SERIES WONDER WOMAN

004 THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE CRISIS OCTOBER 7, 1977

"The Bermuda Triangle Crisis" "The Bermuda Triangle Crisis" - LYNDA CARTER "The Bermuda Triangle Crisis" - LYLE WAGGONER

España [Spain]

Español: "Crisis en el Triángulo de Las Bermudas" ["Crisis In The Bermuda Triangle"].

Italia [Italy]

Italiano: "La Crisi Del Triangolo Delle Bermuda" ["Crisis In The Bermuda Triangle"].

France [France]

Français: "L'Affaire Du Triangle Des Bermudes" ["The Bermuda Triangle's Affair"].

Deustchland [Germany]

Deustch: "Einsatz im Bermuda-Dreieck" ["Mission in The Bermuda Triangle"].

Danmark [Denmark]

Danske: "Krisen Om Bermuda Trekanten" ["Crisis In The Bermuda Triangle"].

Brasil [Brazil]

Portuguese: "O Caso do Triângulo das Bermudas" ["The Case Of The Bermuda Triangle"].

Greece

Greek Greek: Japanese ["Crisis In The Bermuda Trian-gle"].

Japan

Japanese [Japanese]: Japanese [ Romanji ] "Ma no bamyuuda toraianguru"   [ "Devil Of The Bermuda Triangle" ].

"The Bermuda Triangle Crisis" - NORMANN BURTON
"The Bermuda Triangle Crisis" - CHARLES CIOFFI as Ray Manta.
"The Bermuda Triangle Crisis" - BEATRICE STRAIGHT as The Queen.

Episode Number: #4, according to broadcast #3 according to production order; #17 according to the whole series run.

Production Number: 166703.

Original Airdate: Friday, October 7, 1977. Second Run: Friday, January 27, 1978.

Writer: Calvin Clements, Jr.
Director: Seymour Robbie.
Guest Stars:
CHARLES CIOFFI [ Raymond Manta ].
BEATRICE STRAIGHT [ The Queen ].
Co-Starring:
HERMAN POPPE [ Sergeant ].
Featuring:
BARRY HAMILTON [ Radarman ].
LARRY GOLDEN [ Lt. Commander Robert Mansfield ].
GEORGE RANITO JORDAN [ Driver/Guard ].
JAMES STALEY [ Guard 1 ].
JOSEPH CHAPMAN [ Radioman ].

SYNOPSIS

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I.A.D.C Headquarters - Washington, D.C. Diana Prince [LYNDA CARTER] and Steve Trevor, Jr. [LYLE WAGGONER] are instructed to pose as wealthy tourists on a tropical island to investigate the strange disappearance of Lt. Commander Robert Mansfield [LARRY GOLDEN] over the Bermuda Triangle. There have been so many unexplained tragedies it has become known as the Devil's Triangle. The feeling is that the "accidents" are created by Raymond Manta [CHARLES CIOFFI] to stop Operation Sea Harvest -an advanced nuclear breeder test station located at Longitude 30º 22' degrees, latitude 64º 47' degrees. Ray Manta is the head of a group called I.C.O.P.E. or the International Confederation of the Power Elite. As the location is pointed out on a map, Diana is troubled. The President states that the location is chosen because there are not inhabited islands in the area, but Diana knows that this location is only a few miles away from her home of Paradise Island.

   In the privacy of her home, she whirls into Wonder Woman in front of a Grecian mirror and the image of her mother, the Queen [BEATRICE STRAIGHT], appears. Her uneasiness is well-founded as she tells her mother she ix being sent on a mission to arrest an international criminal, a weapons dealer named Raymond Manta, who is operating within the Bermuda Triangle. If he is captured, America will build a nuclear experimental facility only a few miles from Paradise Island. This could destroy the island! The Queen reminds Wonder Woman that even though the Amazons have lived there for thousands of years, she had sworn allegiance to her new friends and cannot go back on her pledge.

The Queen: "You wanted to speak with me Diana?"

