Season 2 • Episode 7
LatestA group of evil aliens abducts the captain for a ""Captain Star"" contest while he was asleep in his wheel barrel. Now it's up to the crew to track him down by a clever trick he came up with: contain Captain Star munchies in his mouth & spew them out into space through a window so his men can save him. The crew eventually catches up with the aliens but now they must find the real captain star & stop those who captured him. With people such as Captain star on the show ""Star of space"" & a 6 year old boy who is a major fan of captain star, The captain is freed & the boy is given a medal for saving his life.
Captain Star was an animated television series starring Richard E. Grant as Captain Jim Star, based on a comic by Steven Appleby: Rockets Passing Overhead. Only thirteen episodes of thirty-minutes each were produced and aired. The series ran on the British ITV and Canadian TELETOON networks from 1997 to 1998. The show was also later repeated on Nickelodeon UK.
Acting
Richard E. Grant's gloriously miserable voice work
Writing
Frank Cottrell Boyce's bleak philosophical wit
Production
Strikingly simple, memorable character designs
Creators
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Steven Appleby
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Steven Appleby's original comic 'Rockets Passing Overhead' was far darker and more abstract than the TV adaptation.
The show's cancellation after 13 episodes made it a cult obsession among British animation fans who traded VHS tapes for years.
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