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The Best Episodes of Stingray

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In 2064, Captain Troy Tempest of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol and his crew explore the oceans in their combat submarine Stingray, encountering friendly and hostile undersea aliens.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Stingray Season 1 Episode 3 - The Ghost Ship
    8.2/10(84 votes)

    #1 - The Ghost Ship

    S1:E3

    Using an old Spanish galleon, the villainous Idotee is attacking passing ships and plundering them for their cargoes. He soon captures Commander Shore and Phones and holds them prisoner on his ancient sailing vessel.

    Director:Desmond Saunders
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  2. Stingray Season 1 Episode 38 - Marineville Traitor
    8.0/10(54 votes)

    #2 - Marineville Traitor

    S1:E38

    Commander Shore is framed when a piece of equipment disappears from Marineville control. Troy places the commander under arrest - but who would want to frame the commander, and why doesn't Shore protest his innocence?

    Director:Desmond Saunders
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  3. Stingray Season 1 Episode 2 - Emergency Marineville
    7.7/10(87 votes)

    #3 - Emergency Marineville

    S1:E2

    The Stingray crew track the launch site of missiles fired on Marineville to a volcanic island. However, on investigating they become captured by the aliens responsible.

    Director:John Kelly
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  4. Stingray Season 1 Episode 16 - The Lighthouse Dwellers
    7.5/10(54 votes)

    #4 - The Lighthouse Dwellers

    S1:E16

    Just as an aircraft begins its approach towards a new airfield, the light from a disused lighthouse comes on, confusing the pilot and causing him to crash.

    Director:David Elliott
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  5. Stingray Season 1 Episode 19 - Deep Heat
    7.5/10(55 votes)

    #5 - Deep Heat

    S1:E19

    After a robot probe inexplicably disappears, the Stingray crew is ordered to investigate. Troy, Phones and Marine follow the trail to the base of a volcano, which is about to erupt.

    Director:John Kelly
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  6. Stingray Season 1 Episode 21 - Invisible Enemy
    7.5/10(60 votes)

    #6 - Invisible Enemy

    S1:E21

    Troy and Phones rescue a comatose man and take him back to Marineville for treatment. Unknown to them, the man is actually in a controlled hypnotic trance as part of a plan to render everyone in Marineville unconscious and open to attack.

    Director:David Elliott
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  7. Stingray Season 1 Episode 27 - The Disappearing Ships
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #7 - The Disappearing Ships

    S1:E27

    When three disused freighters that are to be blown up by remote control mysteriously vanish, Troy and Phones set off in Stingray to find them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  8. Stingray Season 1 Episode 1 - Stingray
    7.0/10(124 votes)

    #8 - Stingray

    S1:E1

    Following the destruction of a WASP submarine, Troy and Phones are sent to investigate. They are soon captured by an enemy submarine in the form of a gigantic fish, which takes them to the underwater city Titanica. There, they meet Titan for the first time.

    Director:Alan Pattillo
    Writers:Sylvia Anderson, Gerry Anderson

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  9. Stingray Season 1 Episode 4 - Subterranean Sea
    7.0/10(71 votes)

    #9 - Subterranean Sea

    S1:E4

    When the Stingray crew has their holiday abruptly cancelled, they set off to probe the ocean depths. Troy and his friends soon discover a deep undersea shaft, which leads them to a desert-like plateau.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  10. Stingray Season 1 Episode 5 - Loch Ness Monster
    7.0/10(68 votes)

    #10 - Loch Ness Monster

    S1:E5

    Commander Shore's friend Admiral Denver claims to have seen the Loch Ness Monster. As a result, the Stingray crew travel to Scotland to see if the legendary creature exists.

    Director:Alan Pattillo
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  11. Stingray Season 1 Episode 7 - The Man from the Navy
    7.0/10(67 votes)

    #11 - The Man from the Navy

    S1:E7

    When a boastful naval Captain arrives in Marineville to demonstrate a new missile, he and Troy immediately experience a clash of personalities. Meanwhile, Surface Agent X20 sabotages the test missile by loading it with real explosives.

