Wonder Woman

Jun 29, 2004

Documentary about the making of "Wonder Woman." Includes interviews with Lynda Carter, Douglas S. Cramer, Alex Ross, and Les Daniels. The interviews with Lynda Carter and Les Daniels were filmed at the DC Comics offices in New York City.

Mar 01, 2005

A look at the second season of Wonder Woman, when the show moved to CBS and into the 70's.

Jun 07, 2005

Lynda Carter and four female authors discuss the status of Wonder Woman as a feminist icon.

Apr 08, 1967

The first attempt to translate Wonder Woman to the small screen occurred in 1967. The success of the Batman television series led Batman producer William Dozier to commission a pilot script by Stan Hart and Larry Siegel. Batman writer Stanley Ralph Ross was then asked to perform a re-write, after Hart and Siegel's script was deemed unsuitable. A portion of the pilot, under five minutes in length, was filmed under the title Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? The piece starred Ellie Wood Walker (Robert Walker Jr.'s wife) as Diana Prince, Linda Harrison as Diana's "Wonder Woman" alter ego and Maudie Prickett as Diana's mother. This pilot episode was never broadcast and the project was taken no further. The pilot has been circulated on the Internet and is of interest to Planet of the Apes fans for the early appearance of Linda Harrison, who would later go on to play Nova in the first two films of that series.

Mar 12, 1974

Wonder Woman's first appearance in live-action television was a television movie made in 1974 for ABC. Written by John D. F. Black, the TV movie resembles the Wonder Woman of the "I Ching" period. Wonder Woman (Cathy Lee Crosby) did not wear the comic book costume, demonstrated no superhuman abilities, her "secret identity" of Diana Prince was not all that secret, and she was also depicted as blonde (differing from the image established in the comic books). The film follows Wonder Woman, assistant to government agent Steve Trevor (Kaz Garas) as she pursues a villain named Abner Smith (Ricardo Montalban) who has stolen a set of code books containing classified information about U.S. government field agents. The pilot aired originally on March 12, 1974 and was repeated on August 21 of that year. Ratings were described as "respectable but not exactly wondrous." ABC did not pick up the pilot, although Crosby would later claim she was offered the series that was eventually given to Lynda Carter. An ABC spokesperson would later acknowledge that the decision to update the character was a mistake and the pilot itself has been labeled one of the "hundred dumbest events in television.

Nov 07, 1975

American war hero Steve Trevor is downed over the Bermuda Triangle and lands on "Paradise Island", home of the Amazons. The Amazons hold a contest and choose a champion among them - Wonder Woman - who will return with Steve Trevor to America and remain there to fight the Nazi threat. In the pilot episode, there is a Nazi plan to destroy a new bomb site to ruin America's war effort. The Nazis have a mole in Steve's office who is sabotaging him, and only Wonder Woman can stop this catastrophe.

Apr 21, 1976

Steve Trevor battles for his life and his career when he's accused of espionage and treason in relation to a series of military missions that have gone awry due to acts of sabotage. Investigating the situation and determined to clear the man she loves, Wonder Woman learns that Trevor is being framed by a Nazi spy ring.

Apr 28, 1976

Perhaps the most discussed and favorite episode of WW fans during the show's run, Wonder Woman faces her deadliest test when an evil female Nazi operative comes to America to capture Wonder Woman and learn the secret of her amazing powers, then brainwash her into using her powers to help Hitler's quest during World War 2. Fausta disguises herself as Wonder Woman during a Bond selling rally, and with a little help from her fellow Nazi agents (not to mention a trick stage and a cloth soaked with chloroform), bags her prey and takes the real Wonder Woman to Germany. Can Steve Trevor save the day? Stay tuned!

Oct 13, 1976

When Wonder Woman's alter-ego, Diana Prince, enters a suspicious beauty contest to uncover the truth behind the sabotage of radar scanning equipment, she and Steve discover that there is something much more insidious underway that threatens the security of the United States.

