This week on The Benji and Nick Show, the boys are discussing Stingray, a British children’s science-fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson which debuted on television in October 1964.
Set in the 2060s, Stingray follows the exploits of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP), a military organisation responsible for policing the Earth’s oceans. The WASP’s top vessel is Stingray, a combat submarine crewed by Captain Troy Tempest, navigator Lieutenant ‘Phones’ Sheridan and Marina – a mute young woman from under the sea. Stingray‘s adventures bring it into contact with various underwater civilisations, some friendly and others hostile, as well as mysterious natural phenomena…