The Centurions

S01E48: Atlantis Adventure (1)

Mei Lee and her colleague Jason from Sealab, are exploring a recently-discovered underwater trench, the deepest ever found. Their sea-bubble comes under attack by a giant squid and loses contact with Sealab. Max is sent to rescue them, but he too is attacked and loses contact with Sealab. Ace and Jake are sent to NASA to use an experimental Venus Probe, as only the probe can withstand the pressure at that depth. Meanwhile Max awakens to find himself in the undersea city of Atlantis, ruled by Princess Diana. At NASA, Ace is reunited with his old Air Academy comrade Sean O'Connor, who still holds a grudge against him since they had an argument over a girl. Diana tells Max her civilization has survived for many centuries since the city sank, and that they want no contact with the surface world, so he, Mei Lee and Jason are to remain there forever. Seeking control over Atlantis himself, Diana's cousin Naro attempts to steal the Venus Probe, leaving Ace to defend the ship underwater, where

Overview

In the near future, Doc Terror and his cyborg companion Hacker unleash their forces to conquer Earth! Only one force can stop this evil: a handful of brave men. In specially created Exo-Frames, they can be transported anywhere to fuse with incredible assault weapon systems beamed down from the space station Skyvault, becoming man and machine, Power Xtreme! Max Ray, brilliant Sea Operations commander! Jake Rockwell, rugged Land Operations specialist! Ace McCloud, daring Air Operations expert! Whatever the challenge, they are ready - The Centurions!

Episodes

The Sky Is on Fire

S01E01 The Sky Is on Fire

April 7, 1986 22 min
The Centurions visit Oceania Research Station to observe the testing of a new device, a powerful cryogenic ray. Unfortunately, the centre has already been infiltrated by Hacker and Amber. Despite the Centurions' best efforts, the...
Battle Beneath the Sea

S01E02 Battle Beneath the Sea

April 8, 1986 22 min
Doc Terror sends Mekko to attack Sea Lab, where the Centurions' weapon systems are created. Max and Ace fight against Terror's forces in South Africa while Jake is visiting Sea Lab and gets caught in...
An Alien Affair

S01E03 An Alien Affair

April 9, 1986 22 min
A comet is sending out artificial signals, and the Centurions are sent to check it out. When it turns out to be hollow, they beam inside. Within, it seem barren... at least at first. But...
Found: One Lost World

S01E04 Found: One Lost World

April 10, 1986 21 min
In pursuit of Doc Terror, Ace and Jake manage to force the criminal genius to crash land in the vast African jungle. There, Terror and Hacker stumble across an underground remnant of prehistoric earth, and...
Sand Doom

S01E05 Sand Doom

April 11, 1986 22 min
A desert pipe-line convoy goes missing, and the Centurions are sent to track it down. Max is suspicious of General Amid, and checks out his office. He is soon attacked by Hacker, but escapes. Crystal,...
Whalesong

S01E06 Whalesong

September 22, 1986 22 min
The new England-France Channel Bridge is attacked by a group of whales under the influence of synthesised whale sounds produced by Doc Terror's new recruit Madame Arpeggio. After preventing the whales from doing any more...
Tornado of Terror

S01E07 Tornado of Terror

September 23, 1986 21 min
Doc Terror steals the new weather master. His associate Professor Storm created a weather helmet that enabled him to create a living tornado. The helmet combined with the weather master could unleash countless disasters.
Denver is Down

S01E08 Denver is Down

September 24, 1986 22 min
In Colorado, mercenaries hired by Doc Terror stage a diversion to keep the Centurions busy by attempting to steal a shipment of plutonium. As they battle each other, Terror implements his plan to sink the...
Micro Menace

S01E09 Micro Menace

September 25, 1986 21 min
An asteroid containing a powerful ore known as Superium is being transported to Earth. The ship carrying it is attacked by Doc Terror. The Centurions save both the ship and the asteroid, but problems arise,...
Attack of the Plant-Borg

