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The Best Episodes Directed By Ken Turner

Every TV Episode Directed by Ken Turner Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 24 - Noose of Ice
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Noose of Ice

    S1:E24

    Tritonium alloy mining operations at Hotspot Tower in the North Pole are threatened when a Mysteron agent cuts the power to vital heating elements.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 31 - Attack on Cloudbase
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Attack on Cloudbase

    S1:E31

    After the Mysterons threaten Spectrum's Cloudbase headquarters, a large fast-moving trace appears on the radar.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - Crater 101
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Crater 101

    S1:E17

    A dangerous lunar mission turns deadly for Scarlet, Blue and Lieutenant Green.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 20 - Fire at Rig 15
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Fire at Rig 15

    S1:E20

    An oil rig inferno enables the Mysterons to gain control of an explosives expert for deadly and destructive purposes.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Operation Time
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Operation Time

    S1:E8

    The Mysterons' cryptic threat to ’kill time’ has the Spectrum personnel stumped until Magenta realises that their target is General Tiempo, the Commander of Western Region World Defence.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Colonel McClaine
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Colonel McClaine

    S1:E5

    Joe leads an overland convoy carrying an extremely volatile compound across 200 miles of treacherous countryside.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - Double Agent
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Double Agent

    S1:E16

    When 3 planes are shot down and the contents stolen, Joe is called in to take over the case, but the patterns given to him are those of a real killer.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 24 - Lone-Handed 90
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Lone-Handed 90

    S1:E24

    The superboy dreams of becoming a sheriff, and takes part in a rip-roaring western.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 27 - Mission X-41
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Mission X-41

    S1:E27

    Joe takes on the patterns of a top virologist to steal the formula for the antibody for virus X-41 from a secret laboratory, can Joe save the day.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Destruction
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Destruction

    S1:E9

    A Naval vessel shoots down a UFO in the Atlantic, but the Admiralty rejects further investigation into the incident. Straker suspects a cover up and wants to know why, so Foster courts Admiral Sheringham's secretary, Sarah Bosanquet. What they discover could mean the end of all life on Earth...

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 14 - Mindbender
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Mindbender

    S1:E14

    After a UFO inexplicably destroys itself less than two miles from Moonbase, a mysterious crystal rock is recovered, and it causes the person in its vicinity to hallucinate. The man on Moonbase who found it thinks Mexican bandits have taken over Moonbase. It gets transferred to Straker's office, and he hallucinates that SHADO is simply a set for a TV series, he is an actor named Mr. Burns, Moonbase can be reached by stepping through two doors from the main control room at SHADO HQ, and "Mr. Straker" is not available. Straker breaks the hallucination by jumping in on the scene while the "character" Gen. Henderson is doing a close-up of the line they were doing when the hallucination began.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Operation McClaine
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Operation McClaine

    S1:E12

    Joe takes on a neurosurgeon's brain patterns in order to perform an operation on a writer who is dieing.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Conflict
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Conflict

    S1:E4

    When an Alien Limpet UFO causes the destruction of Lunar Module 32, Straker demands a clean-up programme by the International Astrophysical Commission to remove hazardous space debris from Earth orbit. But Straker finds himself butting heads with I.A.C. chairman James Henderson, who wants a complete shut-down of SHADO operations...

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Spectrum Strikes Back
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Spectrum Strikes Back

    S1:E9

    The Mysteron Gun and the Mysteron detector - two new anti-Mysteron devices - are unveiled at a top secret location.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 14 - Model Spy
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Model Spy

    S1:E14

    Captain Scarlet goes undercover as a Fashion PR when models are endangered by the Mysterons.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - The Unorthodox Shepherd
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Unorthodox Shepherd

    S1:E13

    Joe is given the brain pattern of a World Bank President to foil a forgery ring, Can Joe save the day.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - E.S.P.
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - E.S.P.

    S1:E6

    John Croxley's talent for extra sensory perception is heightened after his wife is killed when a UFO crashes into their house. With his mind under the influence of the Aliens, Croxley learns the secrets of SHADO and lures Straker and Freeman to the remains of his house - to kill them!

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - Flight Path
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Flight Path

    S1:E15

    A SHADO Technician, who is being blackmailed for information by an unknown party, is caught by Freeman, but not before the information is passed. The Technician, Paul Roper, divulges what information he gave to the blackmailers, to SHADO. After much work on the cryptic data, they discover it is part of a plan by the aliens to attack the Moonbase in a way that would be undetectable. Now it's up to Roper to redeem himself, as he is sent on the suicide mission to stop the attack. If he fails, the base will surely be destroyed.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 32 - The Inquisition
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Inquisition

    S1:E32

    A drugged Captain Blue awakes to find himself under interrogation on Cloudbase. He has apparently been missing for three months and must now prove his identity to Intelligence agent Colgan by revealing Spectrum's top secret cypher codes.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - Ordeal
    4.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Ordeal

    S1:E19

    Foster is abducted by aliens from a health spa and is being taken out into space, presumably back to the alien homeworld. However, the UFO was damaged and returns to the moon, crashing there. While the Moonbase personnel try to free Foster of the alien environmental suit, Foster wakes up in the steam room at the health spa. The episode begs explanation for how Foster dreamed in such orderly detail, including Carlin missing a shot and Straker angry at the missed shot, and Dr. Jackson's off-line comments to Straker before they go onto a visual link to Moonbase to guide them through removal of Foster's alien helmet.

    Director:Ken Turner
    Writer:N/A

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Ken Turner Ratings Summary

"Noose of Ice" is the best rated episode directed by Ken Turner. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 3/12/1968 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Attack on Cloudbase".