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The Best Episodes Directed By David Lane

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Terror in New York City
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E4

    A TV reporter and a cameraman are trapped when the Empire State Building collapses.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Desperate Intruder
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E8

    Brains and Tin-Tin set off on an expedition to retrieve sunken treasure from Lake Anasta. The Hood has also set his sights on the riches and plans to put both Brains and Tin-Tin in grave peril.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - Attack of the Alligators!
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E23

    An experimental drug that makes animals grow four times their normal size is spilled into the Amazon River by a greedy boatman attempting to steal it.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Sun Probe
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E11

    A space explorer is on a collison course with the sun after becoming lost.

    Director:David Lane
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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - End of the Road
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E9

    Eddie Houseman, a Tracy Family friend, is left stranded on a cliff after a demolition operation goes wrong.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Winged Assassin
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E2

    The Mysterons threaten the life of the Director General of the United Asian Republic and Spectrum swings into action to protect him as he prepares to board his private plane at London Airport.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - The Man from M.I.5
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E17

    A British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Sub-Smash
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E8

    Suspecting a UFO to be responsible for the sinking of a freighter, Straker, Foster and Nina Barry investigate in Skydiver. Attacked by an undersea UFO, the submarine is downed on a ledge on the sea bed and the crew are trapped. While Straker fights against his claustrophobia, Nina faces a living nightmare...

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 14 - The Mighty Atom
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E14

    'The Mighty Atom' is a robotic rodent programmed to take photographs. The Hood steals the machine intending to take secret pictures of the Thunderbirds' craft and operations.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Brink of Disaster
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E22

    Crooked tycoon Warren Grafton invites Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin for a ride on the monorail he has built.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - The Man Who Came Back
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E16

    Reported missing, presumed dead, after a UFO incident which has left SID disabled, astronaut Craig Collins turns up alive and well. But as an operation to complete repair work on SID is planned, Colonel Lake and Colonel Grey discover that Collins is not the man he used to be...

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Exposed
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E2

    An XV-104 test plane wanders into a UFO target area and the pilot, Paul Foster, makes sightings of both the UFO and Sky One. Angry and frustrated that no one believes his story, Foster suspects a cover-up and decides to conduct his own investigation into the activities of ex-USAF Colonel Ed Straker.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - A Question of Priorities
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E5

    "Important? What can be more important than your own son's life?" Straker faces the toughest decision of his career when his son is critically injured in an accident. The drug that can save his life can only be ferried from New York in time aboard a SHADO Transporter - the same Transporter that is in the prime position to track an Alien defector on the West Coast of Ireland.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 21 - Computer Affair
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E21

    A SHADO investigation reveals that romance may be complicating Moonbase operations.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Confetti Check A-O.K.
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E22

    A flashback episode in which Straker recalls his marriage, followed by stormy days as he must work covertly to get SHADO up and running and recruit personnel. All this leaves his wife angry at his absence, suspicious at the things he might be doing (her father photographs Straker meeting a woman in a parking garage, a woman who will be working at SHADO). In the end, she gives birth to their son.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - The Sound of Silence
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E23

    A UFO hides in a lake on a country estate of a well-known equestrian, and the equestrian himself vanishes. When SHADO tracks down the UFO and manages to destroy it in an exchange of pot-shots, the UFO breaks up and leaves a thing floating in the water. Treated as if it is a bomb, it is brought back to SHADO and examined, with unexpected results.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - The Square Triangle
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E10

    "Unfortunately for them, an Alien came through that door instead of her husband." In the woods between Clare Cross and Lingbury, an injured Alien stumbles into a lonely cottage and is shot down by Liz Newton and her lover Cass Fowler. Liz and Cass are taken to SHADO HQ for questioning, but when Liz's husband arrives at the cottage, Paul Foster realises that the Alien's death was no accident!

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Instrument of Destruction, Part One
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E1

    Captain Black and Captain Scarlet are sent to mars to investigate a mysterious alien signal coming from there. A misunderstanding occurs and the Mysterons vow revenge. They are killed and both become Mysteron agents. Back on earth Captain Scarlet tries to destroy skybase, but he fails, so Captain Black is revived to do the Mysterons bidding.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 26 - Security Hazard
    0.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E26

    Chip, a young boy, manages to penetrate Tracy Island.

    Director:David Lane
    Writer:N/A

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David Lane Ratings Summary

"Terror in New York City" is the best rated episode directed by David Lane. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 10/21/1965 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Desperate Intruder".