Jonny Quest
Dr. Benton Quest is a research scientist who is frequently called upon for missions that require his scientific and technical expertise. He is usually accompanied by his son, Jonny, their tutor/bodyguard, Race Bannon, their bulldog, Bandit, with the distinctive mask-like eye markings, and Hadji, an Indian orphan who has special abilities of his own. Together, they investigate mysteries, perform rescues, and battle nefarious villains around the world, most notably Dr. Zin.
- 1964-1965
- 1 season
- ABC
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama, Family, Science Fiction
- TV-Y7
Dr. Benton Quest is a research scientist who is frequently called upon for missions that require his scientific and technical expertise. He is usually accompanied by his son, Jonny, their tutor/bodyguard, Race Bannon, their bulldog, Bandit, with the distinctive mask-like eye markings, and Hadji, an Indian orphan who has special abilities of his own. Together, they investigate mysteries, perform rescues, and battle nefarious villains around the world, most notably Dr. Zin.
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1964 - 1965
Episode 1
The Mystery of the Lizard Men
Fri, Sep 18, 1964 30 mins
Two ships are destroyed by a beam of light in the Sargasso Sea, and one is invaded by strange looking 'lizard men'. The U.S. government asks Dr. Benton Quest to investigate. He is accompanied by his son Jonny and Race Bannon. Race has been assigned by the U.S. to protect the Quests, particularly Jonny, since anyone wanting a hold over Dr. Quest might choose to harm or kidnap the boy. Jonny and Race discover that a foreign power is using the area to conduct laser experiments with intent to blow up a U.S. rocket headed to the Moon.
Episode 2
Arctic Splashdown
Fri, Sep 25, 1964 30 mins
An experimental rocket featuring a new directional system by Dr, Quest veers off course and fails to self-destruct. The Quest party boards an ice breaker to the arctic to retrieve it, thrilling Jonny for adventures in the snow. As Jonny meets and interacts with some of the native wildlife, a submarine from a foreign power is also en route to the crash sight. They caused the malfunction and aren't shy of using deadly force to get there first.
Episode 3
The Curse of Anubis
Fri, Oct 2, 1964 30 mins
Dr. Kareem intends to unify Arab nations by stealing an artifact and putting the blame on westerners, but his theft inadvertently awakens a mummy which thereafter stalks him. Ignorant of his peril, Kareem enacts a plan to frame "old friend" Dr. Benton Quest as the thief, ultimately locking Benton, Race and the artifact together in an abandoned archaeological dig with poisonous adders for company. As Jonny and Hadji discover the plot and race to the rescue, the mummy closes in to administer justice of his own.
Episode 4
Pursuit of the Po-Ho
Fri, Oct 9, 1964 30 mins
A friend of Dr. Quest is captured by a deadly group of natives known as the Po-Ho, so the Quest group travel to the jungle to save him. When Dr. Quest himself is subsequently captured and the two scientists have a date with the Po-Ho fire god, some tricky maneuvers from Race are in order. Can he save the scientists, or is this the last episode for the doctor?
Episode 5
Riddle of the Gold
Fri, Oct 16, 1964 30 mins
A long-dead mine in Jahilipur, India, suddenly spits out more gold that ever before, and suspicious Mr. Corbin of Intelligence One wants Dr. Quest to look into it. Turns out it's not gold but a rare metal called zanium. Only two scientists in the world can identify it - Dr. Quest and Professor Gunderson - and Gunderson died recently in a plain crash in Jahilipur. Or did he? With so many events and shady characters tied to Jahilipur, the Quest party investigates under the pretext of attending a tiger hunt with the local maharaja. Though outwardly welcomed, numerous attempts are made on their lives. Eventually, their suspicions of an old nemesis behind it all proves correct.
