The BEST episodes of Captain Future
Every episode of Captain Future ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Captain Future!
Curtis Newton, aka Captain Future, is an orphan. His parents died in their artificial satellite while he was an infant. His father was a scientist, who has abandoned earth for the satellite to dedicate his life for science along with his aging friend the genius Dr Simon Wright. Wright senses his death, and decides to implant his brain in a mechanical container. They both manufactured a superior robot and an android. Captain future dedicated his life to fight evil along with his three men, the brain, android, and robot.
#1 - The Traffickers Syndicate of Eternal Life (1)
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 9/11/1979
"Danger! The Traffickers of Eternal Life" (1/4): A certain 'Lord of Eternal Life' possesses water which guarantees life and eternal youth. He sends out dealers to every planet to sell his Elixir for a golden price. But this water needs to be taken regularly, although prices go up continuously, or else deprivation will cause death. The President of the Interstellar Government assigns Captain Future with the task to find the man responsible, and put an end to this horrible trafficking...
#2 - The True Form of the Allus (3)
Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 8/28/1979
"The Comet Kings Conspiracy" (3/4): Between Jupiter and Uranus, 22 spaceships have mysteriously vanished. What's more, there isn't any wreckage or indication of the ships' whereabouts. Captain Future and his crew go to Jupiter. They happen to cross the path of Halley's Comet which appears every 76 years or so. After establishing facts, they try to envision all possible scenario's when suddenly the ship is being pulled into the comet. Inside, they discover a whole world that keeps them prisonner...
#3 - World of Nightmares (4)
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 9/4/1979
"The Comet Kings Conspiracy" (4/4): Between Jupiter and Uranus, 22 spaceships have mysteriously vanished. What's more, there isn't any wreckage or indication of the ships' whereabouts. Captain Future and his crew go to Jupiter. They happen to cross the path of Halley's Comet which appears every 76 years or so. After establishing facts, they try to envision all possible scenario's when suddenly the ship is being pulled into the comet. Inside, they discover a whole world that keeps them prisonner...
#4 - Beyond Light and Darkness (4)
Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 12/18/1979
"The Secret of Artificial Evolution" (4/4): During archaeologic excavations on the planet Titania, Captain Future and his friends discover the terrible secret which led to the downfall of an ancient civilization. They find a stone tablet which reveals the existence of the "Chamber of Life", a laboratory for creating evolution in species. Two men, Norton and Winters, are after the technique and even steal the Comet and kidnap Joan and Ken in order to get it...
#5 - The Vanished Spaceships (1)
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 8/7/1979
"The Comet Kings Conspiracy" (1/4): Between Jupiter and Uranus, 22 spaceships have mysteriously vanished. What's more, there isn't any wreckage or indication of the ships' whereabouts. Captain Future and his crew go to Jupiter. They happen to cross the path of Halley's Comet which appears every 76 years or so. After establishing facts, they try to envision all possible scenario's when suddenly the ship is being pulled into the comet. Inside, they discover a whole world that keeps them prisonner...
#6 - Stardust Spacemen (4)
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/19/1979
"Revolt on the Prison Spaceship" (4/4): On Earth, a ship is being prepared for a secret Police transport. On board, dangerous criminals who are to be taken to a faraway high security prison. Captain Future and his crew, who hear about this, decide to go on board too and escort this risky mission. In case, there is a revolt, they will be able to intervene quickly and prevent bad to happen. However, despite this, the prisoners succeed to liberate themselves...
#7 - The Unknown Micro-Universe (4)
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/24/1979
“The Seven Treasures of the Solar System" (4/4): In the Museum of the Milky Way, an archeologist, who has just returned from an expedition on the planet Kerus, is studying one of the seven Secret Stones. Legend holds that, once united, the Stones will reveal the secrets of a parallel universe. When Captain Future attends a show of the Galactic Circus, he meets again his old enemy Ul Quorn, who is still alive. The two men race against each other to recover the Stones and unravel their strange secret...
