Episode
The Herculoids: The Pod Creatures
Overview
An alien spacecraft hovers over Amzot, dropping mechanical pods onto the planet. Meanwhile, Dorno, Igoo and Gleep, on a mission to get firewood, see the robotic pod creatures as the pods open up and start attacking the trio.
Details
- Series
- The Herculoids
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1967-09-16
- Runtime
- 11 min
Episode context
The Pod Creatures is Episode 3 in Season 1 of The Herculoids. It aired on 1967-09-16. The runtime is 11 min.
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Episode 1: The Pirates
After killing two creatures with a treasure chest, pirates bury it on Amzot. When the Herculoids approach, Dorno is captured and held hostage.
Episode 5: The Beaked People
Krokar, leader of the Beaked People, stages an invasion on the Winged Monkeys, purposely letting one escape so he can capture Zandor and rule Amzot.
Episode 6: The Raiders
Sta-Lak flew over Amzot; upon seeing Zandor and Zok, Sta-Lak turned his ship invisible to avoid detection, with the intent of taking Tara prisoner.
Episode 7: The Mole Men
After being woken up by a bird, Zandor investigates Marcon and the Mole Men's plans to invade the surface world, saving a condemned prisoner in the process. Meanwhile, other Mole Men are attacking the Herculoids.
Episode 8: The Lost Dargyte
Zandor rescues a young boy from a vulture; the Herculoids then take the boy back to his heavily-shadowed home because he can not live in sunlight. The insect-looking creatures attack the Herculoids on their way out.
Episode 9: The Spider Men
A group of spider-like creatures kidnap Dorno, then try doing the same with Tara. Gloop saves her while Gleep blows a horn beckoning the Herculoids to action. Zandor briefly frees Dorno with his shield but is soon captured with Dorno. After a stalemate, Zandor calls the Herculoids to action for one concentrated attack.
Episode 10: The Android People
Zandor was captured by Gorvac, leader of the Android People, and created a giant evil clone of Zandor with plans to create an army of Zandor clones.
Episode 11: Defeat of Ogron
Andropon and his robots invade Amzot, where the Herculoids easily defeat them. After Andropon continuously threatens to build replacement robot armies (and Zandor continuously vows to defeat said armies), Andropon pits his top warrior Ogron against Zandor and Zok.
Episode 12: Prisoners of the Bubblemen
Brotak and his Bubblemen kidnap Zandor and Tara for the purpose of using them as scientific experiments.
Episode 13: Mekkano, the Machine Master
Trained machines break Mekkano out of an intergalactic prison, where he vows to destroy the ones who put him in prison: Zandor and the Herculoids.