Nov 06, 1976

An espionage tale involving the Nazis stealing the prototype for America's first jet, the XPJ-1. For Wonder Woman it escalates into something far more horrible when her sister, Drusilla on a mission for Paradise Island's Queen, is kidnapped while in America.

Nov 08, 1976

When a clever spy gets information from Drusilla concerning her homeland, the Nazis launch a full assault on Paradise Island, capturing it and planning to use its secrets to conquer the world. In the end, Wonder Woman and Drusilla must come up with a plan to set everything right.

Dec 18, 1976

The Amazon Princess must fight a Nazi gorilla named Gargantua, trained to retrieve a defecting agent, whose knowledge poses a threat to Hitler's agenda.

Dec 25, 1976

Wonder Woman has her hands full when an Irish mercenary named Fallon steals an American-developed device that can control or eliminate earthquakes. To make matters worse, Fallon is also a carrier of the Bubonic Plague and, as such, threatens America on two levels.

Jan 08, 1977

The Nazis place an exact double of a counterfeiting scheme that will result in the collapse of the American economy.

Jan 15, 1977

Wonder Woman joins forces with a friendly alien from outer space to prevent the destruction of the world.

Jan 17, 1977

Wonder Woman realizes that the fate of the world rests on her ability to prove the worth of mankind by saving an alien from outer space.

Jan 22, 1977

Wonder Woman goes south of the border to recover a top secret formula stolen by the Nazis.

Jan 29, 1977

Wonder Woman goes to Texas where she is confronted by a dangerous ring of pistol-packing rustlers.

Feb 16, 1977

Wonder Woman arrives in Hollywood and discovers some behind the scenes action that's not in the script.

Sep 16, 1977

Wonder Woman convinces her mother, the Queen of the Amazons, that she must once again go into the outside world to help protect the free world from its enemies as well as the secret of Paradise Island and its ancient culture.

Sep 23, 1977

Wonder Woman is called upon to battle a new and more terrifying Nazi menace when she and Steve Trevor are assigned to investigate a reunion of expatriate Nazis on a Small tropical island.

Sep 30, 1977

Wonder Woman is pitted against the awesome telekenetic powers of a Japanese man who was interned during World War 2 and has been planning revenge for 35 years.

Oct 07, 1977

I.A.D.C's Operation Sea Harvest is being compromised by Ray Manta and his I.C.O.P.E. organization. Diana is especially worried since both parties are operating around the Bermuda Triangle, dangerously close to Paradise Island.

Oct 14, 1977

Wonder Woman must use all her power to stop a terrorist group from kidnapping Steve and other Government officials.

Oct 21, 1977

Wonder Woman must use all her powers to save Joe Atkinson's daughter from the evils of Super Rock Star.

Oct 28, 1977

Wonder Woman saves a tiny country of Malakan by catching the thief who stole the royal jewels, then returning the jewels to the queen.

Nov 11, 1977

Wonder Woman masquerdes as a new bride honeymooning at a health spa to prevent a group of traitors from obtaining government secrets.

Nov 18, 1977

Wonder Woman must save the world from destruction through man-made volcanos.

Dec 02, 1977

Wonder Woman joins forces with a friendly alien from another planet to prevent the destruction of the world.

Dec 09, 1977

If Wonder Woman and Andros don't find a way to defeat the alien Skrill in 48 hours, Earth will be decontaminated by higher forces from outer space who use insanity-inducing procedures to force their targets out of hiding.

Dec 30, 1977

It's the Christmas season and Wonder Woman finds out that some toys can be very harmful.

Jan 06, 1978

Wonder Woman goes undercover posing as a bank robber to capture the world's most notorious thief.

Jan 20, 1978

Wonder Woman thwarts a plot to kidnapping all the top Olympic athletes of the world.

Feb 03, 1978

Wonder Woman saves the world from an oil crisis when she exposes a magician's method of changing lead into gold.

