Stainless Steel and the Star Spies (1981)

Overview : The Metaliens, alien robots intent on galactic domination, encounter a major setback. Their enormous Space Saucer, 'Compromise', enters a black hole in a strange, uncharted region of Space, and collides with another craft – sending the Kleptonite Ball, their precious cargo and the key to Universal Conquest, hurtling to a planet inhabited by primitive life forms: Earth. Having materialised in a bar, the Ball variously functions as a Christmas tree decoration, a bathroom ornament, and a fortune-teller's prop. The Metaliens must retrieve the Kleptonite Ball if their mission is ever to succeed. And that's when their problems really begin…

Release Date : January 1, 1981

Runtime : 50m

Genre : Comedy, Science Fiction, Family, TV Movie  

Companies : Euston Films, Thames Television

Countries : United Kingdom

Keywords : dystopia, failed tv pilot, cliffhanger, world domination, christmas, macguffin, puppets, alien robot, sci-fi parody