Episode

Battle of the Planets: Raid of the Space Octopus

Name: Battle of the Planets: Raid of the Space Octopus
Released: 1978-09-20
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Ronnie Schell, Casey Kasem, Janet Waldo, Alan Young, Alan Dinehart

Battle of the PlanetsSeason 11978-09-20

Overview

Zoltar attacks Earth's power plants with a tentacled mech, but when G-Force attacks, the Phoenix experiences malfunctions.

Details

Series: Battle of the Planets
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 3
Air date: 1978-09-20
Runtime: 30 min

Episode context

Raid of the Space Octopus is Episode 3 in Season 1 of Battle of the Planets. It aired on 1978-09-20. The runtime is 30 min.

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Episode 2: The Fiery Lava Giant 1978-09-19 | 30 min On Space Island, a colonized asteroid, a Lava Giant suddenly appears and goes on a rampage.

Episode 4: Siege of the Squids 1978-09-21 | 30 min A cargo ship is destroyed, but the only witnesses, fisherman and his sons, are reluctant to tell G-Force what they know.

More episodes from this season

Episode 1: Giant from Planet Zyr 1978-09-18 | 30 min A team of scientists on Earth develop the Jet Cutter, a new laser to powerful enough to cut through a new indestructible metal that Spectra has developed. But Spectra uses a giant humanoid mech to steal the Jet Cutter. G-Force travels to Zyr to try and find the giant and recover the laser.

Episode 5: Race Against Disaster 1978-09-22 | 30 min Jason enters a continental auto race with a fellow driver named Lucy. However, Lucy is not all she seems to be. Although used by Spectra to infiltrate G-Force via Jason, Lucy is not able to compete her mission because she has grown fond of Jason. This is quite a feat, especially after the revelation that she is a robot!

Episode 6: The Space Rock Concert 1978-09-25 | 30 min The Team is relaxing at a Dirty Name 5 concert when Spectra appears! The entire band is kidnapped and forced to play. Their music is used as a sound weapon, literally shaking apart whatever it is directed at. The G-Force team have to rescue the band and stop Zoltar from succeeding in his plan.

Episode 7: Decoys of Doom 1978-09-26 | 30 min Humanoid decoys of the G-Force team are created to be used as bait in a trap for Spectra. The "real" Mark swaps places with his decoy and is captured by Spectra. Mark must signal the team and lead G-Force to the Spectra base.

Episode 8: Attack of the Alien Wasp 1978-09-27 | 30 min Mark while flying his jet encounters Colonel Chronos, who was believed to be dead, and follows him back to his secret base, where he gives Mark documents revealing the location of Spectra's Earth headquarters.

Episode 9: The Thing with 1,000 Eyes 1978-09-28 | 30 min G-Force travels to planet Riga to look into the mysterious disappearance of an investigating team.

Episode 10: Panic of the Peacock 1978-09-29 | 30 min A giant mechanical peacock constructed by Spectra invades Earth, while Mark is kidnapped and his memory surpressed!

Episode 11: A Whale Joins G-Force 1978-10-02 | 30 min Spectra sends a mechanical whale to Earth. The Mecha attacks Bay City and G-Force goes after it. The Team interrupts the Spectra ship as it attacks some whales and Keyop promptly adopts a baby whale that survived. G-Force must locate the Spectra base and stop Zoltar before he destroys all of Earth's whales!

Episode 12: Peril of the Praying Mantis 1978-10-03 | 30 min Spectra launches it's latest attack, but when the team is called together Tiny cannot be reached so the team has to attempt to fend off the attack without him.

Episode 13: Fastest Gun in the Galaxy 1978-10-04 | 30 min Spectra agents bring a man who was released from 30 years in prison back to planet Spectra. The ex-prisoner was an expert marksman and Zoltar wants him to operate Spectra's newest weapon, a vehicle mounted gun. G-Force goes to Spectra to investigate.