The Investigator

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1973
23 Min.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThe Investigator, a benevolent alien from a distant galaxy, selects an Earth boy and girl, John and Julie, to assist him in his mission to make their world a better place. The pair are minia... Alles lesenThe Investigator, a benevolent alien from a distant galaxy, selects an Earth boy and girl, John and Julie, to assist him in his mission to make their world a better place. The pair are miniaturized to assist The Investigator more easily, and assigned to prevent the theft by Stavr... Alles lesenThe Investigator, a benevolent alien from a distant galaxy, selects an Earth boy and girl, John and Julie, to assist him in his mission to make their world a better place. The pair are miniaturized to assist The Investigator more easily, and assigned to prevent the theft by Stavros Karanti of a 14th century masterpiece from a church on Malta. John and Julie are presen... Alles lesen

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Charles Thake

Karanti

Peter Borg

Christoph

Sylvia Anderson

Julie
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Shane Rimmer

John
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Peter Dyneley

The Investigator
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The expensive custom built radio controlled car and speedboat proved to be susceptible to signal interference from external sources that wasn't discovered until the production crew took the models out of the workshop and onto location filming. This was another reason why the series never went into production beyond the pilot show and Gerry Anderson instead started developing his next project, SPACE 1999.

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Edited into The Lost Worlds of Gerry Anderson (2015)

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4/10

Silly failed pilot, deservedly obscure

John and Julie, two miniaturised special agents working for 'The Investigator' (a disembodied extragalactic voice) attempt to stop the theft of a priceless Raphael painting from a Maltese cathedral. This was the pilot for a proposed series from Gerry Anderson and is the swan song of his supermarionation oeuvre. While the marionettes are undoubtedly technically sophisticated (they are closer to the uncanny valley (and therefore creeper) than the Thunderbirds or the Captain Scarlet puppets), the two 24-inch characters just look ridiculous when sneaking around a full size world. Typical of an Anderson production there are some hi-tech vehicles (in this case an 8-wheeled sports car and a speed-boat) but the designs were constrained by the need for the vehicles to actually function (they were RC-controlled) so they just look (and move) like oversized toys. John and Julie (voiced by Shane Rimmer and Sylvia Anderson) are not particularly interesting characters and this, their opening adventure, is simplistic and marred by an insipid resolution. Apparently no one, including Anderson, was impressed by the film and there was no interest in developing the premise into a series. The classic retro-quaint supermarionation shows from the 1960s remain entertaining and have legions of fans but this goofy kid's show didn't inherit any of the magic that made Thunderbirds et al so memorable. Available along with other Anderson obscurities on the 'The Lost Worlds of Gerry Anderson' DVD.