Anderson Entertainment have finally released their latest audio adventure, the first to feature Stingray and her crew in a brand new story. This 4 CD set was actually seriously delayed from it's original release date but more than worth the wait as it joins my growing collection of dramatised audio plays.
Stingray was originally broadcast on ITV way back in 1964 and lasted for 39 episodes until mid 1965. This was also the first British TV series to be made in colour so that it could be aimed at the US market These programmes were often repeated and well loved by my generation.
The adventures of the submarine Stingray and her crew Troy Tempest and "Phones" along with their passenger the beautiful Mariner took part in the deep oceans of the world where there threats from various undersea races including the vicious dictator Titan and his Amphibians who threatened the surface world with their fish like craft.
This latest adventure takes us to the bottom of the world where after discovering a strange craft at the bottom of the sea start looking for what might be an ancient civilisation underneath the ice. I thought at first Atlantis but the writers invite us to consider a hole to the centre of the Earth. Was that a deliberate "red herring"?
At 210 minutes this is a long story that far exceeds the old half-hour format but is well worth the time taken to listen to bringing back memories of childhood days with the return of Agent X-2-0 and his nefarious spying on the World Aquanaut Security Patrol WASP) which makes for double danger as Troy, Phones Mariner and stowaway Atlanta.
The crew go to the Antarctic but face attempts to "dissuade" them from continuing their quest both on land and at sea but even cut off from being able to contact Marineville the expedition enters the world beneath the ice. What wonders and indeed dangers will they find?
This is also available as a book.
Rating 5 Stars
Available from: shop.gerryanderson.com
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