Español: "Traficantes Del Espacio, 1ra. Parte"  ["Dealers From Space, Part I"]. Italiano: "Menti Alieni - Prima Parte" ["Alien Minds - Part I"]. Français: "Les Voleurs D'Esprit - 1ère Partie" ["Thieves of Minds - Part I"]. Deustch: "Außerirdische Diebe I" ["Alien Thieves I"]. Danske: "Hjernetive Fra Det Ydre Rum - Del 1" ["Dealers From Outerspace - Part I"]. Portuguese: "Ladrões de Cérebro - Primeira Parte" ["Brain Stealers - Part I"]. Greek : ["Mind Stealers From Outer Space, Part I"]. Japanese []: [ Romanji ] "Uchuu touzoku sukuriru gundan 1" [ "Skrill Army, Space Thieves 1" ].
	Episode Number: 10, according to broadcast and production order. Production Number: 166710. Original Airdate: Friday, December 2, 1977. Second Run: Friday, April 28, 1978. Writer: Stephen Kandel. Director: Michael Caffey. Guest Stars: • Dack Rambo [ Andros ]. • Kristin Larkin [ Debbie ]. Special Guest Star: • Vincent Van Patten [ Johnny ]. Co-Starring: • Earl Boen [ Chaka ]. • Barry Cahill [ General Miller ]. • Del Kinkley [ George Hess ]. • Barbara O. Jones [ Sell ]. • Allan Migicovsky [ Dr. Rand ]. • Anne Ramsey [ Connie ]. • Linda Ryan [ Ruth Blaine ]. • Sol Weiner [ Captain Parelli ]. Featuring: • Gary Bisig [ Rossman ]. • Betty Cole [ Cleaning Lady ]. • Lana Marie Henricks [ Karen ]. • Lori Ann Henricks [ Kim ].

