[b] One of the more expensive series produced during the season, it failed to gain an audience and was cancelled after 12 episodes were broadcast.
The series starred Robert Conrad as Thomas R. Sloane III, a freelance spy who takes on occasional assignments for UNIT, a secret American intelligence operation run by The Director, played by Dan O'Herlihy.
Unlike nearly all the other stars of series produced by QM Productions, Conrad was billed above the title.
Aiding Sloane's missions was Torque, his deadly right-hand man played by Ji-Tu Cumbuka.
On March 5, 1981, NBC aired a TV movie, Death Ray 2000, which was actually the original pilot for the series.