    Director:John Kelly
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  12. Stingray Season 1 Episode 8 - An Echo of Danger
    7.0/10(59 votes)

    #12 - An Echo of Danger

    S1:E8

    While out on escort patrol, Phones hears a mysterious sound through his headset. But when Stingray leaves the escort to investigate, the crew are unable to locate the source. Beginning to doubt his senses, Phones visits a psychiatrist - unaware that the doctor is none other than Surface Agent X20 in disguise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  13. Stingray Season 1 Episode 12 - A Christmas to Remember
    7.0/10(62 votes)

    #13 - A Christmas to Remember

    S1:E12

    When Troy meets the orphaned son of an ex-WASP aquanaut, he decides to give the boy a Christmas to remember.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  14. Stingray Season 1 Episode 13 - Tune of Danger
    7.0/10(62 votes)

    #14 - Tune of Danger

    S1:E13

    Learning that a jazz group is to give a concert in the undersea city of Aphony, where Marina's father lives, Surface Agent X20 plants a bomb in the group’s bass.

    Director:John Kelly
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  15. Stingray Season 1 Episode 14 - The Ghost of the Sea
    7.0/10(57 votes)

    #15 - The Ghost of the Sea

    S1:E14

    Commander Shore keeps having nightmares about the time five years ago when he was crippled in a sea battle with an underwater craft, and then rescued by a mysterious stranger.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  16. Stingray Season 1 Episode 15 - Rescue from the Skies
    7.0/10(54 votes)

    #16 - Rescue from the Skies

    S1:E15

    As part of his training to become an aquanaut, Lieutenant Fisher is given temporary command of Stingray and assigned target practice.

    Director:Desmond Saunders
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  17. Stingray Season 1 Episode 17 - The Big Gun
    7.0/10(61 votes)

    #17 - The Big Gun

    S1:E17

    After Stingray destroys an attacking submarine, another soon arrives to threaten Marineville. Foiling the assault, Troy, Phones and Marina pursue the sub into a deep undersea tunnel and come across the city of Solarstar.

    Director:David Elliott
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  18. Stingray Season 1 Episode 24 - Treasure Down Below
    7.0/10(59 votes)

    #18 - Treasure Down Below

    S1:E24

    While the Stingray crew are on shore leave in Casablanca, a merchant sells Phones a map leading to ancient treasure. However, when Troy refuses to search for it, Marina secretly alters Stingray's course.

    Director:Alan Pattillo
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  19. Stingray Season 1 Episode 26 - Pink Ice
    7.0/10(53 votes)

    #19 - Pink Ice

    S1:E26

    Reports come in from all over the world about pink ice. Whilst investigating, the Stingray crew become trapped in the rapidly freezing pink water.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  20. Stingray Season 1 Episode 28 - Secret of the Giant Oyster
    7.0/10(52 votes)

    #20 - Secret of the Giant Oyster

    S1:E28

    After recovering a giant oyster, two explorers are captured by Troy in restricted waters. They persuade Commander Shore to let the Stingray crew help them collect its pearl. However, the crew are unaware of their real intentions.

    Director:John Kelly
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  21. Stingray Season 1 Episode 29 - The Invaders
    7.0/10(55 votes)

    #21 - The Invaders

    S1:E29

    The Stingray crew fall into a trap set by aliens at a weather station.

    Director:David Elliott
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  22. Stingray Season 1 Episode 30 - A Nut for Marineville
    7.0/10(52 votes)

    #22 - A Nut for Marineville

    S1:E30

    When a seemingly indestructible craft is sighted heading towards Marineville on a collision course, the eccentric Professor Burgoyne is called in to help develop a new super missile with which to destroy it.

    Director:David Elliott
    Writers:Sylvia Anderson, Gerry Anderson

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  23. Stingray Season 1 Episode 31 - Trapped in the Depths
    7.0/10(50 votes)

    #23 - Trapped in the Depths

    S1:E31

    When the insane Professor Cordo kidnaps Atlanta and takes her back to his undersea farm, Troy and Phones give chase in Stingray.

    Director:John Kelly
    Writer:Alan Fennell

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  24. Stingray Season 1 Episode 32 - Count Down
    7.0/10(56 votes)

    #24 - Count Down

    S1:E32

    As part of his plan to destroy Marineville, Surface Agent X20 infiltrates the base by posing as a professor who can teach mute people to speak. Then, unknowingly, Troy and Phones place Marina in his hands.

    Director:Alan Pattillo
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  25. Stingray Season 1 Episode 33 - Sea of Oil
    7.0/10(61 votes)

    #25 - Sea of Oil

    S1:E33

    The Stingray crew are sent to investigate the mysterious destruction of oil rigs.

    Director:John Kelly
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Ghost Ship" is the best rated episode of "Stingray". It scored 8.2/10 based on 84 votes. Directed by Desmond Saunders and written by Alan Fennell, it aired on 10/18/1964. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Marineville Traitor".