"Thirty seven light years from Earth, in the star system Signus Alpha, a combat commander from the planet Octarus fights a battle that begins in space but will subsequently be fought on American soil." In outer space, a battle is taking place and the enemy, the Skrill, triumphs. They escape to Earth. The Planetary Council convenes and Andros [DACK RAMBO] asks permission to go to Earth and recapture the Skrill. The Council prefers to send a decontamination squad but Andros argues that there will be panic and the Skrill can be cleaned out of Washington, D.C. without turning Earth into a battle field or a madhouse. He turns down an offer of assistance by telling the Council that an Earth creature, Wonder Woman, with whom his father and he have worked before, will be all the help he needs. The Council reluctantly gives him six days on Earth to bring back the Skrill.    Inside the I.A.D.C. headquarters, Diana Prince [LYNDA CARTER] and Steve Trevor, Jr. [LYLE WAGGONER] are listening to two scientists, Dr. George Hess [DEL HINKLEY] and Dr. Ruth Blaine [LINDA RYAN]. They are telling Diana and Steve that they picked up the Skrill's path on the Satellite Tracking Relay. Steve orders them to check out the automated satellite control station. Steve and Diana must attend the first briefing of the National Security Council, after which Diana says she will join them at the control station.    While driving in a Jeep to the station, George and Ruth are attracted to a musical pattern something like conversing birds. They follow the sound and stop and stare in complete amazement. Through the trees they see four small humanoid creatures, wearing silvery, one piece garments. A stiff cowl-like hood shadows the upper face; the lower face is covered by a filter. They are the Skrill. One lifts a hand on which is a metallic gauntlet, the knuckles slightly exaggerated. They converse in musical patterns and one humanoid approaches George. He suddenly clenches a fist and small metal spines bristle up from the metallic gauntlet's knuckles which emit a pulse of light and George is frozen into a statue. Ruth cries out but is also paralyzed. They next take a large jewel and touch George and Ruth's forehead and both collapse, unconscious.    Diana, on her way to meet them at the station has a feeling of uneasiness while driving through the woods, she stops the car when she sees George and Ruth's abandoned vehicle. In the distance she hears the musical pattern and changes to Wonder Woman so she can pursue the sound. She leaps into the treetops and see the bodies of George and Ruth. She decides against pursuit of the Skrill and delivers the two scientists to the hospital.    The doctor is baffled. There is no physical trauma, no signs of disease, or organic breakdown. In effect, they are mindless. Diana confirms his suspicions when he asks if he is treating victims of some one or something from another world. • Doctor: I understand that this is some kind of national security matter but is there anything you can tell me that might be some help in my treatment? • Diana: We don't know much yet. (she looks around and sighs) Okay doctor, something from outer-space has landed on Earth. Now George and Ruth went to investigate the manifestation and apparently, to put it in your on words, they've lost control of their own minds. • Doctor: And you don't know to whom or to what?! • Diana: No Doctor I'm sorry I don't. But you know what? I was walking through the woods and I had the feeling of something alien. I heard some odd musical sounds. • Doctor: Are you saying I'm treating the victims of someone or something from another world? • Diana: That's exactly right Doctor.    The police have blocked off the wooded area, unaware that a college class is on a field trip. Two students. Debbie [KRISTIN LARKIN] and Johnny [VINCENT VAN PATTEN], wander away from the group and within minutes four Skrill encircle them. They hold the gray, dull jewel to each of the foreheads. In the meantime, the teacher gathers the rest of the class and as she approaches the police, she reports their disappearance.    Suddenly there is a gust of wind, hammer of thunder, the treetops shake and there is a flash of light and within minutes it is over. The only one who knows what this is about is Diana -it is the arrival of Andros.    Debbie and Johnny stop a truck, knock the driver unconscious and order two Skrill to drag him into the brush. Andros is in the woods and his amulet picks up the presence of the two Skrill.    Diana, who has been searching for Debbie and Johnny, knowing the Skrill have taken over their bodies, spots the Skrill and one of them lifts a gauntlet hand . She immediately whirls into Wonder Woman. The Skrill's ray hits Wonder Woman's stomach, she avoids the next and picks up the unconscious driver, the Skrill gets ready to fire again. Andros suddenly appears and touching the amulet he wears around his neck, sends off flares, which repel the Skrill. They race off. Wonder Woman is obviously pleased to see Andros. • Wonder Woman: Andros! • Andros: Princess, am I in time to be of service? • Wonder Woman: As always your timing is excellent Andros. I've been expecting you ever since that dramatic weather change. • Andros: I was trying to attract your attention. I had a slight problem in arranging my trip. It's a delight to see you again Princess, even if it is trouble that has brought me back.    Two police cars arrive, one driving straight into a ditch. Andros, with Wonder Woman's help, brings the truck driver back to life and they leave him with the police, who have called for an ambulance.    Meanwhile Johnny and Debbie realize that the area is now heavily guarded and plan to distract the police. They radio the state trooper who has just left the woods and tell him that they are near to a cliff, so he heads towards Fisher's Point. Debbie and Johnny hide in the bushes and as the police car approaches the stolen truck they use their gauntlets to drive the truck over the cliff.    Back at Diana's apartment, Andros explains that the Skrill do not want to steal anything material. They want to steal knowledge -human minds - and use it on other planets in an evil way. A phonecall from Steve informs them that the Skrill were able to trick the police and that 'Debbie' and 'Johnny' are still missing. He also tells Diana that the military is skeptical and that they want proof that she and Andros are better equipped to find the Skrill than they are. She asks Andros is he can demonstrate his ability and he agrees.    The next day, at the test area, Andros destroys a pile of scrap cars as Debbie and Johnny cautiously look on from their hiding place. Andros sees that General Miller [BARRY CAHILL] is now a Skrill. Debbie and Johnny know they must get him away before Steve and Diana are able to capture him. Their attempt to free the General fails and they speed away in their car. Diana, who has now whirled into Wonder Woman, is after them. She vaults a fence onto the hood of the speeding car, covering the windshield. Debbie hits the brakes hard and Wonder Woman leaps off, yanking the door open. She captures Debbie but Johnny escapes.    In the hospital she questions Debbie. Wonder Woman loops the lasso around Debbie asking her where the girl Debbie's mind is. She is told that it is in the storage racks in their hiding place somewhere in the woods but Debbie is unable to name the exact place. Meanwhile, in the hiding place, Johnny realizes that Diana Prince and Wonder Woman are the same person and that as Diana she is vulnerable. He decides the only way to get rid of Wonder Woman is to put the monster Sardor up against her in battle. Sardor, seven-feet tall, is a cross between a bear and a panther. Johnny tells Karen and Kim to scatter a special dust around Diana's apartment which, like catnip, will attract Sardor.    The next day, Karen [LANA MARIE HENRICKS] and Kim [LORI ANN HENRICKS] two Skrill, gain entrance to Diana's apartment and scatter the dust everywhere. As Diana enters her apartment later that day, the two surprise her. Kim starts to pull on her gauntlet and Diana whirls and slaps the gauntlet out of her hand. A fight follows with lamps smashing against walls, clothes are torn, faces and hands are clawed. As Diana is almost victorious, Kim emits a high, musical howling. The apartment door explodes open and Diana screams, as Sardor comes toward her. Part One ends as Sardor grabs Diana, lifts her up and holds her as she struggles to get free.

			RUNNING TIME:	48:10 (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".
			INFO:	Tenth regular episode of "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN". Wonder Woman introduces this episode.
			AUDIO:	"WONDER WOMAN THEME" from the opening credits.
				"WONDER WOMAN THEME" from the end credits.
			VIDEO:	"WONDER WOMAN VS. THE SKRILL".
				"DIANA CAPTURED BY THE ZARDOR".
			TRIVIA:	The Planetary Council refer to Earth as "Terra".
				As well as an introduction by Wonder Woman the opening sequence features a voiceover from LYNDA CARTER (or Wonder Woman referring to herself: "As did his father before him Andros will travel back to Earth and join with Wonder Woman in a battle for the Earth's survival."
				George and Ruth are taken to the Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
				The students on the field trip are from Berkeley College.
				The Skrill attack in the woods is a rare instance in which Wonder Woman is caught off-guard and this is probably why she doesn't use her bracelets to deflect the beams from the Skrill's gauntlet.
				When the state trooper looks over the cliff to see the wreckage of the truck, another wrecked vehicle can just be seen to the right... could this have been from a previous take?
			SKILLS STATS:	SPINS: 3 times.
				LASSO: 1 time.
				BRACELETS: 0 times.
				JUMPS: 5 times.
				THROWN BADDIES: 0 times.
				MISCELLANEOUS SKILLS: Pulls a police car out of a ditch.

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