Wonder Woman: "Yes, Mother, I have to speak with you. I'm being sent on a mission to arrest an international criminal named Raymond Manta."

The Queen: "Well, that's part of your duty, isn't it? And you have the power of Wonder Woman to accomplish it."

Wonder Woman: "Yes, but he's operating within the Bermuda Triangle. And if we stop him, America will build a nuclear experimental facility only a few miles from Paradise Island. They feel it's the perfect place because there's no one there to hurt."

The Queen: "Of course, they don't know of us."

Wonder Woman: "And if there was an accident, then Paradise Island would be destroyed."

The Queen: "You went out into the outer world to help protect it. And joined the agency as the best means to accomplish that end."

Wonder Woman: "Yes."

The Queen: "You have sworn allegiance to your new friends."

Wonder Woman: "Yes."

The Queen: "You cannot go back on your pledge. It would be unworthy of you. Amazons have lived on Paradise Island for thousands of years at one with the land and the universe. And now my daughter is faced with a choice: to betray her word which would destroy her or to do what she must, which could destroy us."

Wonder Woman: "No one is wiser than you, Mother. There must be a way!"

The Queen: "Alas, my wisdom does not extend to worldly dilemmas. In times of trouble I can only turn to Amazonian philosophy. 'When you see the heart of darkness you will begin to perceive the light' "

Wonder Woman: "I'm not sure that I understand."
The Queen: "In time, all will be clear to you."

   With Steve piloting the plane, he and Diana are discussing what an unscrupulous person Manta is and how dangerous his organization is, when they are hit suddenly with invisible sound waves. Steve loses control of the plane and they bail out, landing in the jungle area of Manta's island.

   A plan must be put into effect immediately -to find Mansfield and escape. A sound of a jeep is heard in the background, and they follow it to a complex where there is much military activity. The guards are preoccupied with work as Steve slips into the radio snack and manages to strip wires together that send out constant signals as a location "fix."

   They suddenly spot Mansfield, and Diana is horrified at his appearance; he looks like a Vietnam POW. They manage to steal two uniforms and, disguised as officers, they request a jeep on the pretense they have to drive Stansfield into the jungle. Their escape is almost executed when Manta recognizes them. They are captured and brought before Manta.

   Manta states that he wants to run the Triangle and gets rid of all obstacles, including Project Sea Harvest. His biggest obstacle is IADC; and as he starts questioning them about the agency, an alarm is sounded. A Radarman informs Manta that an unidentified vessel is heading into the Triangle. Diana is elated. She knows that Atkinson received the signals and has sent a ship to rescue them. Unfortunately, Manta realizes this also. He activates an electronic sub called Sting Ray, a computerized underwater weapon capable of enormous destructive power in the air and sea.

   For refusing to answer Manta's questions about IADC, Diana and Steve are thrown in jail. Diana, realizing she must get out, starts screaming to the jail guard to take her to Manta. She will confess to anything and tell him anything he wants to know. As the guard is escorting her, she grabs him, flings him aside, whirls into Wonder Woman, and heads for the dock. There she whirls into a costume no one has ever seen - Underwater Woman, complete with belt, bracelets and lasso. She dives into the water and rids the area of mines.

   Her next battle is with the Sting Ray, which is on a collision course with the rescue ship. She destroys the Sting Ray and surfaces, clenching her upraised hands to a triumphant fist.

    Manta stares in disbelief. He grabs Steve and heads for the jungle. Searching frantically, Wonder Woman locates the men. She captures Manta, frees Steve and Lt. Mansfield. Using the excuse she must find Diana, she leaves Steve in charge and within a few minutes and out of their sight, Wonder Woman whirls back into Diana.

   Back at headquarters, Diana, Steve, and Atkinson are pleased with their accomplishment. Mansfield is in the hospital doing well; Manta is in jail. But, the happiest is Diana. The government has abandoned the experimental program in the Bermuda Triangle. Paradise Island and the Amazons are, once again, safe from the outer world.

