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Interster

Interster

198210.02 Seasons39 EpisodesEnded

Overview

A South African Supermarionation children's television show about an undercover planetary defence agency operating from Cape Town under the guise of an interstellar shipping company. The show mirrored the real world political issues of international isolation facing Apartheid South Africa with the Earth being depicted as a galactic pariah of the "Interplanetary League" due to its cold war with the planet "Krokon". The villain in the series was depicted by Prince Karnati or his evil henchmen.

Created by Michael Drin
Written by Michael Drin, Johan Beukes, Lindsay du Plessis
Produced by Dirk de Villiers
NetworksSABC 1

Top Cast

D

Dawie Ackermann

Captain Buks de la Rey

Themes & Keywords

puppetsexploitationafrikaanscape town, south africa

About Interster

Interster is a sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 1982 exploring themes of puppet, sexploitation, afrikaans, cape town, south africa. Created by Michael Drin, it stars Dawie Ackermann. A South African Supermarionation children's television show about an undercover planetary defence agency operating from Cape Town under the guise of an interstellar shipping company. The show mirrored the real world political issues of international isolation facing Apartheid South Africa with the Earth being depicted as a galactic pariah of the "Interplanetary League" due to its cold war with the planet "Krokon". The villain in the series was depicted by Prince Karnati or his evil henchmen.

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