Episode
Battle of the Planets: Raid on Riga
Overview
Riga is attacked by Spectra and Chief Anderson is not sure how to defend against Spectra's new weapon, making the team wait. G-Force grows impatient and rushes off to Riga without any planning or orders. They are badly defeated and have to be rescued by Colonel Cronos. The Team is sent back to Earth, where it becomes apparent that Mark has lost his confidence. Cronos tests Mark's confidence by challenging his nerve while flying. Mark fails, but a little later, while talking with others, he comes up with a plan to defeat Zoltar's Mecha. G-Force flies back to Riga and engages the Spectran mecha in a fight.
Details
- Series
- Battle of the Planets
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 33
- Air date
- 1978-11-08
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Raid on Riga is Episode 33 in Season 1 of Battle of the Planets. It aired on 1978-11-08. The runtime is 30 min.
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