Interster (1982) — S01E01 · Proxima Encounter

Interster

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.

Creator

Lindsay du Plessis, Dirk de Villiers, Gavin Keyser

First aired

Jul 20, 1982

Seasons

2 Seasons