... Joe had lost both parent in a car accident when he was 12 months old.
At the start of each episode Joe would enter the chair and the spinning arms would transfer the info direct into his brain,
Once the transfer was complete, Joe would don a pair of 'electrode glasses' to trigger the new ... Read review
Joe 90was Gerry Anderson's penultimate puppet show of the 1960s, followingCaptain ... more
Scarlet(1968) and preceding the little-knownThe Secret Service(1969). In 2112 professor Ian McClaine has invented the BIG RAT (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope, Record And Tran...
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Professor Ian Mac McClaine, a brilliant computer expert, has invented an incredible device ... more
called The Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record And Transfer (BIG RAT).It enables the knowledge and experience of one person to be transferred to another. He demons...
Joe 90was Gerry Anderson's penultimate puppet show of the 1960s, followingCaptain ... more
Scarlet(1968) and preceding the little-knownThe Secret Service(1969). In 2112 professor Ian McClaine has invented the BIG RAT (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope, Record And Transfer), a machine for copying knowledge and experiences from person to person. WIN (World Intelligence Organisation) uses this to prime their top undercover agent before sending him into the field on missions which range from foiling international terrorists to recovering a nuclear weapon from beneath the polar ice. So far so good, but in perhaps the most mind-boggling concept ever to reach children's TV, that agent is McClaine's nine-year-old adopted son, Joe.Somehow even as it stays true to the Gerry Anderson techno-fantasy formula of secret organisations, gadgetry, and action-packed adventure full of spectacular explosions and violent death,Joe 90remains blithely unconscious of its own implications. The missions are as globe-trotting as anything in Anderson's classicThunderbirdsseries, and sometimes Joe does save lives, performing a risky brain operation or rescuing trapped astronauts. Yet even then his criminally irresponsible father brainwashes the lad each episode before placing him in a highly dangerous adult situation. Though the production values remain way ahead of anything else being done on British TV at the time, the question remains how did this ever seem like a good idea?On the DVD:Joe 90, Volume 1contains the first six 25-minute episodes presented, as usual with Gerry Anderson DVDs, behind a lovingly crafted menu. As expected the 4:3 picture quality is superb and the mono sound is full, detailed and without a trace of distortion. There are also several pages of character biography and background information on the show, a photo gallery and a variety of other extras. --Gary S Dalkin
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~ Introduction ~
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From the intro music and the spinning chair, if you where a kid you were hooked.
The premise was simple, Genius professor Ian McClaine had created the B.I.G.R.A.T. device, Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record And Transfer, which can download directly into ... ...son of the genius Prof. Joe had lost both parent in a car accident when he was 12 months old.
At the start of each episode Joe would enter the chair and the spinning arms would transfer the info direct into his brain,
Once the transfer was complete, Joe would don a pair of 'electrode glasses' to trigger the new knowledge housed within him.
Equipped with his armoury of gadgets, Joe undertakes a series of daring special ... more
JOE 90 ======= Written by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson
This brings back so many childhood memories.
~ Introduction ~ ******************* From the intro music and the spinning chair, if you where a kid you were hooked. The premise was simple, Genius professor Ian McClaine had created the B.I.G.R.A.T. device, Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record And Transfer, which can download directly into the brain the special qualities needed to complete various secret missions.
Enter JOE, the bespectacled 9 year old adopted son of the genius Prof. Joe had lost both parent in a car accident when he was 12 months old. At the start of each episode Joe would enter the chair and the spinning arms would transfer the info direct into his brain, Once the transfer was complete, Joe would don a pair of 'electrode glasses' to trigger the new knowledge housed within him.
Equipped with his armoury of gadgets, Joe undertakes a series of daring special missions. Various missions called upon him to become an expert racing driver, brain surgeon, astronaut, test pilot, aquanaut and computer boffin. This was Gerry Anderson's ninth consecutive TV puppet series. You could say he was on a role. At the time it was slick, new, colourful and fun. I think even kids today would enjoy it.
And in case you are wondering why was the series called Joe 90? When Joe joined W.I.N. there were 89 London based agents in operation. Joe became the 90th - hence JOE 90
~ Cast ~ *********** Joe 90 Professor Ian McClaine Sam Loover, head of the World Intelligence Network (W.I.N.), Shane Weston W.I.N. Deputy Controller Supreme Commander of W.I.N. London Office Mrs Harris, the oblivious-to-it-all house cleaner
Made from 1968 -1969 and consists of 30, 25 minute episodes. This disc contains 6, 25 minute episodes.
1. The Most Special Agent Joe becomes the youngest secret agent when his father invents a machine that can, for a short period, put brain patterns into his mind via his special glasses of pilots, divers, racing car drivers, etc etc and so begins Joe 90.
2. Hi-Jacked Joe goes after a particularly nasty gun runner.
3. Splashdown Joe becomes a pilot to investigate mysterious test planes that have been crashing.
4. Operation McClaine This time Joe becomes a brain surgeon to save an important scientists life but half way through the operation begins to forget what to do.
5. Three's A Crowd Joe must foil a beautiful spies attempts to steal the secrets of BIGRAT.
6. International Concerto One of ‘WIN’s top agents have been arrested and Joe must effect a daring rescue.
Wondefully old fashioned puppetry that children today will be agog over. This is what old nostalgic childrens TV was all about. A superb inventive puppetry sci-fi programme. A product of its time but none the less a delightfully innoffensive childrens show.
It will hook childrens imagination straight away and hold their attention, who needs xbox games? Great music, some mild suspension whilst the picture as well and the sound is true DVD quality.
Even todays kids would enjoy the show. Worth the money!
This collection presents six episodes of the classic Gerry Anderson puppet production, featuring the nine-year-old secret agent Joe McClaine and his W.I.N. associates. Contains the episodes The Most Special Agent, Hi-Jacked, Splashdown and three more.
Warning Sequence, Information Files, Biography - 1. Joe McClaine - Character
DVD Description
This collection presents six episodes of the classic Gerry Anderson puppet production, featuring the nine-year-old secret agent Joe McClaine and his W.I.N. associates. Contains the episodes The Most Special Agent, Hi-Jacked, Splashdown and three more.
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