Episode
The Centurions: Sand Doom
Overview
Jake and Alex's rivalry threatens the team's efforts to stop the theft of a geothermal power station.
Details
- Series
- The Centurions
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1986-04-11
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Sand Doom is Episode 5 in Season 1 of The Centurions. It aired on 1986-04-11. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 7: Tornado of Terror
Doc Terror unleashes an enormous tornado on the world, and the Centurions must must seek assistance from Max's old flame, meteorologist Isobel Trask.
Episode 2: Battle Beneath the Sea
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Episode 8: Denver is Down
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Episode 1: The Sky Is on Fire
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Episode 9: Micro Menace
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Episode 10: Attack of the Plant-Borg
A shower of meteors heads towards the Earth. The Centurions are sent to try and stop them, however, one of them crashes into the desert. Doc Terror scans it and discovers an invulnerable plant growing on its surface. He gets Amber to place a seed from the plant onto Jake's dog, Shadow so that the Centurions' secret base is attacked by the plant. The plants quickly multiply and proceed to attack the rest of New York. The Centurions discover the existence of a master plant-borg that controls all the others, and try to destroy it.
Science Lesson: Plants by Crystal.
Episode 11: Battle Beneath the Ice
A meteorite with alien life on its surface falls into the Arctic Ocean. Doc Terror wants it, and sends Mako to retrieve it. Sealab is also interested in the meteorite, and comes into conflict with Terror's forces. The Centurions are sent to diffuse the situation. However, problems later arise when the new Mark-1 A.I. Prototype onboard is infected by an alien virus carried by the meteorite. With every electronic system on board Sealab affected, the Centurions have to neutralise the virus before Doc Terror's approaching forces arrive.
Science Lesson: Arctic Ocean by Max.
Episode 12: Operation Starfall
Ace is on the Moon, inspecting the security systems of a mass-driver ore transporter, that ships mined ore from the Moon to the Earth. It soon comes under attack by Terror's Strafers under the command of the cyborg Lunex. Ace is unsuccessful in defending the mining-camp, and both he and it are captured by Lunex. Doc Terror then announces that he will use the mass-driver to launch meteors at the Earth. Ace is rescued, and together, the Centurions beam-over to Lunar free it from Lunex. However, the meteor has already been launched toward the San Andreas fault line, and only Ace alone can stop it.
Science Lesson: The Moon by Crystal.
Episode 13: Let the Games Begin
Randy Chang, the young champion of the Holo-Games, is kidnapped by Doc Terror, who plans to use his strategic knowledge to defeat the Centurions. Terror disguises himself as the ""Gaming Master"" and tricks Randy into thinking that his attacks on the Centurions are merely parts of a game. The Centurions manage to get to Randy, but Terror turns him into Multi-Borg, a cyborg that can split into three parts. The Centurions have to stop Multi-Borg before Randy fully turns into a cyborg.
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