Episode
Battle of the Planets: Decoys of Doom
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Battle of the Planets
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1978-09-26
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Decoys of Doom is Episode 7 in Season 1 of Battle of the Planets. It aired on 1978-09-26. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 6: The Space Rock Concert
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 8: Attack of the Alien Wasp
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.
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