The Great Galaxy Race

First broadcast

Thursday, 2 October 1986

Written by

William Overgard

Running time

Approximately 23 minutes

Speaking and seen

18 characters

The Mob challenges the SilverHawks to a long-distance race around the galaxy.

First seen here

5 names enter the series in this episode.

• Eight Armed Alien
• Penal Planet 10 Guard
• Monotone
• Steel Truck
• freighter

In this episode

Cast, in order of appearance18

• Eight Armed Alien
• Professor Ghemakainaudience in the stands
• Mabisaudience in the stands
• The Copper Kidd
• Bluegrass
• Melodia
• Hardware
• Commander Stargazer
• Quicksilver
• Mon*Star
• Yes-Man
• Lord Cash
• Buzz-Saw
• Poker-Face
• Mumbo Jumbo
• Penal Planet 10 GuardRobot
• Monotone
• Windhammer

Places7

• Bedlama
• Hawk Haven
• Brim*Star
• Mon*Star's Fortress
• Dollare
• Automata
• Penal Planet 10

Craft6

• The Space Racer
• The Hot-Seat
• The Limbo Limo
• The Zoomer
• Steel Truck
• freighter

Weapons and equipment8

• Hot Licks
• The Sound Smasher
• The Roll-Up Bag
• The Laser Cane
• Jet Packs
• Laser Discs
• The Tuning Fork
• The Vaporizer

Appearance lists compiled from the episode articles on the ThunderCats wiki, checked against this site's encyclopedia. Names we have no entry for are shown without a link rather than left out.

The writer credit and the one-line synopsis come from this site's legacy SilverHawks episode guide and have not been checked frame by frame against the broadcast. The studio summary, where shown, is quoted as written.