Series Three (1986)
The 13 episodes of the second production block were networked, airing in all ITV regions simultaneously on Saturday mornings. Before making its first appearance on British television, the whole of Series Three had already been broadcast in Japan, with eight episodes also having been transmitted in the United States. Production codes start at 27 (skipping 26) to resolve the inconsistency in the numbering caused by the two-part pilot episode, "Expect the Unexpected", and reflect the number of distinct episodes made for the first production block.
| Ep. # | Title | Director | Writer | First ITV Network Air Date | Production Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Two for the Price of One" | Tony Lenny | "Kay Itstein" | 3 May 1986 (1986-05-03) | 27 |
| The aliens are preoccupied with the birth of Cy-star's child while the Terrahawks prepare to launch a sneak attack. | |||||
| 2 | "First Strike" | Tony Lenny | "Polly Phillestein" | 10 May 1986 (1986-05-10) | 31 |
| An overzealous general seizes control of the Terrahawks to mount a direct assault on Zelda's Mars base. Ninestein makes futile attempts to warn him that Zelda and her gang of monsters are too powerful to engage in direct combat. Zelda readies a counter-strike team of Sram, Yuri, Lord Tempo and Yung-star. | |||||
| 3 | "Terratomb" | Tony Bell | "Edward E. Barestein" | 17 May 1986 (1986-05-17) | 32 |
| Yuri seals Battlehawk inside Hawknest after Battletank picks up a bomb while investigating a ZEAF. (The final episode to be broadcast in the United States, on 24 January 1985.) | |||||
| 4 | "Space Cyclops" | Tony Lenny | "Lita Beerstein" | 24 May 1986 (1986-05-24) | 35 |
| Zelda sends a huge egg to the moon that hatches into a one-eyed monster. | |||||
| 5 | "Doppelganger" | Tony Lenny | "Albert Zweistein" | 31 May 1986 (1986-05-31) | 33 |
| A statue of Yung-star is found at a museum on Earth. | |||||
| 6 | "Child's Play" | Tony Bell | "Sue Donymstein" | 7 June 1986 (1986-06-07) | 28 |
| It-star masterminds its first attack, attempting to destroy the Terrahawks with a bomb. | |||||
| 7 | "Jolly Roger One" | Tony Lenny | "Fred Barestein" | 14 June 1986 (1986-06-14) | 29 |
| Yung-star and It-star are sent with Captain Goat to run a pirate radio ship to lure the Terrahawks into a trap. | |||||
| 8 | "Runaway" | Tony Bell | "Frank Instein" | 21 June 1986 (1986-06-21) | 30 |
| Yung-Star runs away, but he is unknowingly carrying a 'bug' in the form of a powder inside him. | |||||
| 9 | "Space Samurai" | Desmond Saunders | "Cubby Dreistein" | 28 June 1986 (1986-06-28) | 06 |
| Tamura, a Samurai warrior from outer space, forces Zelda and Ninestein to meet on neutral ground in order to settle their dispute peacefully. (Previously broadcast on 10 January 1985 in the United States and 16 July 1985 in Japan.) | |||||
| 10 | "Timewarp" | Tony Bell | "Major Daystein" | 5 July 1986 (1986-07-05) | 36 |
| Lord Tempo creates a time warp in order to slow down the Terrahawks' ability to react to a full-scale attack. | |||||
| 11 | "Operation Zero" | Tony Lenny | "Ann Teakstein" | 12 July 1986 (1986-07-12) | 39 |
| Zero is feeling out of sorts and goes in for repairs, but makes a grim discovery; Zelda and her family have infiltrated Hawknest. | |||||
| 12 | "The Sporilla" | Tony Bell | "Leo Pardstein" | 19 July 1986 (1986-07-19) | 07 |
| Zelda lures the Terrahawks to Jupiter's moon Callisto by ransacking a listening post there. Once they arrive, they find themselves being stalked by the fearsome Sporilla. (Previously broadcast on 4 January 1985 in the United States and 14 May 1985 in Japan.) | |||||
| 13 | "GO(L)D" | Desmond Saunders | "Cubby Dreistein" | 26 July 1986 (1986-07-26) | 02 |
| The Zeroids find an explosive meteorite, which the human Terrahawks mistake for gold and which Zero mistakes for the god that Ninestein worships; it kills one of Ninestein's clones when it explodes, forcing another to take his place. (Broadcast as the fourth episode – as originally intended – on 23 April 1985 in Japan; but as the 39th and final episode, on 26 July 1986, in the UK.) |
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