Episode 6
Treasure of the Temple
Fri, Oct 23, 1964 30 mins
On a South American jungle expedition to a fabled lost city, the Quest party comes under attack from deadly traps and natives with blowguns. With their porters frightened off, Dr. Quest presses on, having come too far to turn back (not knowing that Montoya, their head guide, orchestrated these attacks). Once at the lost city, they find themselves watched and discover a native man staked out for death. For the boys safety, Benton decides to leave at dawn, but before they do, Jonny stumbles upon a secret treasure chamber. Now it's clear they've been hounded by Montoya and Perkins, a pair of tomb raiders seeking ancient treasure. With the treasure found, the raiders no longer need to worry about just scaring the Quests away. With assistance from the native they rescued earlier, the Quests escape and paddle for their lives down a crocodile-infested subterranean river with the armed raiders close behind.
Episode 7
Calcutta Adventure
Fri, Oct 30, 1964 30 mins
Hadji recalls his first meeting with the Quests when they came to Calcutta for a conference. As Dr. Quest became targeted by a secret organization, Hadji helped them uncover a plot, which sent them to the heart of the Himalayas along with a somewhat enterprising "old and venerable" friend.
Episode 8
The Robot Spy
Fri, Nov 6, 1964 30 mins
On a military base, Dr. Quest is working on a secret revolutionary new weapon, the Para-Power Ray Gun, a weapon that drains the power from any mechanical device and renders it useless. Dr. Zin, very much interested in this project, sends a strange looking craft with a mysterious black sphere inside to land near the base. When the puzzled Quests have the sphere brought to the base for later examination, Dr. Zin soon engages the machine as a large spying robot sent to examine the secrets of Dr. Quest's weapon. Although Dr. Quest and Race catch it in the act, Dr. Zin brags that they cannot stop it from escaping. In the ensuing battle, the Quest family learns that their enemy is not bluffing when the departing machine literally shrugs off the most powerful blows against it. Can the Quests find a way to bring the robot down in time?
Episode 9
Double Danger
Fri, Nov 13, 1964 30 mins
Dr. Quest must go to Thailand to get some plants for a medicinal cure to prolonged space travel. As Hadji and Jonny join Race for a photo shoot, the latter is about to be abducted by one of Dr. Quest's enemies and replaced by a lookalike in order to steal Quest's secret formula.
Episode 10
Shadow of the Condor
Fri, Nov 20, 1964 30 mins
A mechanical failure on the Quest's jet forces them to land on an hidden strip in the heart of the Andes. They are received by a strange German baron who hunts condors for a hobby, and his Bolivian servant. Little do they know their host used to be a war pilot in World War I and he is looking for one last dogfight.
Episode 11
Skull and Double Crossbones
Fri, Nov 27, 1964 26 mins
While Dr. Quest studies ocean floor fish in his minisub, the boys take Bandit scuba diving. Their idyllic day in the sun takes a nasty turn, however, after Jonny discovers a Spanish doubloon at an old sunken ship. Jose, their hired cook, summons pirate cohorts, and the Quests are shortly after taken prisoner and threatened with death unless Jonny brings up the entire treasure for them. Hadji attempts to escape and bring help from the maritime police, but it's up to Bandit to save the day.
Episode 12
The Dreadful Doll
Fri, Dec 4, 1964 30 mins
As Dr. Quest continues his fish studies, Hadji and Jonny scuba dive and spot a submarine entering a cave. Before the boys can convince Race and Dr. Quest that what they saw was not an illusion, an emergency call for help arrives. The daughter of the last plantation owner on Tanaiga Island has fallen under a voodoo spell that has scared away all other owners. Korbay, a former no-account, is now the powerful witch doctor responsible. Dr. Quest feels the sudden catatonia affecting islanders is medical rather than mystical in nature, but before he can concoct a remedy, the Quest ship is invaded at night, with a suga doll left behind to intimidate the doctor. As Benton brings remedy to two put under Korbay's "spell," Race dons scuba gear to check out the boys' submarine story and is captured while discovering much more than anyone imagined.
Episode 13
A Small Matter of Pygmies
Fri, Dec 11, 1964 30 mins
Forced from the sky due to engine trouble, Race, Hadji, Jonny and Bandit crash land and discover a Brazilian pygmy staked out for death. They save him from becoming panther food but, for their interference, are taken prisoner by the pygmy tribe. At camp, Hadji uses his levitation trick to effect an escape, but Jonny's stumble over his own feet spoils it. As they're tied to stakes for the night, their grateful pygmy friend returns to stealthily set them free, but a spear, accidentally knocked into the camp fire, awakens the chief with a hotfoot. Angry and outraged, the pygmy chief hunts down the Quest party in retaliation. Now it's all Race, the boys and Bandit can do to stay alive, making their final stand on a hilltop against a tribe of angry savages.