Feb 10, 1978

Diana is assigned to protect an industrialist from an assasination attempt.

Feb 17, 1978

Wonder Woman fights digital thieves who are stealing memory banks from the world's largest computers.

Mar 03, 1978

Wonder Woman poses as a photographer to protect an Air Force test flight from sabotage.

Mar 10, 1978

The guardians of a young psychic use his abilities to disrupt a peace conference.

Mar 31, 1978

When a janitor discovers the key ingredient for an experimental explosives formula he is pursued by those who would use it for evil.

Apr 07, 1978

A young girl flees her own dimension into ours to escape a man who would force her to misuse her special powers.

Apr 21, 1978

Wonder Woman must stop the hi-jacking of an experimental thought-controlled missile, but she is continuously delayed by a small-town sheriff.

Sep 22, 1978

A singing teenage hearthrob is kidnapped and replaced by a look-alike.

Sep 29, 1978

Diana helps find a stolen antique Rolls Royce with top secret microfilm hidden somewhere inside.

Oct 06, 1978

When a scientist develops a way to control matter, he uses it to manipulate the outcome of a football game.

Oct 13, 1978

When valuable artwork in a museum mysteriously begins to vanish, Wonder Woman discovers the museum statues may be more life-like than originally thought.

Oct 20, 1978

Wonder Woman must stop a disco that lures government engineers, and then taps their minds, stealing national secrets.

Nov 03, 1978

A scientist uses her strange power to control insects to prevent the manufacture and distribution of a deadly pesticide.

Nov 10, 1978

A scientist who has traveled back in time from the year 2155, thinks she can become a billionaire by using her "inside" information.

Nov 24, 1978

Diana's god-daughter, a teenage skateboard whiz, is used by a mobster for extortion and blackmail purposes.

Dec 01, 1978

Trained dolphins are being used to put explosives on oil tankers.

Dec 15, 1978

Wonder Woman uncovers a plot to steal millions of dollars in jewels from wealthy party-goers by impersonating her and her colleagues.

Dec 22, 1978

Wonder Woman helps a leprechaun recover his stolen gold.

Dec 29, 1978

Billionaire Harlow Gault has found a way to keep his disembodied brain alive and now wants a new body for it.

Jan 12, 1979

Diana goes undercover to crack a ring of criminals who deal in atomic hardware.

Jan 26, 1979

Diana must find a stolen laser crystal that has been hidden somewhere at a science-fiction convention, before the bad-guys do.

Feb 02, 1979

A hoax has everyone, including Wonder Woman, believing that Earth is being threatened by hostile aliens.

Feb 16, 1979

Going undercover to stop extortionists in the record industry gives Diana (and Lynda Carter) a chance to show off her vocal abilities.

Feb 19, 1979

Diana must find a reclusive millionaire who is the only one who can help her with a secret device that scrambles missile-guidance systems.

Mar 10, 1979

A computer-dating service is the unexpected hiding place for a deadly virus that was stolen from a government laboratory.

Mar 17, 1979

A plan to steal priceless historical documents centers around a woman who 'attracts disaster'.

May 28, 1979

Alien life-forms shaped like small pyramids come to earth and imprison the minds of humans who touch them, taking over a small town. Meanwhile, Diana isn't as careful as she should be.

May 29, 1979

Humans who have been 'possessed' by the pyramid aliens search for an alien criminal who has the power to shape-shift into anyone, even Wonder Woman.

Aug 28, 1979

Wonder Woman goes up against a super-man who is as strong as she is, and a criminal genius who has special powers.

Sep 04, 1979

Searching for the leader of a foreign spy ring, Wonder Woman goes to a Washington amusement park where she encounters a disfigured veteran who lives under the roller coaster and 'haunts' the park as its 'phantom'.

Sep 11, 1979

Diana is captured on her way to a missile test site and kept captive in a ghost town.