{{short description|Australian science-fiction television series from 1966}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox television | genre = Science fiction | starring = {{ubl|Stanley Walsh|Lorraine Bayly|Kit Taylor}} | country = Australia | language = English | num_episodes = 6 | producer = Kay Roberts | runtime = 30 minutes | company = Artransa Park Film Studios | network = ABC Television | first_aired = {{start date|1966|10|7|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1966|11|11|df=y}} }}

'''''The Interpretaris''''' is an Australian children's science fiction television series which first screened on the ABC Television in 1966.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1966-10-06 |title=New Shows This Week |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0gYQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZpMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4423%2C1106233 |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Age |department=TV & Radio Guide |page=1}}</ref> It was later also screened on the Seven Network. It was part of a trilogy with spin-offs ''Vega 4'' in 1968 and ''Phoenix Five'' in 1970. The show is named for a spaceship with a multinational crew tasked with finding the home systems of captured alien life forms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phoenix 5 |url=http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/phx5.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181122/https://www.classicaustraliantv.com/phx5.htm |archive-date=2018-01-09 |access-date=2018-01-08 |website=Classic Australian TV}}</ref>

The National Film and Sound Archive holds four of the six episodes in their collection.<ref name="nfsa ep 01">{{Cite web |title=THE INTERPRETARIS. EP. 01, STRANGE ASSIGNMENT |url=https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/22964 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=National Film and Sound Archive}}</ref><ref name="nfsa ep 4">{{Cite web |title=THE INTERPRETARIS. EP. 04, PRINCESS TOUCH AND GO |url=https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/57124 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=National Film and Sound Archive}}</ref><ref name="nfsa ep 5">{{Cite web |title=THE INTERPRETARIS. EP. 05, WHISTLE, THUNDER AND DOOM |url=https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/57125 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=National Film and Sound Archive}}</ref><ref name="nfsa ep 6">{{Cite web |title=THE INTERPRETARIS. EP. 06, ALYS SWEET ALYS |url=https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/57163 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=National Film and Sound Archive}}</ref>

==Cast== {{cast listing| * Stanley Walsh as Commander Alan De Breck<ref name="nostalgia">{{Cite web |title=Interpretaris, The |url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1960s/interpretaris-the/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930130635/https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1960s/interpretaris-the/ |archive-date=2023-09-30 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Nostalgia Central}}</ref> * Lorraine Bayly as Vera Balovna<ref name="nostalgia" /> * Kit Taylor as David Carmichael<ref name="nostalgia" /> * Ben Gabriel as Parta Beno<ref name="nostalgia" /> * Gordon Mutch as Henry, the computeroid<ref name="nostalgia" /> * Judi Farr as Alys, the computer<ref name="nostalgia" /> * Thelma Scott as Marsha<ref name="nostalgia" /> * Laurie Lange as Zaharls<ref name="nostalgia" /> * Chris Christensen as The Commander<ref name="nostalgia" /> }}

==Episodes== {{episode table|total_width=auto|overall=|title=|airdate=|episodes= {{episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title=Strange Assignment |RTitle=<ref name="nfsa ep 01" /> |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|10|7|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1966-10-06 |title=TV - Friday |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0gYQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZpMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1127%2C1134244 |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Age |department=TV & Radio Guide |page=6}}</ref> }} {{episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title=Golden Boy |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|10|14|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1966-10-13 |title=TV - Friday |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6BZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZpMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=950%2C2534993 |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Age |department=TV & Radio Guide |page=6}}</ref> }} {{episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title=Sir Lance A Little |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|11|4|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1966-10-13 |title=TV - Friday |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CAkRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=842%2C505544 |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Age |department=TV & Radio Guide |page=6}}</ref> }} {{episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title=Princess Touch And Go |RTitle=<ref name="nfsa ep 4" /> |OriginalAirDate= }} {{episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |Title=Whistle, Thunder and Doom |RTitle=<ref name="nfsa ep 5" /> |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|11|11|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1966-11-10 |title=TV - Friday |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DQkRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=849%2C1854223 |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Age |department=TV & Radio Guide |page=6}}</ref> }} {{episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |Title=Alys, Sweet Alys |RTitle=<ref name="nfsa ep 6" /> |OriginalAirDate= }} }}

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0222572}} *[https://www.classicaustraliantv.com/phx5.htm ''The Interpretaris''] at Australian Classic Television

{{DEFAULTSORT:Interpretaris, The}} Category:Australian science fiction television series Category:Australian children's television series Category:1966 Australian television series debuts Category:English-language Australian television shows Category:Works by Barbara Vernon

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