Episode 14
Dragons of Ashida
Fri, Dec 18, 1964 30 mins
The survivor of a human hunt finds refuge with the Quests and warns them against visiting Dr. Ashida's Island, but the Quests continue on. Welcoming them graciously, eminent Dr. Ashida soon shares the results of his improved gene therapy on native lizards headed for extinction. They're now as large as crocodiles, ill-tempered, and controlled only by a huge, one-eyed servant named Sumi. Repulsed before a staged dragon duel-to-the-death, Benton leads his group away. Dr. Ashida guides the subsequent discussion to a point where he can challenge Race to a judo match. Though employing unsportsmanlike conduct to win, Ashida loses. He then forces Race to accept a challenge against sumo wrestler Sumi, which Race, with difficulty, also wins. Now, in final retaliation, Ashida waits for the Quest party to leave his castle so he can sic his dragons on them.
Episode 15
Turu the Terrible
Thu, Dec 24, 1964 30 mins
The Quest party travels up the Amazon looking for the location of high grade trinoxite ore. They run across a canoe containing one of the native brothers, Aku, who gave Dr. Quest his promising ore sample. Aku's brother had just been taken by the featherless giant bird called Turu. The wary Quests rent a boat and travel further upriver, past aggressive crocodiles, to find a mountain plateau where a living pteranodon resides. Strangely, it's also a pet controlled by a greedy, crippled slaver named Deen, who uses it to snatch natives for his "silver" mine (actually the trinoxite). Dr. Quest quickly decides to put a stop to them, and Deen wants them dead.
Episode 16
The Fraudulent Volcano
Thu, Dec 31, 1964 26 mins
The Governor of Bahiti calls with a challenge for Dr. Quest: extinguish an overactive volcano. Benton's suspicions are aroused well ahead of a tarantula later appearing in his bed as his plane's hanger catches fire. The mountain erupts frequently, disgorging a colossal column of flame with smoke yet producing little ash and no lava. Flying over to peer into its crater, Benton and Race are shot down and captured by agents of Dr. Zin. Jonny and Hadji, having seen Benton and Race enter the volcano but not exit, head to rescue them, finding the mountain full of explosives and guarded by dangerous men with rifles and flying platforms.
Episode 17
Werewolf of the Timberland
Thu, Jan 7, 1965 30 mins
Turning a government-sponsored search for a species of petrified wood into a personal camping trip, the Quests encounter surly French-Canadian lumberjacks warning them of a "loup-garou" in the area (a werewolf). Running a gold smuggling operation, they try scaring off anyone getting too close to their operates, then, if needed, send their foreman dressed in wolf skins to attack. As Bandit soon after gets chased off by a skunk, Jonny and Hadji become lost looking for him. Along comes White Feather, a stealthy native-American with a sizable wolf companion, to point them home, but heedless of his warning to avoid the lumberjacks, Jonny takes Hadji to investigate. They're captured, but as White Feather helps them escape, Dr. Quest and Race find themselves back at camp caught smack between White Feather's snarling wolf and a lurking "loup-garou."
Episode 18
Pirates from Below
Thu, Jan 14, 1965 30 mins
Dr. Quest's new Underwater Prober, an amphibious craft with mechanical arms, enters its final series of tests before turnover to the Navy. Hadji and the doctor take leave to attend a mainland meeting with scientists from Calcutta while the others stay behind, adjusting the Prober's ejection system. Foreign agents, who've been patiently eyeing the project, mobilize to take it. As they force Race to drive the Prober to their secret underwater base, Jonny talks to Hadji through their portable communicators that the agents failed to notice. At the base, Race, Jonny and Bandit attempt an escape on hovercraft but fail, and when Dr. Quest and Hadji zero in for a rescue, they, too, are taken captive. With no other options handy, Hadji engineers an escape by hypnotizing their guard with his ruby. Now the Quests flee for their lives in the Prober, pursued by agents in minisubs with orders to kill.