The President: "Congratulations on your escape. This is a replay of the explosion you witnessed from the deck of the destroyer Jefferson. Because of the resulting fissures in the ocean floor we've been forced to abandon our experimental program in the Bermuda Triangle. Aside from that, it was an excellent job all around."

Diana Prince: "Thank you, sir."

Steve Trevor: "Thank you sir. We all had a little help from Wonder Woman."

The President: "As we'd say down home, you can't beat her with a switch."

Steve Trevor: "I'll go along with that, sir."

The President: "Well, I just wanted to welcome you all back home."

Steve Trevor: "Thank you, sir."
Diana Prince: "Thank you, sir."
Joe Atkinson: "Thank you, sir."
The President: "Carry on."
Steve Trevor: "Yes, sir."
Diana Prince: "Yes, sir."
Joe Atkinson: "Yes, sir."

- A few moments later, as they walk out of the Security Room...

Joe Atkinson: "I'm delighted to inform you that... Lt. Cmdr. Mansfield is in the hospital and doing fine. And that Manta is in jail where he belongs... I would have led the operation but he wouldn't let me."

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Diana Prince: "There were times when we really needed you, Joe."
Joe Atkinson: "I was with you in spirit. You know that."
Diana Prince: "More than that, you sent the Navy."
Steve Trevor: "Hey, it was your plan."

Joe Atkinson: "That's right, it was. You know. I sure wish I could find a way to send Wonder Woman on some of these assignments."

Diana Prince: "Don't worry about it, Joe. I'm sure you'll find a way."
•  As she tells this, Diana thinks to herself: "I'm sure Wonder Woman will find a way."
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STATS MEDIA TRIVIA

RUNNING TIME:
48:08 (48 minutes / unedited) / 60 minutes on commercial television.
VHS:
Available on commercial VHS format on a collector's edition series released by Columbia House Video.
DVD:
Available on commercial DVD format in the 4-DVD box-set "WONDER WOMAN: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON" and the Volume Two of the British DVD edition of "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN".
INFO:
Third regular episode of "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN". This is the first episode to feature the Underwater Wonder Woman.
AUDIO:
"WONDER WOMAN THEME" from the opening credits.
"WONDER WOMAN THEME" from the end credits.
VIDEO:
"WONDER WOMAN COMMUNICATES WITH HER MOTHER".
"UNDERWATER WONDER WOMAN".
TRIVIA:
The base for Operations of Raymond Manta is at Longitude 30º 22' degrees, latitude 64º 47' degrees, exactly the same location as Paradise Island according to the information given by Drusilla in "THE FEMINUM MYSTIQUE, PART  II". Though in this episode is mentioned to be only a few miles away from Paradise Island.
In the pilot for "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN" the Queen tells Wonder Woman that in case she needs to communicate with her she can do through the ruby in her tiara. This is the first and only episode in which Wonder Woman communicates with her Mother through the ruby in her tiara and using an ancient Greek mirror.
This is the last time we see Beatrice Straight as The Queen mother.
The plane in which Diana and Steve travel towards the Bermuda Triangle is numbered G-ASSI only that we see it in reverse picture.
Though Steve and Diana go undercover between military men, they use vivid colors in their clothes which is not very suitable for their mission.
While they're entering the Bermuda Triangle, Steve mentions that "I've got lost a couple of days here myself not long ago"  and later he mentions "...years ago, my father crash-landed somewhere around here".
When we see the parachutes after the plane crashes they're white, but in the close-up in the island the parachutes are white and red.
Diana goes into a mission in the jungle in high heels?
This is the first time we see the Underwater Wonder Woman costume. First she spins into Wonder Woman and then into Underwater Wonder Woman, and then back into Wonder Woman.
SKILLS STATS:
SPINS: 4 times, of which one is into Underwater Wonder Woman and one back to Wonder Woman.
LASSO: 1 time.
BRACELETS: 1 times.
JUMPS: 4 times.
THROWN BADDIES: 0 times.
MISCELLANEOUS SKILLS: Spins into underwater Wonder Woman and places a bomb in a submarine.
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