Dennis Spooner

Writing

Dennis Spooner

Born — Died

1932-09-20 — 1986-09-20

Place of birth

Tottenham, London, England, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

32 titles

Dennis Spooner (1 December 1932 – 20 September 1986) was an English television writer and script editor, known primarily for his programmes about fictional spies and his work in children's television in the 1960s. He had long-lasting professional working relationships with a number of other British screenwriters and producers, notably Brian Clemens, Terry Nation, Monty Berman and Richard Harris, with whom he developed several programmes. Though he was a contributor to BBC programmes, his work made him one of the most prolific writers of televised output from ITC Entertainment.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Stingray: Sea of Oil poster
NR

Atlanta joins the Stingray crew when they investigate why a series of oil rigs keep getting destroyed, and ends up being captured by a race of undersea aliens protecting their home.

Stingray: Sea of Oil

1965

Stingray: Stand By For Action poster
NR

A film crew arrives at Marineville to make a movie on Stingray. Everyone will play themselves except Troy, who is to be replaced by an actor.

Stingray: Stand By For Action

1965

Stingray: The Golden Sea poster
NR

The Stingray crew is assigned to make monthly visits to Professor Darren and his team, who have developed a method for making gold from minerals taken from the sea bed.

Stingray: The Golden Sea

1965

Stingray: Count Down poster
NR

As part of his plan to destroy Marineville, Surface Agent X-2-Zero infiltrates the base by posing as a professor who can teach mute people to speak.

Stingray: Count Down

1965

Stingray: Loch Ness Monster poster
NR

When Admiral Jack Denver, an old buddy of Commander Shore, is frightened by what appears to be the Loch Ness monster whilst fishing in Scotland, he uses his position to order Stingray to investigate the long running mystery.

Stingray: Loch Ness Monster

1964

Stingray: Treasure Down Below poster
NR

When Phones buys a Treasure map for $500, he inadvertently causes Stingray to go off course and on an adventure involving undersea pirates, who were using the treasure as bait...

Stingray: Treasure Down Below

1965

Stingray: An Echo of Danger poster
NR

Agent X-2-Zero creates a false underwater sounding to lure Stingray away from a mission in an attempt to get Phones' competency called into question. Troy must fight to clear his friend's name before Phones is dismissed from the WASPs.

Stingray: An Echo of Danger

1964

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray poster
6.0

Adventures of the super-sub Stingray and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol and their battles against Titan, leader of the underwater city of Titanica.

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray

1980

Thunderbirds: Vault of Death poster
6.0

When a banker gets trapped in the Bank of England's new vault, International Rescue races to save him, but Parker frets that he will spoil his old cellmate's dream of robbing the bank.

Thunderbirds: Vault of Death

1965

Stingray: The Reunion Party poster
NR

While waiting for Atlanta and Marina, Commander Sam Shore shows Admiral Denver films depicting the previous missions that Troy Tempest and Phones had with the submarine Stingray.

Stingray: The Reunion Party

2008

The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass poster
8.5

A robbery is prevented by an undercover art dealer pretending to be a criminal. Edited from TV series, The Baron.

The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass

1972

Thunderbirds: End of The Road poster
9.0

When an old flame of Tin-Tin's is trapped inside a tractor on a collapsing ledge with a case of explosives beside him, the Tracys must save him without revealing their identities.

Thunderbirds: End of The Road

1965

Thunderbirds: The Imposters poster
NR

When International Rescue is framed for theft, the organisation's intelligence network must clear their name before the Tracys are arrested, responding to a distress call they cannot ignore.

Thunderbirds: The Imposters

1966

Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster poster
7.0

Brains and Lady Penelope find themselves involved in a rescue mission when the Arlington Bridge collapses, trapping the Martian Space Probe and its engineers in the river bed.

Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster

1965

Stingray: In Search of the Tajmanon poster
NR

Stingray and its crew are sent to look for the missing Tajmanon temple in Africa, after it mysteriously vanishes and evidence points to a certain tribe as the culprits. The situation quickly worsens when the crew find themselves captured.

Stingray: In Search of the Tajmanon

1964

Stingray: Rescue from the Skies poster
NR

Lieutenant Fisher is training to be an aquanaut and is in command of Stingray for a training exercise involving target practice. However, Agent X-2-Zero has planted a bomb on the last target, hoping for a chance to destroy Stingray.

Stingray: Rescue from the Skies

1965

Stingray: The Invaders poster
NR

The Stingray crew fall into a trap set at a weather station by undersea aliens and are interrogated about Marineville's defence systems.

Stingray: The Invaders

1965

Stingray: Set Sail for Adventure poster
NR

Admiral Denver believes that today's sailors are going soft, so he decides to lead a crew to sail an ancient Galleon to prove his point. When a storm injures the admiral, it causes him to lose his memory and think he is a real pirate.

Stingray: Set Sail for Adventure

1964

Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom poster
6.0

The Hood steals a surveillance robot disguised as a mouse to photograph the inner workings of both a Saharan nuclear power plant and the Thunderbird machines.

Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom

1965

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror poster
6.7

The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 — one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up in the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling.

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

1964

Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf poster
7.0

After being reprimanded by International Rescue for sending them a false alert, two Australian boys are trapped by the Hood in a mine when he tries to steal secret photos from their father.

Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf

1966

Legend of the Champions poster
8.0

A secret agent is interrogated by his superiors on suspicion of being a double agent and being involved with a Tibetan guru who has supernatural powers.

Legend of the Champions

1983

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan poster
7.9

In the year 4000, the Daleks conspire to conquer the Solar System. Their scheme involves treachery at the highest levels and a weapon capable of destroying the very fabric of time. Only the Doctor and his friends can prevent catastrophe — and there is no guarantee they will escape with their lives...

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

1965

UFO: Take Them Alive poster
7.0

SHADO receive a report that a former Olympic champion has disappeared from a farm in the English countryside, thinking it might be an alien abduction, Colonel Paul Foster is dispatched to track down the UFO and eliminate it.

UFO: Take Them Alive

1972

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler poster
7.5

In England, 1066, the Doctor confronts a mysterious Monk who is attempting to change history.

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler

1965

Doctor Who: The Romans poster
8.0

The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettulian sees him taken to the court of Emperor Nero where he inadvertently plays a part in deciding the course of history...

Doctor Who: The Romans

1965

Won't Write Home, Mom–I'm Dead poster
5.0

A woman hears her fiancee's ghostly voice telling her to find him.

Won't Write Home, Mom–I'm Dead

1975

The Crazy Kill poster
8.0

A doctor and his wife are held hostage in their country home by an escaped convict and his sidekick, but a journalist's arrival complicates matters.

The Crazy Kill

1975

No artwork available
NR

Follows three United Nations agents whose plane crashes into the Himalayas. Upon being rescued by an advanced civilization secretly living in Tibet, they are granted enhanced intellectual and physical abilities. When the agents return to the outside world, they use their new superhuman abilities to become champions of law, order and justice.

The Champions

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HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition poster
NR

Episodes from Gerry Anderson's Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and The Secret Service in High Definition.

HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition

2016

And the Wall Came Tumbling Down poster
5.3

Workmen digging in a building discover the remains of a 300 year-old devil cult.

And the Wall Came Tumbling Down

1984