Episode 19
Attack of the Tree People
Thu, Jan 21, 1965 30 mins
The Quests must abandon ship when the Sea Quest catches fire. By dawn, the men, separated from Bandit and the boys, are rescued, but the others swim to an island inhabited by large yet friendly tree-dwelling apes who take them in. A pair of down-on-their-luck poachers get news of Dr. Quest's offer of reward for the return of the boys. A ransom, they think, will pay more, making them keen to find the boys and remove them roughly from their simian hosts.
Episode 20
The Invisible Monster
Fri, Jan 29, 1965 30 mins
A scientist working on a new energy source creates more than he bargained for. Dr. Quest receives a radio request for help from the man, but it is cut off, and from the sound violently. Now Benton, Race, Jonny, Hadji and Bandit must investigate and defeat an invisible entity that seemingly feeds on everything in its path!
Episode 21
The Devil's Tower
Thu, Feb 4, 1965 30 mins
In Africa, Dr. Quest's weather balloon gets stuck atop a towering land formation called the Devil's Escarpment. When the Quest team flies to the top to retrieve it, they find a diamond mine, cavemen, and a crazed Nazi war criminal, who, thinking they will reveal his existence to the world, refuses to let them leave alive.
Episode 22
The Quetong Missile Mystery
Thu, Feb 11, 1965 30 mins
Fish - a local staple for centuries - has lately been making fishermen sick. Four investigators have disappeared looking into the Swamp Lake area for answers. Commissioner Wah asks Dr. Quest to look into the matter for them. Soon after agreeing to this, an assassination attempt on the Quest party is made and narrowly averted. The Doctor finds the fish heavily contaminated by a lethal toxin obtained from rocket fuel. While he and Race begin an airborne survey of the swamp area, Jonny, Hadji and Bandit are kidnapped. A traitor at Police Headquarter is found responsible. Now, Race and Benton must venture determinedly but silently into the swamps where "the trees have eyes" in order to rescue the boys and Bandit.
Episode 23
The House of Seven Gargoyles
Thu, Feb 18, 1965 30 mins
Dr. Ericson has constructed a device that can reverse gravity. The key component is known as the "Ericon Bar." Ericson lives in a remote part of Norway in a castle with stone gargoyles. On the eve of a visit by Dr. Benton Quest, one of the gargoyles seems to come to life. In reality, it's a dwarf in disguise, assigned by agents wanting to seize Ericson's invention. As Dr. Quest's boat approaches the castle, Jonny thinks he sees a submarine periscope but no one in the Quest party believes him. But Jonny's eyes haven't deceived him. There is a sub, containing some of the spies after the invention.
Episode 24
Terror Island
Wed, Feb 24, 1965 30 mins
While in Hong Kong, Dr. Quest is kidnapped by Dr. Chu, a mad scientist enlarging spiders and lizards to gigantic proportions. He needs Dr. Quest's assistance in keeping the harmful growth bacteria from draining into the nearby bay, possibly creating more monsters outside the laboratory. Race turns to his beautiful girlfriend, Jade, for help as she has connections in the city and is the most likely to be able to find Dr. Quest.
Episode 25
Monster in the Monastery
Thu, Mar 4, 1965 30 mins
Dr. Quest's surprise visit to his friend Raj Guru in the high Himalayas of Nepal coincides with a storm having driven the yeti from the mountain into the old palace nearby, or so it would seem.
Episode 26
The Sea Haunt
Thu, Mar 11, 1965 30 mins
En route to Sumatra, the Quests spot the Star of Borneo, a Dutch freighter declared missing in the Java Sea. Landing their aircraft on deck, they find the ship seaworthy but deserted. As they discover and read the captain's log, baring a tale of woe and horror, an amphibious sea monster ventures out from the ship's shadows to destroy their plane. Stranded and unable to call for help, the Quests have to survive the night to build an escape raft in the morning, but circumstances force them to take an immediate stand against the monster for survival. Aiding them somewhat is the ship's Chinese cook, Charlie, whom they find half-frozen in the galley freezer.
