# Help! I.D. this 80's sci-fi kid's show! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-d-this-80s-sci-fi-kids-show/205328 "2003-10-03T13:32:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-d-this-80s-sci-fi-kids-show/205328/1 "2003-10-03T13:32:39Z")
This one has been bugging me for awhile. Searches turn up everything but this. You guys here seem to have helped me before when I’ve had a show to id, so I’ll put it to you: Early-mid 80’s or earlier. I saw it then but it could have been from the late 70’s and rerun. Live action and puppets. Two human people (or more) in a space ship. My parents said they were British, but I don’t know. The main thing I remember is a puppet bear or bear-like thing. He was very stuffed animal looking. His head turned real slow and he made small warbly cute noises. I think he may have been supposed to be an alien, not earth bear. This I know for sure: Usually he was good, but when he got angry, his EYES TURNED GLOWING YELLOW. Then he was bad. I think his name was THEORY. Of this I am pretty sure. In one episode he was in a cage and was angry and had sharp fangs. I think this show was originally from the BBC and was airing on PBS. That’s all I remember. Anyone have any idea? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-d-this-80s-sci-fi-kids-show/205328/2 "2003-10-03T13:40:50Z")
Well, it’s not an exact fit, but there was a bizarre Gerry Anderson puppet show called _Terrahawks_ that featured an evil teddy bear monster/character called Yuri. [Does this picture ring any bells?](http://www.fab1.net/t-hawks/meet-zm.htm) (scroll down) The show was all puppet - no live action - and not set aboard a spaceship, so it may not be quite right. ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-d-this-80s-sci-fi-kids-show/205328/3 "2003-10-03T14:15:13Z")
I believe that may be it, thanks! I didn’t remember them all being puppets but since a lot of them are human looking I was probably too young to realize they were. I never grasped what the concept of the show was about anyway so its very possible that this is the right one. ---
**Author:** ![Nuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea666f/32.png) [@Nuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nuke)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-d-this-80s-sci-fi-kids-show/205328/4 "2003-10-03T14:50:00Z")
Could it have been [The Far Out Space Nuts?](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0072499/) (with Bob Denver from Gilligan’s Island!!!) ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-d-this-80s-sci-fi-kids-show/205328/5 "2003-10-03T15:02:28Z")
hmm, doubtful. I think it was Terrahawks. I just called my Dad, who watched the show with me back then, he says that name sounds familiar and that the cast WAS all puppets! So yes, thanks a bunch, Crusoe! ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-d-this-80s-sci-fi-kids-show/205328/6 "2003-10-03T15:04:37Z")
No problems. It brought back a few memories for me too! ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-d-this-80s-sci-fi-kids-show/205328/7 "2003-10-03T15:15:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > **[Does this picture ring any bells?](http://www.fab1.net/t-hawks/meet-zm.htm) (scroll down)** You know, for someone with a minor puppet phobia (like me), those images are a bit disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-d-this-80s-sci-fi-kids-show/205328/8 "2003-10-03T15:21:29Z")
You should see the supposedly “normal” cast members. Even more disturbing puppets.