S01E10 Attack of the Plant-Borg

September 26, 1986 22 min
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...
Battle Beneath the Ice

S01E11 Battle Beneath the Ice

September 29, 1986 22 min
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...
Operation Starfall

S01E12 Operation Starfall

September 30, 1986 21 min
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...
Let the Games Begin

S01E13 Let the Games Begin

October 1, 1986 22 min
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...
Firebird

S01E14 Firebird

October 2, 1986 21 min
The Centurions visit Mexico at the behest of Max's old friend Rebecca. The location of the legendary Firebird, an ancient spaceship, was discovered at a Mayan temple, and she wants extra protection from a series...
Cold Calculations

S01E15 Cold Calculations

October 3, 1986 21 min
A truck containing some of the Earth's dwindling supply of silver is guarded by the Centurions on its way to Geneva. It soon comes under attack from a group of jet skiers. The Centurions stop...
Return of Captain Steele

S01E16 Return of Captain Steele

October 6, 1986 22 min
Doc Terror is searching for the Doomstar, a powerful weapon from the late 20th Century, which was lost when the space shuttle carrying it crashed somewhere in the Pacific. He finds it on Moku Island,...
Three Strikes and You're Dead

S01E17 Three Strikes and You're Dead

October 7, 1986 21 min
Blaster McGraw, a baseball star with the Washington Lasers, and an old college friend of Ace's, is kidnapped just before the final game of the World Series. A gambling boss known as the Wheel is...
Double Agent

S01E18 Double Agent

October 8, 1986 21 min
Ace is asked to pilot a new superjet, the XM-2000, for an air show in Paris. No sooner do the Centurions arrive than Doc Terror and Hacker stage an attack. The cyborgs are defeated, and...
Child's Play

S01E19 Child's Play

October 9, 1986 21 min
Jake Rockwell is sent to give a lecture at Sally Ride HS in Los Angeles. One of the students there happens to be a boy named Jimmy, who has ESP and is picked on by...
Terror on Ice

S01E20 Terror on Ice

October 10, 1986 22 min
The Centurions defend an Arctic base against Doc Terror's forces, but inadvertently uncover a frozen dinosaur which Jake discovers while out on his own after the battle. The dinosaur attacks the base, and the Centurions...
That Old Black Magic

S01E21 That Old Black Magic

October 13, 1986 21 min
Hacker is spotted near Manhattan, and the Centurions are sent to investigate. He takes a woman, Cassandra Cross, hostage, but she manages to subdue him with her magical powers. After reviewing Hacker's memory, Doc Terror...
Max Ray... Traitor

S01E22 Max Ray... Traitor

October 14, 1986 22 min
The World Council sends the Centurions to protect an anti-matter power plant in Seattle from the international terrorist, Gremlin. But Gremlin has already infiltrated the plant and detonates a bomb, releasing the anti-matter. The Centurions...
Crack the World

S01E23 Crack the World

October 15, 1986 22 min
Sealab's field vessel Sealiner 2 is buried undersea when one of its engines explodes. Sealab's current commander, Dr. Regulas, refuses the head of Sealab security Mei Lee's request for the Centurions help and sends divers...
The Incredible Shrinking Centurions

S01E24 The Incredible Shrinking Centurions

October 16, 1986 22 min
After Max catches Doc Terror's aquatic cyborg Mako, he is stunned to be arrested by the authorities instead of his adversary due to the Intertech computer registering Max as a criminal. After being bailed out...
Live at Five

S01E25 Live at Five

October 17, 1986 21 min
The Centurions become the subject of a series of special news reports by Jenny Rivers, who is an old classmate of Ace's. But neither Jenny nor the Centurions know that it's a setup; her boss...
The Mummy's Curse

