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| - Young Joe McClaine is known as W.I.N.'s Most Special Agent, because his adoptive father, Professor Ian McClaine, has created a special device known as the BIG RAT, which enables Joe to aquire the skills and knowledge of any kind of person, from Aquanauts to Astronauts, from piano players to brain surgeons. Other main characters are Sam Loover who is the Deputy Head of the W.I.N, London office and a close personal friend of Professor McClaine. Shane Weston is W.I.N's Deputy Head and London office Supreme Commander. Finally Mrs. Ada Harris is the housekeeper at Professor McClaine's Culver Bay cottage.
- Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by Century 21 Productions, the 30-episode series aired from September 29, 1968 to April 20, 1969 and followed Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
- Joe 90, so named for his resemblance to the classic Gerry Anderson puppet character, is a former law student (having taken - and failed - the bar exam sixteen times) who lives in Wendy's apartment building. He likes to make creepy phallic sculptures, a habit looked down on by his fellow illegal subletter Lacey Thornfield. Joe 90 lives in apartment 5A.
- Another series created by pre-eminent special-effects man Gerry Anderson. Joe 90 is more oriented toward kids than Anderson's two previous series, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons. The series follows Joe McClaine, a 9-year-old British schoolboy, the adopted son of Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine, a renowned computer expert. Residing in a secret underground laboratory is Mac's latest invention, the "BIG RAT" (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record and Transfer), a machine capable of recording knowledge and experience from leading experts in various fields and transferring it to another human brain. The central aspect of the design is the "Rat Trap", a rotating spherical cage in which a subject is seated during the transfer of the expert "brain pattern".
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| - Another series created by pre-eminent special-effects man Gerry Anderson. Joe 90 is more oriented toward kids than Anderson's two previous series, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons. The series follows Joe McClaine, a 9-year-old British schoolboy, the adopted son of Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine, a renowned computer expert. Residing in a secret underground laboratory is Mac's latest invention, the "BIG RAT" (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record and Transfer), a machine capable of recording knowledge and experience from leading experts in various fields and transferring it to another human brain. The central aspect of the design is the "Rat Trap", a rotating spherical cage in which a subject is seated during the transfer of the expert "brain pattern". Sam Loover, a secret agent for the World Intelligence Network, persuades Mac, his friend, to dedicate the BIG RAT to WIN's pursuit of world peace by permitting Joe to assume such knowledge and experience and become a WIN agent. After the requisite skill is transferred, and provided that Joe is wearing special spectacles containing hidden electrodes storing the expertise, he is able to execute such missions as operating fighter aircraft, blasting off into space and performing advanced neurosurgery, all the while appearing to be an innocent schoolboy to the enemies of WIN. Since no one would usually suspect a child of espionage, Joe is WIN's "Most Special Agent". Reporting to the commander-in-chief of WIN's London Headquarters, Shane Weston, he is also provided with a special briefcase, which on superficial inspection appears to be a simple school case but in fact conceals an adapted handgun and WIN transceiver. In a manner similar to other Gerry Anderson series, Joe 90 features gadgets, rescue operations, secret organisations, and criminal and terrorist threats to the safety of the world. A recurring foe for WIN is the "Eastern Alliance", which dominates Asia.
- Young Joe McClaine is known as W.I.N.'s Most Special Agent, because his adoptive father, Professor Ian McClaine, has created a special device known as the BIG RAT, which enables Joe to aquire the skills and knowledge of any kind of person, from Aquanauts to Astronauts, from piano players to brain surgeons. Other main characters are Sam Loover who is the Deputy Head of the W.I.N, London office and a close personal friend of Professor McClaine. Shane Weston is W.I.N's Deputy Head and London office Supreme Commander. Finally Mrs. Ada Harris is the housekeeper at Professor McClaine's Culver Bay cottage.
- Joe 90, so named for his resemblance to the classic Gerry Anderson puppet character, is a former law student (having taken - and failed - the bar exam sixteen times) who lives in Wendy's apartment building. He likes to make creepy phallic sculptures, a habit looked down on by his fellow illegal subletter Lacey Thornfield. Pip lowers Joe 90's rent so Joe will perform security for the building, rather than spending actual money on security. Joe does this by recording the exterior entrance of the building, storing the security tapes in his apartment. He is a friend of Wendy, Lacey, and Noser, and not at all fond of Pip. Joe 90 lives in apartment 5A.
- Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by Century 21 Productions, the 30-episode series aired from September 29, 1968 to April 20, 1969 and followed Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
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