#8 - The Civilization of the Phantom Star (4)
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/22/1979
“A Giant Dark Star Approaches!” (4/4): A giant dark star approaches the Solar System and threatens to destroy Earth. To avoid this catastrophe, a certain Professor Zarro proposes to use his technology in service of the Earthlings, in exchange for the position of President of the Solar System. Captain Future and his crew are ordered to investigate this Professor and to retrieve the greatest astronomers of the galaxy who all mysteriously vanished at the time the phenomenon was announced...
#9 - The Mystery of the Beastmen (2)
Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 12/4/1979
"The Secret of Artificial Evolution" (2/4): During archaeologic excavations on the planet Titania, Captain Future and his friends discover the terrible secret which led to the downfall of an ancient civilization. They find a stone tablet which reveals the existence of the "Chamber of Life", a laboratory for creating evolution in species. Two men, Norton and Winters, are after the technique and even steal the Comet and kidnap Joan and Ken in order to get it...
#10 - Showdown in the Ghost Town (3)
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 12/11/1979
"The Secret of Artificial Evolution" (3/4): During archaeologic excavations on the planet Titania, Captain Future and his friends discover the terrible secret which led to the downfall of an ancient civilization. They find a stone tablet which reveals the existence of the "Chamber of Life", a laboratory for creating evolution in species. Two men, Norton and Winters, are after the technique and even steal the Comet and kidnap Joan and Ken in order to get it...
#11 - The Mystery of the Space-Ruins (1)
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 11/27/1979
"The Secret of Artificial Evolution" (1/4): During archaeologic excavations on the planet Titania, Captain Future and his friends discover the terrible secret which led to the downfall of an ancient civilization. They find a stone tablet which reveals the existence of the "Chamber of Life", a laboratory for creating evolution in species. Two men, Norton and Winters, are after the technique and even steal the Comet and kidnap Joan and Ken in order to get it...
#12 - Illusion of Life and Death (3)
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 10/9/1979
"Danger! The Traffickers of Eternal Life" (3/4): A certain 'Lord of Eternal Life' possesses water which guarantees life and eternal youth. He sends out dealers to every planet to sell his Elixir for a golden price. But this water needs to be taken regularly, although prices go up continuously, or else deprivation will cause death. The President of the Interstellar Government assigns Captain Future with the task to find the man responsible, and put an end to this horrible trafficking...
#13 - The Howling of the Glacier (2)
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/8/1979
“A Giant Dark Star Approaches!” (2/4): A giant dark star approaches the Solar System and threatens to destroy Earth. To avoid this catastrophe, a certain Professor Zarro proposes to use his technology in service of the Earthlings, in exchange for the position of President of the Solar System. Captain Future and his crew are ordered to investigate this Professor and to retrieve the greatest astronomers of the galaxy who all mysteriously vanished at the time the phenomenon was announced...
#14 - The Resurrected Planet (4)
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/1979
“Beyond the Shining Stars!" (4/4): The tiny planet Laguna is being evacuated because oxygen is running out and reaching a critical level. More planets are facing the same. To solve this difficult problem, Captain Future goes on a quest to seek the Birthplace of Matter, an instrument which can create and control all types of matter. Future asks Simon to modify the Comet for long-distance travel to Sagittarius Constellation where, according to legend, the Birthplace of Matter is kept...
#15 - A Journey 5 Billion Years Back in Time (4)
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/26/1978
”Lost World” (4/4): During a flight-training in the asteroid-belt between Mars and Jupiter, Captain Future and his Crew receive a strange message of an old man asking for help, explaining his home planet Katain is facing imminent destruction. The Futuremen build a time-machine around their spaceship Comet and fly off into an unknown past in search for the lost planet Katain...
#16 - Genesis of the Solar System (3)
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/1978
”Lost World” (3/4): During a flight-training in the asteroid-belt between Mars and Jupiter, Captain Future and his Crew receive a strange message of an old man asking for help, explaining his home planet Katain is facing imminent destruction. The Futuremen build a time-machine around their spaceship Comet and fly off into an unknown past in search for the lost planet Katain...
#17 - The Phantoms of the Transparent Planet (4)
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/27/1979
“Crisis on the Transparent Planet” (4/4): One of the most dangerous criminals of the universe escapes from a galactic high security prison. His name is Ul Quorn, an extraordinarily intelligent man, and also son of the murderer of Captain Future’s parents. Future vows to capture him. He learns that Ul Quorn discovered a parallel universe in which he can travel thanks to a unique spaceship made by a scientist who is now passed away. Not knowing where to search his enemy, Future and his crew travel to the planet Ariel where the scientist worked...
