SERIES WONDER WOMAN
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Episode Number: 7, according to third season broadcast and production order. Episode number 29 according to “The New Adventures of Wonder Woman” run and the series production order.

Production Number: 166837.
Air date: Friday, November 10, 1978.
Writer: Kathleen Barnes & David Wise.
Director: Seymour Robbie.

Guest Stars: Joan Van Ark (Cassandra Loren) / Allan Miller (Dan Reynolds) / Ted Shackelford (Adam Clement). Co-Starring: Ivan Naranjo (Foreman) / Fred (cq) Wayne (J.J. McConnell) / Gwenn Mitchell (White House Guard) / Ted Hagamuchi (Yamura) / Ernie Orsatti (Reaves) / Tom Kratochvil (Voice of IRAC).

Other Titles: In Spanish: “Bomba de Tiempo” ("Time Bomb") / In German: "Das Zeitportal" ("The Time Portal") / In Japanese (Romanji): "Shin enerugii-kapuriumu90" ("New Energy 90") / In Italian: "Bomba Temporale" ("Time Bomb") / In French: “Bombe à Retardement” ("Time Bomb").

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Two time-travelers from the future, 2155, Cassandra (JOAN VAN ARK) and Adam (TED SHACKELFORD), arrive in Washington, D.C. in 1978. Cassandra is up to no good and Adam is aware of it. Her first stop is a visit to MacConnel Mining Corp. where she convinces them that she can predict the future.- This is accomplished by telling the vice president of the company, Reynolds (ALLAN MILLER), the headlines in the next morning's newspaper. When he sees she is correct, he is ready to listen to what she has to say. Before she gives them the information on how they can make a billion dollars, she has one request -for them to kill Adam.

     In the meantime, Adam, the inventor of the "time portal" has contacted the IADC. He speaks to Diana Prince (LYNDA CARTER) who agrees to meet him. He informs her that he can be recognized by his silver suit. As Diana approaches the meeting spot, a gun shot narrowly misses Adam. Unbeknown to Diana, a hit man followed Diana's car, knowing that it would lead him to Adam. Adam is terrified and runs away. Diana immediately ducks behind a shed and whirls into Wonder Woman. As two shots are fired, she deflects them with her bracelets. She then springs through the air and lands directly in front of the hit man as he is loading his gun. She grabs the gun, bends it like taffy and uses it to handcuff the hit man to a rail. She moves off looking for Adam, but he is gone. She reports this to Steve (LYLE WAGGONER).

     J.J. McConnell (FREDD WAYNE) and Reynolds are now ready to listen to Cassandra She informs them that the Broken Rock Radium Mine which they own contains a radioactive material called Cabrium-90, more potent than plutonium. It hasn't been discovered yet and Cassandra is the only one who can help them refine it. She agrees to put Cabrium-90 into production for 51% controlling interest in the company. Her plan is to blow up Arizona.

     While Steve is getting a read-out on Reynolds and a man in a silver suit from IRAC, the computer, a warning buzzer is heard which informs Steve there is a White House security alert in progress. When asked for details, he is told that the intruder is wearing a silver suit' Steve knows immediately that it is Adam and notifies Diana. This time she finds him, saves him and takes him back to her apartment.

     Cassandra and Reynolds are now on their way to the mine in Arizona. Immediately upon arrival, they instruct the foreman to start blasting. He then hands Cassandra a handful of crystals. With the crystals and a colorless fluid, she swirls the two in a beaker and puts the mixture into a battery. The test is a success. Reynolds realizes that with very little Cabrium-90, he can destroy cities from coast to coast. He knows that he is sitting on a fortune.

     Adam tells Diana and Steve that Cassandra must be stopped. He tells them that an ounce of Cabrium-90 can send a rocket to the moon and back. He tells them about Cassandra's love for money and the easiest way for her to get it is to develop a new energy source. IRAC then interrupts and tells the three of them about the mine in Arizona with Phoenix being the closest city. A gas cloud could be carried over the city and the cloud could ignite, thus killing everyone. Diana and Adam leave for Arizona immediately.

     However, as Adam and Diana are about to enter the mine, they are captured by one of Cassandra's goons. They are bound, sitting back-to-back and their hands tied between them. Cassandra tells them she is on her way to destroy a city and leaves them there to their fate. Diana remembers that Adam has an arrowhead in his back pocket and with the arrowhead they loosen the ropes and are soon free. They immediately run toward the mine.

     Adam and Cassandra, who is handcuffed, are standing with Diana and Steve. Adam and Cassandra are getting ready to go to the future where Cassandra will be tried before the Board of Governors. Suddenly an ethereal sound is heard, climaxing in an electronic zap and the pair disappear in a flash of purple light. Steve and Diana watch -knowing they will miss Adam, glad to be  rid of Cassandra and both knowing that Wonder Woman saved the city of Phoenix.

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