The Investigator (1973)

About this episode

This episode discusses Gerry Anderson's The Investigator, where two Earth children assist a benevolent alien in preventing a theft.

Episode 405 is Gerry Anderson's The Investigator The Investigator, a benevolent alien from a distant galaxy, selects an Earth boy and girl, John and Julie, to assist him in his mission to make their world a better place. The pair are miniaturized to assist The Investigator more easily, and assigned to prevent the theft by Stavros Karanti of a 14th century masterpiece from a church on Malta. John and Julie are presented with a car and a boat, scaled to accommodate their miniaturized size, and set out to thwart Karanti's plans..

People in this episode

Host: Brian Sear

Topics covered

• aliens
• miniaturization
• theft
• adventure
• art

Keywords

• The Investigator
• Gerry Anderson
• aliens
• miniaturization
• theft
• Malta
• 14th century masterpiece

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gerry Anderson

Books & works: The Investigator

Places: Malta

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