S01E26 The Mummy's Curse

October 20, 1986 22 min
In Egypt an archaeological dig at the Pyramid of the Lost Pharaoh, headed by Professor Egon Sloan, is attacked by super-powerful jackals. The professor contacts Skyvault and requests the help of the Centurions to guard...
Counterclock Crisis

S01E27 Counterclock Crisis

October 21, 1986 22 min
Max takes Ace and Jake to the Lake Eyrie reclamation plant, which he helped to design. Doc Terror decides to attack the plant to cause the Northeast farmlands to wither away. The Centurions successfully defend...
Zombie Master

S01E28 Zombie Master

October 22, 1986 21 min
The World President's yacht comes under attack from Doc Terror's Strafers. With Jake on vacation, Ace and Max alone drive off Terror's forces. Meanwhile, Jake discovers that all is not well in a small town,...
Malfunction

S01E29 Malfunction

October 23, 1986 22 min
Doc Terror switches a cyborg for the head of security, Captain Newman, at a secret installation, in order to steal the X-150, a smart missile that never loses track of a target. While transporting the...
Broken Beams

S01E30 Broken Beams

October 24, 1986 22 min
As the Centurions defend a thermal energy plant from yet another assault by Doc Terror, the berillium crystal on board Skyvault that is a key part of the beaming chamber is fractured. Requiring a replacement,...
The Chameleon's Sting

S01E31 The Chameleon's Sting

October 27, 1986 22 min
A mad geneticist, Dr. Yates, attempts to create a lizard army, but is thwarted by the Centurions. However, during their struggle he accidentally injects himself with lizard serum and becomes a human chameleon, able to...
Film at Eleven

S01E32 Film at Eleven

October 28, 1986 22 min
Jenny Rivers returns with a scoop on Dr. Terror. She disguises herself as a man and joins one of Terror's training camps, with some help from a former mercenary named Kaska. She and the other...
Hacker Must Be Destroyed

S01E33 Hacker Must Be Destroyed

October 29, 1986 21 min
After Terror's borgs launch a raid to steal an energy enhancing device in Japan, Hacker is captured by the Centurions and put on trial for all his crimes. Hacker refuses to divulge any of Terror's...
Showdown at Skystalk

S01E34 Showdown at Skystalk

October 30, 1986 21 min
Ace and Crystal are invited to the Pleasure-Star, an exclusive space station resort connected to the Earth via an orbital elevator, Skystalk, for a vacation. Meanwhile, the station's owner, Anson Harshaw, is investigated by Dr....
The Warrior

S01E35 The Warrior

October 31, 1986 22 min
In the Amazon, Dr. Jose Rivera, the South American representative of the World Council of Scientists, is held for ransom by Colonel Guerrero. Jake is sent to deliver the ransom, but is captured by the...
Return of Cassandra

S01E36 Return of Cassandra

November 3, 1986 22 min
While conducting a training exercise, the Centurions come under attack from Doc Terror's forces. Ace is rescued by his old acquaintance, Cassandra Cross, the witch. The Centurions decide to attempt to duplicate her powerful abilities...
Night On Terror Mountain

S01E37 Night On Terror Mountain

November 4, 1986 21 min
Doc Terror attacks the Navigation Control Centre for the East European sector in Transylvania, wanting to cause air traffic chaos. The Centurions successfully defend the installation, and manage to down Terror's ship in a mountain...
Merlin

S01E38 Merlin

November 5, 1986 22 min
Crystal and the Centurions meet Professor Hartman at a medieval festival. He claims to have discovered the location of Merlin's tomb on an ancient map. They soon come under attack by Doc Terror's forces, who...
The Monsters from Below

S01E39 The Monsters from Below

November 6, 1986 22 min
Dr. Nathan Romalus is hired to create a new type of lifeform that can take on the appearance of anyone. After hearing of Terror's plan to replace the World Council of Scientists, he has second...
The Road Devils

