The Secret Empire

• regulars:
• Geoffrey Scott as Marshal Jim Donner
• Carlene Watkins as Millie Thomas
• Tiger Williams as Billy Thomas
• Mark Lenard as Emperor Thorval
• Diane Markoff as Princess Tara [ eps 1-9 ]
• Stepfanie Kramer as Princess Tara [ eps 10-12 ]
• David Opatoshu as Hator
• Pamela Brull as Maya
• Peter Breck as Jess Keller
• Peter Tomarken as Roe
• Sean Garrison as Yannuck

In this homage to Gene Autry's classic movie serial The Phantom Empire, 19th Century Marshal Jim Donner stumbles upon an underground city of alien invaders whose general populace is kept in subjugation via a mind-control machine. (a segment of Cliff Hangers!)

                            Original
  Episode #     Prod #      Air Date   Titles
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• Season 1

1      1-01                27/Feb/79   Chapter 3 - Plunge into Mystery 
2      1-02                06/Mar/79   Chapter 4 - Prisoner of the Empire 
3      1-03                13/Mar/79   Chapter 5 - The Mind Twisters 
4      1-04                20/Mar/79   Chapter 6 - Seeds of Revolt 
5      1-05                27/Mar/79   Chapter 7 - Attack of the Phantom Riders 
6      1-06                03/Apr/79   Chapter 8 - Sizzling Threat 
7      1-07                10/Apr/79   Chapter 9 - Mandibles of Death 
8      1-08                17/Apr/79   Chapter 10 - The Last Gasp 
9      1-09                24/Apr/79   Chapter 11 - Return to Chimera 
10     1-10                01/May/79   Chapter 12 - Powerhouse