Wonder Woman
1 9 7 6 - 1 9 7 9 (USA)
1 x 120 minute episode
1 x 80 minute episode
13 x 60 minute episodes
45 x 45 minute episodes
 She's
Five foot nine and worth the climb! The most gorgeous woman on the
face of the Earth - and she even has her own uniform. If I had one
wish as a dying man it would be . . . but I digress.
While intercepting a Nazi saboteur, US Air Corps Major Steve
Trevor is shot down and washes up on Paradise Island, home of the
immortal Amazons.
The queen of the Amazons arranges a tournament to decide who
will escort him back to America, but forbids her daughter Diana to
enter. In disguise, Diana competes anyway and emerges victorious.
 As
Wonder Woman she travels to "man's world" with Steve
Trevor to fight continued Nazi threats. After discovering that she
needs money in order to survive, Wonder Woman allows herself to be
exploited by talent agent Ashley Norman.
Meanwhile, Steve's secretary Marcia has secretly been spying
for the Nazis (along with Ashley Norman) as they plot to destroy
the top secret U.S. Nordon Bomb Site.
Wonder Woman is able to unravel their plot and intercept the
Nazi bomber before rescuing the kidnapped Major Trevor.
To hide her true identity and stay close to Steve she becomes
Diana Prince, Yeoman US Navy, a bespectacled and straight-laced
secretary.
Wonder Woman was brought to life by an educational consultant
who believed the comic world was dominated by male heroes.
So the woman known for her magic lasso, enchanted bullet-proof
bracelets and invisible jet was born. With real Amazonian
training, Wonder Woman's mission was not to stop criminals but to
actually reform them.
Lynda Carter, a former beauty queen and Miss USA 1973, made the
best of her not inconsiderable talents to play the Amazon princess
with a neat line in patriotic garb and a bundle of super-powers.
Our heroine was regularly called upon to adopt the mantle of
her alter-ego to defend the country from mad scientists &
foreign agents. Wonder Woman was a total woman - albeit one who
had gold bracelets to fend off bullets, a magic lasso and an
invisible plane . . .
A couple of quick twirls transformed dowdy Diana into
the wonder babe, ready to save the world in her highly practical uniform
of star-spangled knickers and kinky boots!
The initial season of Wonder Woman was produced
by ABC (USA) and was set in WWII. In 1977 the show moved to the CBS
network and the action moved to the present day although continuity had
been maintained (Wonder Woman aged at a much slower rate than mere
mortals) and she was working with Steve Trevor's son Steve Trevor Jnr.
The duo worked for the Inter Agency Defense Command (IADC
for short). The agency also had a super computer called IRA.
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