S01E40 The Road Devils

November 7, 1986 22 min
Jake, whilst testing out a new land hopper in Australia developed by Skyvault scientists, gets caught up in a dispute between a heavily armed bike gang called the Road Devils, and a small convoy of...
Zone Dancer

S01E41 Zone Dancer

November 10, 1986 22 min
In Chicago, a traditional private eye by the name of Gabriel Knight is asked for help by Crystal Kane, to find out who framed her for Zone Dancing-illegal tapping into corporate computers by connecting people's...
Firecracker

S01E42 Firecracker

November 11, 1986 22 min
The countries of Quisto and Montenegro are close to all out war due to a recent attack on Quisto, apparently by Montenegro forces. The Centurions become involved due to the prospect of war threatening to...
Traitors Three

S01E43 Traitors Three

November 12, 1986 22 min
The Mesa Verde space testing station comes under attack by Terror's borgs. The Centurions arrive and battle his forces, but a nearby dam is destroyed, and a clifftop school pleads for help. Leaving Terror's forces...
You Only Love Twice

S01E44 You Only Love Twice

November 13, 1986 22 min
A man claiming to be the deceased General Harding accesses security files on Crystal Kane's former fiance, Colonel Chuck Bates who disappeared in a rocket explosion five years ago, and transmits the information to Doc...
Sungrazer

S01E45 Sungrazer

November 14, 1986 22 min
As Doc Terror's borg Mutron attempts to steal an experimental virus, the canister is accidentally damaged when the Centurions apprehend him. The Z-80 virus then begins spreading over the Earth. The only one able to...
Novice

S01E46 Novice

November 17, 1986 22 min
Jake is testing out his new Swing-Shot weapon system with Ace, under observation by Klaus, the designer of the Centurions' weapon systems. Crystal detects activity from Doc Terror in the Andes mountains, and Klaus tells...
Breakout

S01E47 Breakout

November 18, 1986 22 min
Dr. Harriman, a scientist who used to cut corners with building materials, and now an inmate at the Lunar Penitentiary is broken out by Doc Terror, who wants to use his knowledge of . Rex...
Atlantis Adventure (1)

S01E48 Atlantis Adventure (1)

November 19, 1986 22 min
Mei Lee and her colleague Jason from Sealab, are exploring a recently-discovered underwater trench, the deepest ever found. Their sea-bubble comes under attack by a giant squid and loses contact with Sealab. Max is sent...
Atlantis Adventure (2)

S01E49 Atlantis Adventure (2)

November 20, 1986 22 min
Jake has Crystal beam Ace back up to Skyvault, freeing him from the squid's clutches. Naro tells Jake and Sean that he intends to use the probe to take over Atlantis, and O'Connor agrees to...
Ghost Warrior

S01E50 Ghost Warrior

November 21, 1986 22 min
A group of Native Americans comes under attack by a giant totem claiming to be a ghost warrior, who tells them to fight against those who have built upon their land. The tribal leaders call...
Let the Lightning Fall

S01E51 Let the Lightning Fall

November 24, 1986 22 min
Ace disarms some plane hijackers working for Doc Terror, who is angered by their surrender. Despairing of the failing of humans, Terror blames Amber for selecting the hijackers, and decides to exterminate all of mankind...
Cyborg Centurion

S01E52 Cyborg Centurion

November 25, 1986 21 min
Ace is seriously injured in a battle with Doc Terror's Doom-Drone Strafers and is turned into a cyborg to save his life. Resenting what has happened to him, Ace enters an underground cyborg fighting ring,...
Day of the Animals

S01E53 Day of the Animals

November 26, 1986 22 min
In Dominion, Doc Terror attempts to turn his dog Brutus into a cyborg, but there is a malfunction that halts the mechanisation process while still giving the dog cyborg strength. With this knowledge, Terror creates...
To Dare Dominion (1)

S01E54 To Dare Dominion (1)