#18 - The Tragedy of the Dark Star (2)
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/1979
“Beyond the Shining Stars!" (2/4): The tiny planet Laguna is being evacuated because oxygen is running out and reaching a critical level. More planets are facing the same. To solve this difficult problem, Captain Future goes on a quest to seek the Birthplace of Matter, an instrument which can create and control all types of matter. Future asks Simon to modify the Comet for long-distance travel to Sagittarius Constellation where, according to legend, the Birthplace of Matter is kept...
#19 - The Law of the Keeper (3)
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/1979
“Beyond the Shining Stars!" (3/4): The tiny planet Laguna is being evacuated because oxygen is running out and reaching a critical level. More planets are facing the same. To solve this difficult problem, Captain Future goes on a quest to seek the Birthplace of Matter, an instrument which can create and control all types of matter. Future asks Simon to modify the Comet for long-distance travel to Sagittarius Constellation where, according to legend, the Birthplace of Matter is kept...
#20 - Captain Future's Death! (3)
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/17/1979
“The Seven Treasures of the Solar System" (3/4): In the Museum of the Milky Way, an archeologist, who has just returned from an expedition on the planet Kerus, is studying one of the seven Secret Stones. Legend holds that, once united, the Stones will reveal the secrets of a parallel universe. When Captain Future attends a show of the Galactic Circus, he meets again his old enemy Ul Quorn, who is still alive. The two men race against each other to recover the Stones and unravel their strange secret...
#21 - Death-struggle in the Galaxy Circus (2)
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/10/1979
“The Seven Treasures of the Solar System" (2/4): In the Museum of the Milky Way, an archeologist, who has just returned from an expedition on the planet Kerus, is studying one of the seven Secret Stones. Legend holds that, once united, the Stones will reveal the secrets of a parallel universe. When Captain Future attends a show of the Galactic Circus, he meets again his old enemy Ul Quorn, who is still alive. The two men race against each other to recover the Stones and unravel their strange secret...
#22 - The Prison Ship is Hi-Jacked! (1)
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/29/1979
"Revolt on the Prison Spaceship" (1/4): On Earth, a ship is being prepared for a secret Police transport. On board, dangerous criminals who are to be taken to a faraway high security prison. Captain Future and his crew, who hear about this, decide to go on board too and escort this risky mission. In case, there is a revolt, they will be able to intervene quickly and prevent bad to happen. However, despite this, the prisoners succeed to liberate themselves...
#23 - The Ultimate Weapon in Action (4)
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 7/31/1979
"Duel on the Magic Moon" (4/4): A campaign is launched to find a double of Captain Future, to shoot a movie about his life and his adventures. But the Interplanetary Government suspects the producer of using the movie as an excuse to travel to a planet rich in diamonds. He wants to get a mining license against the will of the inhabitants who refuse any foreign interference. Captain Future joins the film crew and goes undercover as actor to play his own part...
#24 - The Story of the Monster Hunter (3)
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/15/1979
“A Giant Dark Star Approaches!” (3/4): A giant dark star approaches the Solar System and threatens to destroy Earth. To avoid this catastrophe, a certain Professor Zarro proposes to use his technology in service of the Earthlings, in exchange for the position of President of the Solar System. Captain Future and his crew are ordered to investigate this Professor and to retrieve the greatest astronomers of the galaxy who all mysteriously vanished at the time the phenomenon was announced...
#25 - The Mysterious Stones Sleeping in the Galaxy (1)
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/3/1979
“The Seven Treasures of the Solar System" (1/4): In the Museum of the Milky Way, an archeologist, who has just returned from an expedition on the planet Kerus, is studying one of the seven Secret Stones. Legend holds that, once united, the Stones will reveal the secrets of a parallel universe. When Captain Future attends a show of the Galactic Circus, he meets again his old enemy Ul Quorn, who is still alive. The two men race against each other to recover the Stones and unravel their strange secret...