10, 1986, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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