November 27, 1986 22 min
John Thunder informs the Centurions that his old sparring partner Claw is now working for Doc Terror as a cyborg. Meanwhile, Doc Terror succeeds in creating a dimensional neutron vortex in his base, Dominion. Energy...
To Dare Dominion (2)

S01E55 To Dare Dominion (2)

November 28, 1986 22 min
Terror follows the wandering vortex, attempting to bring it back under his control, while John manages to escape from Claw. The other Centurions, still looking for Dominion, come under attack by their own weapon systems,...
Hole in the Ocean (1)

S01E56 Hole in the Ocean (1)

December 1, 1986 22 min
A new surface-to-Atlantis rail shuttle is opened by Princess Diana, with the Centurions in attendance. During its inaugural journey, the train comes under attack by Doc Terror's forces and the Centurions engage them in battle....
Hole in the Ocean (2)

S01E57 Hole in the Ocean (2)

December 2, 1986 22 min
Rex attempts to locate the missing Ace but only finds his discarded wristcom and soon comes under attack by Terror's forces. Ace is brought in front of Naro, who plans to take over Atlantis once...
The Better Half (1)

S01E58 The Better Half (1)

December 3, 1986 22 min
Dr. Terror and Hacker's robotic halves join together accidentally to become Uniborg. Dr. Terror and Hacker get banned from Dominion by Uniborg and fall in the hands of the Centurions that make them face trial....
The Better Half (2)

S01E59 The Better Half (2)

December 4, 1986 22 min
Max and Jake are hospitalized after bad injuries battling the forces of Uniborg. Ace is the last Centurion left. Dr. Terror joins forces with Ace in defeating Uniborg and regaining Dominion. Crystal and Ace finally...
Revenge

S01E60 Revenge

December 5, 1986 22 min
Doc Terror observes scientist Marina Abbot's ship heading out to sea and sends out sea-borgs to attack it. The Centurions are sent to defend the ship, while Marina summons help from a giant lobster. After...
Man or Machine (1)

S01E61 Man or Machine (1)

December 8, 1986 22 min
New Centurions are recruited by the team and trained in the Centurion Academy, whilst Sealab develops new weapon systems for the original three. Meanwhile, Doc Terror makes contact with an alien computer called "Gog".
Man or Machine (2)

S01E62 Man or Machine (2)

December 9, 1986 22 min
Doc Terror reflects on his past as his partner Hacker while he stows away on board Skyvault and seizes control of the station. Terror boards and begins coordinating his campaign of destruction, ordering Magog to...
Man or Machine (3)

S01E63 Man or Machine (3)

December 10, 1986 22 min
Thunder, now a prisoner of Gog and Terror, is rescued by Crystal when she is able to successfully escape and elude Hacker. The two however remain powerless to help the remaining Centurions on the planet...
Man or Machine (4)

S01E64 Man or Machine (4)

December 11, 1986 22 min
As the Strafers approach the falling space station, Crystal and John risk turning the computer's power back on to destroy them. In order to free Skyvault's computer from Terror's control, Ace uses the Orbital Interceptor...
Man or Machine (5)

S01E65 Man or Machine (5)

December 12, 1986 22 min
Doc Terror and Hacker rebel against Gog, managing to inflict a decisive blow against him. Gog travels to New York City, now inhabiting the Triad, a vessel equipped with incredible firepower. Only all five Centurions...
Episode 66

S01E66 Episode 66

December 15, 1986 47 min

Cast

Vince Edwards
Vince Edwards
Jake Rockwell (voice)
Pat Fraley
Pat Fraley
Max Ray (voice)
Neil Ross
Neil Ross
Ace McCloud (voice)
Diane Pershing
Diane Pershing
Crystal Kane (voice)
Ron Feinberg
Ron Feinberg
Doc Terror (voice)
Ed Gilbert
Ed Gilbert
Hacker (voice)
William Woodson
William Woodson
Opening Narrator (voice)
Jennifer Darling
Jennifer Darling
Amber (voice)

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